WAAAAAHHH!
On Nov 12, 2008, at 3:04 PM, justifiedright wrote:
> Mr. Keady, your rhetorical game is clear.
>
> Your entire post is personalizing about you and me.
>
> You speak in laudatory terms about yourself and malign me.
>
> The issue, however, is again completely ignored.
>
> Your Apostles can yell Bitch Slap and Oh Snap all they wish, but
> neither of them will address the issue either.
>
> I judge you on positions you take. I have supported some of those
> positions at times, and quite publicly. But your ledger is one sided.
> You'll never credit the times I've supported you, and you will
> personalize against me when I disagree with a policy.
>
> So I'll state the issue again, on the sliver of hope that you or one
> of your Apostles will dare address it:
>
> I understand that you object to Columbus Day and Kwanzaa on the basis
> that you think the City should not expend public resources on either.
>
> My disagreement with you aside, at least you are consistent.
>
> My complaint about you is this:
>
> You put your lengthy public stance on the record each year against
> Columbus Day, which is reported in the paper, on the basis that
> Columbus did bad things, and you insist that information should be
> taught that day.
>
> You do not put a lengthy public stance against Kwanzaa on the record.
> You do not insist insist that as people celebrate that week, they
> should teach about the disgusting crimes of Ron Karenga - Kwanzaa's
> founder.
>
> It is on that ISSUE that you suffer hypocrisy. The different
> treatment is about votes, no matter how much you deny it.
>
> I take it I don't have to respond to the probing, thoughtful analysis
> of the issue provided by your Apostles in the form of Bitch Slap and
> Oh Snap.
>
> --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "jwkeady" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Mr. Deseno:
> >
> > You wrote:
> >
> > "The reason is you fear no loss of votes over Columbus, so you let
> > your bigotry toward that cultural identification fly in public. You
> > fear loss of votes over Kwanzaa, so you make your objection to
> > Kwanzaa only in the proverbial smokey back room."
> >
> > While you may make political decisions based on vote calculations
> and
> > encourage those you support to do the same, I do not. I have always
> > and will continue to do my homework on an issue, ask relevant
> > questions regarding that issue, then vote my conscience. If you want
> > someone who changes his mind based on which way the political
> wind is
> > blowing and how it might impact votes, I am not your guy. If you
> > want someone like that, you may want to continue to support your
> > party's most recent Presidential candidate.
> >
> > It is clear that more than once in my tenure on City Council I have
> > upset some of my most strident supporters for decisions I have made
> > from the dais. I was not elected to make sure that I keep everyone
> > happy. I was elected to try and execute the platform on which I ran,
> > to be a responsible steward of taxpayer dollars, and to uphold the
> > laws of our nation, our state and our city, and this what I have
> done
> > to the best of my abilities.
> >
> > Mr. Deseno, you have never, nor do I imagine you will ever, be a
> > supporter of mine. And believe me, I do not mind that as I find your
> > politics short-sighted and self-serving, your tactics intellectually
> > barbaric, and your demeanor two-faced at best.
> >
> > Having said that, I hope you enjoy the rest of the day.
> >
> > Peace, Councilman Jim Keady
> >
>
>
>
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