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The NY Dems must be horribly dysfunctional if they could not find even a fraction of this info before the election.

by sct202 4y ago

dsfyu404ed 4y ago
Institutions only perform as well as they have to. For the NY democratic party (or any other party in a similarly lopsided state) the bar is not exactly high due to the makeup of the state. Parties in states where the elections are routinely more contested tend to spend more effort vetting their candidates and running candidates that aren't trash.
- triceratops 4y ago
  That makes sense in theory...but the trash candidate here was a Republican, in a Democratic-majority state. It would be logical for Democrats to be complacent about candidate quality in this situtation. Republicans should be trying to run high-quality candidates because they're the underdog and need to work harder to win.
aschearer 4y ago
The NY Repubs must be horribly dysfunctional if they could not find a candidate better than this. This is who they want representing them? You'd think the party machine would follow up on references before letting someone so dishonest represent them.
- mbg721 4y ago
  Republicans have never been very good at machine-politics; their voters largely believe it shouldn't exist, but it has to exist in order for them to win, so you get sausage-makers like McConnell (who everybody hates) running everything.
  - ss108 4y ago
    What? They seem much better at it than Dems.
    - robertlagrant 4y ago
      Definitely not. They're mostly ineffective at politicking and at political wars in general.
    - mbg721 4y ago
      Nah, Democrats are really good at party discipline. "Vote blue, no matter who" was only recently said out loud, but has been effectively the "You're not one of...them...right?" vote for a long time. Republican voters tend to disavow the party, because the social conservatives and the libertarians and the genuine rich-and-don't-care establishment can never agree.
  - cafard 4y ago
    Have you ever followed politics on Long Island?
rpenm 4y ago
DCCC site calls out the personal finance and ponzi stuff on August 24: https://web.archive.org/web/20220824162022/ttps://dccc.org/the-case-against-george-santos/ https://web.archive.org/web/20220824162022/ttps://dccc.org/t... Word is that state party officials tried to get press to investigate, but no one was interested at the time.

The NY Dems must be horribly dysfunctional if they could not find even a fraction of this info before the election.

by sct202 4y ago

The NY Dems must be horribly dysfunctional if they could not find even a fraction of this info before the election.

Institutions only perform as well as they have to. For the NY democratic party (or any other party in a similarly lopsided state) the bar is not exactly high due to the makeup of the state. Parties in states where the elections are routinely more contested tend to spend more effort vetting their candidates and running candidates that aren't trash.

triceratops 4y ago
That makes sense in theory...but the trash candidate here was a Republican, in a Democratic-majority state. It would be logical for Democrats to be complacent about candidate quality in this situtation. Republicans should be trying to run high-quality candidates because they're the underdog and need to work harder to win.

aschearer 4y ago

The NY Repubs must be horribly dysfunctional if they could not find a candidate better than this. This is who they want representing them? You'd think the party machine would follow up on references before letting someone so dishonest represent them.

mbg721 4y ago
Republicans have never been very good at machine-politics; their voters largely believe it shouldn't exist, but it has to exist in order for them to win, so you get sausage-makers like McConnell (who everybody hates) running everything.
- ss108 4y ago
  What? They seem much better at it than Dems.
  - robertlagrant 4y ago
    Definitely not. They're mostly ineffective at politicking and at political wars in general.
  - mbg721 4y ago
    Nah, Democrats are really good at party discipline. "Vote blue, no matter who" was only recently said out loud, but has been effectively the "You're not one of...them...right?" vote for a long time. Republican voters tend to disavow the party, because the social conservatives and the libertarians and the genuine rich-and-don't-care establishment can never agree.
- cafard 4y ago
  Have you ever followed politics on Long Island?

rpenm 4y ago

DCCC site calls out the personal finance and ponzi stuff on August 24: https://web.archive.org/web/20220824162022/ttps://dccc.org/the-case-against-george-santos/ https://web.archive.org/web/20220824162022/ttps://dccc.org/t... Word is that state party officials tried to get press to investigate, but no one was interested at the time.