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boomer
March 31, 2010, 8:11pm Report to Moderator
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No Boomer is not gone!!!  What the heck is that about?
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No Boomer is not gone!!!  What the heck is that about?


boomer is avoiding the end of the tunnel.....dont blame them....but, truth is truth......


...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......

The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.


STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS

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Sunnie57
March 31, 2010, 10:07pm Report to Moderator
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We need to elect conservative candidates no lib Dems or Rinos need apply for the job.


Is Gibson a strong conservative?

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Brad Littlefield
April 1, 2010, 4:36am Report to Moderator
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Is Gibson a strong conservative?


I had the chance to hear Chris Gibson answer questions from a small group of individuals that included former
Ziegler campaign team members and leaders of several Tea Party organizations.  Chris spent two and one-half
hours sitting in the living room of Ziegler's home and did not leave until every question was answered and most
attendees had left.

His positions appear to be very conservative for the most part.  His position on abortion restricts the time at
which a woman can receive the procedure to the first trimester.  He is against any public funding of abortion.
His positions on economic issues are quite conservative.  He believes in smaller government and has made
suggestions of where the federal government could be downsized with the elimination of the Department of
Homeland Security and the Department of Education (because we have a State Education Dept).  Closing the
Federal Department of Education would keep our tax money at home, closer to the people, so that it can
be spent more effectively and the parents and those in the community can decide how it should best be
spent to educate our youth.

Smaller government, Return decision making to the state and local governments thereby restricting the
power of the federal government (consistent with the 10th Amendment), fiscal conservatism.

Some of his positions are discussed at his website http://www.chrisgibsonforcongress.com

Gibson, a distinguished and decorated veteran (silver stars, purple heart, etc.) will win the support of the
veterans.  He will also have much support from the Tea Party activists.  Chris will win back the 20th in
November and continue to shift back to the right and the restoration in government of American values.

Those in the 21st CD who want to support the Gibson campaign are needed in the 20th and other areas.
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Sunnie57
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I had the chance to hear Chris Gibson answer questions from a small group of individuals that included former
Ziegler campaign team members and leaders of several Tea Party organizations.  Chris spent two and one-half
hours sitting in the living room of Ziegler's home and did not leave until every question was answered and most
attendees had left.

His positions appear to be very conservative for the most part.  His position on abortion restricts the time at
which a woman can receive the procedure to the first trimester.  He is against any public funding of abortion.
His positions on economic issues are quite conservative.  He believes in smaller government and has made
suggestions of where the federal government could be downsized with the elimination of the Department of
Homeland Security and the Department of Education (because we have a State Education Dept).  Closing the
Federal Department of Education would keep our tax money at home, closer to the people, so that it can
be spent more effectively and the parents and those in the community can decide how it should best be
spent to educate our youth.

Smaller government, Return decision making to the state and local governments thereby restricting the
power of the federal government (consistent with the 10th Amendment), fiscal conservatism.

Some of his positions are discussed at his website http://www.chrisgibsonforcongress.com

Gibson, a distinguished and decorated veteran (silver stars, purple heart, etc.) will win the support of the
veterans.  He will also have much support from the Tea Party activists.  Chris will win back the 20th in
November and continue to shift back to the right and the restoration in government of American values.

Those in the 21st CD who want to support the Gibson campaign are needed in the 20th and other areas.


Thanks for the info.!

I saw him on tv and he sounded very good, and obviously a far better candidate than Murphy. No contest.

I will probably vote for Gibson, but since he is not 100% prolife, won't contribute $$ to his campaign, call talk shows or write letters to editors to help him. I only go through all that when I have more passion for a candidate (prolife from conception to natural death). I hope the GOP has more than one candidate, and I hope we get to vote in the primaries. Sometimes the GOP shuts registered Republicans out of the process.  
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boomer
April 1, 2010, 4:21pm Report to Moderator
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Is Gibson the candidate BL is backing this week?  
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Brad Littlefield
April 1, 2010, 4:57pm Report to Moderator
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Sunnie,

I too am pro-life.  Gibson's position on abortion does more to protect life than does Murphy's.

