Another Senator, Another Promise Of Jobs

New Yorker's fell for Hillary Clinton's promise to create 200,000 jobs like a rock falling off a cliff.

LoHud reports today New York has lost 160,000 manufacturing jobs since 2001.

But wait! Another Democratic US Senator to the rescue.

More than 160,000 New Yorkers have lost manufacturing jobs since 2001.
Tomorrow U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY, will release a report detailing those job losses by region and explaining how she plans to create new well paid jobs.
Stay tuned …

Here is a newsflash for Gillibrand - government does not create jobs, unless they are taxpayer funded jobs. This is precisely the problem with politicians like Gillibrand, pandering to people to make them think they create jobs. Maybe in their own mind they think government creates jobs, while in fact government needs to learn what it has to do to create an environment for private sector to create the jobs.

Until politicians like Gillibrand understand that very basic concept New York will continue to be buried under a heavy tax burden, heavy energy cost, heavy regulatory environment and non-business friendly government policies that is not conducive to creating jobs and another 160,000 or more jobs will continue to move out of New York to other more business friendly states.   

Duh'

If you did not see Colin Powell on CNN's State of the Union show yesterday, it was excellent. He is a very well thought out person and excellent to listen to, contrary to what the hard right wingers like Limbaugh say about him, he is a great leader.

Powell who speaks to President from time to time and suggests striving for a government that works, one that finds solutions when other entities cannot, but he cautions the President that Obama is taking on too much and that we can't pay for it all.

"I think one of the cautions that has to be given to the president - and I've talked to some of his people about this - is that you can't have so many things on the table that you can't absorb it all. And we can't pay for it all," Powell said.

"And I never would have believed that we would have budgets that are running into the multi-trillions of dollars, and we are amassing a huge, huge national debt that, if we don't pay for in our lifetime, our kids and grandkids and great grandchildren will have to pay for it."

Powell has reason to be concerned this is Obama's deficit now and it will make W's spending spree pale in comparison. It will take years to recover from the Great One's spending.

Checking Out?

Senator Darrel Aubertine appears to be checking out of Albany just like it was a hotel room. Our Senator was absent from court order mandatory attendance sessions on both Thursday and Friday of last week.

WWNY reports (here) the Senator was in his home town of Cape Vincent.

"The senator was apparently attending a constituents meeting in Cape Vincent, but details of what that meeting was about were not revealed."

Did it ever cross anyone's mind why the details of that super secret "constituent" meeting were so secret and not revealed or just simply public knowledge.

A very good source directly involved in the Congressional campaign says the super secret constituent meeting was actually a meeting with operatives of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Hence why he received a free pass out of Albany from the Governor.

You knew it was not going to be a local process for choosing the Democratic candidate.

Hoax?

Website - Aubertineforcongress.com  is a register website, but is it the real deal or a hoax?

The site is register to Ken Girardin.

Republican activist, working on 2 GOP races and young Republican's Club at RPI

• Campaign Manager and Strategist at Chris Laing for Assembly
• Volunteer Coordinator at Mike Rocque for Congress 
•  RPI College Republicans

Seems hard to believe that Senator Aubertine would cross the aisle to have an active Republican register and prepare his website.  

Present - Oh Just Kidding, Not Physically

Senator Aubertine waved to the journal clerk on his way out the door heading home to Cape Vincent.

So, that means he was "present" without being physically present and in turn voting yes on any and all legislation brought before the session, essentially just becoming a rubber stamp for the NYC leadership.

He claims to have special permission from the Governor and Malcolm, but can they overturn a court order?

Below is the judgment ordering them into session, while it is dated for June 30th at 10:00, it specifies "...at extraordinary sessions (plural) of the Senate called by Petitioner..."

If the point of the court order is to keep them in Albany during the holiday weekend to make them work out their differences; what is Senator Aubertine doing at home and not in the chamber Thursday or Friday.

Judgment

Cap and Tax

Democrats speak to Pelosi's cap and tax bill that passed the house.

Comptroller Is Acting

NY Comptroller Tom DiNapoli is looking into withholding the NYS Senator pay and expense vouchers.

