>Local Ridgewood residents Todd Caliguire (with another Ridgewood resident John Ginty) and David Russo battle it out in GOP primary for a seat being vacated by state Sen. Henry McNamara. The Caliguire team has the backing of Bergen County’s Republican Party; O’Toole’s (Russo) team has the backing of the Republican Party in Essex and Passaic. Bad blood exists in Republican circles between the two on many issues.
I got some very funny fliers in the mail this week by some of the candidates claiming to have “cut Taxes” and that they were “Reganites”. Yea right and if any of you believe that I have that a blog to sell you for $10 million dollars.
One question I have for these candidates, while our taxes have skyrocketed, yet our public services have declined dismally, our schools have failed, our infrastructure has crumbled and our deficits have soured. , what the Hell have you been doing the last 20 years?” Some how I don’t think its cutting taxes?
In case you missed it let me inform you ,” NO ONE I REPEAT NO ONE HAS CUT TAXES IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY EVER” and by the way on a personal note stop with the Ronald Reagan comparisons it is extremely insulting , “You couldn’t hold a candle to Ronald Reagan on your very very best day!”
This blogger will no longer support any Republican that is closer in philosophy to a Trotsky-ite than a Reagan-ite. As this blogger sees it the problem with this state is that we have devolved into a one party state with two sides of the same pro-tax, pro big government, pro meddle in our personnel lives, pro pay for play coin. Sorry but socialism fails every time it’s tried.
My suggestion to all Republican candidates, NOW HEAR THIS START ACTING LIKE REPUBLICANS FOR A CHANGE AND YOU MIGHT JUST WIN SOMETHING FOR ONCE ,SURPRISE US !
Now if you don’t know what ACTING LIKE A REPUBLICAN means ,it means ,I will spell out some basics for you : if you support any policy that has the government interfering with my personal life ,if you believe the government should be doing things for people that that don’t need and don’t ask for ,if you think that Trenton can do anything better for you than you can do yourself ,if you have some kind of fantasy that NJ is not going down the drain ,if you think increasing the size and scope of government is the answer to anything ,and if you support or supported Jim Mac Creepy in any way shape or form for any reason YOU ARE NOT A REPUBLICAN ! You might be a nice guy but YOU ARE NOT A REPUBLICAN.
I invite you to respond and I will publish your response with out edit……..
PJ
>these bozoos O’Tool and gang have been around for ever and they havnt done sh*t except use the republican party to get votes..nothing but a bunch of Libs…
>PJ you forgot to mention that if you suport any of these STUPID IDIOT LAWS ,no smoking,no drinking,seat belts,no cell phone ,no smiling ,no dancing ,no noise ,no trans fats ..you not a Republican you just a busy body a**
>different election same old same old
>Russo lives in Ridgewood how come I have never heard of him?
>Well, it’s interesting that O’Toole and Russo decided to duck out of the town Republican club meeting this month. If they can’t even bother to show up and say why Republicans should vote for them, I guess there is no reason to do so.
>I left the Ridgewood Republican Club because it sold its soul. It lost its principals and lost its purpose. Now it exists to help candidates get elected. I say “candidates” because I haven’t seen a real Republican in NJ politics in a long time, just candidates. When one dares to show up, he/she is left appearing to apologize for being a Republican. It’s a shame that Republicans in Ridgewood were asleep while the socialist left took control of the town. Now, we reap the benefits, of which the excessive city hall and a useless horse farm are but two examples. Oh yeah, they want to come into our homes to break up kids’ parties.
When is the next meeting of the Politburo?