A McCain Outpost in Blue Park Slope
Hey, don’t assume that Park Slope will go blue on November 4th. Four brownstones on 11th Street are adorned with McCain signs (though residents had to travel to New Jersey to get them). Writes the NY Times, “The election district that includes 11th Street has 643 registered voters: 51 of them Republicans, 452 Democrats, 23…
Hey, don’t assume that Park Slope will go blue on November 4th. Four brownstones on 11th Street are adorned with McCain signs (though residents had to travel to New Jersey to get them). Writes the NY Times, “The election district that includes 11th Street has 643 registered voters: 51 of them Republicans, 452 Democrats, 23 in other parties and 117 who did not list a party. That breakdown is echoed by the overwhelmingly Democratic makeup of Assembly District 52, as well as that of Brooklyn, which voted 79 percent for Senator John Kerry in 2004.” The McCain supporters are old school Slopers, writes the Times: residents from long before the Manhattan exodus who say the block was full of Roman Catholics and firemen when they arrived. But donkeys and elephants alike seem to be getting along: old and new, Obama and McCain-lovers. As one Democratic neighbor said about his neighbor’s signs, “To me, that says the person’s possibly open to some dialogue.
An Outpost in the Blue Sea of Brooklyn [NY Times]
Photo by moralesdirect.
no ditto I am not “hung-up” on a single definition of “redistribution”, since that is the only definition. I am hung-up on how we as a nation can support an $11 Trillion dollar debt, $500+ Billion dollar deficit, 2 wars and a rapidly aging population.
Based on these issues, which have no immediate chance of being rectified, I am willing to pay more taxes – but if my $ was simply being used (more than it is) to give out to others – (i.e. redistributed) then I wouldn’t.
Yes cobblehiller…I think there was some mutual misunderstanding on what we were both posting to each other. I’m a downer on any increase in taxes but right now its necessary. Lets just hope it doesn’t get out of control.
Huh DIBS? I think that either candidate would have to raise taxes, but I’m a downer that way.
Sorry Prodigal Son,
In her husband’s presidency and in her own two term Senate career, we have a very good map for what kind of a President Hillary would have been — a centrist; liberal on social issues, middle of the road on fiscal ones.
Obama is far left of Hillary politically. His entire agenda is based on raising taxes on individuals and businesses that are the most successful. His campaign promises are a punch in the face to those striving for the American dream. Earn it and we’ll take it from you! What kind of American dream is that?
If you look beyond Obama’s charm and good looks, all that remains are promises to give people things that were earned by other people. . . that and plans to waste taxpayer money to develop government jobs in “wind, solar, and hydro power.” Feel good promises that in reality are simply massive tax payer theft and government waste.
Seriously, you folks all live in NYC don’t you? When’s the last time you walked into a government agency like the Department of Buildings that wasn’t the most mismanaged wasteful circus you ever saw?
Unlike Hillary, Obama doesn’t understand how important low taxes and non-protectionist free market capitalism is to this country’s prosperity, or maybe he doesn’t care. Maybe he just wants to “shift around the wealth” as he told Joe the Plumber last week.
At least whoever gets in won’t be taking instructions from God, like the incumbent.
I’m guessing that the God thats been sending the messages is Kali.
Oh Snarkslope, we can’t go on like this…we’ll upset Better Half…
Besides, the Democratic controlled House and Senate will just ram it through anyway. he will have no veto power
cobblehiller if you believe that McCain will not have to raise taxes then you are living in a dream world.
I think you’re getting hungup on a single defintion of “redistribution”. Were you expecting Obama to go round to Ironballs’ house, force him to hand over 10 bucks, and then take it down to CMU’s garrett?