| LoBi goes "on the record" twice. As his potential fall opponent (and me) a Blue Jersey favorite lol "we" put several of the Congressman's recent, eh, inappropriate, remarks .... "in the record."
Issue 1: Last week on the Harry Hurley radio show, Congressman Frank LoBiondo stated he was for the death penalty. I think that's big and perhaps something of a campaign issue this fall. What was odd though, was neither the criminal justice system, nor the death penalty, were the subject of the on-air conversation. Mr. Hurley was using the NJ law, or some law somewhere, as an example of a statute that is on the books, but never used. LoBi was in studio to discuss the unacceptable situation of veterans having to go to Delaware for dialysis and other treatments. However, thanks to the efforts of many, including April Kaufman (see below), Vets, if they choose, can stay close by and be treated; but only IF they apply for an exemption. Problem so far is no Vet has applied for the exemption. Harry was inelegant in his example perhaps and he's usually better, but LoBi latched on to the words DEATH PENALTY. Pure pandering. Hurley mentions DEATH PENALTY, and "Pavlov" went for the bait. Besides Frank mixing apples and oranges, there's something else problematic about the whole damn thing as well :) I'm shaking my head....
Issue: Frank LoBiondo; FOR the death penalty; Stein AGAINST.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12...
Issue 2: Last January the same sort of thing happened on the KingArthur radio show. LoBi was being interviewed by the conservative co-host, April Kauffman. She had just come home from vacationing in Arizona and asked the Congressman his thoughts on the border situation. And danggumit, Lobiondo brings up the Dream Act out of nowhere. I suspect again, it was to win points on yet another hot button topic. This second instance is really disgusting. Dream Act kids are really complete innocents; caught up in bitter electoral politics. But some of these young adults are here decades. Many were brought across the southern border as babies in the 1980's. American businesses eagerly embraced their parents though, who by the way, have mostly worked off the books for years (many, I suspect in S. Jersey restaurants, blueberry fields and other small businesses from the Atlantic Ocean to the Delaware Bay).
LoBi; against the Dream Act. Stein for the Dream Act. |
| ....What I also find confusing is that the Teflon Congressman enjoys a reputation as a reasonable moderate Republican among registered Independent voters. And a few liberal South Jersey Democrats buy into that as well. He's big with animal lovers too, having two shelter dogs, and frequently is photographed with Lola and Luca...
http://www.harryhurley.info/ha...
.... (Not as well known, is that we have two shelter dogs in addition to two stray cats) These swing voters/animal lovers, anti-death penalty type are probably not listening to local conservative talk radio. When he's on the radio he talks a good game for Tea Party types, the ones who are in fact listening! I'm sometimes listening too since it's de rigueur if you plan on running a campaign against LoBiondo again. I'm on the air quite often with these same radio personalities, but I have to be somewhat delicate about what I say. LoBi walks on water down here, and it's impolite at best, asking the legions of admirers of the Congressman to deal with my many "issues" with Frank.
Analysis: So as his possible Democratic opponent (again) here, for the record, is the problem with what LoBi said about the death penalty (the Dream Act needs no defense or further anything from me) then we'll file this diary away until the fall campaign. DNA evidence exonerating death row inmates has made the death penalty a moot issue. And Congressman, what about rogue cops falsifying evidence or District Attorney's withholding key evidence from defense lawyers? Seems to me deterrents against public servants bending or breaking the law hasn't worked well in every capital murder case. Maybe Mr. LoBiondo would care to administer the lethal injection if a death penalty case ever succeeded in making it through the very expensive appeal courts (in some state other than New Jersey of course).
Well that's it for today, short and sweet. Just wanted to get this on the record over the winter months while things are relatively quite here at campaign headquarters. Here's me and LoBiondo in 2010, just a few short weeks before he gratuitously volunteered to April Kaufman that he was against the Dream Act and a perfect example of why I don't particularly like the Congressman.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
See for yourselves how he's not answering the question about children of illegals when it's an editorial review board doing the asking, and not a conservative radio talk show host (two months later). The question is slightly misstated but it's still completely relevant to the Dream Act. And it's about human decency; what doesn't the Congressman get? The YouTube is only 50 seconds, check it out. Notice too, the well meaning reporter asks the question improperly. How so, Blue Jersey? Answer: I don't THINK the Courier Post gentleman meant to question the 14th Amendment to the Constitution???
And enough Blue Jersey about me not being a satisfactory candidate ..... Mr. D. |
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