Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Is Stefanik Really a New Kind of Politcian?

In her recent TV ad she is driving through the north country and spouting off ideas on how she is a new fresh face for Washington. Is she really that new though? Not entirely, after working in the West Wing "in 2009, Stefanik stayed in Washington for years. She bought a part-share in a Washington, D.C. townhouse and kept working for think-tanks and politicians that supported many of the same conservative ideas that defined the Bush years." Stefanik is not a new girl in town when it comes to Washington and it seems as if Stefanik has distanced herself from "many of the ideas held by her former employers." Stefanik is also saying how she is also running for the Democrats too and she wants to create bipartisanship in Congress. Well, the article also found no evidence for Stefanik's argument that her campaign reflects a significant break from past Republican and conservative thinking. Really it's just the opposite." So is Stefanik really a new face for Republican's?


If you also want to look more into Stefanik's political timeline look here. It shows her Harvard Education all the way to today where she just is accepting money from Super-Pacs.


Charles Schumer has now endorsed Aaron Woolf for Congress. Aaron Woolf had this to say after the recent endorsement, “If elected to Congress, I would fight to protect the rights of our workers and give our citizens and small businesses the tools they need to succeed. I also believe strongly in protecting the rights of women by promoting one of Senator Schumer’s most important bills, the Violence Against Women Act. In Congress, I hope to work with Senator Schumer to strengthen New York, both Upstate and in the North Country.” Schumer has been in the senate since the 20th century.


At a recent debate in West Hampton, NY, Tim Bishop and Lee Zeldin went head to head. Both of the politicians noticed how harsh they have been to each other in their attack ads and that both the things they are saying may not entirely be factual. When Zeldin said I would not mind if you attacked me with factual evidence instead of the TV ads that are being played. They are putting him on the wrong side of environmental and women issues. Tim Bishop remarked "You run your campaign, I'll run mine." At the end of the debate "Mr. Bishop received a polite and enthusiastic round of applause from attendees, while Mr. Zeldin’s cheering squad jumped up, hooting and cheering in their campaign t-shirts, waving banners, before the night quickly wrapped up and Zeldin supporters boarded a desert-camo decorated school bus decked out with their candidate’s campaign signs and headed off on what promises to be a two-week blitz of campaigneering as this election cycle heads into its final weeks."

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