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NY’s Carl Paladino: ‘We’re Mad as Hell’

It’s seems to be a common theme with Tea Party candidates and their supporters: they‘re so upset with the establishment and government ineptitude that they’re doing something about it. In short, they’re unleashing a righteous anger to institute change.

Or, as one Tea Party candidate who won last night put it, “We’re mad as hell.”

That’s the rallying cry of New York gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino, who stunned the Republican Party by beating former congressman Rick Lazio to win his party’s nomination.

How did this happen? Paladino is a fiery politician who seems to have mimicked the anger of his constituents: “They say I am too blunt. Well, I am, and I don’t apologize for it. They say I am an angry man, and that’s true. We are all angry.”

True to form, one voter in a Buffalo suburb, who didn’t describe himself as a Tea Party supporter, told the New York Times that he voted for Paladino “because he’s mad as hell and so am I.”

Paladino’s rhetoric may have roused his supporters, but it is his platform that might be drawing them to the voting booths. He has has promised to “take a baseball bat to Albany” to clean it up, cut taxes by 10 percent in six months, eliminate public pensions for legislators, and use eminent domain to prevent the construction of the Ground Zero mosque.

The result: Republicans, not just “tea partiers,” supported him in droves on Tuesday night — he beat Lazio by an almost 2-1 margin.

Still, there are skeptics who think Paladino doesn’t have a chance of beating Democrat Andrew Cuomo, the son of popular former governor Mario. As the Times put it: “His defeat of Mr. Lazio, 52, raises the possibility of a lopsided general election contest with Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo, … who has amassed a $24 million war chest and whose commanding lead in the polls has lent him an air of invincibility.”

Echoing those sentiments, one Lazio supporter in Manhattan told the Times, “We just handed [Cuomo] the governorship.”

New York Daily News columnist Bill Hammond agrees. “Carl Paladino loves to bluster about going after Albany’s powerbrokers with a baseball bat,” he wrote in a column today, “but the only thing he‘s likely to beat to a pulp is the state GOP’s credibility.“ He added that his nomination ”spells almost certain disaster” for those that will have to defend him until November.

Hammond goes on to use words such as reckless, hallow, dumb, unworkable, illegal, and demagogic to describe Paladino’s ideas. He uses terms such as wackadoo, train wreck, and blow-hard to describe Paladino.

But if past rhetoric is any indication, Paladino will probably cherish the criticism. On Tuesday night, he delivered a message to those who didn’t support him: “You‘re welcome to join the people’s crusade. … Come aboard, you’re both welcome and needed. If we unite, we’ll win. We’ll re-build New York.”

Comments (152)

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  • Pizzler
    Posted on September 15, 2010 at 10:12am

    To all my grassroot friends. Do not respond to ANY of dinglebags post,even if you have to go to the gym and hit the punching bags. Belive me this will drive him, her nuts! It will be as hard as quitting diet pop and smoking,but we can do it starting now. Stick to the post and do not let him her get to you.

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    • Mikee T
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 10:30am

      Pizzler: You are so right… I can’t help but think that people like that are the same types that got beat up in high school for being “strange”…..and weak….and, most of all, arrogant…. They have a vendetta against normal people that they take into adulthood………very sad, very evil mindsets…..

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    • PubliusPencilman
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 11:38am

      Way to bring the rhetoric up to a mature level–make these boards reflect high school as much as possible.

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    • LasVegas Lady
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 1:28pm

      Right on Pizzler. WE THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN. The silent majority are awake. We do not need to engage in political gutter talk. We are more intelligent than that. We know the truth and we will persevere.

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  • Americanius
    Posted on September 15, 2010 at 10:05am

    Appears to me that the RINO wing of the GOP is to blame if the conservative candidate loses. The Rovers of the establishment GOPers are aiding and abetting the Democrat campaigns with criticism, villification and disgusting attacks against Republican grass roots candidates. They would truly eat their own children to keep power. They must have short memories for it was the same establishment GOPers who brought us record spending, deficits and earmarks during the Bush admin. For that they were thrown out.

