Among the Democrats attending Mark Warner's North Jersey fundraiser last night: State Senator Paul Sarlo, Mercer County Executive Brian Hughes, Democratic State Chairman/Assemblyman Joseph Cryan, former Democratic State Committee Counsel Angelo Genova, Kerry '04 spokesman Tom Barrett, Cumberland County Democratic Chairman and Freeholder Louis Magazzu, Essex County Freeholder Linda Lordi Cavanaugh, Parsippany Mayor Michael Luther, Highland Park Mayor Meryl Frank, West Orange Councilman Robert Parisi, and lobbyists Robert Sommer and Adam Kaufman. The former Governor of Virginia has already signed up three key New Jersey fundraisers: New Jersey Kerry '04 Co-Chairman John Graham, Democratic National Committeeman Alfred DeCotiis, and lobbyist (and ex-Bob Torricelli fundraiser/staffer) Michael Kempner. Kempner has been friends with Warner since 1980, when the two worked together as fundraisers for the Democratic National Committee.
Warner also headlined a fundraiser for the Assembly Democrats in Trenton that brought him kind words from Assembly Speaker Joseph Roberts and Assembly Majority Leader (and former Democratic State Chairwoman) Bonnie Watson Coleman.
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If his only competition for the '08 nomination was Hillary CLint
If his only competition for the '08 nomination was Hillary CLinton then I would say he has a pretty good shot. It looks to me as though John Edwards is going to the the hands down frontrunner.
No matter what happens, Rudy Giuliani is going to be our next President anyway so I really couldn't care less.
Let's see Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Kim Jong Il run their mouths with Rudy's finger on the trigger!!
John Edwards... the frontrunner??????
John Edwards... the frontrunner??????
I AM ANGEL DUST - SPRING SPRING DISPERSE!
I AM ANGEL DUST - SPRING SPRING DISPERSE!
I suprised Paul Sarlo was there... he's waaaaaaay to handsome fo
I suprised Paul Sarlo was there... he's waaaaaaay to handsome for that group
Let's put it this way. If the Democrats are smart they will make
Let's put it this way. If the Democrats are smart they will make John Edwards the frontrunner for the nomination in'08. He is a Democrat from the south with established name recognition on a national scale. Warner would be better off serving as Edward's running mate for Vice President.
Democrats will get murdered in the south just like they were in '00 and'04 if Hillary Clinton is the nominee.
Personally, I hope she's the frontrunner because she's the easiest to beat.
We'll be sure to forward your suggestions along to the DNC, Dino
We'll be sure to forward your suggestions along to the DNC, Dino... since we don't know your real name, should I just put Right-Wing Wacko on the return address?
-BHD
Lispy McFascist will never our President...NJ's own Bernie Kerik
Lispy McFascist will never our President...NJ's own Bernie Kerik made sure of that...That and the fact that he doesn't hate gay people enough for the Republican "base" to support him...
Howard Dean taking advice from people other than of the ACLU, Ge
Howard Dean taking advice from people other than of the ACLU, George Soros and John Murtha? PFFFFFFTTTTT!! Yeah, okay like that will ever happen!
Rudy Giuliani or "Lispy McFascit" as ebmd moronically nicknnames him being that he is a pisan like myself would be the worst thing to happen to Democrats no matter who your nominee is because like Ronald Reagan, he is adored, respected, charasmatic and appeals to both Republicans and Democrats.
As far as using real names goes, if your real name is Bowling Hank Dumas then all I can say for you is that your mother is the speed limit.
When exactly did this discussion break into "yo mama" jokes? An
When exactly did this discussion break into "yo mama" jokes? And yeah, you got me Dino... "Bowling" isn't really my real first name...
-BHD
The biggest reason liberals are so much fun to tease is because
The biggest reason liberals are so much fun to tease is because they have no sense of humor about anything. You hurl all the insults you can think of but when somebody does it back to you attempt to make it a indictment of one's intellegence.
Furthermore Hank, if you're so big on using real names then you really ought to hold liberals to the same standard and call on your liberal hack colleagues who run Politics NJ to stop hiding behind the pseudonym "Wally Edge".
