Gillibrand's first newpaper endorsement (NY20)

[Nite Owl]

http://www.gillibrand2006.com/node/415



REPLACE JOHN SWEENEY - The Granville Sentinel

October 25, 2006

It is rare for this newspaper to formally endorse a candidate for political office. The only less likely occurrence is for this paper to endorse a Democratic candidate facing a Republican incumbent.

But that is what we are doing today.

This newspaper believes that this coming election is one of the most critical in our generation and we believe voters must send a message to Washington and replace Congressman John Sweeney with his challenger, Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand.

There are any number of reasons why we made this choice, from Sweeney’s dumbfounded political junkets to western ski areas to the Caribbean vacation courtesy of convicted felon Jack Abramoff to his blindfolded support of Bush economic policies that favor this nation’s wealthiest individuals, while Washington County residents struggle to make ends meet, often without the benefit of raises and critical health insurance.

But the real issue that makes this decision so simple and sure is Sweeney’s total support for President Bush’s war againstIraq and the incompetent way Bush and the Republicans have waged this war.


More here: http://www.gillibrand2006.com/node/415

[Cooley Hurd]

1. K&R - I wish I could see some new polls...

[Nite Owl]

2. Me too!

[Greeby]

4. The most recent is from October 17th from Siena College

which says she's down 39 to 53

Which conflicts from the RT Strategies poll from the previous day, which had her up 54 to 41

Any ideas? *scratches head*

[photogirl12]

7. I think

it all depends on who is paying for the poll.

[mcg]

48. Poll from Oct 24: Gillibrand 43%, Sweeney 40%

http://www.gillibrand2006.com/node/419

Head to Head: Gillibrand 43%, Sweeney 40%. When asked to assess the job that John Sweeney is doing, only 37% approve. Only 26% of voters in New York's 20th district think that the country is going on the right track, while 62% say we're headed down the wrong track and only 28% give President Bush a positive rating for the job he is doing.

[photogirl12]

3. Woo-Hoo!!! K&R

[Cooley Hurd]

5. Kick and a reminder for DUers that Sweeney was the ARCHITECT...

...of the 2000 Brooks Brothers Riot in FL!

This scumbag-thug NEEDS TO GO!

[photogirl12]

6. Much agreed

That thug has to go!

[Cooley Hurd]

8. BTW: GREAT photos from the Big Dog/Gillibrand rally!

Possibly the greatest regret of my life - I had a work event I couldn't get out of. If I could've, I would've been there!

[photogirl12]

9. I regret it too...

my boyfriend, Halfmoon Dem went with his sister and Nite Owl but I had to work.

[Cooley Hurd]

10. ...but WHAT an event it must've been!!!

I tried to get Rhiannon12866 (my SO) to go, but she didn't want to go without me...

[photogirl12]

11. Yeah

my boyfriend went without me and then came back and said that he wished I could have gone.

[Cooley Hurd]

12. Despite our absences, KG is gonna KICK the thug's arse!!!

[photogirl12]

13. I really hope she does!!!

[photogirl12]

14. By the way

Nite Owl says hi. She wants to know if you ever got your Gillibrand sign.

[Cooley Hurd]

20. Not yet, but I've put my Gillibrand bumper sticker prominently...

...on my car (I drive up and down the Northway every day). Nonetheless, there's a Gillibrand sign at my intersection (Rt 67 @ Brookline Rd in B Spa).

[Rhiannon12866]

21. nuxvomica got the last one in Glens Falls.

I thought that this was an encouraging sign, but it turns out that the reason that they're disappearing is that they're being stolen!

[halfmoon dem]

25. Which Gillibrand sign are you looking for?

The big red one, the big white one or the little red one?

[Rhiannon12866]

31. We weren't picky, but nuxvomica was told that the one he got was the last that they had.

It's mostly blue and white, with red lettering, if I recall. The guy at GF Dem headquarters told him that he'd better bring it in at night, because so many had been stolen...

[halfmoon dem]

36. Do you have the room

to put up a big one 4 foot by 4 foot. I also have one that is 2 foot by 4 foot. I also have the little lawn signs.