    Then to watch Rove demonize O’Donnell on Hannity? Makes me sick to watch that snake in the grass when he tries to play Mr. Conservative. Where was he when the Republican congress passed the lie called the prescription drug benefit that has now ballooned out of control?

    The irony is that Democrats are running from Obama as well as their own records while the Rovers are running from their own duly selected candidates. Why not run to principles, values and honor instead of running away from them Carl?

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  • JD Carp
    Posted on September 15, 2010 at 10:02am

    The RNC’s stunning reaction to this duly elected GOP candidate proves 2 things to me: First, our individual votes do count. Second, both parties are controlled by the same puppet master. Who are they to tell us who is electable and who isn’t? I say “We the People” decide who goes to Washington and not the arrogant, self serving “ruling” elite. I will never donate to a party ever again, my dollars will go directly to candidates, right or left, the candidate who most represents my moral beliefs and issues. This election far outreaches Republican or Democrat, it is an election which signals the demise of both parties and ushers in the new era of “We the People.”

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    • mallsniper
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 10:24am

      Amen Brother!!

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    • ThisTeasForYou
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 10:55am

      Ditto the Amen! I have never donated to either a party or an individual candidate. But my local candidates can look for my money now.

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    • LasVegas Lady
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 1:31pm

      Thank you. Nice to hear from folks like you. The rest of the country will be hearing from us in November.

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  • senah
    Posted on September 15, 2010 at 10:02am

    What these progressive, RINO’s fail to realize, you have to start with the Primaries to get to the finish line. They keep thinking that this Nov. will be like any other Nov. LOL. They really have no clue what is about to happen. This is going to be written and remembered in yet to be published US history books. Yes the history books we will change to reveal the actual truth to our kids.

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  • Cog
    Posted on September 15, 2010 at 9:51am

    Another RINO has been refudiated! Go Paladino!

    “Taking ‘em to school at OVER U!”

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  • Iamtheoracle
    Posted on September 15, 2010 at 9:27am

    IT won’t be the grass roots candidates that fracture the GOP but their own pride and arrogance… AS these candidates win – the GOP MUST align themselves with them to secure a win against libs and progressives…IF they don‘t it will delay the reclamation of people’s voices but only for a moment. The stand for what’s right, good and best for the country means you vote for the best candidate ( even if they lose against the machine) and you work to unseat the establishment if they are not representing YOU

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  • douglove
    Posted on September 15, 2010 at 9:26am

    Mad as hell? YES! MAD because liberals democrats – who don’t believe in the American way – have hijacked America and are flying it into the twin towers of Increased Taxes and Increased Debt. November cannot come quickly enough.

    And true Conservatives who love, believe in and stand for AMERICA had better win this November or we may not ever have a free election again. It’s that serious.

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    • PubliusPencilman
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 9:58am

      Really? You would disrespect the memory of 9/11 so much that you would compare the terrorists to liberal politicians? You think trivializing 9/11 as a stupid, self-serving metaphor is really the right road to take? That’s a scummy thing to do my friend.

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  • Anonimouse
    Posted on September 15, 2010 at 9:22am

    I’m not mad as hell – I haven’t been this happy in years!

    Smile folks – we’re winning!

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  • JesusFreak95
    Posted on September 15, 2010 at 9:19am

    This is my kind of candidate. I hope he mops the floor with Mr. Cuomo.

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  • Gita
    Posted on September 15, 2010 at 9:13am

    We The People are going to break the back of the GOP and then we’re coming after the progressive party (Democrats). Here’s some food for thought for those in the Rangel district, how long have you lived in his district to vote him in over and over again?

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  • PA PATRIOT
    Posted on September 15, 2010 at 9:10am

    Fellow Patriots
    Relevant are the words of fellow Pennsylvanian and Patriot Thomas Paine…

    “THESE are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.” Thomas Paine December 23, 1776 The American Crisis #1

    Summer soldiers no more, we have begun the passage to freedom founded on Truth and Honor. Now is the time to increase efforts in our search for freedom from large government and arrogant members of Congress. Join together in heart and soul and stand by our cause. Be undivided in our steadfast will to bring sincere and authentic change to the cause of smaller government, a government which will reflect the values of those that fund the government, not find fortunes or profit from the government.