Now Dino, that's just not proper manners... you don't come into
Now Dino, that's just not proper manners... you don't come into someone's house and call them a hack do you? And as far as indicting your intelligence, don't worry, you're doing an excellent job all on your lonesome, buddy...
-BHD
I'm sorry Dino...maybe you prefer to refer to him as "Il Duce" t
I'm sorry Dino...maybe you prefer to refer to him as "Il Duce" to reference another famous Italian Fascista!??? You know for nostalgia..."It is like you might have a photo of the Beatles"
Since when did liberals start caring about manners and when did
Since when did liberals start caring about manners and when did they become the standard by which intelligence is measured Hank?
The reason your party can't win a majority on a national level(other than the fact that they have no vision for the future) is because they have neither good manners NOR intelligence. You're just a bunch of angry little pinkos who keep telling everybody that everything sucks.
If anybody at the DNC had at least half a brain they would've figured out a long time ago that the American People don't buy into it. What's your party's plan Hank?
On that note, are you going to call on your buddies at Politics NJ to stop hiding behind Wally Edge or are you just going to keep on being a typical liberal and ducking the issue. Or is that a rule you just made up for me because YOU lack the intelligence to debate issues like a mature adult?
I will only humor you by trading little zingers back and forth for so long until I get bored with you Hank. Stop being an Asprin Factory bomber and start saying something useful.
All kidding and sarcasm aside ebmd, I AM a very nostalgic person
All kidding and sarcasm aside ebmd, I AM a very nostalgic person even though I'm only 25 years old. That's why I own a 1973 Ford Galaxie.
As for you labeling Rudy Giuliani a facist, what are you basing that on? Are you going to support your accusation with facts or are you just saying it to be nasty and hurl insults?
Enlighten me ebmd, or failing that, at least humor me.
Nah, I don't think I'll be joining you in your little quest to u
Nah, I don't think I'll be joining you in your little quest to unmask Wally... personally, if the guy wants to be anonymous, let him... he's performing a public service, giving you something to do... at least he's keeping you off the streets.
And FYI, I don't think Wally's a liberal. I don't think he's a conservative either. He's not our tool, and he's not your tool. He's just an objective observer... God forbid he points out the foibles in either of our political ideologies...
Here's to hoping you'll get bored pretty soon... I don't know if I can keep up this witty banter back and forth forever...
-BHD
Re: "And FYI, I don't think Wally's a liberal. I don't think he'
Re: "And FYI, I don't think Wally's a liberal. I don't think he's a conservative either. He's not our tool, and he's not your tool. He's just an objective observer"
Hahahahaha.
The average voter speaks again.
Good luck, NJ. I love you, but I wont miss you.
Sorry, Dino. While I agree that Rudy would be a formidable gener
Sorry, Dino. While I agree that Rudy would be a formidable general election opponent, I dont think he has a chance to get through the primary. Look at John McCain's experience in 2000 - the hard right will do anything they can to keep a moderate from getting the nomination.
Unfortunately, the hard left does the same.
(And Dino, I have to point out that the correct spelling is paisan, not pisan.)
Wow! I knew I'd get attacked like this eventually but I didn't e
Wow! I knew I'd get attacked like this eventually but I didn't expect to get ganged up on this badly!
First to Hank, you really seemed to enjoy attacking the age I made up. I have to say you played right into my hands. You made it very clear that I should have to tell you everything about me in order to make comments here whereas the people who hide behind Wally Edge are entitled to post editorials anonymously.
Second, I would NEVER in a million years tell you ANYTHING about me! I don't even know why you're so interested for. Just because I'm not as young as I say I am doesn't mean that I don't remember that my mother used to warn me about weirdos like you growing up. What kind of pervert are you Hank that you need to know everything about me?
I have every right, as does "Wally Edge" to state views, opinions and commentary anonymously.
As far as Roscoe goes, thank you for correcting my spelling error. Now I'll correct one of yours. It's spelled, A-m-e-r-i-C-a, not K-a.
