tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21177018.post114484250026628756..comments2023-08-05T09:36:31.185-04:00Comments on New York's 24th District Independent: Where Was Arcuri on Iraq in 2003?24thIndependenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16411599694795845193noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21177018.post-1144899362851634532006-04-12T23:36:00.000-04:002006-04-12T23:36:00.000-04:00Of course you won't find anything on Arcuri. Like ...Of course you won't find anything on Arcuri. Like every other wishy washy, no spine politican he's not going to stick his neck out until an opinion poll tells him to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21177018.post-1144870557531336272006-04-12T15:35:00.000-04:002006-04-12T15:35:00.000-04:00can you provide links to where roberts came out ag...can you provide links to where roberts came out against the war in march 2003? you provide a link to roberts website at the point where you say he was against the war in march 2003, but I don't see it under his position statement on Iraq that he was at the time. Roberts did a report after the war began, he is obviously against the war now, as is arcuri (and any other democrat with common sense). However, since you ask for public statements from arcuri at the time, I would like to know where they are from Roberts. <BR/><BR/>the point is that this post is clearly geared toward the assumption that arcuri said nothing at the time, which I don't know if he did or not, but as the other two have said thus far, it could be irresponsible for a D.A. to take such a stand considering at the time there were situations around the state, such as the one at the Albany mall with the two protesters. <BR/><BR/>It seems as though this post is negatively geared toward Arcuri, perhaps not on purpose. However, the way in which it is written may sway the opinion of an undecided democrat who has yet to make up there mind on the two with an implied suggestion that Arcuri was either for the war at the time or unwilling to stand up against it (when as a professional there is no way that he could have taken a public position).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21177018.post-1144865032384587632006-04-12T14:03:00.000-04:002006-04-12T14:03:00.000-04:00Dear 24th,Great website. Your link here to the Ro...Dear 24th,<BR/><BR/>Great website. Your link here to the Roberts campaign was missing the ".com" so it did not work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21177018.post-1144859754197441182006-04-12T12:35:00.000-04:002006-04-12T12:35:00.000-04:00Sorry, I agree with anonymous. I'd be suspicious o...Sorry, I agree with anonymous. I'd be suspicious of a DA or judge who was too far out in public politically. You never know when he/she might be called upon to prosecute or judge someone like Ithaca's St. Patrick Four. To be overly political would require recusal. I understand where you're coming from; I just don't believe you're headed in the right direction here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21177018.post-1144851142883547612006-04-12T10:12:00.000-04:002006-04-12T10:12:00.000-04:00I understand what you're saying, anonymous, but I ...I understand what you're saying, anonymous, but I DO believe that it was important for ALL Democrats to take a stand prior to the war began in March 2003.<BR/><BR/>I don't think that Arcuri should have come out against the war as District Attorney, but rather, as a private citizen who has a lot of political connections in Oneida County.<BR/><BR/>Arcuri could have done a great deal to help others be politically active in resisting the war in Oneida County.<BR/><BR/>Did he do that? I don't know. I'd like to find out.<BR/><BR/>Think back to 2003, and you'll remember that it took a lot of courage for ANYONE to stand up against the war, and a lot of people buckled under.<BR/><BR/>That makes a congressional candidate who did stand against the war before it started especially valuable, and it makes a congressional candidate who failed to do so especially questionable.<BR/><BR/>Above all else, we deserve to know what kind of decision Arcuri is likely to make on <B>future wars</B>. Is he the kind of guy to make a courageous stand for what's right, or is he the kind of guy who will knuckle under to political pressure, regardless of what's right?24thIndependenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16411599694795845193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21177018.post-1144850411121663692006-04-12T10:00:00.000-04:002006-04-12T10:00:00.000-04:00I support Roberts for many, many reasons; his oppo...I support Roberts for many, many reasons; his opposition to the war is only one of them. But to be fair to Arcuri, I imagine he was fully occupied with being D.A., and a position on Iraq was beyond the scope of his political/professional responsibilities. I'm not sure how relevant it is that he didn't take a public stand on the war (if indeed that is the case). Now, if you want to suggest that this matters because what the candidates were doing in 2003 shows us something important about their candidacy--one candidate was working on the national and international level, choosing work and actions on the basis of what could best address the most pressing issues; the other candidate was working and addressing pressing issues of law and order in one county--I could buy the relevance of that. But I don't hold a county official accountable for not taking a public stand on a national issue. Which isn't to say of course that I wouldn't greatly admire county officials who did take stands on pressing issues beyond the scope of their job descriptions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com