EDITORIAL:
Golisano: Calling Any Candidate Who Will Do His Bidding
September 9th, is Primary day. We, the public, have been showered with tons of paper in our mailboxes supporting mostly Joe Mesi and Jon Powers. This is Joe and Jon’s first turn at politics. Joe is running for a seat in our State Senate while Jon is running for Congress. Both Joe and Jon have been lucky to have the support of a billionaire who is a ture believer in the American way of life. If you have enough money you can buy anything and anyone!!!
Mr. Golisano comes from the land of billionaires. Presently he wants to own politicians in New York, then he will start creeping out to other states, like a deadly cancer, to control other candidates who will do his bidding.
Politicians are being bought by allowing wealthy backers to pour money into their campaigns so they can overwhelm their competition with television ads, color flyers flooding mail boxes and unending radio spots. The print and media material say things only an ignorant fool would believe, but then it is being written by individuals who want to control a state by ‘owning’ candidates; candidates who don’t care who pays their bills.
If Jon and/or Joe win they become part of our governing body, or better said, part of Mr Golisano’s governing body.
These candidates should understand they are Mr .Golisano’s little hand puppets and he pulls the strings. If they obey his every command their life in politics will be sweet and they will rise rapidly up the steps of government. Would you like to control Senators in our in Congress to do your bidding?
Mr. Golisano’s dream will become a reality unless common sense Americans in our area say, “No” to this repulsive man’s plot.
j.j.Tricoli
Tom Says:September 5th, 2008 at 5:37 am
it is about time someone made it clear what Golisano is trying to do.He wants to control, to begin with the NY State Senate, then go on from there.Since he is a billionaire he’s sure his money will buy candidates, who need money to win elections.
Take a second and think about other people who believed they fix their broken country with money.Golisano is an America ,who wants to control a state,our State ,New York. No Way,my Friend
Joanne L. Capone Says:September 5th, 2008 at 10:10 am
It should be noted that Tom Golisano sat with Bill and Hillary Clinton in a skybox at Mile High Stadium in Denver when Obama delivered his speech.
It should further be noted that Steve Pigeon and Gary Parenti were also in Denver to help Golisano meet the NY delegation as well.
So…Responsible NY seems to have the stamp of the Clintons.
As this impacts local politics…perhaps Len Lenihan needs to understand who his friends are…I recall Hillary gave Len very warm praises two years ago when the State Democratic Committee was in Buffalo to endorse Hillary for her second term as our junior Senator in Congress.
Joanne L. Capone
Vice President
Democrats for Life of New York
Executive Director
Capone-DeSimone Institute for Peace and Social Justice
Hal J. Says:September 5th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
The public is aware that Golisano is giving his two choice clones of himself money to try to beat the honest candidateshe will not taste victory but the sour taste of defeat which has the tsste of burned ashes.