You pinkos always seem to have trouble with that one.
Dino, Word of advice... seek psychiatric help. Seriously. I d
Dino,
Word of advice... seek psychiatric help. Seriously. I dunno if you expected me to blast you because you said you're 25 or not... but check the comment thread before posting, boy-o... I didn't. I don't care about your age, religion, gender or ethnicity. I don't need to know anything about you, I don't want to know anything about you, and yeah, you have just as much a God-given right to spew your opinions, wrong as they may be, as anyone else in the world, under the cover of anonymity. As a matter of fact, I think it was a GOP assemblyman, Pete Biondi, that wanted people to post their identities on message boards, only to have the entire free world tell him how stupid an idea that was. Thankfully, us "libs" defended your right to free speech on the Internet... just like we are with the debate on net neutrality on the federal level... go fig...
And Roscoe, I gotta give it up for your etymological skills, brother... I just figured he misspelled pissant, not paisan... at least from what I've seen of Dino, pissant seems to work... You must be good at the crossword...
-BHD
You people are so nasty it's hysterical. When are you ever going
You people are so nasty it's hysterical. When are you ever going to use this blog for constructive commentary? It's as if all you do here is post slimy comments to anybody who tries to disagree with you.
Now you're questioning my mental health Hank? I'm sure your buddy Dick Codey wouldn't be very happy with you for making fun of mental illness seeing as though he worked very hard in his brief period as Acting Governor to defend and protect those who suffer from various mental illnesses including threatening physical harm on bullies who picked on his own wife for which I respected him a great deal for.
So let's run down the list of accusations and names I have been called by all of the nasty libs on this site.
Let's see, first I was accused of pandering to the Jewish Vote, then I was a Klan Member who flunked out of an economics class in college since I was unable to see over my white hood, then I was called a Stalinist, then a Fascist. Now I'm mentally unstable. Wow! That's quite a combination!!
I've pretty much had my intelligence mocked, insulted and ridiculed by bloggers who have not posted so much as one insightful comment on any of these politics nj blogs.
As far as liberals protecting equal rights is concerned, just who's "equal rights" are they protecting? Terrorists at Guantanamo Bay? Terrorists who's cell phone conversations you don't want intercepted? Terrorists who's talking points match that of the Democratic party word for word?
I don't know who's payroll you're on Hank nor do I care. You're a nasty little man and so are your colleagues who all suffer from diarrhea of the mouth who have nothing better to do with their time than to spew your hate and your slime in my direction.
The more you spew your hate here, the more you expose liberals for what they are. Nasty, angry, hate filled, miserable people who get nuttier and nuttier whenever you lose more power in this country.
"Judge not lest ye be judged yourself." -Matthew 7:1 And you'r
"Judge not lest ye be judged yourself."
-Matthew 7:1
And you're calling ME crazy? That sounds like a pretty harsh judgement if I've ever heard one.
You are CLEARLY not one for leading by example.
I'm not saying it to be nasty, Dino. You're seeing stuff that i
I'm not saying it to be nasty, Dino. You're seeing stuff that isn't there... I really worry about you, pal. I think it's the disease that's causing these narcisistic, paranoid delusions, and not you just being a butthead. Trust me, I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt.
Matty, thanks for trying to back me up... To paraphrase Hunter Thompson from "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" - You can turn your back on a person, but, never turn your back on a mental disorder. Especially when it's waving a razor-sharp hunting knife (or in this case, blogged vitriol) in your eye.
-BHD
Look Hank, you are clearly a mental midget who can do nothing mo
Look Hank, you are clearly a mental midget who can do nothing more than hurl meritless and nasty insults.
You are simply a gadfly Hank. An annoyance that just doesn't go away. The more you do this the more you paint yourself in a negative light and discredit yourself and your own intelligence.
This is the last time I will be responding to your ridiculous and incessant bloviating. It is beneath my intellectual standards to keep sqabbling back and forth with somebody who has to quote ficticious movies to make himself sound like he knows what he's talking about.
Seriously Hank, get a life.
