Bergen GOP pins hopes on new leadership (NJ primary fix---global Giuliani plants ringer from Texas)

THE RECORD ^ | Tuesday, July 24, 2007 | OSHRAT CARMIEL, STAFF WRITER , Charles Stile contributed

[BroncosFan]

I’d love to hear about it. I used to be rather involved with NJ GOP stuff (Bret). Now, I’m in Baghdad. The backroom deal-cutting is remarkably similar. Also, are they really gonna run that anonymous chick against Sen. Fossil next year? Sheesh. Save us Chris Christie . . . you’re our only hope.

[Clemenza]

Agree with most of your points, wish Mr. Ortiz the best, but still think Rudy is a corrupt, control freak greaseball former Mayor of a Third-World majority city. ;-)

[ClaireSolt]

I think your criticism are over the top. I am not really a Rudy supporter, but neither am I a detractor to the point of being a slimer. I've read his book and there is much to admire, and I think he is a very good candidate. Given a choice, though, I would not vote for any of the three wives clubers with messy personal lives. I think that tells us a lot about character and committment.

I do wish that people would think more about how government policies create and perpetrate situations like you describe as NYC being a third world city. As long as people keep blaming illegal immigration on businesses they are thinking like progressives and ignoring the role of government policies that redistribute taxes on the basis of population. That is a big factor, too.