tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60880512024-03-07T10:11:30.858-08:00Peter King WatchKeeping tabs on NY Congressman Peter King. We are watching and reporting.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger541125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088051.post-62579535604597829502019-11-11T07:59:00.002-08:002019-11-11T07:59:38.905-08:00Peter King. OUT!After 15 odd years, we are done.<br />
Peter King has announced his retirement.<br />
And now my watch has ended.<br />
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Thanks to all the readers over the years, you’ve been great supporters of this effort.<br />
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Now it’s to elect Jackie Gordon to Congress!<br />
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<a href="https://jackiegordonforcongress.com/#meet-jackie" target="_blank">Jackie Gordon for Congress </a><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088051.post-89338480218120053232010-08-22T07:16:00.000-07:002010-08-22T07:19:09.044-07:00Peter King Watch ReturnsAfter a too-long absence, we will be back this week once again putting King under the microscope so voters know exactly who Pete King really is.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088051.post-74815832803623860732009-04-16T09:35:00.001-07:002009-04-17T06:40:10.409-07:00King Snubbed at Republican Dinner by Newt Gingrich<span style="font-family:arial;">Last night the NYS Republicans brought out Newt Gingrich at their annual dinner. Newt spoke and </span><a style="FONT-FAMILY: arial" href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2009/04/16/2009-04-16_rudy_giuliani_should_run_for_governor_in_2010_newt_gingrich_says.html">had this to say about the NY GOP future</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-family:arial;" >"If we had Mayor Giuliani for governor and we had Gov. Pataki for senator, we would be a large step towards the tidal wave which will make 2010 comparable to 1994," he said, referring to the GOP electoral sweep in '94. "That should be our goal."<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">Hmmm... isn't Peter King the one that has been trumpeting his name as a potential winning senate candidate?<br />This is one heck of a slight.<br />Is Newt still holding a grudge against King for calling him "political road-kill" back in the 90's?<br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088051.post-86800516103462453072009-02-26T08:44:00.000-08:002009-02-26T10:58:56.636-08:00King Goes to Gitmo Part 1; Apples and Oranges Edition<span style="font-family:arial;">King has an <a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/02262009/postopinion/opedcolumnists/the_real_gitmo__156978.htm">op-ed in today's NYPost </a>extolling the virutes of the Gitmo facility and attacking President Obama for preparing to close it. There are many points to look at in the op-ed so I'll do them bit by bit.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">King says that at Gitmo <strong>"Detainees at Guantanamo are treated far better than most American prisoners in the US jails and prisons I've inspected over the years."</strong></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></strong><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Umm.. Peter..... the prisoners in US jails have all faced a judge and jury and have been found guilty of a crime. The detainees at Gitmo have not had a trial. That is the problem.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">It's fairly simple; have a trial and either find the detainees guilty of terrorist acts or send them back to thier own countries.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Here is a scenario King ought to think about:</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">When King went to Northen Ireland years ago as an IRA supporter and agitator, he stayed with and spent time with murderers and assorted criminals. If the British forces did a sweep and arrested King along with the other terrorists would King think that it is okay for the British to hold him indefinately without trial? </span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Would King feel good about languishing in prison for 4 or more years without contact with family and friends or a lawyer to represent him?</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088051.post-48843640846958744632009-02-20T00:50:00.000-08:002009-02-20T01:00:45.598-08:00Wavering King May Lose Chance to Run for Senate<span style="font-family: arial;">According <a href="http://www.1010wins.com/Pataki-for-Senate-/3883997">to an AP story</a>, Republican Senate Campaign Committee head John Cornyn is looking to former governor George Pataki to run for Senate against Gillibrand in 2010.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">King has consistantly performed extremely poorly in match-up polls against Gillibrand. And he hasn't been as gung-ho to run as he was against Caroline Kennedy.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;">"A person who spoke to George Pataki says national Republicans have approached the former New York governor about running for the Senate in 2010.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;">The person confirmed Tuesday's meeting in New York City between Pataki and Sen. John Cornyn, a Texas Republican who heads the party's national Senate campaign committee. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because he isn't authorized to comment.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;">The person says Pataki, now in private law practice, hasn't yet accepted or rejected the idea. The race would be against Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand, who was appointed to succeed Hillary Rodham Clinton and said she will run.