    Appropriate also are the words of Abraham Lincoln whose Gettysburg address can reflect many of the thoughts that we now share. Take comfort in the final words of his speech of November 19, 1863

    “that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom — and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”

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  • martnee777
    Posted on September 15, 2010 at 8:45am

    If we don’t turn this country in November, we are going to become a Communist Nation. If you think this is a little over stated, ask yourself this, do you want people like Bill Maher and Dangleingbags, telling you what to do, how to think and how you should live your life. You should be very, very scared!!!!!

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  • Slayer
    Posted on September 15, 2010 at 8:41am

    It is fantastic that the TEA Party has beaten the hell out of the establishment GOP. Principles or nothing! Either we go into power with true Conservatives or we go with nothing. Limbaugh is right. A RINO is no better than a Liberal.

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    • PubliusPencilman
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 10:06am

      May the goose-stepping commence!

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    • Truncheon
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 12:22pm

      PubliusPencildick writes: “May the goose-stepping commence!”

      lol

      Behold the sum total extent of the liberal “intellect”……

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    • PubliusPencilman
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 12:38pm

      Again, writing “pencildick” really puts you in the top 10%.

      Sorry, wouldn’t want to disrupt this whole drink-the-koolaid conservative populist cocoon you’ve created for yourself.

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  • Tatum
    Posted on September 15, 2010 at 8:34am

    To all Americans, SEND YOUR MONEY TO THE PERON or PERSONS YOU WANT TO WIN!

    The GOP/RNC think your stupid. The DEMS/LIBS think your stupid.

    Be smart. Send the Conservative your money directly. They will spent it wisely.

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    • Level 34 Libertarian
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 10:08am

      Do not bother aiding their bids for election, if they cannot raise their own money they surely do not deserve your money.

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  • wingedwolf
    Posted on September 15, 2010 at 8:17am

    Did you see, they voted to keep Rangel in there? They are condoning and encouraging corruption and allowing all taxpayers to be ripper off. Let’s hope that, by time for the general election, some brain power kicks in. Only the New Yorkers could have saved the rape of the taxpayers by Charlie Rangel, and they just flipped all of us off.

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    • Pink.Iris
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 8:26am

      I think Rangel was won the primary (and because it is a heavily Dem. district, most likely the election) because we still have, unfortunately, too many people that have NO knowledge when they go into the voting booth and just see a familiar name and vote for it. Also, pulling out the “racist” card, like Charlie did, still goes down well with some Democrats.

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    • notimeforthis
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 8:28am

      It’s time for Black constituents of Harry Rangel to show they “GET IT” along with the rest of the country! I have watched the cockiness of Rangel, and his manner that he know his voters are too needy and stupid to vote him out. He has them thinking they will not get their government check without him! WAKE UP RANGELISTS, YOUR LEADER IS A CROOK!

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    • grunt67
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 9:18am

      For God’s Sake, his district is HARLEM!! He’ll never lose that district! He’ll either need to get thrown out of congress from the ethics charges or die to give up that seat.

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    • Awakened One
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 12:28pm

      I’m glad they kept Rangel. The more this poster child for corruption is up front and visable, the more people will step up to throw the whole progressive machine out. There’s no chance a conservative gets elected from that district. Rangel is a public thorn that irritates the whole country.

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  • Pink.Iris
    Posted on September 15, 2010 at 8:15am

    Lazio has been trotted out by the Republicans in NYS several times and defeated several times. What makes the GOP believe he would win this time? Guess the R‘s haven’t gotten it yet – it’s about what the person stands for, not whether they might win or not (and basically be a Democratic-lite elected official).

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  • Dan White
    Posted on September 15, 2010 at 8:14am

    Congratulations to Mr. Paladino! I saw an interview on Fox News this morning and see a lot of similarity with Mr Paladino’s style and that of Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona! I am certain that his popularity will only grow from this win and would urge Michael Steele and the Republican Party to wake up and support candidates like Mr. Paladino and Ms O’Donnell, otherwise he’ll find himself left behind.

