The dreadful world of New York state politics never ceases to amaze and disgust, especially come election season. This year is no different.
First, we have Attorney General candidate Jeanine Pirro admitting that she is under federal investigation for possible wiretap crimes. It seems that she suspected her ex-con husband of philandering and wanted to catch him in the act. Ms. Pirro denies she went ahead and actually did the eavesdropping, mind you. But she DID think about it. But who did she call to pursue this train of thought? None other than disgraced former NYC Police Commissioner (and ex-con) Bernie Kerik, that's who! After all, it makes sense to call Mr Kerik -- he knows the ropes of carrying on these types of relationships, by his own admission. This tale has a ways to go before it plays out, I'm sure.
The we have incumbent NYS Comptroller Alan Hevesi, who just got caught taking a page from the Governor Pataki playbook and went about having his wife chauffered around by an individual on the state payroll. The Gov, you might recall, pulled the same prank awhile back.
Mr Hevesi did a public mea cupla yesterday in Lake George, saying he wrote a check to reimburse the state for his embarassing transgression. Questions abound about his math for determining this tab, however.
Isn't it funny how the mob that wanted Pataki's head for this abuse is suddenly quiet with the Hevesi problem -- and vice versa, of course.
And we can not let Congressman John Sweeney off the hook. Mr Sweeney is currently running television campaign commericals accusing his opponent of war profiteering. The logic? The opponent's spouse apparently owns stock in BAE Systems, a defense contractor. Get it? Defense contractors are profiting from the Iraq war, dummy! Hence all shareholders are therefore war profiteers! Now do you understand?
What Mr Sweeney forgot to mention is that BAE is a contributor to his re-election campaign. Yes, that pesky little detail didn't quite make it into the final cut.
Our favorite new blogger (and longtime TVT supporter) Albany Daze woke us up to this one -- not a big TV watcher, after all. If you need a good laugh, take a trip to his Albany Rants blog for some good chuckles -- and an interesting picture of the Congressman in action!
I can think of one small group that is thankful for all this lunacy: the writing staff of comedy troupe O.I.N.K.(Only in New York). Something tells me they won't be pulling hairs trying to come up with bits for their new season. It's all being handed to them on a silver platter.
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