Ace of Spades HQ

October 12, 2010

For Congress: Chris Gibson, NY-20
— DrewM

(Part of an Ace of Spades HQ campaign to highlight races that can be won but need your help)

The Race-
This is the seat Kirsten Gilibrand held before being named to the Senate.

After a close special election race in Â’09, in which Democrat Scott Murphy was elected, the GOP is trying to win the seat back with candidate Chris Gibson.

Gibson is a recently retired Army Colonel (he was in Haiti with the 82nd Airborne doing relief missions, just weeks before retiring and announcing his candidacy). HeÂ’s running on an anti-spending, anti-tax and pro conservative/market based reform of health care platform.

The Candidate (from his website)-

Chris Gibson grew up in Columbia County in the town of Kinderhook. He was the Point Guard and Co-Captain of Ichabod CraneÂ’s High School Basketball Team and went on to graduate magna cum laude with a BA in History from Siena College while earning a ROTC Commission there.

Over the course of his 24 year Army career Chris rose to the rank of Colonel and deployed 7 times; including 4 combat tours to Iraq, and separate deployments to Kosovo, the Southwestern US for a counter-drug operation, and most recently (just prior to his retirement) to Haiti where he commanded the 82nd Airborne DivisionÂ’s 2nd Brigade Combat Team during the opening month of that humanitarian relief operation.

Chris holds an MPA and PhD in Government from Cornell University and is the author of Securing the State, a book on national security decision-making published in 2008. Chris has been married to Mary Jo, a NYS Licensed Clinical Social Worker, for over 13 years and they have three children.

Why Gibson can win-
The district was tailored made for Republican John Sweeny . Cook lists it (pdf) as R+2 and Obama barely carried by only 3 points,( he won the state as a whole by 27%).

The district only went to the Democrats as part of their takeover year in Â’06 and then mostly because Sweeny self-destructed over allegations of domestic violence and several DUI incidents.

A lack luster campaign in the Â’09 special election by state GOP Assemblyman Jim Tedisco, (he took weeks to say whether he would have voted for the stimulus) enabled Murphy to keep the seat in Democratic hands. Murphy originally opposed the health care bill but after being buttonholed on the House floor by Nancy Pelosi, he flipped to a yes on the final bill.

Gibson is a novice candidate but heÂ’s been working the ground game hard for several months and is now starting to get ads up on TV (about 3 weeks behind Murphy). The largest county in the district, Saratoga, is a Republican stronghold and Gibson should do very well there.

ItÂ’s been a fairly quiet campaign (though the DCCC is starting to run attack ads against Gibson, so they are getting nervous), but GibsonÂ’s impressive personal story of service, the Republican leanings of the district and the overall favorable environment for the GOP are all working in GibsonÂ’s favor.

Posted by: DrewM at 09:19 AM | Comments (103)
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1 I think you broke the previous thread....or sumpin did.

Posted by: Tami at October 12, 2010 09:21 AM (VuLos)

2 Can you use a better picture? It looks like he's thinking of biting me.

Posted by: lauraw at October 12, 2010 09:21 AM (oomjY)

Attention: Sharron Angle raised $14 million in the most recent cycle.

Now back to your regular programming.

Posted by: Bat Chain Puller at October 12, 2010 09:22 AM (SCcgT)

4
Something weird happened.

Posted by: Lemon Kitten at October 12, 2010 09:23 AM (0fzsA)

Attention: Sharron Angle raised $14 million in the most recent cycle.

Yeah, probably from the foreign country of Teabaggerstan! You wingnuts are teh corrupt!

Posted by: Pete! at October 12, 2010 09:24 AM (/yhXa)

6 Where's Pete with his predictable DemonRat talking points? We need to smack him around some more.

Posted by: Hatchet Five at October 12, 2010 09:24 AM (/lkKn)

7 DrewM., I would love to help write these profiles for any number of races. (I can think of several candidates -- ME-2 (Jason Levesque v. Mike Michaud), CA-43 (Van Tran v. Loretta Sanchez) spring immediately to mind. Ryan Frazier in CO-7 could DEFINITELY use more money and attention to get over the top (remember the drag that the governor's race is going to be...)

Good idea for a series. Would love to contribute.

