{"id":2073,"date":"2010-08-10T14:40:26","date_gmt":"2010-08-10T18:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=2073"},"modified":"2010-08-10T14:40:26","modified_gmt":"2010-08-10T18:40:26","slug":"taxpayers-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=2073","title":{"rendered":"Taxpayers party"},"content":{"rendered":"

It appears the Paladino<\/a> people \u00a0have obtained enough signatures<\/a> to create a “Taxpayers” party line ensuring that one way or another Carl Paladino will be on the November ballot. \u00a0Right now I don’t believe Paladino has enough support to take the GOP line from Rick Lazio<\/a>, but Lazio has nowhere to go but down. \u00a0People do not<\/span> like him and his support among the GOP has been faltering<\/a>. \u00a0I can see him losing next month.<\/p>\n

Getting back to the “Taxpayers” ticket:<\/p>\n

“… The line, known as the \u201cTaxpayers\u201d party, is aimed at ending the supremacy of the venerable Conservative Party<\/a>, which has been a must-have line for any successful statewide Republican in New York for decades … [Michael] Long dismissed Paladino\u2019s campaign aimed at ending the party\u2019s influence. \u201cI think that\u2019s a very sad commentary on a person if he really believes in the future of New York,\u201d he said. \u201cThe Conservative Party is not an overnight party. We\u2019ve been around 48 years.\u201d …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Knocking out the CP would be a blessing. \u00a0They have long (pun intended) since abandoned principles, especially on the Second Amendment. \u00a0That isn’t sitting well with all CP members as Erie Co. chairman Ralph Lorgio<\/a> is challenging Lazio for that line too, although he does not have the money Paladino has at his disposal.<\/p>\n