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  • obfuscatenot
    Posted on September 15, 2010 at 8:12am

    If New Jersey can elect Christie, why cannot New York follow suit and elect someone to clean out the sewer? I’m sick and tired of establishment types putting down the duly elected representative of the Republican party -GROW UP and grow a pair!

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  • Zoe
    Posted on September 15, 2010 at 8:12am

    Yes, I too, am mad as hell.

    Government is Ravaging our country from big business all the way down to the local level entrepreneur.

    State government has literally stolen my PERFECT track record business of 13+ years. Those who promoted this cannot all say this for their firms

    Fat Cat Big business has lobbied my type of business license to become extinct. NO Warning & No Questions by those who voted to pass the statutes.

    Florida are you paying attention?

    Game on!

    Back to my regularly scheduled 16 hr work day. ; )

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    • PubliusPencilman
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 9:54am

      Wait…. you hate big business… yet you are a Republican? I think you may be barking up the wrong tree here.

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    • Zoe
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 11:24am

      Your reply postings are irrelevant to to the comments in the initial posts.

      You are spinning assumptions into statements not made-

      Mr. Pencilman your appearance here displays one who inciting division or agitation to information. Not constructive dialogue-

      Peace-

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    • PubliusPencilman
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 11:37am

      Not so Zoe. I am expressing an honest confusion over the ideological inconsistency of a number of supposed Tea Party positions. Please, enlighten me and explain what it is you see the Tea Party doing to fix the issue you posted on above.

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    • K.G.
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 11:45am

      Small business has to vote for Republican. The Dems HATE small business–do everything possible to destroy small business. The Dems are in collusion w/big business.

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    • Truncheon
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 12:17pm

      Publius demonstrates his ignorance: “I am expressing an honest confusion over the ideological inconsistency of a number of supposed Tea Party positions.”

      Really. So you expect us to believe you are hear because you are interested in Tea Party “ideology”, that’s a belly laugh. And there is certainly no detectable “honesty” in your writings. You are the epitome of an Internet Troll.

      Regarding your “confusion” over “inconsistency”. A failing to live up to your stereotype of what a Conservative is, does not constitute an inconsistency on our part. Nor does your absolute ignorance of Conservatism constitute a failing on anybody else’s part.

      You running about the forum applying an ignorant stereotype to everyone and everything is amusing to watch, and were it a child doing it perhaps it would even be cute. But bottom line, watching an adult do it is pretty sad.

      Conservatism is not a real ideology, Troll. It is a point of view. If you really want to clear up your “confusion”, perhaps you should read “The Conservative Mind”, by Russell Kirk. Just a thought….

      http://www.amazon.com/Conservative-Mind-Burke-Eliot/dp/0895261715

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    • PubliusPencilman
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 12:35pm

      The name-calling really helps your case regarding maturity Truncheon.

      I would contest the distinction you draw between ideology and “point of view,” but that’s a different story altogether. I’m familiar with Russel Kirk and his definition of Conservatism, but I would venture to say quite a lot of self-identified Tea Party-ers are not. Perhaps you can go around and preach to them.

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    • Truncheon
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 1:09pm

      PubliusPencildick writes: “I … contest [your] distinction … between ideology and “point of view,” … I’m familiar with Russel Kirk ”

      I see. If you were familiar with Russel Kirk, then you‘d know that it’s not *my* distinction, but Russel Kirk’s distinction, and thus you would have contested *his* distinction.

      Heh heh heh! I love how the ******* always wishes to *appear* a certain way…such as educated, informed, sensitive, tolerant …. without ever trying to actually *be* that way roflmao!

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    • Truncheon
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 1:16pm

      PubliusPencildick digs his hole deeper: “The name-calling really helps your case regarding maturity Truncheon.”

      I’m not advocating high rhetorical standards, nor have I expressed any indignation on the topic. You did. Thus, I’m not making a case regarding maturity, rather I illuminated your hypocrisy.

      This should be readily obvious to anyone with a modest command of the English language, really.

      But if you continue to have difficulties, there are surely many community colleges in your area offering remedial courses at reasonable rates, Pencildick! roflmao!

