{"id":9586,"date":"2014-01-08T13:18:14","date_gmt":"2014-01-08T18:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=9586"},"modified":"2014-01-08T13:18:14","modified_gmt":"2014-01-08T18:18:14","slug":"mccarthy-retiring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=9586","title":{"rendered":"McCarthy retiring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The wicked witch of Nassau is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/ap\/2014-01-08\/house-dems-mccarthy-mcintyre-to-retire\" target=\"_blank\">going to retire<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Senior Democratic aides say two House Democrats \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/carolynmccarthy.house.gov\" target=\"_blank\">Carolyn McCarthy<\/a> of New York and <a href=\"http:\/\/mcintyre.house.gov\" target=\"_blank\">Mike McIntyre<\/a> of North Carolina \u2014 plan to retire. \u00a0McCarthy, who has served nine terms, was elected shortly after her husband was killed in a shooting on the Long Island Railroad. She has been a forceful advocate for gun control &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>She has cancer. \u00a0In spite of smoking like a chimney for like 40 years, <a href=\"http:\/\/nypost.com\/2013\/11\/08\/chain-smoking-politician-claims-asbestos-caused-her-cancer\/\" target=\"_blank\">she claims asbestos exposure is the cause<\/a>. \u00a0I say it&#8217;s karma.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D9586&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=9586\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=9586\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=9586\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The wicked witch of Nassau is going to retire: &#8220;Senior Democratic aides say two House Democrats \u2014 Carolyn McCarthy of New York and Mike McIntyre of North Carolina \u2014 plan to retire. \u00a0McCarthy, who has served nine terms, was elected shortly after her husband was killed in a shooting on the Long Island Railroad. 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