Do you reside in the 20th Congressional District?  You can see the 10 county district on the map
at the URL below.

http://www.ziegler2010.com/ny-20th

So, any Republican candidates lining up to challenge Tonko in the 21st?
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Sunnie57
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Sunnie,

I too am pro-life.  Gibson's position on abortion does more to protect life than does Murphy's.

Do you reside in the 20th Congressional District?  You can see the 10 county district on the map
at the URL below.

http://www.ziegler2010.com/ny-20th

So, any Republican candidates lining up to challenge Tonko in the 21st?


Yes, his position on life is far better than Murphy's, plus he is better on all of the other conservative issues, which is why I expect to vote for him.

It's just that I go all out for strong prolifers, beyond just voting. In fact, I contributed to Doug Hoffman's campaign, even though I'm not from his district.

Let's take away Pelosi's gavel, one congressperson at a time.
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Boy would I love to see Pelosi lose her speakers position. in the November election. Even old Babs Boxer is in a run for her political life.
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Chris Gibson’s first campaign ad – updated
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 at 3:30 PM by Leigh Hornbeck in 2010 House Elections, Chris Gibson, NY-20, Scott Murphy

Update: The Gibson campaign is spending $120,000 to run the ad for two weeks district wide on broadcast and cable TV.
The Chris Gibson for Congress campaign launched its first TV ad today. It’s a classic “meet the candidate” spot, with footage of Gibson with his family and his hometown, Kinderhook. It starts with images of Gibson in the military and a female narrator who says, “from Kinderhook to Kosovo, Iraq, Haiti.” A male narrator steps in, “wherever America faced serious challenges, Chris Gibson answered the call.” The message is: Gibson will use his leadership skills learned on the job in the military to represent you in Congress.

The scenes then change to images of Gibson with “voters.” Several shots feature his wife. Just like Scott Murphy’s first ad of this campaign, there is a sequence of the candidate playing ball. But unlike the lighthearted Murphy ad, the tone is serious




http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/31404/chris-gibsons-first-campaign-ad/
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I knew Chris Gibson when we were both students at Siena - he was a couple years behind me -
but we did take a history course together.   From what I remember about him, he was an
intelligent, well-mannered youngman .. and from what I have read about him recently, he has
distinguished himself quite well during his military career and has a nice family.
For the record, I know Scott Murphy's wife from when I was a teacher at St. Mary's in Glens Falls.
Her maiden name is Hogan .. and I taught her and her cousin (the Warren Count DA).  I never
met Scott Murphy.
Since I am not a resident of the district, I am glad that I don't have to vote on that contest ..
while I am a Democrat, I would have to say (for the record) that I hope that Chris Gibson wins --
mainly because "old school ties" trump everything except if he were a family member.


George Amedore & Christian Klueg for NYS Senate 2016
Pete Vroman for State Assembly 2016[/size][/color]

"For this is what America is all about. It is the uncrossed desert and the unclimbed ridge. It is the star that is not reached and the harvest that is sleeping in the unplowed ground."
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GOP deficit hawks have mighty short memories

    Republican candidate Chris Gibson erroneously claims that Rep. Scott Murphy isn’t a real “fi scal conservative.” Apparently Gibson believes that he can rely on deceptive attacks to hide from the consequences of his own party’s policies.
    When the GOP took power in 2001, it inherited the Clinton administration’s massive budget surplus. Republicans sharply reduced taxes for millionaires. As a result, when Gibson’s party left office in 2009, we had a huge budget deficit, combined with a rapidly sinking economy. Of course when Bush’s defi cits were spiraling out of control, one could hardly hear a peep from the “deficit hawks” of the Gibson variety.
    Now that these income tax cuts for the very wealthy are due to expire, it’s the very same GOP “deficit hawks” that favor renewing them. Is this Gibson’s idea of fiscal responsibility and, oh yes, “shared sacrifi ce?”
    Before attacking anyone on fi scal issues, Gibson should be clarifying his position on the Bush tax cuts. However, I would wager that without considerable prodding, we will hear little on this subject from “deficit hawk” Gibson.
    Expect to hear a good deal more from Gibson and his brethren when it comes to cutting Social Security and Medicare. They tell us that the “entitlements” are the cause of our problems. They conveniently chose to ignore the fact that Social Security is a totally self-funding program that has always taken in more revenue than it has paid out. And therefore they refuse to except any responsibility for the fact that the current “deficit crisis” results from the government taking in insuffi cient tax revenue to fund other government activities.
    Millionaire tax cuts, which were supported by the so-called defi cit hawks like Gibson, bear much of the responsibility for our current problems. So remember, Mr. Gibson, those who live in glass houses shouldn’t be throwing stones.

