We received an unusual press release from the New York State Democratic Senate Campaign Committee .
The statement's tongue-in-cheek approach doesn't sit right with us. (We think it's a bit cocky and sends out the wrong message.) How about a little humility, folks?
"What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself." -- Abraham Lincoln
Statement in Defense of
State GOP Chair Joseph Mondello
| Following an increasingly loud chorus of Republican party members calling for the ouster of failing State GOP Chair Joseph Mondello, the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee has come to the Long Island-based Mondello's defense, arguing that his uncanny ability to lose races is helping New Yorkers looking for a change after years of Republican control in Washington and Albany. "The recent chorus of Republican officials calling for Joe Mondello to step down as State GOP chair is disappointing and a step backwards for New York," said Shams Tarek, DSCC spokesman. "With the New York GOP's recent loss of both the State Senate and the overwhelmingly Republican 20th Congressional District to Democrats, we couldn't be more pleased with Chair Mondello's work. For the benefit of a population completely fed up with years of GOP cynicism and dysfunction in both Washington and Albany, Chair Mondello should remain in place and continue to remove Republicans from office in New York." |