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I know you Bill W

SKY — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:03:34 GMT

Never mind Bill I searched and found you. You are in Bergen County, I am sure in one of the committees.
I will talk to you when I meet you in person. Has any candidate won this race from your county?
Please make me understand.

You do post diaries here, but may be one who does not want to see any one running this year.

Ok here is my advise, Instead of sounding nasty and drawing lines on Tod, I am sure you can say it in person upfront looking straight in Tod 's eyes, and tell him, you are not supporting him because you think he is a Republican.
Do you really know what you said?
Wow.
So you are asking Mr Theise to run against Scott, because in your own vetting process, he is not one of us. You sound creepy for a democrat.

and you are in Bergen County reporting on this , last year right?

http://www.bluejersey.com/diar...

Stop attacking Tod just for the sake of attacking. If you want to attack, go attack Scott Garrett. He is the one who votes against you, not Tod.

Gee

Bill W

SKY — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:35:05 GMT

Check your records, Tod is not a moderate Republican, he is a Democrat. Period.
http://www.lehighvalleylive.co...

Are you from Bergen County or are you a Republican?

I met Mr Theise in person last year, and from my own research, Mr Theise was a former Republican way back. Became an independent and officially became a democrat in 2008.I do not like and understand your statement.

Here is what you said,
"but I do have a request for any CD5 moderate Republicans who are considering joining the Democratic party and challenging Scott Garrett in the future:
Don't.
Run against him in the Republican primary instead"

Eraborate what you mean't please. That statement is very troubling. You sound like a republican trying to stire up.

Unless you are trying to kick him out indirectly, then you have to give good reasons as to why?
I am sadened by your comment.
and you expect me to be excited and volunteer, when you come forward to run? or somebody from your own selection?

Peace be with you..... Time will tell.

I still think Mr Theise is a strong Candidate

SKY — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:02:01 GMT

Check:
http://www.lehighvalleylive.co...

Mr Theise showed us last year what he stands for. He is strong, aticulate, and he is no wimp.
Last year's election was not in our favor, but I think If the party can give full support, I see Tod as a strong candidate, and best suited for this district.

In my own opinion, he is more democrat, than some " blue dogs" I know in this party" Warren county is no exception.
This guy you are doubting was the only candidate I saw, going out to put out Road signs for all Dem Candidates including our ex governor and his RT Gov. I am sure he would not have done that if he was running as a fake. He stood by his party even when the governors's poll numbers slided, risked his own campaign by standing by other candidates. According to people who know him well, when our ex govenor's polls started to decline, he said, we stand together as a party and support our governor and for sure to the last day Mr Theise and others in warren county stood by their Governor, even when they were not supported.

To me that is a plus point from a candidate.

It will be suicidal for the party not to let anybody run against Scott.
Tod needs our support. He joined us, he voted with us, I think that speaks louder where he stands.

if we decide not to give him 100% support, hoping for the batman candidate to surface from heaven to come and take on Scott. or somewhere from Bergen, we are killing ourselves as a party. We are one people, and I welcome Tod and his family in our party. He has conviced me that he is not a robot.
Looking at the way he did last year, I think he is a strong candidate.

Just a funny story from my volunteer experience.

I went canavasing door to door last year, I met so may Republicans who told me they vote party no matter what, they are not going to vote for a democrat. So I asked, wether they would vote for Jesus if he came to ran as a democrat, they said never. LOL
It is sad to hear that, in Bergen they vote party. LOL, are they robots? no wonder Scott can do whatever he wants, people are Robots, they do not check his record.
I think Mr Theise need our support, and I going to volunteer, to help in what ever way I can.

Although we lost last year, I still stand by my choice, Jon Corzine was better than Christie and our Warren freeholder candidates did a great job. Things were not just in our favor.
I still have hope.

I can't wait to get back to work. We gonna have some fun.

Woo Woo. Win or lose, I will support our ticket candidate.
I am not going to give Scott Garrett satisfaction, that he is a feared "god".
No way, No how, should we let Scott have a free pass.
The tea baggers need to know that we are not dead, and yes I also live in that type of community. But I am not letting any tea bagger intimidate my voice.

Go Mr Theise, you have my support.

The way to win, is to smack Scott with his voting record. I am tired of his fake news letters.

Go Dems!!!!!!!

Thanks for the support

Tod Theise — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:48:46 GMT

I genuinely appreciate the kind words and well wishes here on BlueJersey.

Please feel free to visit the temporary web site I'm putting together over the weekend. It should provide an insight into who I am, what I stand for and why I'm running.
http://www.todtheiseforcongres...

I'm looking forward to posting here in the coming months. I've been invited to appear on BlueJersey radio this Tuesday. So you can hear me discuss things in greater detail than the Record article afforded (the interview was roughly 25 minutes, so what you read represented about 2% of our conversation).

no doubt

rachael'sdad — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 02:53:58 GMT

With the possible exception of Creed, I don't think that there is a bad person amongst us, and even he isn't bad as much as he is establishmentarian.

Unfortunately, I am just verbose by nature and assume that the massive collection of intellects that congregate here can handle it, but with regards to seeming combative, I guess that I just get frustrated with the ratio of talk to action here.

Whether I should get excited or not, I do appreciate your kind words and it is good to know that I have some kindred spirits here.

Awww

SmartyJones — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:48:56 GMT

Don't go all nice on us.

For a while I was thinking about writing something about how very smart you are and how well you have written about some complex issues (even if they put Mr. 3.00 to sleep) but how combatively they have often been conveyed.

The rather benign commentary on the Garrett diary made me think abou Creed. He delighted in his efforts to rip my lungs out. And I wound up apologizing for a perceived slight against his wife (whom I'm sure is a lovely lady) even tho my remarks were not meant that way.

I thought about quiting this blog at that time. But I would have been a poorer political soul if I had not read your writings.

Don't get all excited - almost everyone who writes here is pretty damn good.

best of luck to you if you do

rachael'sdad — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:44:06 GMT

You are probably the first person here who has ever called me kind despite my best efforts to be constructive even when critical. It is good to know that someone here appreciates my ideas.

While I don't live anywhere near your district, please feel free to let me know if there is anything that I can do to help you if you decide to pursue something along these lines.

you know

Hopeful — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:35:15 GMT

Aside from the Jersey angle, just think of how poorly this reflects on the Bush Administration and our country. If you want to describe abuse you think of the high-profile center the United States has set up. It's a disgrace.