Posted by: Jeff B. at October 12, 2010 09:24 AM (NjYDy)

8 Any polling data?

Posted by: Jean at October 12, 2010 09:24 AM (L2+HZ)

Chris Gibson? Hmmm....sounds vaguely familiar...

...

...nope. Does he work for one of the cables?

Posted by: Charlie Gibson at October 12, 2010 09:24 AM (q/kmn)

10 lauraw - clearly, your problem is deliciousness.

Posted by: reason at October 12, 2010 09:25 AM (q/kmn)

11 He's got a flag sticking out of his ear, now that's what I call patriotic!

Posted by: Hong Kong Patooey at October 12, 2010 09:26 AM (tYuix)

12 Can you use a better picture? It looks like he's thinking of biting me.

Posted by: lauraw at October 12, 2010 01:21 PM (oomjY)

Thinking of biting you? I think I can see your veins and sinews stuck between his teeth.

Posted by: stuiec at October 12, 2010 09:27 AM (7AOgy)

13 Please forgive my boy Pete and please don't be so rough on him. He's never been quite right in the head and not too smart either; I blame it on him being conceived during a wild night of passion with all the boys down at the state mental hospital. After seeing the results, I have up on sex with those boys and took to hanging out with Bertha and the girls at the Women's Reformatory instead.

Posted by: Pete's momma at October 12, 2010 09:27 AM (/lkKn)

Attention: Sharron Angle raised $14 million in the most recent cycle.

So help me, as Speaker of the House, my first priority next year will be to investigate the source of these funds!

Clearly, this is nothing that the mere markets could do for her! I know markets! Stock markets. Bonds markets. Super markets...

Posted by: Palomino Pelosi at October 12, 2010 09:27 AM (q/kmn)

15 Guy looks like an outstanding candidate .
Hey , dummocrats reap the whirlwind .

Posted by: awkward davies at October 12, 2010 09:28 AM (YCW1b)

16 Posted by: Jean at October 12, 2010 01:24 PM (L2+HZ)

The only one I've seen is from back in late August/early September, so it's useless.

I think the biggest indication that it's a competitive race is the DCCC ad buy. I can't find anything on the size of it but they aren't spending money on guaranteed winners or losers at this point. It may be leaning to them but if the DCCC is still spending on it, it's still a race that's up for grabs.

Posted by: DrewM. at October 12, 2010 09:29 AM (HicGG)

17 Posted by: Jeff B. at October 12, 2010 01:24 PM (NjYDy)

Shoot me an email at Drewmtips (at) gmail (dot) com and let me know what you're interested in.

Posted by: DrewM. at October 12, 2010 09:31 AM (HicGG)

18 Everyone thank Pete for getting the comment section of the last post closed...

Go Gibbsy... Chris Gibson

Posted by: phreshone at October 12, 2010 09:31 AM (1AnxB)

19 Every president plans to lose control of both houses of Congress in mid-terms. It's all been planned for.

President Obama (PBUH) got 99.875% of what he wanted. It was that other .125% that had a rolling economy, jobs, balanced budget, and a working healthcare system in it, and you Republican obstructionists in the minority party are the ones that kept him from getting it!

Posted by: peeeeeete at October 12, 2010 09:32 AM (MMC8r)

20 yes, he definitely looks like someone an ewok could get excited about.

Posted by: Rocks at October 12, 2010 09:32 AM (Q1lie)

21 Supermarket? What's a supermarket? Is that where my personal French chef flies to pick up the Almas caviar?

Posted by: John Kerry at October 12, 2010 09:33 AM (/yhXa)

22 Drew....can you do anything to fix the comment section in the previous thread?

Posted by: Tami at October 12, 2010 09:35 AM (VuLos)

23 Posted by: Tami at October 12, 2010 01:35 PM (VuLos)

What's the problem? It looks fine to me.

Posted by: DrewM. at October 12, 2010 09:36 AM (HicGG)

24 Yes give all your monies to the guy with bad teeth and the wicked witch of Delaware. Lol

Posted by: Pete at October 12, 2010 09:36 AM (vDXWg)

25 Oh...it's fixed. Thanks.

Posted by: Tami at October 12, 2010 09:38 AM (VuLos)

26 Posted by: Tami at October 12, 2010 01:35 PM (VuLos)

I think that's what Ace and crew have been doing when the comments devolve and a new, hopefully interesting post is put up...