As the state’s fiscal officer, I have a responsibility to taxpayers to safeguard their interests. These are difficult fiscal times. The state needs leadership and action.

Leadership - a characteristic that is sadly lacking at the State and here in our home Senate district.


Times Union
Memo to Comptroller DiNapoli and Governor Patterson - New York State taxpayers should revoke their pay.

Called Out

This video is great! The Great One's administration is finally called out on the claim for open and transparent government and it is identified for what it is - controlled!

Chip Reid from CBS and Hearst news service reporter Helen Thomas put WH spokesman Robert Gibbs on the spot.

Did you ever think you would see pigs fly? Watch how integrity and freedom of the press overtake the usual lovefest between Barry O and the media.



Another report on the issue.

“What the hell do they think we are, puppets?” Thomas said. “They’re supposed to stay out of our business. They are our public servants. We pay them.” 

Thomas said she was especially concerned about the arrangement between the Obama Administration and a writer from the liberal Huffington Post Web site. The writer was invited by the White House to President Obama’s press conference last week on the understanding that he would ask Obama a question about Iran from among questions that had been sent to him by people in Iran. 

“When you call the reporter the night before you know damn well what they are going to ask to control you,” Thomas said. 

“I’m not saying there has never been managed news before, but this is carried to fare-thee-well–for the town halls, for the press conferences,” she said. “It’s blatant. They don’t give a damn if you know it or not. They ought to be hanging their heads in shame.”

A Changing Tide?

What will ultimately undo the Democratic party power surge?

A swift move to the left, just as much as a swift move to the right is detrimental to the GOP. More people are viewing the Democratic Party as "too liberal."

If the GOP could possibly find its fiscal footing and stand for something these days, specifically fiscal restraint, they may be able to capitalize on the tide that will eventually undo the Democrats. For all the chortling about the Democrats being  forever in power and the GOP is dead, public opinion is changing.

The Great One's policies will and are catching up with the electorate.

Read more from Gallup

Selection Process By Contrast

The selection process for the candidates in the race for the 23rd Congressional seat are mightily different between parties.

The GOP is having a very open process, as open as the process for selecting a candidate in a special election allows. The 11 county GOP committees have decided to hold 4 regional meetings for committee members to meet the candidates and ask questions of them in an open forum. The committee members will then have a say as their county chairperson is asked to cast a vote.

The regional GOP committee meetings as follows - for committee members.
7/7 Southern Area Meeting: Counties of Fulton, Hamilton, 6:00 at Zeiser Restaurant, Speculator
7/9 Western Area Meeting: Counties of Madison, Oswego, and Oneida, 6:30 at Schneibles Restaurant, Verona Beach
7/14 Central Area Meeting: Counties of Lewis, Jefferson, and St Lawrence, 6:00 at VFW, Gouverneur
7/16 Northern Area Meeting: Counties of Clinton, Essex and Franklin, 6:00 at T/Plattsburgh Town Hall, Plattsburgh

Two front runners are emerging in a strong way for the nod; Matt Doheny is putting his money where his mouth is and Dede Scozzafava, who says it is time for her to make a move. Both candidates and the ultimate local party choice should be well served by such as open process.

By contrast, the Democrats appear to be running a smoke filled backroom process of selecting Darrel Aubertine as their candidate. Funny thing that Dan French, who aspired to the seat is no where to be seen and does not appear on anyone's radar, while John Sullivan flops on the dock like a fish. The Democrats will look to three county chairs from Jefferson, Oswego and St. Lawrence county for their punctilious answer, but the real answer is predetermined and the nod to their candidate comes by way of a tap on the shoulder from Washington, DC.

So as the Republicans air their selection process openly, WH political chieftain Rahm Emmanuel has polled the district, is setting up the organization for  Aubertine and raising the money for the race so we can be inundated with phony commercials.

The 23rd Congressional race is no different than the Great One meddling in the US Senate seat race, clearing the field for Gillibrand in that case.

Which process do you prefer; a selection by local folks or the White House ramming their candidate choice down your throat?