From the NY Post:Rep. Bob Turner said yesterday he’s up for a new challenge — becoming the next leader of the divided Queens Republican Party.
GOP insiders are touting Turner, who won Anthony Weiner’s old congressional seat on Democratic turf last year, as the man with the credibility and integrity to fuse the party’s warring factions. Phil Ragusa is the current GOP chairman.
Turner, the retired Cable TV executive, confirmed that he would be interested in the job if there is a vacancy.
“I’d hope to see what I can do. If I can bring peace to the valley, I’d be happy to do this. This is a difficult, thankless job,” Turner said.
Turner’s Queens-Brooklyn congressional seat was carved up through redistricting and his term expires at year’s end.
Republican operatives said Ragusa is on thin ice after Councilman Eric Ulrich trounced Ragusa’s hand-picked candidate, Juan Reyes, by a 2-to-1 margin in an ugly GOP primary for state Senate.
You mean Ragusa cutting off the GOP's nose to spite its face was not a popular decision amongst the rank-and-file?
"Since we have the maturity level of 12-year olds, we'd rather risk letting the Dems have the majority than endorse the guy who has the best chance of winning."
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""Since we have the maturity level of 12-year olds, we'd rather risk letting the Dems have the majority than endorse the guy who has the best chance of winning."
"Dems" ARE the majority.
Get to know your borough.
Apparently this post went way over your head.
The GOP has the state senate majority. They have a chance to win Addabbo's seat, but instead of backing Ulrich, they backed some tard named Juan Reyes because Ulrich doesn't buy into their way of doing business. So they forced Ulrich to spend money on a primary challenge, which means he now will have less money to use to challenge Addabbo. The state GOP backed Ulrich from the beginning, which is why Ragusa is now on the party's shit list.
Thanks for letting me know that the Dems are the majority in the borough, though. I hadn't noticed.
Not to mention Ragusa's choice of Democrat (Really he was a democrat until just prior to the election) Steve Levy for governor over a real republican Rick Lazio, thats enough of a reason for me
Oh, poor Ulrich. He had to engage in a primary. Most of the money he spent for the primary didn't get spent against Reyes since Dems were receiving his nasty mail all through the primary. Ulrich has a pot full of cash from the state Republicans and all those so very public minded developers. Oh, poor Ulrich, Haggerty will fix it for him.
He's better off being president of Israel.
He loves they're money and spends more time there.
Phil Ragusa, Vince Tabone an all of the other inept nincompoops in the Queens GOP should be shown the nearest door.
Ulrich has so much $$$ from the state GOP he doesn't know what to do with all of it. He's running ads left and right on NY1, starting the day after the primary. Money's not the issue. And suddenly Turner's interested in local politics? Please - this has convicted felon Haggerty written all over it.
How long do you folks plan to use the "convicted felon Haggarty" card? Do you not understand that you are the laughingstock of the borough?
Right on Crapper. In fact if Haggerty stole from Mayor Bloomberg then he's a hero to most New Yorkers.
The current leadership of the Queens GOP is a sorry bunch. Dump all of them and start over. Bob Turner and Eric Ulrich is a good start.
I mean seriously, they are clinging to the likes of Dennis Gallagher and are even paying him, no less, yet are criticizing Ulrich for remaining friendly with Haggarty?
Gallagher's a jerk and should be in jail. But he's only a "misdemeanant." Haggerty has never accomplished anything his entire life, but has this ability to convince others that he's all this and a trip to Paris. If Turner wants to cozy up with Haggerty, I say let the QGOP have them both. Then we'll see who is the "laughingstock." I like you Crappy, but since you're not a Republican, and your hatred of all things Maltese-Ognibene-Gallagher puts a real bias on your opinion here, I'm going to dismiss your favorable opinion of Turner as a knee jerk reaction.
Gallagher didn't do it, some malevolent witch perjured herself as political retaliation.
Actually, I have no problem with Ognibene. Well, other than the fact that he was caught on wiretaps taking bribes. The Queens GOP is really heading toward extinction, and you need pragmatists like Turner and Ulrich to save it.
As for the "malevolent political witch," Lynda works for Dan now. Gallagher pleaded guilty and she wasn't charged, so there apparently was no perjury by his victim.
Dennis Gallagher kidnapped, raped and assaulted a grandmother. Can you get any more disturbed than this pervert? This demonstrates the lack character of the likes of Ragusa, Tabone and Halloran for associating with such a deviant.
The issue is that Ulrich's style of Republicanism at it's core is a Democratic agenda despite his public proclamations of small government. Who the hell would want the likes of Ulrich, Haggerty's, Ognibene, and their Turner creation running the party anyway?
We underestimate the power of Ragusa and company, they have loyalty and control of the Board. Ulrich should go hat in hand to apologize for being another fake ass piece of shit Peter Koo turncoat. And as for the haggerty card, that won't go away, because they are criminals.
How exactly is Ulrich a Peter Koo style turncoat? He hasn't switched parties. And since Peter Koo was and is being advised by Dennis Gallagher, why is the Queens GOP still associating with him?
Maybe it's time for you folks to come to the realization that midwestern-style Republicanism doesn't fly in NYC anymore. And maybe, while you're at it, you can accept that not every Republican is going to take ultra right-wing batshit positions.
So Sal Russo is happy with the leadership of the Queens GOP and is actually defending Ragusa and company?
Oh well just another Queens GOP member inflicted with "head up his own ass syndrome".
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