[Rhiannon12866]

37. We have plenty of room.

It's just a matter of making sure that they're seen and not stolen... Cooley Hurd has a Hillary sign and a Spitzer sign that were messed with... The one that nuxvomica has was the last Gillibrand lawn sign in GF.

[halfmoon dem]

38. I can put one in the ground with steel

Send me a message and let me know where you are.

[halfmoon dem]

39. What county are you in? n/t

[Rhiannon12866]

43. Warren County.

Cooley Hurd is in Southern Saratoga county. It's serious Freeper country all around here...

[halfmoon dem]

I have a 4 foot by 4 foot woodin one,

do you want it?

[Rhiannon12866]

50. I will ask. Thanks!

[photogirl12]

62. Halfmoon Dem said

He will leave you one at exit 8a. Pick it up on your drive by....he is such a jokester!!!!

[Rhiannon12866]

69. I think I can do 8A, LOL.

As long as I don't have to cross the Tadeusz Kościuszko Bridge! I think that's Exit 7. I am not good with bridges...

[photogirl12]

47. Hi, girlfriend of halfmoon dem here,

I am going to be responding for him since I am sick of logging in and out of both of our screen names. It is driving me nuts

[Rhiannon12866]

51. I can imagine, LOL.

As I said, Cooley Hurd is across the room, another computer, but he's posted as me, more than once...

[photogirl12]

53. I think I have you beat

halfmon dem is in the next room on one computer (refusing to go on du because he types too slow), and Nite Owl and I are in the same room on 2 laptops both posting on DU at the same time.

[Rhiannon12866]

58. I'm not so sure! Cooley Hurd beat me to half of these posts. LOL.

And he also has another computer, which he was using, and a laptop, but he prefers this one, since he can lie down on the couch and post from here...

[photogirl12]

61. So....

is this Rhhiannon12866 or Cooley Hurd posting on Rhiannon12866????

[Rhiannon12866]

65. It's really me. He's down for the count, LOL.

With my little dog walking all over him...

[photogirl12]

66. halfmoon dem just migrated

to the basement to hang out with one of Nite Owl's offspring and all of his friends.

[Rhiannon12866]

67. He's got more stamina than Cooley Hurd, who didn't make it through SNL.

And I'm hanging out with three dogs, as usual...

[photogirl12]

68. Just like Nite Owl and I

We are now hanging out with 3 very passed out dogs!!

[Rhiannon12866]

70. I wish that one of mine was passed out, LOL.

I have two little guys, Meneken's 13 and it's an effort to get him to eat, and Jack just turned seven months, yesterday, a bundle of energy, and he just ran over Cooley Hurd's head, LOL. He has a 100 lb. Airedale, and my little guys are 8 lbs.

[photogirl12]

49. By the way...

this is the size of sign that he is referring to. It just doesn't have the Repug sentiment.


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

[Rhiannon12866]

52. Thanks! I'll find out if we'd have a spot for it. And that is a very cool post.

I told you that you'd find kindred spirits here.

[photogirl12]

54. I will let halfmoon dem know

as soon as he pulls himself out of Ava's website again!!

[Rhiannon12866]

56. Thanks! LOL! She really is very good, amazing for a 15-year-old.

BTW, did you know that she received death threats for her anti-war videos and was interviewed on CNN because of this? She really held her own; Carol Lin was pretty clueless. I'm wondering how her candlelight vigil, on the steps of the capitol in Montgomery, Alabama, went this weekend...

[photogirl12]

57. halfmoon dem is pretty amazed

Nite Owl and I are laughing hysterically at the television and he isn't moving. It is terrible that she has gotten death threats for fighting for what she believes in. Jeez, I was never into politics when I was 15!!

[Rhiannon12866]

60. There are a lot of really young people on DU.

And I am often amazed. I knew very little at 15, either, but I've learned quite a lot from these guys... One guy, a friend of mine here, was a congressional intern, last year, while still in high school.

