Tue Sep 26, 2006 at 12:06:02 AM EDT
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| Tom Kean Jr's campaign is trying really hard to make us believe that Democrats support him. First they blogged under at least four names here pretending to be life-long Democrats and Blue Jersey readers concerned about Bob Menendez. Democrat for Kean and campaign spokeswoman Jill Hazelbaker left an electronic trail, but that didn't stop them from denying the obvious truth once they were caught.
Now, they're taking their deception campaign mainstream - with a new 60 second radio spot featuring Larry Giancola - yet another "Democrat" that doesn't like Bob Menendez. Here's what Larry has to say: My name is Larry Giancola. I'm a lifelong resident of Hudson County. I'm a registered Democrat. I would not want to see Bob Menendez representing New Jersey in the Senate. At least this time, Kean Jr found a real life "Democrat" that doesn't like Menendez. But like Hazelbaker's fingerprints clumsily left behind all over the place, Larry also left behind quite a paper trail in the form of letters he wrote to The Record of Bergen County. Follow us below to meet the real Larry Giancola - the most self-hating "Democrat" in existence. |
| Juan Melli :: Another "Democrat" for Kean Jr |
In a very revealing letter on April 8, 2002, he talks about a bill that he claims would just benefit the "lawyer lobby" who he says "are the best friends and contributors the Democratic Party ever had" (why is he talking about the Democratic party in the third person?):Regarding recent legislation proposed by Assemblyman Neil M. Cohen, D-Union, to stop the rash of sexual abuse cases in churches, specifically the Catholic Church ("Sex abuse reports spur Assembly bill," Page A-3, March 28): Cohen proposes elimination of a limitation on jury awards that result from lawsuits generated by such abuse. His concern seems not so much for the victims of this abuse as to silence the church and its moral teachings. Where was Cohen's concern when President Bill Clinton was having sex with a girl younger than half his age? Where was his outrage, and why didn't he publicly support the president's impeachment? Besides intimidating churches, this bill also enriches the lawyer lobby. Trial and malpractice lawyers are the best friends and contributors the Democratic Party ever had. Sounds like a Democrat to me! Then on March 20, 2003 - the day we invaded Iraq - he reveals his xenophobic side by invoking 9/11 to justify Bush's war:How soon we forget Sept. 11, 2001, when more than 3,000 Americans were killed in cold blood. Imagine, when the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor, if President Roosevelt had said, "Let's not attack the Japanese because we might got them mad." America in 1941 was out for revenge, and we should be, too. We should fight Islamic terrorists wherever they may be found, and the countries that support them. Some American people are turning into the biggest wimps this country has ever seen. When there is the least little danger, they run for cover like rats. It will be a miracle if we keep our freedom with such brave citizens.
Instead of cowering like scared little rabbits, let's stand up for freedom all over the world.
I do not want to live under Islamic law. This individual will fight for this country, its values, and its traditions. Larry was just being figurative. His idea of "fighting" is to "keep writing letters." On August 28, 2005, Mr Larry "Democrat" Giancola mocked liberals, claiming they have no right to hold religious beliefs, and blamed them for spreading poverty:I nearly choked when I read "Living faith" (Editorial, Aug. 21) regarding the lack of real Christianity of this so-called Christian country. The last people to tell Christians what they should do are liberals like your newspaper and your willing accomplices.
How easy it is for liberals to tell us how to spend our money.
These same people love to spend everyone else's money but their own.
The truth is most liberals treat themselves rather well and are more likely spreading poverty through their policies than anything else. And on December 18, 2005, registered "Democrat" Larry mocks "liberal" college education, cultural diversity, liberalism and feminism. He seems to fear having a "politically correct" (read: brown) doctor:What cultural diversity has to do with expertise in one's field of work is anyone's guess. I would much rather be under the care of a competent physician then some politically correct doctor.
Nowhere in this article is there any hint of really learning something useful. The academic courses mentioned - Gender, Race and Class; History of Ethnic Fashion Design - are an absolute joke.
What are parents paying for these days, and what kind of education are our children getting? There appears to be no difference in useful knowledge learned by those who go to a liberal college and by those who stay home.
If we want to halt the progress of Iran, North Korea and radical Islam, we should export our college ideals of liberalism, feminism and cultural diversity. Maybe Larry is really a Democrat - after all, any voter can sign the form and join the Democratic Party. But he doesn't sound like any Democrat I know of. People like Larry might have found a welcoming place with the Southern Dixiecrats of the 1960s - most of them simply switched parties in the Reagan Revolution - but there's no place for them in the modern Democratic Party. It isn't that you have to toe a party line to be a Democrat, but there are common core values to which we strive to adhere - chief among these are the proud history of liberal political achievements.
Nor is it surprising that the GOP has found the very worst example of someone who believes in Democratic values to front for their campaign. Lacking substance, the Junior Kean campaign has done nothing but hypocritically attack Bob Menendez's ethics while displaying a total lack of understanding for what the word "ethics" really means. From astroturfing Blue Jersey to breaking his promise to Military Families Speak Out, Junior has proven that he's totally incapable of living up to even the lowered expectations he has managed to put before New Jersey voters. |
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