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Steve Lonegan Has a Real Chance to Win
americanthinker.com ^ | 10/14/13 | James Simpson

Posted on 10/14/2013 6:19:12 AM PDT by cotton1706

There is a real battle going on in New Jersey. Governor Chris Christie set an early date of October 16 for a special election to fill the Senate seat of recently deceased Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ). The advantage rests with Democratic Newark, NJ Mayor Cory Booker. The Republican is Steve Lonegan, businessman and former mayor of Bogota, NJ. Christie endorsed Lonegan. Better than nothing, I guess.

Booker, who has seen both unemployment and crime skyrocket during his administration, has the left fawning all over him nationwide because he is well-spoken, clean cut and black. Remind you of anyone?

He is also prone to enrich himself through politics, which probably reminds you of someone too... but the media keeps giving him a pass anyway, because, well, it's the media and he's a Democrat rising star. That's what they do for fellow leftists. Not everyone though. Here is an eye-popping expose from the leftwing Salon.com:

In that same editorial, entitled "The People vs. Sharpe James," the [New York] Times (echoing similar sentiment in so much of the elite media) lauded Booker for being willing to "take the city in a different direction" when he defeated James at the polls in 2006. But over the next few years, Booker began mimicking James' moves to use the Newark mayor's office to enrich himself in a sad story that lives up to The Who's "meet the new boss, same as the old boss" lyric.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: booker; corybooker; elections; lonegan; newjersey; nj2013; sarahpalin; stevelonegan
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To: cotton1706

Who is counting the votes?

That will tell you who will be the “winner.”


21 posted on 10/14/2013 8:39:36 AM PDT by Wordkraft (Remember who the Collaborators are.)
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To: ken5050
The video is a clear statement about their opinion of booker.
I thought every one liked him.
Apparently not.
22 posted on 10/14/2013 9:06:23 AM PDT by novemberslady
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To: taildragger

good video. thanks for sharing.


23 posted on 10/14/2013 12:47:38 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: cotton1706

Has anyone ever seen Booker and DeVal Patrick together?

Or are they multiplexing “clean cut” black candidates these days?


24 posted on 10/14/2013 12:51:12 PM PDT by nascarnation (Frequently wrong but rarely in doubt....)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Thanks cotton1706.
Governor Chris Christie set an early date of October 16 for a special election to fill the Senate seat of recently deceased Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ). The advantage rests with Democratic Newark, NJ Mayor Cory Booker. The Republican is Steve Lonegan, businessman and former mayor of Bogota, NJ. Christie endorsed Lonegan... Booker, who has seen both unemployment and crime skyrocket during his administration, has the left fawning all over him nationwide... He is also prone to enrich himself through politics, which probably reminds you of someone too... but the media keeps giving him a pass anyway, because, well, it's the media and he's a Democrat rising star.

25 posted on 10/16/2013 4:23:47 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
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