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;">Pataki didn't respond to a request for comment.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;">Cornyn's office referred questions to the committee, which didn't comment.</span><span style="font-family: arial;">"</span><br /><br />The <a href="http://www.lohud.com/article/20090220/NEWS05/902200332">Journal News</a> gives a reason why Pataki would be the better choice...<br /><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;">"A Marist College poll last month found Gillibrand and Pataki in a statistical dead heat in a hypothetical matchup, with Gillibrand at 44 percent and Pataki at 42 percent.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;">"What he brings to a candidacy in a very blue state is name recognition, a proven statewide vote-getter, an ability to raise money, candidate experience. And those are many of the ingredients for success," Marist pollster Lee Miringoff said."</span><br /><br />King can always run against Schumer..... Nah..... he doesn't <a href="http://kingwatch.blogspot.com/2009/01/chicken-la-king.html">have the guts</a> to try.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088051.post-85559125623952768952009-02-02T07:16:00.000-08:002009-02-02T07:19:35.983-08:00Business Paper Calls King a 'Loser" on His Vote Against the Stimulus<span style="font-family:arial;">Crain's New York listed <a href="http://www.crainsnewyork.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090201/SMALLBIZ/302019969">'Winners and Losers' </a>from the Stimulus Package vote.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>"CONGRESS IS CLOSING IN on a stimulus package. Last week, the House passed a bill worth $819 billion. The Senate still has to pass its own version, and a compromise bill must be drawn up. But the differences are not vast, and the legislators have reached consensus on many of the main elements. Here are some early winners and losers</strong></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">"LOSERS<br />Rep. Peter King The Long Island Republican toed the party line and voted against the stimulus package—even though it included $80 billion in new Medicaid funding, something Mr. King has long pushed for. The vote could hurt him in 2010, when he may challenge Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand or make a run for governor."</span></strong>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088051.post-77447774102963718892009-01-31T10:03:00.000-08:002009-01-31T10:04:40.691-08:00King and Rush<span style="font-family: arial;">King has voted with Rush Limbaugh 100% of the time so far.<br />Why is Rush more important that King's constituents?<br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088051.post-16076967078733159012009-01-29T07:33:00.000-08:002009-01-29T07:46:14.771-08:00King Doesn't Much Believe in Fair Pay for Women<span style="font-family:arial;">King seems to have a misogeny streak running lately in his attacks on Caroline Kennedy and Kirsten Gillibrand. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Yesterday King capped it all by <a href="http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll037.xml">voting against </a>the <em>Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009</em>. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The supposedly "pro-worker" King who revels in his almost half-century removed blue collar background voted against a bill that gave recourse to women who find out that they make 1/3 less than thier male counterparts.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">From <a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:HR00011:@@@D&summ2=1&">Thomas.gov </a></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>"Title I: Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 - Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 - (Sec. 3) Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to declare that an unlawful employment practice occurs when: (1) a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice is adopted; (2) an individual becomes subject to the decision or practice; or (3) an individual is affected by application of the decision or practice, including each time wages, benefits, or other compensation is paid. Allows liability to accrue, and allows an aggrieved person to obtain relief, including recovery of back pay, for up to two years preceding the filing of the charge, where the unlawful employment practices that have occurred during the charge filing period are similar or related to practices that occurred outside the time for filing a charge. Applies the preceding provisions to claims of compensation discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.<br />(Sec. 4) Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to declare that an unlawful practice occurs when a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice is adopted, when a person becomes subject to the decision or other practice, or when a person is affected by the decision or practice, including each time wages, benefits, or other compensation is paid."</strong></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088051.post-56624111821309842872009-01-29T06:53:00.000-08:002009-01-29T07:11:18.559-08:00Another Day, Another Poll Shows King Losing Badly to Gillibrand<span style="font-family:arial;">King can't seem to catch a break. In today's Siena Poll, Gillibrand crushes King like she did in the Marist poll a couple of days ago.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Siena poll conducted 1/25-1/27/09</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Gillibrand 46%</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">King 23%</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Gillibrand beats King in every age group and every ethnic background and both genders. The ONLY sub-section besides republican party King wins is "suburbs" but that is a close 38%-33%.