Bob Turner deserves to be elected by 9th District to replace disgraced Anthony Weiner in Congress

NY Daily NEWS ^ | September 13th 2011 | Masthead Editorial

[neverdem]

Christie Farriella for News
Bob Turner should be the winner in the special election for disgraced Anthony Weiner's seat.

With a second poll showing Republican Bob Turner has a 6-point edge in the race to succeed Anthony Weiner, the contest is being hyped into a referendum on President Obama's policies.

Voters of the 9th district, covering neighborhoods like Rego Park and Richmond Hill in Queens and Sheepshead Bay and Mill Basin in Brooklyn, should tune out the noise and simply go with the better candidate in today's election.

That's Turner, a retired, successful television industry executive who pulled 40% of the vote against the supposedly popular Weiner as an unknown, first-time candidate last year.

This time, Turner is up against the far less capable David Weprin, who was anointed by the Democratic bosses of Queens and Brooklyn although he does not live in the district and can't vote there.

It's taken for granted that Queens chief Rep. Joe Crowley saw in Weprin a pliant drone - and that is exactly how the voters have responded to him.

Weprin fit the bill perfectly when appearing before the Daily News Editorial Board. Moments after touting his financial expertise, he pegged the national debt at $4 trillion, a mere $10 trillion shy of its actual $14 trillion level.

A big oops, and the start of a downhill slide that has left the Dems so desperate that they have thrown Bill Clinton into robo-calling for Weprin.

Turner has money savvy that Weprin lacks. He has put the economy and job creation at the top of his agenda and espouses a practical, rather than ideological, approach to deficit cutting.

He had the courage to say that the U.S. will need to reform Medicare and Social Security through measures like raising the age at which people currently 55 and younger will be able to retire.

Turner, like Obama, has said the government will have to consider raising revenues to pay off a debt as large as the one burdening America.

Turner is far more qualified than Weprin to serve in Congress. He's the candidate to vote for.

[Colonel Kangaroo]

Thanks, nice to hear from others who are wary of the dangers of going down the Leona Helmsley/Thurston Howell path.

[miss marmelstein]

Thurston Howell! At least he seemed like a nice guy!

I loved your post - you really put that dork in his place.

[Colonel Kangaroo]

You’re right. Lovey turned him into an old soft heart.