Rendell’s legacy: Three years of failure

Pottstown Mercury ^ | 1/5/06 | Tony Phyrillas

[lightman]

Swann is the only GOP contender who could siphon minority votes in Philly and Pittsburgh--and absolute MUST if there is to be a change in the Governor's mansion.

Of the others in the running Scranton is a stuffed shirt; Piccola is genuine, down to earth, but relatively unknown except in the midstate.

[gusopol3]

how 'bout dem armadillos?

[NoCmpromiz]

afterigetuptomorrowping

[Intolerant in NJ]

He signed it and praised the pay raise. It wasn’t until Pennsylvanians started booing Rendell at county fairs that he realized he had stepped in it...Fast Eddy seems to make a habit of stepping in it - I believe I remember that he was chairman of the DNC for a few weeks during the tumultuous election of 2000, when he opined that Al Gore should not continue his fight by challenging the results through the Florida courts, soon after which he was no longer the chairman of the DNC...maybe we'll see a similar job loss after this year's election.....

[Freedom_Fighter_2001]

He has to be popular with dead people, too, if he wants to get votes in Phila

[Schwaeky]

what part of La. are you. Sure with the Hurricane damage a lot of otherwise good areas would be in bad shape, but I usually go down I-10/12 or Hwy 190 and the roads seemed pretty good to me (mostly because I hang around Southern La. when I go down there)..

[Atchafalaya]

And we use shell rather than gravel as a base for the roadbed.

[appeal2]

Its all part of PA's effort to make New Jersey look good environmentally and make a buck at the same time.

[suburban_republican]

Rendell was elected because of two very simple reasons. Mike Fisher didn't come across as the jolly, cordial type like Rendell and the big reason - Rendell promised the seniors property tax relief on his very first day of office. They're still waiting for any tax relief. He's banking on smoke filled block buildings called slots parlors to take the seniors money and turn it into their own tax relief. The media doesn't mention that Rendell is calculating slots revenue in PA to exceed that of Las Vegas.

The Philadelphia democrat voting fraud block is hard to overcome in any state wide election. Let's hope Scranton or Swann give him a run for his money.

[Republican Red]

I just got back from my Christmas vacation trip to PA. My parents live up in Gettysburg.

First the roads are truly the worst in the country.

Second, the state is trying to cram casinos down the throats of its citizens. In Gettysburg, the town has said no to casinos on the battlefields. The town prides itself on it's history and are dead set against bringing that kind of business to its little community. Everyone thought the issue was put to rest after the town voted it down. Rendel and his folks just repackaged a new plan and are pushing it hard.

One bright note, my dad, a life long democrat said he stopped going to the local democrat meetings because he was the only one to show up. lol

[AGreatPer]

Fisher was never gonna be Governor. He was a complete Dolt.

The Repubs gave up the Governorship.

They were setting this up for this election. Lynn Swann will be the next Governor of PA.

Unfortuniately, it was the only way they could re- capture PA. They had to sacrafice Fishface.

[AGreatPer]

Rick Santorum got screwed in this fight. Good. He thought he had a job for life.

Good man, absolutely. But I am tired of these forever politicians.

I have no clue what Swanny will stand for but will live with it instead of these forever in office politicians.

[TAdams8591]

Well said. I agree with your post.

[KC_Conspirator]

I also heard that PA is a state that very little job and economic growth. Not Michigan bad, but very low and not competitive nationwide. Does anyone know about this?

[Born Conservative]

You're correct. Pennsylvania is definitely "rust belt". New jobs are mostly in the service area (what good is that if other people don't have jobs to be able to spend the money for services?). Many of the factories that provided decent jobs are packing up and going overseas, it's always been a pro-union state (partially leading to it's demise), plus we have an a$$hole governor who comes up with these grandiose schemes that the sheeple think will help them, but are actually schemes to line his and his friends' pockets (e.g. casino gambling).

[Antoninus]

Ed Rendell is the archetypal flim-flam man. He talks a good game, but when one peels back the layers of slime, at the core is a socialist ideologue looking to line his own pockets and those of his cronies with other people's money.

[lightman]

From the feelers I have put out it looks like the midstate grassroots are pulling for Swann now that Piccola has dropped out of the race. The GOP establishment is backing their company man (Scranton) but the rebels will prevail in the primary. A lot of active folks are saying that Scranton blew his chance and should not be given another.

[TAdams8591]

I hope so. I do not support Scranton.

[Born Conservative]

I agree.

[Eva]

Garbage has always been run by the syndicate. My guess is Rendell is in debt to the syndicate.