    ALBERT ORMSBY
    Saratoga Springs

http://www.dailygazette.net/De.....r03204&AppName=1
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The WASP forgot to mention the 911 attacks and what happened to the entire economy and stock market for months and years after that tragic day. Like it never happened. But if you were drawing a public salary without interruption somewhere in the state then your gravy train was not even slowed down while your great grandchildren went into debt. In order to pick the economy back up the tax cuts came up (of course we just found out for the first time they weren't ONLY for the rich as we discuss the liberals wanting to let them expire) and these crazy political class rulers want to suck more $$$ out of our American economy. Talk about not wanting to control spending...how disgusting they are. This Obama deficit spending makes all others look paltry.


"While Foreign Terrorists were plotting to murder and maim using homemade bombs in Boston, Democrap officials in Washington DC, Albany and here were busy watching ME and other law abiding American Citizens who are gun owners and taxpayers, in an effort to blame the nation's lack of security on US so that they could have a political scapegoat."
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Tx cuts are the solution and NOT the problem.  Since WW2, the 4 periods of prolonged economic expansion
were preceded by cuts in Federal Income Tax.   Just the fear of raising income taxes forces business - large
and small - to hesitate with plans to expand and add jobs.    The once proud Japanese economy has
suffered through a "lost decade" of malaise and recession because it raised taxes rather keeping them
level or cutting them.
Mr. Gibson will do well if he continues to campaign on a platform of cutting taxes and shrinking the bloated
size of our Federal government.


George Amedore & Christian Klueg for NYS Senate 2016
Pete Vroman for State Assembly 2016[/size][/color]

"For this is what America is all about. It is the uncrossed desert and the unclimbed ridge. It is the star that is not reached and the harvest that is sleeping in the unplowed ground."
Lyndon Baines Johnson
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Mr. Ormsby's letter to the Gazzette is factually flawed on a number of counts, as I'm sure you know.

For instance, Fannie and Freddie were badly abused by Andrew Cuomo at HUD, who kept encouraging them to issue more and more sub-prime loans until the bubble burst

The republicans took office during Clinton's term, that's why we had a surplus

The democrats took office during Bush's term and we got TARP

It's entirely possible that if the republicans take over in November, 0bama will get the credit for whatever they do to fix things, and he could actually be reelected in 2012

Social Security was only solvent when there were more people paying INTO it than people taking OUT, as well as BOTH parties using that supposed "lock box" for their slush fund for pet projects. SS is now, what, $37 trillion in the black. George Bush didn't do that by himself

If the auto industry had been allowed to fail the unions would have been brought to their knees and no longer been able to demand golden parachutes because it would have been obvious that the economy simply couldn't support it

With each swing of the houses from D to R and back again, both sides are swinging further to the left. We're now to the point where the republicans are democrats and the democrats are socialists. Neither side is really any better than the other. We're only being given choices of socialist or socialist-lite

Swinging the pendulum back to the right won't happen overnight. Just as we've been slowly nudged to the left, we must urge a swing to the right from both parties.

Chris Gibson would be a swing to the right. He's fiscally conservative, and Constitutionally sound, maybe we can get somebody who's 100% prolife next time. For now, the house is on fire, lets wait til we put the fire out to start planning a family
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