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The current rumor going around Monroe County political circles and Albany is that Sen. Jim Alesi is getting ready to switch parties, to become part of the new Democratic majority in the State Senate. Does anybody know more about this? If true, this could...
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In his Diaries (one of the Sacred Texts) the late Alan Clark recorded a whimsy entertained in his ministerial office above the streets of London: Thursday, 23 June, 1983 -- "It is a glorious summer morning, and I have drawn back to their maximum...
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Unrelated to the election just ended, but potentially related to the next, is a reprise by the Democrat and Chronicle of one of its most notoriously partisan stunts ever. Consider this another submission to The Tobin Challenge . You may remember when...
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If, as we expect, Eric Massa's vote margin holds, it's time to subject the new Congressman to the same in-his-face tactics with which Randy Kuhl's detractors dogged Kuhl. Go to YouTube. Do a search, first for "Eric Massa." You find...
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When right, to keep him right. When wrong, to put him right. Above all, with respect and admiration as the new leader of our country. Read More...
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Hilarious. Who runs like that? Thanks to reader Adrienne, who passed this along. Read More...
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Our sources in Albany are speculating that political paisan Tom Golisano is angling for the job of U.S. Ambassador to Italy in an Obama administration. This would explain his $10 million donation to the Bill Clinton Global Initiative back when Hillary...
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We've criticised Voice of the Voter , a joint effort of the Democrat and Chronicle and WXXI, for crafting questions to shape the results of its surveys. Here's another example, from the same recent survey. The Democrat and Chronicle , mounting...
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Whenever I drive back into New York from another state, I always think that instead of signs saying "Welcome to New York" they should say, "You are now leaving the American sector," like the signs in Berlin during the Cold War. This...
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In 1999, The New York Times reported that "under increasing pressure from the Clinton Administration," Fannie Mae will encourage banks "to extend home mortgages to individuals whose credit is generally not good enough to qualify them for...
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A majority of Monroe County residents say they want to be punched in the nose! Well, not really. But we bet an overwhelming majority would say so, if asked, "Would you rather be punched in the nose or decapitated?" Last week the Democrat and...
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A correspondent submits the following: In the first presidential debate, Barack Obama said, "...here's what I can tell the American people: 95 percent of you will get a tax cut..." Yet it's mathematically impossible to cut the income...
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A resident of Golf Avenue, in her 70s, watched as a none-too-bright Obama supporter pulled up and stole her McCain sign. In broad daylight. The McCain suppporter called the Sheriff's department, with the thief's auto license plate number. When...
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