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Worse yet, if their were a Republican primary for the Senate race in 2010, republicans prefer Giuliani over King 69% - 16%</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Chances of King actually running: 30%</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088051.post-25110261925561519992009-01-27T11:15:00.000-08:002009-01-27T11:23:01.472-08:00Bad Signs for King; Gillibrand Beats Him in New Poll-<span style="font-family:arial;">A Gillibrand second term unknown congresswoman beats six term media-whore King in a new Marist poll.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">King has done his best to get his face in every newspaper and on every political talk show he can. He has been grandstanding on immigration and homeland security for 7 years. </span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Kirsten Gillibrand is a big unknown outside of her district but she tops King <span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>49% - 24%</strong></span> in the new <a href="http://www.maristpoll.marist.edu/nyspolls/NY090127.htm">Marist poll</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Looking at the polls matching King against Kennedy and Coumo, if we are looking for a pattern, it's that King is not liked.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">This poll proves that King is not popular outside of his district.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">At all.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088051.post-80911293949642629832009-01-26T21:43:00.000-08:002009-01-26T21:45:33.420-08:00King Looked Real Happy at President Obama's Inaugural<span style="font-family: arial;">Okay, no he didn't.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v188/nassaupolitics/?action=view&current=kingobamascowl.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/nassaupolitics/kingobamascowl.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">He could be shooting lasers with those eyes.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088051.post-41649090609778385002009-01-25T16:59:00.000-08:002009-01-26T04:05:52.575-08:00King Involved in Pay-to-Play Scandal?<span style="font-family:arial;">Just as King is making the rounds talking about how Governor Paterson's choice of Kristen Gillibrand for Senate was somehow </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.wkbw.com/news/local/38280469.html">underhanded</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> or breaking the law </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >"There was a whole strange series of events," King told TheAssociated Press. "There is a crisis of confidence in the state. There is a cloud over Kirsten Gillibrand's appointment. To me, it's essential that the governor give a full explanation as quickly as possible."</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Newsday <a href="http://www.newsday.com/news/local/politics/ny-poking0126,0,4381835.story">reported that King</a> </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >"variously called her selection by Gov. David A. Paterson a "fraud," "payoff" and a "backroom" deal."</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Strong words from King.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2009/01/25/2009-01-25_rep_pete_king_funneled_money_for_5000_ma-2.html?page=1">NY Daily News is reporting</a> that King may have been getting campaign contributions for steering $3million in taxpayer money to local companies. </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >"U.S. Rep. Pete King funneled $3 million in taxpayer money to a campaign donor for custom manhole covers that Con Ed said could be dangerous, a Daily News probe found.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >"The Long Island Republican sponsored federal dollars to pay for about 5,000 locking manhole covers designed to thwart terrorists. They would cover only about 2% of Con Ed's manholes in the city...</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >"Con Ed was approached to cover its 250,000 manholes with the devices, but the utility decided they would pose an obstacle not just to terrorists - but also to firefighters in an emergency.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >"We said 'no,' it's impractical," said a Con Ed official who spoke on the condition of anonymity. "What are you going to do? Have 250,000 keys for these things?</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >"Manhole Barrier did better with Congress than with Con Ed, with the help of a few timely campaign contributions.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >The company CEO, his wife, some <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">relatives and lobbyists contributed $16,700 to King as he was trying to earmark funds for the firm, records show.</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >CEO Michael Manoussos first gave $4,000 to King beginning in August 2006. In March 2007, King requested money for the covers. That year, the effort failed.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Manhole Barrier tried again last year. This time, Manoussos got relatives and lobbyists to kick in as well, records show.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >He and his wife, Dawn, each gave the maximum allowed, $4,600, on Feb. 7. Two company lobbyists donated on the same day, and two other Manoussos relatives gave another $1,500 shortly after."