Posted by: phreshone at October 12, 2010 09:39 AM (1AnxB)

27 Chris holds an MPA and PhD in Government from Cornell University

Wait a minute - military people are supposed to be retards and stuck in Iraq or something...John Kerry assured me of this.

Posted by: Purple Avenger at October 12, 2010 09:39 AM (OzN5B)

Obama's starting to fret about his image. That's a great motivating tool or actually I should say a tool of a tool.

Posted by: journolist at October 12, 2010 09:40 AM (O/NP5)

29 Is he endorsed by my VFW?

Posted by: Dad at October 12, 2010 09:42 AM (EhCNm)

_{Yes give all your monies to the guy with bad teeth and the wicked witch of Delaware.}

I take offense, Sir!

I demand satisfaction.

Where's that whore mother of yours?

Posted by: George Washington at October 12, 2010 09:43 AM (npK2e)

31 Nan Hayworth in NY 19 is also pretty cool. 19 was listed as a toss-up, but John Hall (D) is running scared.

Posted by: Iblis at October 12, 2010 09:43 AM (9221z)

32 DrewM. -

Sent.

Posted by: Jeff B. at October 12, 2010 09:45 AM (NjYDy)

He was the Point Guard and Co-Captain of Ichabod CraneÂ’s High School Basketball Team

I'm going to donate for this reason alone. The rest is just frosting on the cake

Posted by: beedubya at October 12, 2010 09:46 AM (AnTyA)

Inside sources say Obama is losing it over the wave of anti-obama policies. He has never ever had to deal with this before on account he's never paid his dues and is getting shaky, sometimes lighting two cigarettes at a time.

Posted by: journolist at October 12, 2010 09:46 AM (O/NP5)

35 He's just a bag of meat with lipstick!! Err...maybe I just imagined the lipstick. Man, my typing finger is tired.

Posted by: Keith Olbermann at October 12, 2010 09:49 AM (FcR7P)

36
Why don't they just rename Parker/Spitzer to the Palin Bashing Hour?

Every day. Same shit.

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 12, 2010 09:50 AM (uFokq)

37 I'm in this district. The last official poll was a Siena poll from nearly a month ago that showed Murphy up by 17 (54-37). This seems insane for this district and Siena tends to overweight Dems. Murphy's flip-flopping on Obamacare was not looked upon well here in upstate.

Gibson's campaign released another poll showing it 45-40 in favor of Murphy about 2 weeks ago. The problem here is money. Murphy has around 1.5 million with Gibson having around 600k. I see one Gibson commercial for every 3 Murphy commercials on the air yet 60% of the yard signs I see are for Gibson. This is very winnable. I've already given Gibson a few hundred bucks but I'd hope the RNCC would throw some more money into this.

Posted by: John J at October 12, 2010 09:50 AM (2dffX)

38 You know, we'd be in a much deeper shithole if the imbecile Dems had nominated Hillary instead of Obimbo.

I think she still would have beaten McCain, but she'd be running a lot closer to center than the jug-eared fuck would. Pelosi wouldn't have been running the agenda for the last two years, and we might be looking at gains, but probably not the eclipsing tidal wave this is looking like, leaving us in the minority again and Hilly free to creep us toward socialism at a rate the American people would have ignored.

Posted by: nickless at October 12, 2010 09:52 AM (MMC8r)

39 So if he wins do you think KO will have him on as a "fellow" alumnus?

Posted by: Jean at October 12, 2010 09:53 AM (bJevO)

40 Scott Murphy clearly believes he is vulnerable, as he just made headlines by refusing to commit to backing Nancy Pelosi for Speaker of the House next term. (Of course he ultimately would, that's not the point...). You don't touch that sort of third rail with your party leader and benefactor unless absolutely necessary.

Posted by: Jeff B. at October 12, 2010 09:53 AM (NjYDy)

41 $14M for Angle in NV!!! This is going to happen people.

Posted by: Jean at October 12, 2010 09:55 AM (bJevO)

42
$14M for Angle in NV!!! This is going to happen people.

