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Moustachio Bashio
Politicians don't usually have facial hair, because it looks like you're hiding something. Mustaches and beards stop people from seeing the real you.
-NY Dem Leader Michael Gellar blaming Weprin's loss on his facial accessory.
As Daily Intel rightly points out, this may have been more of a problem for the campaign than said facial hair... But anyway, I'll stick to Weigl for the analysis and Miley for throwing me a Moustachio Bashio. Cause we are friends.
AP calls it for Bob Turner in the NY-09 Special Election.
BREAKING: Election Fraud! AP calls the NY-09 race for scumbag Bob Turner (R) over David Weprin (D).
Today, the nation gathers together in memorium of the countless Americans from all walks of life who lost and gave their lives on — and after — 9/11. In anticipation of this somber day, the New York GOP sent out “a kitchen-sink mailer in the hotly-contested Queens congressional special election depicting a mosque superimposed over the scarred Ground Zero site on one side, and Democrat David Weprin alongside President Barack Obama on the other.”
The incendiary flier was sent out on behalf of Republican businessman Bob Turner who is seeking to take former Rep. Anthony Weiner’s (D) seat. As seen below, the front of the flier features a gold-domed mosque rising out of the ruins of the World Trade Center site with a quote from Weprin stating “I support the right of the mosque to build.” The other side places Weprin next to Obama and reads “Weprin stands with Obama — and they stand together in support of the mosque at Ground Zero”:
Registered voters in New York congressional district 9 received the mailer “in the past week, landing in the days leading up to the 10th anniversary” of the attacks. It was intended as a “chaser” piece to Turner’s TV ad that blasts Weprin for his support of Park51. Calling it “a purposeful and confrontational act of provocation,” the TV narrator says, “It’s been 10 short years. Everyone remembers. Some, though, want to commemorate the tragedy by building a mosque on Ground Zero.”
It is important to note that several Republicans like Gen. Colin Powell, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT), and Ted Olson — whose wife died in the attacks — support the construction of the Islamic Center. They join most religious leaders, Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans, and families of the 9/11 victims in support.
h/t: ThinkProgress
Bob Turner, the Republican running to replace former Rep. Anthony Weiner (R-NY), said he thinks the law President Obama signed last year to provide health benefits to Ground Zero workers sicked by toxic debris went too far. In an interview with the New York Daily News editorial board, Turner offered reluctant support for the so-called Zadroga bill, but said it was “too broad” in covering volunteers along with paid workers:
“I probably couldn’t go home if I didn’t support the Zadroga bill. I have firemen in my family, but is that bill beyond criticism? No,” he said. [...]
“I think it is a little too broad,” Turner said.
“My call would be to protect police, fire, emergency workers, construction workers, etc.
“If someone said, ‘I volunteered’ or walked through there, it’s just not the type,” added Turner, who faces Democrat David Weprin in the Sept. 13 special election.
The bill, named after slain NYPD Detective James Zadroga, sets aside funds to monitor the health of first responders and clean-up crews who toiled in the toxic debris of the collapsed World Trade Center towers. Volunteers played a critical role among the 40,000 people who worked at the site following the attacks, and some havealready died from illnesses contracted there. Others are struggling with illness from the site to this day. “That day, and for months after, there were no uniforms. Volunteers worked next to rescue crews for weeks,” John Feal, a Ground Zero worker turned activist, told the Daily News. Moreover, volunteers were, of course, not paid for their time nor covered by the health insurance policies police officers, firefighters and others enjoy.
Weiner was one of the Zadroga’s bill’s fiercest proponents, engaging in a heated House floor exchange with Rep. Pete King (R-NY) after Republicans nearly killed the bill during the lame duck session of Congress in December. But Turner’s stance is especially ironic considering that he’s made the terror attacks a central part of his campaign, exploiting the images of Ground Zero to attack his Democratic opponent’s support of the proposed Islamic community center near the site. “It’s been ten short years. Everyone remembers,” the ad’s narrator says.
“For Bob Turner to turn his back on those New Yorkers, but use images of the burning towers in campaign ads — a circus monkey can out-politic Bob Turner, he’s an embarrassment to the Republican Party,” Feal added.
Bob Turner has NO dignity whatsoever. Vote for David Weprin (D) come September 13th.
h/t: ThinkProgress
If you thought the controversy over New York City's Cordoba House Islamic Center was long over, Republican NY-09 candidate Bob Turner wants you to think again.
On Thursday Turner released his first TV ad in the special election to replace former Rep. Anthony Weiner (D), who resigned over inappropriate photos sent over Twitter. Turner's ad references the September 11th attacks, and accuses his Democratic opponent David Weprin of being among those who "want to commemorate the tragedy by building a mosque on Ground Zero."
H/T: ThinkProgress
(CNN) - In a special election to take place just two days after the 10th anniversary of 9/11, the GOP candidate running to fill former Rep. Anthony Weiner's seat attacked his Democratic opponent for supporting the "Ground Zero mosque" last year.
Republican businessman Bob Turner released a TV ad Thursday, juxtaposing video of the burning World Trade Center with images of President Barack Obama. Turner blasted his opponent, Democrat David Weprin, for siding with the president on the issue. "It's been ten short years. Everyone remembers," the ad says, with dreary music playing over images of smoke billowing from the World Trade Center. "Some, though, want to commemorate the tragedy by building a mosque on Ground Zero."
The ad then says the president "thinks it's a good idea," as a photo of a smiling Obama appears next to a photo of a mosque, as well as video of the Twin Towers on 9/11.
"And so does Congressional candidate David Weprin," the ad says.
Another Republican spreading lies about Park 51.
H/t: CNN's political ticker blog
The first poll in the race to replace Anthony Weiner in Congress revealed a near neck-and-neck fight between Democrat David Weprin and Republican Bob Turner.
According to Siena, Weprin has a 48-42 lead over Turner despite the fact that there are more than three times as many Democrats as Republicans in the district.
According to the poll, Weprin holds a two-to-one advantage over Turner with Democrats, but Turner has a nearly six-to-one lead among Republicans and a slim four-point lead with independent voters. Queens voters favor Weprin by 10 points, while Brooklyn voters support Turner by a six-point margin. Brooklyn voters make up about one-third of the district.
