Weinberg spends the evening at Wildes' house

even if she goes just to support Frank....why on earth would she let herself be photgraphed (all smiles) with Ferriero and Wildes??

She's a professional, and showing up at a Lautenberg fundraiser to support Frank Lautenberg is a good thing.

Had she declined out of some fear of being smeared by folks who would associate her with the agendas and tactics of the Ferriero/Wildes BCDO (and the pay to play contingent in general) she would be criticized for that too.

There's no way for Weinberg to "win" with her critics; who are, for the most part, simply doing all they can to keep the pay to play gravy trains running "on time".

The values/movement that Loretta represents and manifests are a direct threat to a status quo that is morally and ethically corrupt.

Frankly, every time she shows up to one of these large events (it's even more ironic when it's in the home of a BCDO recruit) it actually shames everyone there who still supports the de facto corrupt status quo.

Pay to Play is a relic from an age when the sheep were fat and wooly and bissfully ignorant. Those days are over. There's not much left to steal. People are catching on to the "same ole same ole".

You really can't fool all the people all the time.

Having said that, the change won't come easily; the Douglass quote below is, literally, true.

(By the way, here's some video of Loretta in a room with the whole BCDO contingent; that's you'll find of interest if you haven't already seen it in full. http://blip.tv/file/198913)

From Frederick Douglass..........

If there is no struggle there is no progress......Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.

Ask not what your county can do for you, but what Loretta Weinberg can do for herself. She claims to be the "real democrat" well we see what that means - hypocritical and serving only her interests.

Keep your friends close and your enemies CLOSER!!!!

...and we are keeping you CLOSE.

the most self important man I have ever read. You make Gore Vidal seem humble, only you have a fraction of his brains, historical knowledge or common sense. What have you ever accomplished that makes you such an expert on everything?

Loretta is on the other side of Lautenberg for a reason. LOL!

The real scandal is how politicians higher up in the foodchain (Gov. Corzine, Sen. Lautenberg) compromise themselves and undermine reformers by kowtowing to the Pay-to-Play Bosses. They do it to get the money and support from the Bosses' donor networks, not to mention their swarm of bought and sold sycophants and hangers on.

Where is the courage and leadership from the Top?

While it would be nice to have had a clean, alternative fundraiser for Lautenberg, NJ donors have been trained in our Pay-to-Play Spoils System. Clean Elections public funding is the alternative, because selfless money will never be greater than the money from special interest favor seekers.

I am particularly dissapointed in Corzine and Lautenberg for not risking more in confronting this corruption and its practitioners. NJ politics is an embarrassment, as it closely resembles that of a Third World nation overrun by War Lords.

At least we have indoor plumbing.

When he says....

"Loretta is on the other side of Lautenberg for a reason. LOL!

The real scandal is how politicians higher up in the foodchain (Gov. Corzine, Sen. Lautenberg) compromise themselves and undermine reformers by kowtowing to the Pay-to-Play Bosses. They do it to get the money and support from the Bosses' donor networks, not to mention their swarm of bought and sold sycophants and hangers on."

The body language/positioning is the message in the pic. Again, had Loretta not shown up; the same BCDO flunkies would be condemning her for that.

Let's face it; with a history/track record of bossism/machine politics like the Ferriero BCDO and it's recently acquired sycophant Wildes; what else can they do but try to distract attention away from their own record?

Talk about "self importance"; check dis out...

http://www.bluejersey.net/showDiary.do?diaryId=4443

Let's end this silly thread with a wee bit of unity and all pull for Cardinale to lose. :-)

From Frederick Douglass

If there is no struggle there is no progress......Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.

as a long time Englewood resident (along with the city's clergy, of all denominations), I found your race baiting campaign for Mayor last year the most offensive and demagogic trash to hit Englewood in many years. Sir, it is you who are an embarrassment, to this city and politics in general (and that is quite an accomplishment, given the standards of most politicans.) I trust you are also offended that Lautenberg was at your nemesis Michael Wildes' house, not yours. Bodoc, as your landslide defeat proves, the vast majority of people of Englewood don't care what you think. In two short years your friend Gordon Johnson will be joining you in private life, where he too belongs. You and Johnson are both extremist radicals who will say or do anything to further your own egotistical goals.

...  against someone who proudly ran for office in your town.

Yet you remain a voice sniping from the gutter of anonymity.

The least you can do is to document your charges in full.

You throw around words like "Nazi" and "race baiter"; yet you object when you are told to "cut the crap" as if you were some kind of innocent child.

You want to start the next race for Englewood mayor now? Be my guest.

I'll tell you what, how about you and Bob Stern have a moderated public debate of all of your political differences.   I'll be happy to make a video of it and put it up on the web. 

 :-)

From Frederick Douglass

If there is no struggle there is no progress......Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.

At least the head of the Black Clergy Council and Englewood's leading rabbi thought they were (see below)...but of course you Nick, know better than they. The way you would read this Bob Stern was just being “progressive.” Please… http://www.michaelwildes.com/documents/EnglewoodClergyLetter11.06.pdf Nick, keep your video camera at home and do whatever it is you do with it there. Englewood doesn’t need to see anymore creatively edited videos from Bob Stern’s “filmmaker”/malcontent son either. Because you don’t even live in Englewood, Nick trust in this from the street and people’s homes: Bob Stern offended many people last year and will never be Mayor and Gordon Johnson will not be re-nominated for Council. In fact, Johnson’s handpicked candidate for Council was badly defeated last night. Did you know that Nick?

EW, the letter you linked says nothing factual. It states conclusions and opinions; but about what, in particular, it doesn't say?

What are the particulars. What was said and/or done? When? By whom? Who were the witnesses?

Be specific, tell us the truth, the whole truth...and nothing but the truth, as you honestly believe it to be.

If your truth is credible after due dilligence is applied; then I just might change my mind about certain things.

But you'll have to do better than this vague letter that is little more than conclusions, opinions and vague accusations.

From Frederick Douglass

If there is no struggle there is no progress......Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.