AS I SEE IT.... LOOKING BEYOND PARTY LABELS

DEAR READERS:

I AM WRITING THIS UPDATE NOW, ONE DAY BEFORE THE ELECTION FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO STILL HAVE AN OPEN MIND ABOUT TOMMOROW. MOST VOTERS HAVE ALREADY MADE UP THEIR MINDS, AND NO AMOUNT OF PERSUASION WILL CHANGE THAT. IN FACT MOST VOTERS WOULD PULL THE LEVER FOR ROAD- KILL IF IT WERE UNDER THEIR PARTY BANNER. YOU SAY I EXAGGERATE. WELL, I DO NOT!!!!!!!!!! TOMMOROW, TWO PEOPLE HAVE A BETTER THAN EVEN CHANCE OF BEING RETURNED TO OFFICE SOLEY BY REASON OF PARTY BANNER. THOSE TWO ARE INCUMBENT COMPTROLER ALAN HEVESI AND INCUMBENT STATE SENATOR VINCENT LEIBELL. ONE, (HEVESI) IS A DEMOCRAT AND THE OTHER (LEIBELL) IS A REPUBLICAN. BOTH HAVE SHAMED THEIR OFFICES AND/OR THEIR PARTY. YET, THE ARGUEMENT FOR THIER RE-ELECTION IS MONEY. IN HEVESI'S CASE, IT IS HOW MUCH HE HAS GROWN THE PENSION FUND, IN LEIBELL'S CASE IT IS HOW MUCH HE HAS BROUGHT BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. THERE IS NOT ONE OF YOU WHO READ THIS BLOG WHO DOES BELEIVES THAT OUR STATE GOVERNMENT IS NOT DYSFUNCTIONAL. THESE TWO CANDIDATES ARE PRIME EXAMPLES OF THAT DYSFUNCTION, YET, BECAUSE OF MONEY AND PARTY LABEL, YOU ARE WILLING TO RE-ELECT THEM AND CONTINUE TO REWARD DYSFUNCTION. THE THOUGHT OF PULLING THE LEVER FOR SOMEONE ON THE OTHER BANNER IS MORE ABHORENT THAN THE DYSFUNCTION THEY REPRESENT. TOMMOROW YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO SAY ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!! TOMMOROW YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO SAY TO THESE CANDIDATE AND THEIR PARTY LEADERS THAT YOU CANNOT BE BOUGHT, FOR TRUELY THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO DO. IN ALL ELECTIONS ISSUES ARE FLUID, THE ONLY CONSTANT IS CHARACTER. YOU CANNOT CORRUPT AN HONEST MAN. WE KNOW THAT THESE TWO ARE EITHER CORRUPT (AT WORST) OR DISENGENUOUS (AT BEST) . EITHER WAY NEITHER IS DESERVING OF RE-ELECTION.
TO VOTE FOR A MINOR PARTY CANDIDATE AS A PROTEST WILL ONLY INSURE THAT THE INCUMBENT WILL BE RE-ELECTED, SO THAT IS NOT THE ANSWER. THE ONLY ANSWER IS TO PULL THE LEVER FOR THE NOMINEE IF THE OTHER PARTY. THAT WOULD BE CALLAHAN FOR COMPTROLLER AND KALPOWITZ FOR STATE SENATE. THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN TAKE BACK YOUR GOVERNMENT IS THO SHOW THE PARTY LEADERS YOU ARE WILLING TO CROSS PARTY LINES WHEN YOU ARE BETRAYED. TO CHANGE THE WORLD YOU MUST START WITH YOUR CORNER OF IT. YOU CANNOT RELY ON SOMEONE ELSE TO DO IT FOR YOU, YOU MUST START WITH YOURSELF. DO NOT FALL FOR THE ARGUEMENT OF "NOT QUALLIFIED", FOR RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SEEN WHAT "QUALLIFIED" HAS GOTTEN US. IT IS A SHAM ARGUEMENT USED TO SCARE US INTO KEEPING IN OFFICE THOSE WHO ARE UNDERSERVING. TOMMOROW YOU CAN START TO TAKE BACK YOUR GOVERNMENT,
DON'T REWARD FAILURE WITH RE-ELECTION, AND MOST OF ALL, DON'T ALLOW YOURSELF TO BE BOUGHT.

BAZZO 11/06/06