I wonder how many donors will have the IRS crawling up their asses. Same ol' same ol' with the democrat shitty tricks.

Posted by: Dang Straights at October 12, 2010 09:58 AM (nNdGv)

43 Dang - I wonder how many GAO investigators will be crawling up the IRS's ass. Nothing like victory to put an end to that crap.

Posted by: Jean at October 12, 2010 10:00 AM (v4C0Z)

44 Kick 'em in the dishpan hoo hoo hoo?

Where's my mallet!

Posted by: Eustace Bagge at October 12, 2010 10:01 AM (tYuix)

45
I wonder how many GAO investigators will be crawling up the IRS's ass. Nothing like victory to put an end to that crap.

You gave me a semi with that idea. Oh if only.

Posted by: Dang Straights at October 12, 2010 10:03 AM (nNdGv)

46 Posted by: Soothsayer at October 12, 2010 01:50 PM (uFokq)

Then stop watching. The ratings will drop by 10%.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo ( NJConservative) at October 12, 2010 10:04 AM (LH6ir)

47 NY-20 was my old district. I wonder if I could send for an absentee ballot and vote for him. Its only been 38 years since I left there.

Posted by: Vic at October 12, 2010 10:07 AM (/jbAw)

48 @48

If your a democrat, they already voted for you!

Posted by: Penfold at October 12, 2010 10:08 AM (1PeEC)

49 Ace of Spades HQ campaign to highlight races that can be won but need your help

I'd add Colorado's Ryan Frazier to that category. This guy's fantastic. Even the (liberal) Denver Post has endorsed him against Perlmutter.

Posted by: Sugar Ray Bradbury at October 12, 2010 10:12 AM (gzjhZ)

Why don't they just rename Parker/Spitzer to the Palin Bashing Hour?
Every day. Same shit.

CNN's claim is that they are "waiting for it to find it's audience."

Good luck with that.

Posted by: reason at October 12, 2010 10:18 AM (kC3nL)

51 If your a democrat, they already voted for you!

Posted by: Penfold at October 12, 2010 02:08 PM (1PeEC)

LOL, if I were a Dem would I be here at AOS?

Posted by: Vic at October 12, 2010 10:18 AM (/jbAw)

52

Why don't they just rename Parker/Spitzer to the Palin Bashing Hour?

You mean Parker Spitzer isn't the name of a gay porn actor?

Posted by: Sugar Ray Bradbury at October 12, 2010 10:20 AM (gzjhZ)

53 Chris Gibson is my neighbor in the little Village of Kinderhook, NY (hometown of Pres. Martin van Buren, the first machine Democrat to get to the White House).

Gibson is a good guy and would be an excellent replacement for Scott Murphy. Like many Dems who pretend to be "conservative", Murphy would cast one vote that looked good (against Obamacare for instance) and then when it mattered (the final vote) would line up with Nancy Pelosi (which is what Murphy did with Obamacare).

Siena College said that Murphy has a big lead but that is belied by the fact that Vilsack, the Secretary of Agriculture, appeared with Murphy at a local farmstand last week; and Cabinet Secretaries do not appear in person with candidates three weeks before elections in safe seats!

Go Chris Gibson! He can win.

Posted by: Leonidas at October 12, 2010 10:21 AM (+U4lE)

54
You mean Parker Spitzer isn't the name of a gay porn actor?

allsome

Posted by: Dang Straights at October 12, 2010 10:21 AM (nNdGv)

"You mean Parker Spitzer isn't the name of a gay porn actor?"

I was just as shocked when I found out The Midnight Meat Train was a horror film & not naked people making trains at midnight.

Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at October 12, 2010 10:24 AM (HaYO4)

56
I was just as shocked when I found out The Midnight Meat Train was a horror film & not naked people making trains at midnight.

To be fair, Midnight Meat Train is a film title that has all kinds of porn implications.

Posted by: Sugar Ray Bradbury at October 12, 2010 10:29 AM (gzjhZ)

57 Parker Spitzer, I thought it was some sort of gin fizz I would never drink.

Posted by: Jean at October 12, 2010 10:29 AM (C7OIp)

I demand satisfaction.

Where's that whore mother of yours?