</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">And that's not the only instance.... </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >"Still, campaign donations were also present when King got taxpayer funding this year for another Long Island company, American Defense Systems Inc.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Last spring, King sent a letter to the House Appropriations Committee requesting $1.2 million for development of a new ballistic helmet to protect soldiers. ADSI was the beneficiary.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" >Before December 2007, ADSI employees never donated to King. That month, they began writing a total of $16,800 in checks for his 2008 re-election campaign.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >"I never asked them for anything," King said, adding that he didn't know why ADSI decided to start contributing.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">ADSI turned out to be King's top donor this election cycle</span>, the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics says.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >In a March 17 letter, King submitted his funding request for the company. Most of the donations from ADSI executives came May 9, less than two months later.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >ADSI's chief operating officer, Fergal Foley, gave four separate donations totaling $5,300 - $700 more than legally allowed. King's campaign sent a refund check after The News asked about the donation.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" >Executives of ADSI thought so much of King that they gave him an award for outstanding public service, The Golden Eagle of Freedom, at a Jan. 9 dinner."</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">King of course will deny this and attack the Daily News for being a "liberal newspaper."</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">There needs to be an invesigation into the process and the contributors, especially the employees, questioned under oath.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088051.post-25531974665123561412009-01-25T10:23:00.000-08:002009-01-25T10:40:58.349-08:00King Don't Know Much About the Constitution<span style="font-family:arial;">King is demanding that Governor Paterson explain how he chose Rep. Gilbrand to fill the vacancy left by Hillary Clinton.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://wcbstv.com/politics/peter.king.gillibrand.2.916825.html">King spouts off alot of BS</a> "There was a whole strange series of events," King told The Associated Press. <span style="font-weight: bold;">"There is a crisis of confidence in the state. There is a cloud over Kirsten Gillibrand's appointment. To me, it's essential that the governor give a full explanation as quickly as possible." </span></span> <span style="font-family:arial;">There is no <span style="font-weight: bold;">"cloud"</span> over Kirsten Gillibrand. It's just that King really wanted Caroline Kennedy to run because he thought that would be an easier race.</span><br /> <span style="font-family:arial;">King of course has no idea that Paterson doesn't have to tell anyone how he made his decision. So says that CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. King should read the 17th Amendment <span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >"</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct."<br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">Paterson as Governor is empowered to appoint anyone he wants. </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" ><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">Kirsten Gillibrand is great choice.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" ><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">And that is what scares King.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" ><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088051.post-447984821128278202009-01-23T18:03:00.000-08:002009-01-25T10:56:37.715-08:00Chicken a la Peter King<span style="font-family:arial;">For a guy who had so much tough talk on Caroline Kenndy's possibel appointment to the US Senate, he sure back the heck off when Rep. Kristen Gillibrand was named.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">King was itching to get into a fight with Senator Caroline Kennedy but has instead <a href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/scorecard/0109/Peter_King_praises_Gillibrand.html">toned down his rhetoric on running</a>. </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >“If he appointed Caroline Kennedy, I was ready to file papers right away because she’s a superstar and you can’t let her build a head of steam – and she was totally unqualified in my perspective,” King told Politico. “With Kirsten, she’s entitled to be given an opportunity to build a record for the state.”<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">So King isn't ready right away to file papers against Gillibrand?</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" ><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">Of course not, because King knows Gillibrand will be a tougher candidate.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" ><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">I mean if King REALLY wanted to run for Senate, he could have delcared to run against Schumer.... but he didn't</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >.<br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">King is all talk and nothing more.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" ><br /><br /><a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v188/nassaupolitics/?action=view&current=chickenalakingcopy.