tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21177018.post116119248584882294..comments2023-08-05T09:36:31.185-04:00Comments on New York's 24th District Independent: Ray Meier and Mike Arcuri Follow Boehlert's Bad Record on Liberty24thIndependenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16411599694795845193noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21177018.post-1161745335178468352006-10-24T23:02:00.000-04:002006-10-24T23:02:00.000-04:00You are 100% correct. Nothing should raise the ire...You are 100% correct. Nothing should raise the ire of any citizen so much as the notion of losing liberty in the name of security. Ben Franklin is rolling over in his grave, as is Jefferson. S.3930 is a law with provisions that are unconstitional, plain and simple, and in the most horrific way. Any supporter of this bill, regardless of the party affiliation, is a poor excuse for an American. Would I like to se the Neo-Cons lose control of Capitol Hill? Absolutley. But the thought of giving control to someone who is on the other side of the same coin on the most important of issues (civil liberties) does not appeal to me. I urge voters to support a third party candidate, if they value their civil liberties.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21177018.post-1161198111145127842006-10-18T15:01:00.000-04:002006-10-18T15:01:00.000-04:00Yes, it is a frustrating race. Yes, Boehlert was f...Yes, it is a frustrating race. Yes, Boehlert was frustrating in the lack of courage he too often showed. I, too, was a Les Roberts supporter at the beginning of the election cycle, and hoped for big changes. However, yes, I will be voting for Michael Arcuri. Might I encourage all to remember the name of this blog. My view is that the single most important issue is not the one that has troubled you for the last several weeks, but taking back the House. I am guessing from the name of your blog that that was your original idea as well. The House is a collective body and it needs to be taken back either one seat at a time. I am enjoying the news reports and polls of late, but I have no confidence that fifteen seats will be one, and if we can pile on even more, that will be better. We need the 24th in the hands of a Democrat. Across the country there are many Democratic candidates much more conservative than Michael Arcuri, and we need every one of them to win, however any individual Democrat may vote on a single issue. In the caucus they will be voting for Democratic leaders, not Republicans. The leaders of the House, Nancy Pelosi and others, not fresh representives will be setting the agenda and framing the bills so that Michael Arcuri may end up with a voting record you would be proud of.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21177018.post-1161193987760984212006-10-18T13:53:00.000-04:002006-10-18T13:53:00.000-04:00What's really galling to me is that Sherwood Boehl...What's really galling to me is that Sherwood Boehlert doesn't have the excuse that he needed to be re-elected, so he had to go along with Bush's stupid, stupid law. No, Sherwood Boehlert really seems to think, all on his own, that gutting the Constitution is a good idea! How frightening.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com