The following is the third letter in a debate series in the “Readers Write” section on the Opinion Page of the TimesLedger Newspapers. Read the first letter in the series here: When did politics become so ugly and divisive? Read the rebuttal: Boro GOPer distorted facts on Bush election. Read the third letter below.
GOP: Let’s get beyond partisan divide
By Phil Orenstein
In his rebuttal to my letter on political divisiveness, Robert LaRosa proves my point that partisan rancor has intensified since the 2000 presidential elections. My message to Mr. LaRosa and the small vocal minority, who still feel cheated after 14 years, is to move on. Bush vs. Gore is an outdated political dispute involving a complex Supreme Court decision that would go on forever if the hapless souls who felt embittered by the outcome of our Democratic process had their way, as well as the dubious claims that voters were stricken from the roles which were later proven false. My point was, instead of continuing a campaign of malice to destroy the opposition by falsely accusing the GOP of racism, extremism, a “war on women,” and an “illegal takeover of the White House,” as Mr. LaRosa declares, let’s move on. It’s a distraction and we’ve got bigger fish to fry.
The revolting New York Post cover from Thursday Oct. 2nd shows Governor Andrew Cuomo kissing the ring at the altar of Al Sharpton. Cuomo, Mayor de Blasio, and other Democrat political big shots left in the middle of the Catholic Church’s annual Al Smith Dinner to see the man they really worship, Rev. Al Sharpton who was celebrating his 60th birthday the same night. It is sickening but it’s true. Falling all over each other to sing Sharpton’s praises, Cuomo declared: “He’s no longer just New York’s Al Sharpton, he’s the nation’s Rev. Sharpton – and the nation is better for it.”
“We need to go out and wake up our local Republican and Conservative friends and neighbors. They must not stay home on November 4th. We need to energize and encourage them and even drive them to the polls if necessary. It’s a person to person, block by block education and awareness campaign.”
The Queens Village Republican Club president and members were on hand to welcome Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, on his maiden visit to the USA. The historic event was billed as the Community Reception for the Prime Minister of India at Madison Square Garden on Sunday, September 28, 2014. Tickets were provided by Dilip Chauhan from the Gujarati Samaj of New York, one of the major Indian American organizations of New York, and celebrating their 40th Anniversary this year.
On the anniversary of the U.S. Constitution, September 17th, 2014, the Queens Village Republican Club is proud to throw its full support and enthusiastic endorsement behind Grant Lally. Mr. Lally is the Republican, Conservative and Libertarian candidate for New York’s 3rd Congressional District, a huge district which stretches across three counties from the Northeastern end of Queens, through Nassau and Suffolk. Lally is polling well in the district and enjoys tremendous support in the immigrant community as well as from traditional hard working middle income New Yorkers.