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="width: 382px; height: 501px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/nassaupolitics/chickenalakingcopy.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088051.post-91179951118885586962009-01-22T17:07:00.000-08:002009-01-22T17:28:38.693-08:00How Does King Run Against A Moderate Democrat?<span style="font-family: arial;">Democrat Kristen Gillibrand won her congressional seat wh</span><span style="font-family: arial;">ere the registration favors republicans by about 80,000 voters. She was endorsed by the NRA. She also has an <a href="http://www.progressivepunch.org/members.jsp?search=selectName&member=NY20&chamber=House&zip=&x=64&y=12">87.56% Lifetime Progressive Score</a>. As a comparison, <a href="http://www.progressivepunch.org/members.jsp?search=selectName&member=NY4&chamber=House&zip=&x=40&y=16">Rep. Carolyn McCarthy has a 83.44</a> score and <a href="http://www.progressivepunch.org/members.jsp?search=selectName&member=NY14&chamber=House&zip=&x=67&y=14">Rep. Carolyn Maloney has a 89.9%</a> score.<br />Gillibrand is a fiscal conservative with progressive/liberal social stances in line with most New York Democrats.<br />Gillibrand's stances neutralize anything King can bring to the table. King won't be the "moderate" in the race. He can't throw the "LIBERULLLLL!!!!!!" label at her.<br />Does this mean King will decide not to run?<br />I think so.<br />Gillibrand represents upstate New York where there hasn't been a<br />King spent so much time bashing Caroline Kennedy hoping sh was the choice, he didn't think he'd have an opponent he can't easily label.<br />Gillibrand will have almost 2 years to make a name for herself - which she will do with Schumer's help- and she will be a formidable candidate in 2010.<br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088051.post-66254670379228728572009-01-22T16:40:00.000-08:002009-01-22T16:42:53.058-08:00Peter King to Run Against New Senator Kirsten Gillibrand<span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://www.wpix.com/print_landing?blockID=193155&feedID=1404">According to WPIX</a>, Governor Patterson has chosen upstate Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand to replace Hillary Clinton in the Senate.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">"PIX11 News has learned Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand is the choice of Governor David Paterson to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Hillary Clinton. Two Congressional sources tell PIX News that the Governor will make his announcement in Albany at noon tomorrow. He has invited members of the state's Democratic Congressional delegation to join him."</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088051.post-66633969977281328692009-01-15T12:25:00.000-08:002009-01-15T12:26:43.013-08:00Another Poll Shows King Still Losing Senate Race<span style="font-family:arial;">Another day and another poll for the NY Senate seat being vacated by new Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. A </span><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/1/15/125749/332/26/684425"><span style="font-family:arial;">Research 2000 poll conducted for the Daily Kos </span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">website doesn’t offer any more good news for Peter King or even Rudy Guiliani who would be the so-called “top-tier” GOP candidates.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Under Approval, King gets 39% Approval, 41% Disapproval, and 20% No Opinion.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Guiliani fares much worse with 38% Approval, 56% Disapproval, and 6% No Opinion.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">In the head-to-head match-up, Cuomo beats King 45% to 32%. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Cuomo beats Giuliani 48% to 33%.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Kennedy still trounces King 47% to 31% and does the same thing to Giuliani 49% to 32%.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Congressman Steve Israel who is new to the polls and is very much an unknown compared to any of the other possible candidates beats King 34% to 31% and does the same to Giuliani 35% to 32%. That isn’t much but no one knows Israel. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">King and Giuliani pull the same low number against well-known Dems and a virtually unknown Dem.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088051.post-41834237725181164712009-01-12T11:45:00.000-08:002009-01-12T11:47:08.413-08:00New New Poll Shows King Losing to Kennedy Big-time<span style="font-family:arial;">Polls don’t mean all the much this far out with very little information, they are just snapshots of fleeting opinion. Last week we had a poll that showed Caroline Kennedy barely beating Peter King 46%-44%. This was jumped on by pundits who said “See, she can’t be a serious candidate.”<br />That poll is now made irrelevant by a new poll conducted by Rasmussen Reports.<br /></span><a href="http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/states_general/new_york/toplines/toplines_caroline_kennedy_janaury_6_2009"><span style="font-family:arial;">In the poll conducted January 6, 2009 </span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Caroline Kennedy trounces Peter King <span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>51% - 33%</strong></span>.<br />Also in this new poll King takes a beating in the favorability column with only 39% “Very to Somewhat Favorable” while Kennedy is 63% “Very to Somewhat Favorable.”<br />King gets 37% Very-Somewhat Unfavorable.<br />So this would all mean something if Kennedy was chosen to replace Hillary and Kennedy ran in 2010. But none of that is happening yet.