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    • swalt
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 1:30pm

      Okay Pencildork, why don’t you tell us what the Tea Party stands for that is wrong?

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    • Zoe
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 4:52pm

      Thank you Mr. Truncheon.

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  • Johnny Constitution
    Posted on September 15, 2010 at 8:11am

    “Oh, you just handed the November victory to the democrats,” is the line we hear every time a grassroots conservative upsets an establishment Republican in a primary. It’s a theory worth considering, and then discarding. The fact is that if the establishment Republican can’t make it out of their own primary, with the money and backing of the local, state, and national organizations, then that’s on them. If you don’t want to face the prospect of a democrat winning in November, run a campaign based on principle (and backed by a track record) next time and you won’t have to worry about it.

    But whatever you do, don’t blame the conservative that just handed you your hat for your own loss. That’s on you, buddy. Now, are you going to continue to strike a pose and long for the good ole days when elections were a mere formality, or are you going to shut up and help?

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    • Colonial Revolutionary
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 8:53am

      Bravo Johnny.

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    • quickone
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 10:05am

      Dido Bravo Johnny. We need to support these candidates with our own resources as much as we can spare. We may still be able to beat these progressive democrats even without national RNC support!

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  • Tatum
    Posted on September 15, 2010 at 8:11am

    People in NY. You need help. Stop doing the same thing over & over again.

    Vote out the progressive who could care less about you, just your vote.

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    • notimeforthis
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 8:19am

      I agree TATUM! You would think that NY’s tax rates would be enough of a wake-up call! It makes you wonder if the movers and shakers in NY are even in touch with reality any more! NY needs to get real,
      to they want to be tagged with California! NY and California out of touch with reality!

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    • PubliusPencilman
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 11:42am

      Fortunately Tatum, NY has you to tell them what to think and how to vote. Clearly this is the independent individualist ideal that the Right is always talking about.

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    • swalt
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 1:28pm

      I agree. If you keep on doing what you have been doing, you will keep on getting what you have. Higher and higher taxes ( Cap and Trade) the government takeover of EVERYTHING, and they keep spending like there is no tomorrow, and there won’t be a tomorrow if Obama has his way. Throw the incumbants OUT and get some new blood … the Tea Party.

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  • Joseph
    Posted on September 15, 2010 at 8:11am

    I thinkin this election New York has become the new “SWING” state, and possibly California.

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    • PubliusPencilman
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 9:52am

      Keen political analysis, but I wouldn’t hold my breath. It was a primary: a Republican was going to win either way.

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  • Hondaman
    Posted on September 15, 2010 at 8:06am

    It seems Paladino is committed enough and forthright enough to do what is right. And for that I applaud him. At least we need to give him a chance to back up what he says. If he doesn’t, we throw him to the curb too.

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  • Maybe the GEESE Know More than the BEES Know
    Posted on September 15, 2010 at 8:04am

    the political MACHINE better wake up and LISTEN to what the PEOPLE are saying!

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  • Sliver_of_Truth
    Posted on September 15, 2010 at 8:00am

    I support Carl Paladino for NY state gov, but unfortunately, my guess is that Andrew Cuomo will win the general election only because the dopey, uninformed, leftist voters in this state will pull the lever for him based on name recognition only.

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    • danglingbags
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 8:10am

      KEEP GOING TEA PARTY >>>>>>>>>>FRACTURE the Conservatives. The GOP does not want you.
      Yes…you have them running…And…you secure victories for LIBERAL PROGRESSIVES

      BUT you are only *****19% of Electorate……*****19% = Dick Cheney’s Approval Rating in Jan2009. Yes, you are the remnants of Cheney fans.

      Please split off into a third party…….I will even sign the petitions. You ranks are declining everyday due to aging so you better hurry.

       
    • notimeforthis
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 8:13am

      Get Involved! Make a statement. Don’t leave it be due to apathy!

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    • Johnny Constitution
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 8:18am

      What you fail to understand, DB, is that one of the strategies employed by grassroots conservatives is to involve themselves at the local, state, and national levels within the Republican party in order to transform it from a tired group of career politicians who stand for nothing but preserving power, to a focused group of citizens concerned with American principles. American principles, incidentally, that you are staggeringly unfamiliar with.

