Comments on: Update on the Albany Senate Putsch http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/12/update-on-the-albany-senate-putsch/ Firedoglake weblog Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:57:15 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: drinkof http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/12/update-on-the-albany-senate-putsch/#comment-1916327 drinkof Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:25:13 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/12/update-on-the-albany-senate-putsch/#comment-1916327 <p>allycat is right. Pidgeon’s history cannot withstand scrutiny. It’ll probably have to be a journalist that puts a spike in him, though, he’ll dirty pool a fellow Democrat in a heartbeat.</p> allycat is right. Pidgeon’s history cannot withstand scrutiny. It’ll probably have to be a journalist that puts a spike in him, though, he’ll dirty pool a fellow Democrat in a heartbeat.

]]> By: allycat http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/12/update-on-the-albany-senate-putsch/#comment-1916326 allycat Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:22:13 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/12/update-on-the-albany-senate-putsch/#comment-1916326 <p>I lived in B-lo for years (not anymore), and am very familiar with the Golisano and Pidgeon shenanigans. Everything that PAC touches has a shady tint to it (as recently as this past election), and Pidgeon does indeed have a long history…<br /> When this first went down and I saw Golisano’s name attached I said that it was probably a political hit job because Pidgeon didn’t get something he wanted.</p> I lived in B-lo for years (not anymore), and am very familiar with the Golisano and Pidgeon shenanigans. Everything that PAC touches has a shady tint to it (as recently as this past election), and Pidgeon does indeed have a long history…
When this first went down and I saw Golisano’s name attached I said that it was probably a political hit job because Pidgeon didn’t get something he wanted.

]]> By: Phoenix Woman http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/12/update-on-the-albany-senate-putsch/#comment-1916308 Phoenix Woman Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:45:56 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/12/update-on-the-albany-senate-putsch/#comment-1916308 <p>Is he and not Skelos the guy behind all this, then?</p> Is he and not Skelos the guy behind all this, then?

]]> By: BooRadley http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/12/update-on-the-albany-senate-putsch/#comment-1916304 BooRadley Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:13:35 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/12/update-on-the-albany-senate-putsch/#comment-1916304 <p>Cynthia, as always, thanks very much.</p> Cynthia, as always, thanks very much.

]]> By: Cynthia Kouril http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/12/update-on-the-albany-senate-putsch/#comment-1916303 Cynthia Kouril Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:42:17 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/12/update-on-the-albany-senate-putsch/#comment-1916303 <p>Thats what the Bufffalo News link as all about. Pidgeon.</p> Thats what the Bufffalo News link as all about. Pidgeon.

]]> By: drinkof http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/12/update-on-the-albany-senate-putsch/#comment-1916302 drinkof Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:21:50 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/12/update-on-the-albany-senate-putsch/#comment-1916302 <p>Look further into the role of Golisano’s chief henchman Steve Pidgeon in all this. And look into his history.</p> Look further into the role of Golisano’s chief henchman Steve Pidgeon in all this. And look into his history.

]]> By: minusp http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/12/update-on-the-albany-senate-putsch/#comment-1916301 minusp Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:19:46 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/12/update-on-the-albany-senate-putsch/#comment-1916301 <p><i>Could it be that all this agida is just for the purpose of putting a political hit on one guy, who was guilty of trying to do the right thing and fulfill the promises that Democrats made to voters?</i></p> <p>Nah. Couldn’t happen. The Party of Bruno is <b>far</b> too classy for that kind of behavior.</p> Could it be that all this agida is just for the purpose of putting a political hit on one guy, who was guilty of trying to do the right thing and fulfill the promises that Democrats made to voters?

Nah. Couldn’t happen. The Party of Bruno is far too classy for that kind of behavior.

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