Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Jumping Ship-Spitzer as Nader
A Green sent this to me, and I found it facinating. We all know that the The Green Party of New York is running the candidate most deserving of your vote, Malachy McCourt, for Governor, but Elliott Spitzer is not the worst person we could have run.
Anyway, the interesting thing about this piece is that Doreen Banks, formerly in Thomas Suozzi's camp, left him to support Spitzer because...get ready folks...Spitzer is the Ralph Nader of this day.
Well, in that case, will he be a "spoiler" for the Greens this fall? Afterall, if he's Nader, we all know he was the spoiler. Don't believe me? Visit this link, and then come back and read all about Mr. Spitzer, the "New Ralph Nader".
Frankly, I kinda liked the old one. :-)
Newsday, 7/17/06
SWITCHING SIDES
Ex-Suozzi aide throws Spitzer bash
Democrat Doreen Banks, the former Nassau county clerk and former North Hempstead town board member, has a long history with Thomas Suozzi. She was his aide when Suozzi was the Glen Cove mayor and a member of the now-defunct Nassau Board of Supervisors.
Banks was also an original member of Suozzi's "dream team" of top staff, appointed as his first commissioner of parks and recreation when he became Nassau County executive in 2002.
Now Banks, who became a "special assistant" to Suozzi in February and left the county payroll in May, is hosting a fundraiser for Eliot Spitzer for governor at her East Williston home on July 30.
Why not for Suozzi, who is challenging Spitzer for the Democratic nomination for governor?
"Let's just say I'm very impressed by Eliot Spitzer's integrity," Banks said.
She added, "I feel that the federal government has completely abandoned the regulatory role and Eliot Spitzer stepped into the void. To me, he's like the Ralph Nader of this particular era in politics."
Anyway, the interesting thing about this piece is that Doreen Banks, formerly in Thomas Suozzi's camp, left him to support Spitzer because...get ready folks...Spitzer is the Ralph Nader of this day.
Well, in that case, will he be a "spoiler" for the Greens this fall? Afterall, if he's Nader, we all know he was the spoiler. Don't believe me? Visit this link, and then come back and read all about Mr. Spitzer, the "New Ralph Nader".
Frankly, I kinda liked the old one. :-)
Newsday, 7/17/06
SWITCHING SIDES
Ex-Suozzi aide throws Spitzer bash
Democrat Doreen Banks, the former Nassau county clerk and former North Hempstead town board member, has a long history with Thomas Suozzi. She was his aide when Suozzi was the Glen Cove mayor and a member of the now-defunct Nassau Board of Supervisors.
Banks was also an original member of Suozzi's "dream team" of top staff, appointed as his first commissioner of parks and recreation when he became Nassau County executive in 2002.
Now Banks, who became a "special assistant" to Suozzi in February and left the county payroll in May, is hosting a fundraiser for Eliot Spitzer for governor at her East Williston home on July 30.
Why not for Suozzi, who is challenging Spitzer for the Democratic nomination for governor?
"Let's just say I'm very impressed by Eliot Spitzer's integrity," Banks said.
She added, "I feel that the federal government has completely abandoned the regulatory role and Eliot Spitzer stepped into the void. To me, he's like the Ralph Nader of this particular era in politics."
// posted by Gregg Jocoy @ 3:02 PM 