<br />I think though the Kennedy doom-sayers from the last poll should take this one just as seriously and trumpet her new numbers.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088051.post-91522714956683001582009-01-07T13:23:00.001-08:002009-01-07T13:23:45.560-08:00King Picking the Easier Race<span style="font-family:arial;">With all this talk from King about running for the Senate in 2010, there is one 800lb. gorilla just sitting in the corner. Chuck Schumer.<br />Schumer is up for re-election next year and the ballot will have Schumer name right before whatever Dem is running. Not much of a chance of a down-ballot drop-off of votes unless the candidate is Zombie Hitler. Not many Dems are going to switch lines right after Schumer or stop voting after Schumer.<br />King is trash-talking Caroline Kennedy secretly hoping she gets appointed because he feels he can beat her.<br />The question is if King really wanted to go to the Senate, why didn’t he float his name as a challenger to Chuck Schumer?<br />Why did he wait until he would face an unelected 2 year incumbent?<br />Seems to me that tough-guy King doesn’t want a tough fight like he would have against Schumer who won 71% of the vote in 2004.<br />Last time King ran state-wide it was for Attorney General against Robert Abrams and he got 36% of the vote.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088051.post-15210130742098066752009-01-06T22:39:00.000-08:002009-01-06T22:51:17.990-08:00Umm.. Peter... So Far, You Lose; New Poll Shows King Losing Senate Race<span style="font-family: arial;">King is doing his best to raise his profile by going on as many news shows as possible and bashing Caroline Kennedy, the possible replacement for Hillary Clinton. Problem is, not only does King look like a jerk, in a new poll his unpopularity is only matched by his anonymity amongst New York Voters.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">A <a href="http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/PPP_Release_NY_106.pdf">Public Policy Polling poll</a>(opens as .pdf) shows </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;">"King has decent favorability numbers for someone who’s not a major statewide figure. 34% of voters see him positively while 26% have a negative opinion. A 40% plurality has no opinion at this point in time."</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">After being in the news so often not just Caroline-bashing but hogging as much spotlight on Homeland Security issues for years you would think King would be better known and have higher favorability numbers. </span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">King gets clobbered by Andrew Cuomo in the poll and Kennedy beats him too. <span style="font-weight: bold;">"Cuomo, it appears, would be an easy winner against King. He leads him 48-29 in a hypothetical pairing, and that’s with only 35% of black voters pledging to support him at this very preliminary stage. Kennedy only edges King 46-44. She loses a full quarter of the Democratic vote at this point in time and also has a 15 point gap among independent voters."</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Two things... Obama comes in for Cuomo, Cuomo takes 99% of black vote. Cuomo wins NYC and surrounding areas plus a few upstate counties. Game over.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">For Kennedy, Democrats won't be pulling the lever for King no matter how much he flogs his almost 40 year old "blue-coller" background.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088051.post-8202899093874888802009-01-06T15:23:00.001-08:002009-01-06T16:57:21.484-08:00Peter King for U.S. Senate<span style="font-family:arial;">HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Here's a letter I wrote a few years ago to the Massapequa Post and I make note of why he is unsuited for the Senate.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >"As we teeter on the precipice of war, a healthy debate is necessary. Opposing views must be aired and be heard. Our elected officials have a duty to listen to their constituents whether they agree or not. Here on Long Island all the representatives voted for the Iraq resolution. All but one are willing to listen to voices of opposition. A national effort was undertaken a couple of weeks ago by antiwar groups to have people lobby their representatives to choose peace over war. Rep. McCarthy invited her constituents into her office to explain her positions and listen to theirs. While they may have had differing opinions, a civil, courteous discussion resulted. </span> <p style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;"> There was a different story at the Massapequa Park office of Rep. Peter King. Instead of meeting with his constituents who offered an opposing view, he called the police to make them leave. Let me repeat that: Peter King called the police on his constituents. He claims that he does not want to be a part of "undermining the president." I would like to know how airing opposing views on the reasoning behind war is "undermining." How does meeting with constituents do any harm? Peter King serves at the pleasure of his constituents. They are to be heard, not ignored or arrested for trying to speak with him in the office they pay for. <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Cowering in his office from opposing views and hiding behind a skewed idea of patriotism is not serving his district well. King has said he is interested in gaining a seat in the senate which is, above all, a deliberative body. His inability to consider opposing views is not well suited for that job.