[photogirl12]

59. Ava's 16 candles

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

she gave me the link on her red hair thread in du lounge

[Rhiannon12866]

63. Thank you! I missed this one.

I only posted on her thread where she announced her plans for this. I'm so glad that it went well.

[halfmoon dem]

26. By the way

I have been putting up the signs in Halfmoon.

[Cooley Hurd]

29. The remarkable thing is that I've been seeing a TON of KG signs...

...in Clifton Park! That's "Stepford Park" to the uninitiated...

[halfmoon dem]

30. My girlfriend takes offense to that

she is Halfmoon (you know Clifton Park's siamese twin) born and raised.

[halfmoon dem]

33. Are you sure

that it is Clifton Park and not Halfmoon? Not that it makes much difference. Both areas are majority Repug.

[Cooley Hurd]

35. Jonesville - ultra-creepy!

I've ACTUALLY seen KG signs in friggin JONESVILLE!

[Rhiannon12866]

34. Very cool! I'll look for them, if I'm down that way.

It's been very encouraging to see more and more Gillibrand signs up here, but the Sweeney signs still outnumber them. *sigh* At Exit 18, two Sweeney signs flank the off ramp, which really irritated me, but then I noticed that two Gillibrand signs now flank the on ramp...

[Rhiannon12866]

15. We can only hope. There are still way too many Sweeney signs around...

Anybody who still votes for him, despite all the facts against him, just isn't paying attention. Kirsten Gillibrand is the best chance that we've ever had to unseat him...

[Nite Owl]

42. CH it's up on YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHyxxJLYOSs&mode=related...

There are two parts.

Halfmoon Dem wants my computer back!

[Rhiannon12866]

44. That is totally cool! Thank you so much!!!

I need to pass this on to nuxvomica and LoveMyCali! And Cooley Hurd is just across the room...

[Nite Owl]

46. We do have to have

a DU meetup when the election is over!

photogirl is on the couch across from me and halfmoon dem is in my office listening to DUer Ava's videos.

[Rhiannon12866]

55. We definitely must do this. :D

I own a house with nuxvomica, Cooley Hurd is watching SNL across the room from me and LoveMyCali is my best friend. And I recently ran across malta blue, who is also at Exit 12 and works with LoveMyCali and nuxvomica... Small world, here on DU.

on edit:typo

[halfmoon dem]

16. I hope KG wins!!! K&R

[Rhiannon12866]

17. Welcome to DU, halfmoon dem!

It's great to have another Gillibrand supporter with us!

Rhiannon

[halfmoon dem]

19. Thank you

and it is great to be here.

[Rhiannon12866]

24. You're more than welcome!

And you're in good company here...

on edit: I really like your avatar, LOL. My only objection to the OP article was the slam that it gave to Jimmy Carter...

[Cooley Hurd]

22. Hey, bro! Welcome to the DU!

[halfmoon dem]

23. Thank you

it is nice to feel welcomed.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

18. i met her this evening at the hunter mountian democratic dinner

she was wonderful! had the house on it's feet for most of her speech....she has a very good chance ....people are ready for a change ...even in this really red area of upstate new york. i'll be down in catskill at the democratic headquaters tomorrow to meet with to her spitzers wife ....hope for a better america!!!

[halfmoon dem]

27. I hope she get the NY Times endorsement.

[Nite Owl]

40. I do too

and some local papers too of course.

Welcome to DU halfmoon dem! Nice to have you here.

[halfmoon dem]

Thank you, Nite Owl

Even though you are in the next room!!!

[halfmoon dem]

41. Thank you, Nite Owl

Even though you are in the next room!!!

[Rhiannon12866]

64. nuxvomica had an LTTE published in The Post Star on 10/17.

It told the truth about the lies John Sweeney is spreading about Kirsten Gillibrand, that he's guilty of what he's accusing her of, being a "war profiteer."

[Cooley Hurd]

28. Please K&R this thread...

[halfmoon dem]

32. K&R n/t

[Rhiannon12866]

45. Thanks! 7 votes!