Posted by: George Washington at October 12, 2010 01:43 PM (npK2e)

I don't think Pete's mom ever satisfied anyone.

(there may have been emissions, but I doubt they were satisfying)

Posted by: stuiec at October 12, 2010 10:29 AM (7AOgy)

I was just as shocked when I found out The Midnight Meat Train was a horror film & not naked people making trains at midnight.

Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at October 12, 2010 02:24 PM (HaYO4)

But it was a fascinating movie.

Posted by: stuiec at October 12, 2010 10:30 AM (7AOgy)

60 Let me tell you, that Pete fellow sure likes it in the turd hamper!

Posted by: Wicket at October 12, 2010 10:31 AM (VmtE9)

61 I can get you a deal on a razor!

WTF, you are not 20, shave that shit! We need the money!

Posted by: Mr Gillette at October 12, 2010 10:35 AM (AQxTm)

62 Drew- I sent you an email too.

Posted by: jewells at October 12, 2010 10:39 AM (l/N7H)

63 We need a thread on that $14M in NV. That is unprecedented, to my mind that is like watching the water drain out of the bay before the radio says a tidal wave is coming.

Posted by: Jean at October 12, 2010 10:43 AM (nOq8U)

O/T I'm reading up on the impending rescue of the Chilean miners. The article at Fox said the fittest would be rescued first, the weakest last. It has an odd explanation but it seems the sickest would come out first.

Any ideas?

Posted by: ErikW at October 12, 2010 10:46 AM (/yhXa)

65 What was Rush just talking about? What website? Who was that (the woman he played)? I came in on the tail end.

Posted by: dagny at October 12, 2010 10:47 AM (7IU8X)

66 25 Yes give all your monies to the guy with bad teeth
Posted by: Pete at October 12, 2010 01:36 PM (vDXWg)

Hey, Petey, the "bad teeth" guy withdrew from the race and endorsed the R (for Recovery) candidate. Gimme a try sometime.

Posted by: Cruel, cruel reality at October 12, 2010 10:48 AM (Wqfrr)

67 I love the fact the retired military men and women are coming out in droves to run for public office. We need to get rid of the pussies we have in the Congress as soon as possible.

Posted by: mpfs at October 12, 2010 10:49 AM (iYbLN)

68 66 O/T I'm reading up on the impending rescue of the Chilean miners. The article at Fox said the fittest would be rescued first, the weakest last.
Posted by: ErikW at October 12, 2010 02:46 PM (/yhXa)

Is the weakest miner the one whose wife and mistress showed up at the mine and met each other? That would explain a lot ...

Posted by: ya2daup at October 12, 2010 10:50 AM (Wqfrr)

69 Is the weakest miner the one whose wife and mistress showed up at the mine and met each other? That would explain a lot ...

Posted by: ya2daup at October 12, 2010 02:50 PM (Wqfrr)

Actually, it is.

Posted by: ErikW at October 12, 2010 10:52 AM (/yhXa)

70
Rush was talking about Krystal Ball.

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 12, 2010 10:53 AM (uFokq)

71 Chris Gibson looks like your typical bitter clinger, with a bio typical of the potential lone-wolf right-wing extremist crypto-terrorist that Janet Napolitano warned us aboot. That motherfucker's got my full support.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at October 12, 2010 10:54 AM (5pIHA)

72 fittest would be rescued first, the weakest last. I thought the medic that is going down will make the call.

Posted by: Jean at October 12, 2010 10:54 AM (LpqRt)

73 I thought the medic that is going down will make the call.

Posted by: Jean at October 12, 2010 02:54 PM (LpqRt)

Apparently not, according to the article. Strongest first, weakest last and the exact order is being kept secret.

Posted by: ErikW at October 12, 2010 10:56 AM (/yhXa)

Chris Gibson looks like your typical bitter clinger, with a bio typical of the potential lone-wolf right-wing extremist crypto-terrorist that Janet Napolitano warned us aboot.

Clone this man.

Posted by: Blue Hen at October 12, 2010 10:57 AM (R2fpr)

75 As for all of the other issues (panic, nausea, etc) - I would knock them out for the ride up. BTW - balls of gold on the guy going down.