</span>"</p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088051.post-68805330393029762402008-10-16T19:01:00.000-07:002008-10-16T19:02:21.957-07:00Peter King Wanted McCain to Bring Up Ayers; Let's talk About King and his Terrorist Friends.<span style="font-family: arial;">Thank you, Peter. Thank You. Thank You. Thank you.<br />In a <a href="http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/ny-usdeba155883988oct15,0,1063654.story">Newsday story</a> about tonight's debate at Hofstra, we get his gem <span style="font-weight: bold;">"Rep. Peter King (R-Seaford) said he believes McCain shouldn't shy away from raising the Ayers connection, to raise questions about Obama's judgment."<br /></span><span>Obama barely knew William Ayers and was 8 years old when Ayers was involved with the Weather Underground.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span>Let's talk about "judgement" and REAL paling around with terrorists shall we?<br />Peter King is an unrepentant supporter of IRA terrorism. He tried topublically step back from his terrorist past after 9/11 but he always comes back to who he really is.<br />Let's go over some of Peter King's greatest hits.<br />Most recently <a href="http://kingwatch.blogspot.com/2008/09/update-appeals-court-uphold-ira.html">he wants an ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT and IRA gunman who escaped from a British prison 25 years ago to be allowed to stay</a>. Is that AMNESTY? For a criminal? The Department of Homeland Security wants to deport him.<br />Then there are his <a href="http://kingwatch.blogspot.com/2006/09/peter-king-terrorist-supporter.html">past statements in FULL SUPPORT of the IRA</a> <span style="font-weight: bold;">"King was not so much an appeaser of terrorism, but an active aider and abetter. In 1982 he told a pro-IRA rally, "We must pledge ourselves to support those brave men and women who this very moment are carrying forth the struggle against British imperialism in the streets of Belfast and Derry." Two years later what he called this "legitimate guerilla army" came close to successfully assassinating Margaret Thatcher."<br /></span>And he <a href="http://kingwatch.blogspot.com/2005/03/happy-st-patricks-day-ira-supporter.html">makes excuses</a> for the MURDER of civilians by his terrorist friends<span style="font-weight: bold;"> "And while there were murders, atrocities and human-rights violations on all sides, the security forces and the loyalist paramilitaries caused more civilian casualties than did the IRA."<br /></span>Here is King from a BBC interview:<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">"King: To me terrorism is always wrong, but I think the IRA was a legitimate force that had to be dealt with.<br /><br />BBC: A legitimate force? It wasn't a terrorist group trying to bomb and blow-up the democratically elected government of a sovereign state? That wasn't terrorism?<br /><br />King: No, I would say it was a legitimate fight going on in Northern Ireland. Any time a civilian was targeted that was wrong. If you look back over the record, there was probably a greater number of, percentage wise, of civilians killed by the security forces in the world by the IRA. …To me terrorism is if you target civilians.<br /><br />BBC: That's not the definition of terrorism. Terrorism is using violence to gain political ends."<br /><br /></span><a href="http://kingwatch.blogspot.com/2006/09/king-was-on-secret-service-terrorist.html">According to the NY Sun</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> "In 1984, the Secret Service listed him as a threat when President Reagan made a trip to Nassau County to watch a Special Olympics event."<br /></span>And <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />"He forged links with leaders of the IRA and Sinn Fein in Ireland, and in America he hooked up with Irish Northern Aid, known as Noraid, a New York based group that the American, British, and Irish governments often accused of funneling guns and money to the IRA. At a time when the IRA's murder of Lord Mountbatten and its fierce bombing campaign in Britain and Ireland persuaded most American politicians to shun IRA-support groups, Mr. King displayed no such inhibitions. He spoke regularly at Noraid protests and became close to the group's publicity director, the Bronx lawyer Martin Galvin, a figure reviled by the British.<br />Mr. King's support for the IRA was unequivocal. In 1982, for instance, he told a pro-IRA rally in Nassau County: "We must pledge ourselves to support those brave men and women who this very moment are carrying forth the struggle against British imperialism in the streets of Belfast and Derry."<br />By the mid-1980s, the authorities on both sides of the Atlantic were openly hostile to Mr. King. On one occasion, a judge threw him out of a Belfast courtroom during the murder trial of IRA men because, in the judge's view, "he was an obvious collaborator with the IRA." When he attended other trials, the police singled him out for thorough body searches."<br /><br /></span>And just to make a real connection with terrorists who targeted Americans, King's terrorist buddies were supplied with weapons from Libya. Yes, Libya.<br />It is <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/1482426.stm">well-known and documented</a> that the <a href="http://www.victims.org.uk/petition.html">IRA got weapons</a> from the terrorist-lead nation of Libya.<br />Libya was behind the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988 which killed 259 people of which 180 were US Citizens. Gaddafi also paid for multiple bombings around the world that killed US servicemembers.<br /><br />So let's talk about connections to terrorists, Peter.<br />Let's make sure every voter in your district knows you are a supporter of terrorism.