      It’s an effective strategy. We are witnessing the beginning of that transformation, and with all such transitions, there will be fissures. So be it.

      It’s not at all unlike what communists, socialists, and environmentalists have done to both parties since the turn of the last century. Snicker all you want as you read this in George Soros’ bathroom, but you ought to be flattered, since your tactics are being employed against you.

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    • danglingbags
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 8:24am

      Mr Constitution.

      THESE ARE PRIMARIES. These are low turnout and do not reflect overall population. Once large numbers of people show up in November your feeble little Tea Party will be out numbered.

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    • martnee777
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 8:36am

      @Dannglingbags. You and the rest of the progressive ilk are not prepared for what is to come. You have not woke a sleeping giant, you stuck him with a cattle prod and is he pi**ed

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    • Stuck_in_CA
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 8:45am

      I kinda liked Lazio but hopefully Carl Paladino will make a good showing… For Pete’s sake Carl, get some rest!!!

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    • Peters
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 8:55am

      Libs and Republicans still really don’t get it . . . probably never will. And although it really matters what happens in November, to the health of the nation so to speak, it is critical. But if we don’t make it up the hill at that in point in time, it’s not over. This fight, libs and Republican establishment, is just beginning . . .

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    • RUMBAROCK
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 8:58am

      dont lose hope!!..things are changing in our country..you’ll be surprised!..look at everything that we have accomplished together!..

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    • Johnny Constitution
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 9:07am

      Dear DB,

      Thanks so much for your reply. Unfortunately, I cannot respond to the substance of your post. I only responded to your initial post because all occasional contributors are required to respond to your posts at least once. Now that I’ve fulfilled my obligation, you can expect no further communication from me.

      Thanks, and if you have any questions please feel free ask. I won’t answer, of course, but you can ask all day long.

      JC

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    • tweaker
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 9:13am

      DB, you’re so out of touch with middle America, you can’t even see it. The Tea Party is a new generation of young “fire in the belly” men and women who can see they need to do something now about the direction our political leaders are taking this country. When they get in office there will be change that you can see and feel. They will return this GREAT NATION back to its glory that it once stood for.
      Do you realize that over 40% of congress has been in office for more than 20 years! We’re cleaning out the old geezers, who have made public service a career. I think that the founding fathers would be proud of the Tea Party and what they’re doing to take back America.

      “Dangleingbags”… two things come to mind, new bra or a jock strap. What a name. :)

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    • PubliusPencilman
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 10:03am

      I think the Founding Fathers would be rather appalled at the depths to which political rhetoric has sunk within the Tea Party. I think they would be horrified by the search for the lowest possible denominator in public office. After all, aside from Samuel Adams (probably the richest man in Boston), none of the Founding Fathers participated in the original Tea Party, and most of them condemned it.

      You know nothing of the Founding Fathers. Read a book.

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    • Level 34 Libertarian
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 10:05am

      This is the dawning of a new age, a new time in our history when the gospel of freedom rains down upon the foolish creature that is government. No longer shall we wallow in statism we will prevail under the banner of the free market and lead America into a new age, one where the disgusting leeches will be driven into nothingness where they belong. For we have accepted the absolute truth that those who cannot take of themselves do not deserve anything.

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    • Mikee T
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 10:14am

      I guess you don’t understand the concept of “the wave”…DB… Similar to what happens in a football stadium. I hope New York residents are as smart and inciteful as I think they are. Cuomo is a puppet; he did a great job when chief of HUD didn’t he ? Stood idly by while yet another massive Government Subsidized Entity (GSE) continued to drive our economy into the ground…. What is your frame of reference for supporting these liberal democrats ? I’m sure your personal bio would tell the story, but of course, you are too cowardly to expose it……..get lost…..this is a conservative site…

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    • Beckofile
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 10:36am

      Do not tire or loose focus! Once we kick all the Democrats out of the party that we intend to take over they will join back up with the Socialist/Democrat party where they belong. When we go thru a couple cycles we can get back to having Constitutional constructionalist types back in the Republican robe. The only bummer will be watching Boehner try to understand what has happened. Dbags is not our enemy yet so disregard and do not respond. Our enemy is the established Republicans that have screwed our party up!

