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Posted: September 3rd, 2012 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: 2012 Presidential Politics | Tags: RightChange | 20 Comments »A few more #EmptyChairDay photos…
…including the president conducting a voter registration drive in a cemetery, golfing, tree hugging, in Disney World’s Wax Museum, and with the black panthers on election day.
National #EmptyChairDay Highlights
The joke’s on President Obama as Americans have responded to his This Seat’s Taken tweet with an enormous show of support for Clint Eastwood’s appearance at the Republican National Covention on twitter and facebook.
Go to #EmptyChairDay to see the fun on twitter.
On facebook, Rosa Leonetti of Smart Girl Politics has created a Empty Chair Profile Picture event asking people to change their profile avatar to an empty chair picture for the duration of the Democratic National Convention.
So far the left stream media, which was all over the GOP and mocking Eastwood on Friday after the Republican convention, is largely ignoring the grassroots social media outburst.
Here are some highlights:
New Kyrillos Ad Hits The Airwaves
Kyrillos spokesperson Meaghan Cronin issued the following statement about the ad:
“Senator Kyrillos has a record of fighting for women, the environment and New Jersey families. He has always put the needs of the people ahead of political affiliation or ideology. This stands in stark contrast to Senator Menendez who consistently puts politics ahead of the people resulting in record unemployment, skyrocketing debt and loss of opportunity. Unlike Senator Menendez, Joe is committed to providing a spirit of bipartisanship to the United States Senate.”
Posted: September 3rd, 2012 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: 2012 U.S. Senate Race, Bob Menendez, Joe Kyrillos | Tags: Bob Menendez, Joe Kyrillos, Meaghan Cronin | 5 Comments »Chairs
Gopal launches county campaign with shot at Lillian Burry over Brookdale
Image credit: "Paula Priesse," clearglassproductions.com
While Republicans are settling in after their trip to Tampa for the Republican National Convention, Monmouth County Democratic Chairman Vin Gopal launched the first salvo of the county race for two freeholder seats and county clerk with a column posted on Patch sites throughout Monmouth, before he heads of to Charlotte for the Democratic National Convention.
Gopal blasts Freeholder Lillian Burry, her former campaign treasurer, John Cantalupo, and the mythical “Club Monmouth” for the Brookdale Community College scandal.
Gopal’s column did not mention the Republican candidates, Freeholders John Curley and Serena DiMaso and County Clerk M. Claire French, that he says that Monmouth County taxpayers should unite against. Nor did he mention his Democratic challengers, Kevin Lavan and Bill Shea for freeholder and Michael Steinhorn for county clerk.
Oddly, the Monmouth Democrats website, which has been redesigned since Gopal became chairman, makes no mention of his county candidates. Their facebook page also makes no mention of the county Democratic team. Both websites feature Gopal prominently.
Pretty funny coming from a guy who blasted Governor Christie’s keynote address at the GOP convention as “all about him” to NJ.com:
Vin Gopal, the Monmouth County Democratic Party chairman, took a dimmer view of Christie’s moment in the national spotlight.
“The governor sang a tune that is not at all what is really happening. He’s a Republican governor in a Democratic state, and he’s doing a horrible job,” said Gopal, of Long Branch, citing New Jersey’s high unemployment and property tax rates. “He beat an incumbent Democratic governor in 2009 who was incredibly unpopular – here in Monmouth County, Jon Corzine said two weeks before the election that he wanted to raise tolls for the third time. Whoever the Democratic gubernatorial nominee is in 2013, the 700,000 registered Democratic voter advantage in this state, and the 20,000 registered Democratic voter edge in this county, is going to haunt Gov. Christie.”
“Christie’s speech was all about him,” added Gopal. “I don’t know how his message could have connected well with a lot of people. We are working to build up our base of teachers, police officers, firefighters and other public service workers here in Monmouth, as well as other Democratic constituency groups, that will turn out in 2013.”
Gopal says that Monmouth County taxpayers should unite against Club Monmouth, yet despite his overwhelming victory in the Democratic Chairman’s race, he does not seem to be uniting his party behind their own candidates.
Posted: September 2nd, 2012 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Monmouth Democrats | Tags: Bill Shea, Chris Christie, John Curley, Kevin Lavan, M. Claire French, Michael Steinhorn, Serena DiMaso, Vin Gopal | 13 Comments »
The downside would have been horrilbe for him
Mother of fallen Navy Seal rebukes Obama and Clinton
Posted: September 2nd, 2012 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: 2012 Presidential Politics | Tags: Aaron Carson Vaughn, Karen Vaughn | Comments Off on The downside would have been horrilbe for him