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088051.post-72047438265518779882008-09-23T12:54:00.000-07:002008-09-23T13:20:08.547-07:00More on King, Rangel and Palin<span style="font-family:arial;">The kerkuffle over Rangel calling Palin "disabled" is really a little stupid.<br /><a href="http://wcbstv.com/campaign08/congressman.charles.rangel.2.821541.html">Interviewed by Marcia Kramer of WCBS-NY</a>, Rangel said <span style="font-weight: bold;">"You got to be kind to the disabled"</span> and followed up with <span style="font-weight: bold;">"There's no question about it politically. It's a nightmare to think that a person's foreign policy is based on their ability to look at Russia from where they live."<br /></span>Clearly Rangel was saying there is something wrong with Palin for saying proximity to a foreign country makes you an expert on foreign policy.<br />That didn't stop King from jumping all over the statement when Kramer raced to his Massapequa Park to show it to him <span style="font-weight: bold;">"We should be sensitive to her or any woman who has a child or family member who has any affliction at all. And so to use the word disabled in the context of a female candidate for vice president who has a child who is disabled really is wrong. Charlie owes her and the entire disabled community and apology."<br /><br /></span>No Peter, the CONTEXT was Palin making a ridiculous claim. It has nothing to do with her child.<br />Maybe Rangel needed to be a little more politically correct (he didn't call Palin retarded which is good) but his point is vaild.<br />Maybe he should have called Palin a dumb-ass. But that would have brought the ire of King too since he belongs to a political party full of dumb-asses and he suffers from that affliction himself.<br /><br />Rangel shot back at King and his detractors <span style="font-weight: bold;">"Governor Palin is an obviously healthy person who in no way fits the description of disabled. I meant to say then, and I am saying now, that she entered the campaign with a disadvantage in the area of foreign policy."</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Any inference that my words were in any connected to her son, Trig, who was born with Down syndrome, is a real stretch -- and, I would have to think -- a way to make political points out of my poor choice of words." </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br />Of course King is the very last person to demand apologies. King has no problem verbally attacking people.<br />Kinda like when he <a href="http://kingwatch.blogspot.com/2005/08/king-attacks-religious-leaders.html">attacked opponents of privitization of social security</a>. He said of a Rabbi, a Quaker and a leader of The Long Island Council of Churches <span style="font-weight: bold;">"I base my decision on facts, reason and informed social conscious and not left-wing pseudo-theology."<br /></span>Is the Quaker belief a<span style="font-weight: bold;"> "</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">left-wing pseudo-theology?"<br /></span>Is Judism?<br />King never apologized for that.<br />And let's not forget <a href="http://kingwatch.blogspot.com/2006/10/update-leaders-of-all-faiths-gather-to.html">Kings assault on The Islamic Center of Long Island</a> and saying there are too many mosques in this country.<br /><br />The long and short of it is that King is full of fake outrage and what Rangel said was not politically correct.<br />Palin is a dumb-ass for her silly resume padding. That can't be argued.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088051.post-13500169212215813422008-09-22T11:24:00.000-07:002008-09-22T11:26:32.963-07:00King Says Palin Running for President - Now with Video Goodness<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://img.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vidmg.photobucket.com/albums/v188/nassaupolitics/kingpalinwcbs.flv" height="261" width="348"></embed>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6088051.post-74454927859367586672008-09-19T20:18:00.000-07:002008-09-19T20:23:32.490-07:00Peter "Chicken Little" King<span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=40996&dcn=todaysnews">Congress Daily reports</a> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;">"House Republicans and Homeland Security officials sounded alarm bells Wednesday about the prospect of the Homeland Security Department operating under a continuing resolution in the new fiscal year, citing the impact that such a move would have on several programs."</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;">"Without an appropriations bill, <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">DHS can't move forward on plans for the border, new cybersecurity programs, grants for states and locals [and] the list goes on," King said in a statement. </span>"It's unacceptable to have DHS in a holding pattern just because Democrats can't get their act together."<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Well, that isn't exactly true now is it, Peter?</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;"><br />"But after the hearing, the department was <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">unable to provide a list of specific programs</span> that could not be started or would be seriously disrupted if the department has to operate under a CR."<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Right, so it's a crisis but no specifics.<br />Sounds like DHS to me.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">"The only effort the official could cite that might be affected is the department's ability to begin construction on a new headquarters facility in Washington, D.C."</span><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;"></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0