Posted by: Jean at October 12, 2010 10:58 AM (LpqRt)

76 Sorry if this is late but Rush was talking about Obama campaigning in DE for taxman Coons. Rush was pitching it as the Dems fearing a COD surge. I'm wondering if its not more of picking one of the safest races to try to improve Barry's image. I hope Barry's touch is as useful to Coons as it was to Coakley, I think I might have to dip the girls in some pudding if that happens

Posted by: PaleRider at October 12, 2010 10:58 AM (dkExz)

77 78 I heard that but he was saying there were some pictures that sounded like cheese cake pics? Did he mean of O'Donnell?

Posted by: dagny at October 12, 2010 11:00 AM (7IU8X)

78
Apparently not, according to the article. Strongest first, weakest last and the exact order is being kept secret.

Last to leave the mine? $10 says it's the non-union contract-worker contingent, who had to settle in a different part of the mine because of animosity with the union miners.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 12, 2010 11:00 AM (P9+0W)

79 Oh Krystal Ball?

Posted by: dagny at October 12, 2010 11:00 AM (7IU8X)

80
That motherfucker's got my full support.

I was a little concerned about where you were going, there.

Posted by: Dang Straights at October 12, 2010 11:01 AM (nNdGv)

81 Lordy, are these military guys and gals impressive. That resume is way off the awesome charts. Check out the Combat Vets for Congress PAC website if you'd like more!

Posted by: Uncle Jed at October 12, 2010 11:02 AM (L57nu)

82 Sorry if this is late but Rush was talking about Obama campaigning in DE for taxman Coons. Rush was pitching it as the Dems fearing a COD surge. I'm wondering if its not more of picking one of the safest races to try to improve Barry's image. I hope Barry's touch is as useful to Coons as it was to Coakley, I think I might have to dip the girls in some pudding if that happens

Posted by: PaleRider

I think that your theory is more plausible. Obama proclaiming himself King of the bunny slope.Wouldn't the Manufactured Messiah effect be lovely right about now? he could bring Jon Corzine and Tim Kaine along; make a road trip out of it.

Posted by: Blue Hen at October 12, 2010 11:02 AM (R2fpr)

83 Oh, Ok there is a big scandal with a dem Krystal Ball running for house in VA. She's clad as a nasty santa playing with a sex toy on her ex's suit. Heh.

Posted by: dagny at October 12, 2010 11:04 AM (7IU8X)

Posted by: right at October 12, 2010 03:04 PM (EquV1)

Okay, that makes a bit more sense. Perhaps I misunderstood or misread the details.

Posted by: ErikW at October 12, 2010 11:07 AM (/yhXa)

85 Oh, Ok there is a big scandal with a dem Krystal Ball running for house in VA. She's clad as a nasty santa playing with a sex toy on her ex's suit. Heh.

Posted by: dagny at October 12, 2010 03:04 PM (7IU8X)

I just looked at the pictures and on a Raciness Scale of 1-10, they definitely get a 1. Embarrassing, yes but nothing most adults haven't ever been around.

Posted by: ErikW at October 12, 2010 11:09 AM (/yhXa)

86 NY-20 was my old district. I wonder if I could send for an absentee ballot and vote for him. Its only been 38 years since I left there.

Posted by: Vic at October 12, 2010 02:07 PM (/jbAw)

You'll probably find you've voted every election for the Democrats since then.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 12, 2010 11:12 AM (z1N6a)

87 AofS Day in NY-20? Sounds good - I live across the border in VT so my vote in November will be an quixotic exercise at best (although I'll enjoy voting against Leahy ... life is nothing without the small pleasures) - I want in on the wave action so would gladly help in NY where I could make a difference.

Posted by: Pumblechook at October 12, 2010 11:14 AM (JjIm9)

88 I just looked at the pictures and on a Raciness Scale of 1-10, they definitely get a 1. Embarrassing, yes but nothing most adults haven't ever been around. Posted by: ErikW at October 12, 2010 03:09 PM That's the problem with the cornucopia of cheap, plentiful internet porn. After awhile, you get so jaded that you don't even plump unless someone's getting a Cleveland Chili Dog or having their balls beaten bloody with a wire grill brush. I mean, c'mon - hands? ***awkwardly lowers hand***

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at October 12, 2010 11:16 AM (5pIHA)

89 I have a problem with that weak chinned boy friend of hers and trusting a friend with a camera, those things call her judgement into question more then the photos.