I can assure you, Dino, they really did make "Fear and Loathing
I can assure you, Dino, they really did make "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" into a movie. It exists. It's not fictitious. Oh, and it was a book, too, believe it or not. And the line I used was in both.
Matty, I've been a big Hunter Thompson fan for awhile, but what cemented it was when he had his remains fired out over the Colorado wilderness by a cannon paid for by his good friend Johnny Depp... anyone who puts down in their last will and testament, "I want to be fired from a cannon. Don't worry, Johnny will foot the bill," should be sainted...
-BHD
Dino, does this mean you're just not responding to Hank, or that
Dino, does this mean you're just not responding to Hank, or that you're done posting here all together? If the former, then that's a small victory for Hank. If the latter, then it's a major victory for sane and reasoned discourse everywhere. You brought the insults on yourself, whacko, and I for one dont think you can keep yourself from venting your bile here. Where else would you go?
Dino, does this mean you're just not responding to Hank, or that
Dino, does this mean you're just not responding to Hank, or that you're done posting here all together? If the former, then that's a small victory for Hank. If the latter, then it's a major victory for sane and reasoned discourse everywhere. You brought the insults on yourself, whacko, and I for one dont think you can keep yourself from venting your bile here. Where else would you go?
Dino, does this mean you're just not responding to Hank, or that
Dino, does this mean you're just not responding to Hank, or that you're done posting here all together? If the former, then that's a small victory for Hank. If the latter, then it's a major victory for sane and reasoned discourse everywhere. You brought the insults on yourself, whacko, and I for one dont think you can keep yourself from venting your bile here. Where else would you go?
First of all let me first say to Hank that you successfully got
First of all let me first say to Hank that you successfully got me off of what I wanted to talk about by turning this blog into a three ring circus. That was your goal from the very beginning and I'm letting you know right here and now that I will not let myself get away from my main objective here which is to expose Bob Menendez and his Democratic colleagues for the utter disgrace and fraud that they are.
Throw as many stones as you want. I am not going to back down from any of you at any time.
Way to stand up for yourself, Dino. Too bad nobody cares what yo
Way to stand up for yourself, Dino. Too bad nobody cares what your main objective is. You have paranoid delusions of grandeur (that you're on some kind of crusade; that there is a massive conspiracy to knock you off message), and that you get agitated so incredibly easy makes you an irresistible target for fun. I knew you couldnt stay away.
Mark Warner is a man really running for Vice-President. The guy
Mark Warner is a man really running for Vice-President.
The guy has run for office twice, winning once and losing once (He lost to John Warner for the Va. US Senate seat).
Governors in Virginia can't seek re-election. Hardly a stepping stone for national office. The guy lacks charisma and any notion of foreign policy experience. I don't know why anyone would believe this guy is actually credible in any contested primary in places like Iowa or New Hampshire.
Can you say John Edwards?
Virginia hasn't voted Democratic since 1964. Not exactly the base needed to win a national election! I think we should stop nominating Democrats who have no electoral ability to defeat a Republican in the fall.
Evan Bayh, Mark Warner, Russ Feingold all make for attractive vice-presidential aspirants.
I see Senator Sarlo is in the Warner camp. Didn't George Bush carry his hometown of Wood-Ridge in 2004?
Meryl Frank??? If Warner wants to win in NJ he better not let t
Meryl Frank??? If Warner wants to win in NJ he better not let this hanger on latch on to his campaign. She is corrupt, extremely self-centered, and has run Highland Park into the ground. Her latest faux pas is "losing" $400,000 in taxpayers' money and then allowing the Tax Collector who was indicted for misapplication of funds continue to work at the crime scene for a week after the indictement. Frank's pattern is to latch on to politicians like Corzine and Kerry by getting a few of her rich friends to donate a lot of money and thereby try to earn herself some type of position in the new administration if the candidate wins. Some advice for the Warner campaign: she's going to be voted out of office in Highland Park next year. Don't let her lead your campaign efforts in this state because she is an extremely controversial figure who has alienated a lot of people, especially other Democrats.