OK, I just have to rant about this, please bear with me.
Many of you on this board have expressed sympathy to TFL members in New York because Hillary is now our junior senator.
Please don't bother, New York deserves all the ridicule you can heap on it, I really don't mind. In fact, I agree with all of you. This State is full of Morons (Or gorons?)
Hillary is our senator because we let it happen. We wailed loudly about her being a carpetbagger while she ran a perfect campaign. While Lazio was bumbling his way through the pre election hoopla, his opponent was quietly working her cheesy butt off campaining where she had to. She covered the upstate counties while Lazio couldn't find his way north of NYC. Realizing she had the NYC vote she went to work where the experts told her she was weak, in the upstate counties. She kissed babies, milked cows, baked bread, admired crafts at county fairs, judged pigs and goats at 4H shows (yeah we do have them in NY state). She went where her presence was not wanted and won over enough votes to win her the election.
She went to an occasional gala in NYC, and totally stayed out of the Long Island counties where Lazio came from.
Lazio was hampered by a late start, only had 5 months to get his presence out to the public. George Pataki and Rudy Giuliani, who hate each other, did not help him when he needed it. Rudy was too busy with his new squeeze, and Pataki was too busy passing new gun legislation, which pissed off the upstate hunters and farmers who are Pro gun.
To NYC voters, Lazio looked like some high school kid running for class president. To long Islanders, he was not liberal enough for the soccer moms, who turned on him in spite of his extensive fight for Breast Cancer legislation and pro choice voting record.
Upstate voters asked, "What does he look like", or "Who is he". To them, he is just another downstate liberal. Upstate New Yorkers hate downstate people with a passion. Worse than southerners hate New Yorkers.
Results: over 80% of the NYC vote for Hillary, Long Island barely for Hillary. Upstate republican Strongholds went 50 to 47 % for Lazio.
Hillary ran a great campaign, Lazio was a dufus. Rudy and Pataki spent election night giving each other the finger while Lazio tried to put on a brave face.
This state deserves Hillary, and Schumer, who did the same thing two years ago.
I don't need sympathy, the rest of you in Flyover country will have elected Bush, that's good enough for me.
Geoff Ross
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I am no expert but I DO have an opinion.
Many of you on this board have expressed sympathy to TFL members in New York because Hillary is now our junior senator.
Please don't bother, New York deserves all the ridicule you can heap on it, I really don't mind. In fact, I agree with all of you. This State is full of Morons (Or gorons?)
Hillary is our senator because we let it happen. We wailed loudly about her being a carpetbagger while she ran a perfect campaign. While Lazio was bumbling his way through the pre election hoopla, his opponent was quietly working her cheesy butt off campaining where she had to. She covered the upstate counties while Lazio couldn't find his way north of NYC. Realizing she had the NYC vote she went to work where the experts told her she was weak, in the upstate counties. She kissed babies, milked cows, baked bread, admired crafts at county fairs, judged pigs and goats at 4H shows (yeah we do have them in NY state). She went where her presence was not wanted and won over enough votes to win her the election.
She went to an occasional gala in NYC, and totally stayed out of the Long Island counties where Lazio came from.
Lazio was hampered by a late start, only had 5 months to get his presence out to the public. George Pataki and Rudy Giuliani, who hate each other, did not help him when he needed it. Rudy was too busy with his new squeeze, and Pataki was too busy passing new gun legislation, which pissed off the upstate hunters and farmers who are Pro gun.
To NYC voters, Lazio looked like some high school kid running for class president. To long Islanders, he was not liberal enough for the soccer moms, who turned on him in spite of his extensive fight for Breast Cancer legislation and pro choice voting record.
Upstate voters asked, "What does he look like", or "Who is he". To them, he is just another downstate liberal. Upstate New Yorkers hate downstate people with a passion. Worse than southerners hate New Yorkers.
Results: over 80% of the NYC vote for Hillary, Long Island barely for Hillary. Upstate republican Strongholds went 50 to 47 % for Lazio.
Hillary ran a great campaign, Lazio was a dufus. Rudy and Pataki spent election night giving each other the finger while Lazio tried to put on a brave face.
This state deserves Hillary, and Schumer, who did the same thing two years ago.
I don't need sympathy, the rest of you in Flyover country will have elected Bush, that's good enough for me.
Geoff Ross
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I am no expert but I DO have an opinion.