Then we get this list of people who make it all so much better:
Ada Smith, Efrain Gonzalez, Diane Gordon, Karim Camara, John Sabini, Clarence Norman, Gloria Davis, Roger Green, and Brian McLaughlin. How much corruption can we afford out of the City-crats?

And “it might as well be Arkansas?” Please. So we wouldn’t have runaway socialized hand outs. So we might actually be able to take care of our own problems, with out interference. So we might actually get people who care about the State of NY rather than corrupt City-crat machine bosses, rampant fraud, and qualified individuals.

JMJ

No, I’ve got you pegged pretty good. I’ve been dealing with people like you all my life. You’re no different than any other City-crat who thinks that they know what’s best for the State as a whole.

“And now I’m playing shuffleboard in Florida.”

LOL! And loving every minute of it!!!

Deacon,

I hate to disappoint (and once again show that you are not a very good judge of whom you speak), but I lived Upstate too, Deacon. Wappingers Falls. And I worked up in Eldrid too. I still have people in NYS and spent a lot of time up there. I have a pretty good fix on Upstate. It’s huge and diverse population, with old ethnic enclaves, decayed industrial towns, moneyed burbs and exurbs, poor and moneyed rural areas. I know NYS. That’s why I made the comment I made - “A few scattered hicks Upstate.” But as usual, you misstated what I said and said, “The proof is in misunderstanding what goes on Upstate, and how upstaters think.” I never lumped the dynamic demographics of Upstate into one group. I said “a few scattered hicks.” Many Upstaters are quite progressive and with-it. Most are just regular folks like everyone else. But I do know this - for all their issues and needs, ESCR is nowhere near the top of their concerns. They’re a more serious and adult electorate than that. On the other hand, when the “illegal license” issue came up, the racist nastiness came out of the basement of their souls. Oh well. Sometimes stupidity still trumps good sense.

JMJ

Forget it micky, you’ll never reach him. Never. City-crats live in their own pretty little world. Which ends at Jones Beach to the East, the Hudson river to the West, and Yonkers to the North. Little outside of that matters.

And now I’m playing shuffleboard in Florida.

Well, my friend, you’re talking to one of “us.” I’ve been following his career for years upon years as well. The “Jersey” in Jersey McJones ain’t from Cape May. I’m a native New Yorker and spent the majority of my life in the Metro area.

Paterson is very bright and very well connected. And you’re right about this: Paterson is very uncontroversial and bipartisan. He’s rides smooth down the line, so to speak - but really he’s just patiently progressive. He’s like Spitzer, but without the hookers (God, I hope!!!) and the tempestuousness (same disorder, I assume). He works without all the wrangling and hooplah. He’s an interesting guy. I like him. Always have.

As for ESCR - that’s not controversial in NY. New Yorkers are too politically mature for that silly “issue.” You should know that if you’re one of “us that have watched Ny Politics for years upon years.” A few scattered hicks Upstate and a few hard-core Guy Molinari-type Catholics may get their blood up (if even), maybe some of the pandering GOP richies in LI, some NYer’s care about silly issues like that, but most of the state is pretty liberal on social/religious issues.

JMJ