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    • JesusFreak95
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 10:52am

      Hey Dingleberry,

      You just keep counting us out. MOST Americans are conservative and sick of what the progressives on BOTH sides of the isle have been doing to us. That goes for the GOP as well as the DNC. People ARE waking up, and when that happens, all these old trolls and their self entitled offspring like Mario’s boy are going to be in for a rude awakening.

      So keep on blathering. It makes for great entertainment. Your are our own little slice of Keith Oberdork, right her on the Blaze, and I love the comedic relief. When that steam roller runs over your mouth in November and 2012, it will be even funnier to hear you try to talk.

      Cheers!

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    • 2gether
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 11:12am

      Bags: 19% is pretty hefty when you consider the fact that not only a third of those who can vote, do vote. We are ready to do what we have to do…so just sit back and spout your anger and rhetoric and will take care of the real work. We don’t need the money, we don’t need the democratic party or the republican party. That’s the whole point about this…the people are sick of the partisan bickering and bull. We want it all to end and to start to focus on what is really important bringing the country bacl to respectability.

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    • PubliusPencilman
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 11:34am

      Wait a minute 2GETHER. You folks need to get your story straight. You are saying that the Tea Party is the solution to partisan politics? Is this really the banner you are flying?

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    • prairiegirl
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 11:36am

      Dingybugs..what you don’t understand is that We Surround You…not just figuratively but also literally.
      How much does CuriousGeorge Soros pay you?

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    • Caffeinated Texan
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 11:45am

      As a general rule, liberals attack threats and ignore non-threats.

      The left alternates between vitriolic hatred for the Tea Party and claims that it will destroy the Republican Party (as if that were not a leftists wet dream.) To me, this is proof enough that the Tea Party has the potential to really move this country in the right direction.

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    • Truncheon
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 12:04pm

      DB writes: “FRACTURE the Conservatives. The GOP does not want you.”

      Leaving aside for the moment how laughable it is hearing a ******* tell us what we need to do, there remains the fact that *we* are the Conservatives. The GOP are the ruling class, indistinguishable from the DNC except as regards the rate at which they advance statism.

      We are taking over the GOP, after having punished them in 2008 for forgetting who put them into power in 1994.

      DB writes: “[Conservatives] are only … 19% of Electorate”

      It’s truly eerie how the left sees the absolute opposite of reality, and so consistently.

      http://www.gallup.com/poll/141032/2010-Conservatives-Outnumber-Moderates-Liberals.aspx

      “In 2010, Conservatives Still Outnumber Moderates, Liberals”

      “42% of Americans describing themselves as either very conservative or conservative … 20% calling themselves liberal or very liberal.”

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    • Truncheon
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 12:07pm

      PP writes: “You are saying that the Tea Party is the solution to partisan politics?”

      Is the Tea Party a political party? If not, than “partisan” doesn’t even really apply, does it?

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    • PeterBreitholtz
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 1:06pm

      lip service lip service, lippylippy lip service…long as you pay me, i’m gonna be a rascal. lip service. lip service. L-O-L Hey! @npr @wnyc

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    • Big Alby
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 1:33pm

      Look below. It’a old baggy again…HA HA HA…Socialist wench! Get off your sorry a** and get a job so you can pay Osama’s (not a typo either wench) tax hikes!

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    • cindy g
      Posted on September 15, 2010 at 4:06pm

      Did I miss the November election? I wouldn’t count any Tea Party candidate out!….Look at Scott Brown, they thought he was a joke running for Kennedy’s seat….Yet, win he did!

      The GOP didn’t leave the Tea Party……They left the GOP and are doing so in record numbers…

      REPUBLICAN POLITICIANS………………….BEWARE!!!!

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    • southsik
      Posted on September 21, 2010 at 5:36pm

      @danglingbags
      Why don’t you have the balls to start calling the party SOCIALIST instead of the progressive crap?

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