In Case You Missed It…
Welcome to another week that was on Rochesterturning. It was a shortened holiday week as the crew at RT gathered around their respective Thanksgiving dinner tables. Still, we had a Republican State Senator advocating for more government, closing arguments in the ex-State Senator Bruno Trial, Rep. Louise Slaughter focusing on Trade, and David Sirota joining the D&C syndicated columnist list.
Let’s get to it, shall we?
State political scene
State Senator Joe Robach wants more government and doesn’t mind wasting the people’s time advocating for it.
Closing arguments are made as Joe Bruno’s trial moves to the jury.
Rudy Giuliani decides to run for US Senate as a stepping stone to a White House run in 2012. Have fun with that, Rudy! Meanwhile, there are others who, per this news article, are not wishing Senator Gillibrand well. That is too cynical and conspiratorial for even stlo.
Meanwhile, the vaunted Democratic candidate bench will be tested as Republican State Assemblymen Greg Ball, AD-40 decides to run for State Senate.
The ‘War”
Well, there are “two” and the one in the news now is the one in Afghanistan. On Tuesday, President Obama will announce his strategy. He has used the words like “…finishing the job” which makes me nervous. Yeah, nervous. Frankly, I’m not sure I know what our job in Afghanistan currently is. OK, we will have to wait until Tuesday.
Still, Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats are talking war funding problems. Congressman Massa (NY-29) says time to come home - again. Senator Bernie Sanders talks war and Health care as well.
Look talk all you want - but two questions. What are we doing there again? How do we get it done?
Quick Clicks -
Imagine a trade bill that levels the playing field, adds accountability, and cancels a trade pact if participants don’t meet their obligations. Pretty good eh? Well, Rep Louise Slaughter authored such a bill. Actually there are two and she is co-sponsoring the other.
In very good news, David Sirota was selected by the D&C as a syndicated columnist. RT is happy to have played a role in that selection as Sirota acknowledged in the comments.
What is next for Sarah Palin? We think we know and agree with D&C opinion editor Lawrence - she is heading to the media.
Tom Daschle is back “helping” with the health reform. Gee, thanks -
Wingnuts is back - politics and prayer are mixed and it’s bad.
ex-Bush Press Secretary Dana Perino, apparently, is the best the GOP has to offer even if she can’t recall when 9-11 occurred. In other news, she apparently doesn’t know who is buried in Grant’s tomb either.
Finally, as the RT crew gathered around our virtual Thanksgiving table, we noted many things. We noted that Adam Sandler and Arlo Guthrie can be used to reference the same topic and 4 horses, with really bad sounding names, don’t appear on the horizon. Most of all though, we gave thanks to you, our readers. Because like Anita Bryant once said, a blog without readers is like a day without sunshine, or something like that. So, thanks for showing up. We will keep the eco-friendly lights on for you.
That’s it - see you next week…
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