Posted by: Jean at October 12, 2010 11:17 AM (LpqRt)

90 92 Apparently it was her ex husband

Posted by: dagny at October 12, 2010 11:38 AM (7IU8X)

91 93
Awesome how she lets some other chick have a go. Great morals there.

Also, I think this is going to be much more prevalent as the Facebook/Myspace age starts running for office. At least when we were young, we weren't dumb enough to post this shit on the internet.

Posted by: wheresmypudding at October 12, 2010 11:41 AM (eV1I0)

92
The man was in Ft Edward a week ago, and I had a chance to talk for a minute. He just came across as a really decent guy. Also looks like he could put the uniform back on with no problem.

Having the military show interest in the political process has gotta be a huge plus for the country. At least you can be sure there's genuine love for the country.

Posted by: irongrampa at October 12, 2010 11:43 AM (ud5dN)

93 Also looks like he could put the uniform back on with no problem.
Posted by: irongrampa at October 12, 2010 03:43 PM (ud5dN)

He's only been out like 6 or 7 months. He went right from the 82nd Airborne in Haiti to this race.

Amazing that he'd want to jump right into this. A guy with his skills, education and experience could do well for himself (even in this economy). Says something about him that this is the path he's chosen (maybe that he's nuts!).

Posted by: DrewM. at October 12, 2010 11:47 AM (HicGG)

94 Not nuts, Dew--just more Duty, Honor Country.

No brainer.

Posted by: irongrampa at October 12, 2010 11:51 AM (ud5dN)

95 Posted by: irongrampa at October 12, 2010 03:51 PM (ud5dN)

Yeah.

I flogged this race here on more than one occasion. I'd really like to see him win.

Posted by: DrewM. at October 12, 2010 11:54 AM (HicGG)

@38, I live in Rensselaer County. In my area there are probably three Gibson signs to every Murphy sign, and that's only because the Demonrats have just set up a new HQ in East Greenbush and arenow busily littering the roadsides with their signs. Then again, we tend to be rural, backwoods bitter clingers around here.

I've thrown his campaign a few bills, and will again on Thursday when I get paid. He definitely deserves moron support!

Posted by: BlueStateSil at October 12, 2010 12:18 PM (NUMNK)

Ace, thanks for pointing out this candidate, I'll send him and Steele a contribution. Please keep posting names of any candidates who you think need help - maybe you could actually do a long shot list for morons. I am trying to send contributions to as many long shots as possible. I sent to candidates on Dick Morris's list and to his www.Superpacusa.com

Thanks Again!

Posted by: D. at October 12, 2010 12:20 PM (plSrP)

mpur isn't here to promo this so just a reminder:

Texas Moron Meetup this Saturday, 16th October, at Hoover's Restaurant in Austin. The NW location (13376 N Highway 183). 5:30 PM for the prelims.

Posted by: Mr. Dave at October 12, 2010 12:29 PM (OBDWE)

99 Good grief, just reading his bio made me want to lay down and take a nap. Can you imagine a Washington DC chock full of people as awesome as this guy?? OK, now I need to lie down before I swoon at that thought.

Now I'm just going to go take a nap for no reason. I love naps.

Posted by: winewife at October 12, 2010 12:49 PM (OnM4p)

100 THIS RACE IS WINNABLE! I live in Northern Dutchess county, which probably has the most democrats in the district, and the yard signs are easily 5 to 1 in Gibson's favor. I, a registered Republican, am getting spammed by the Murphy campaign - they are pretty desperate. This is one race that could benefit from an ACE appearance.

Posted by: Ann NY at October 12, 2010 12:51 PM (lLNCx)

101 i weekend in gibson's fistrict.

in eastern duchess.

all i ever see are gibson signs.

Posted by: reliapundit at October 12, 2010 03:00 PM (/t7Ea)

102 This guy is the real deal. His wife is great, his kids are normal and he is very very dedicated, intelligent, and ready to serve us. Again. Although we are a family of modest means, we have contributed to his campaign, and hope you can too. We live in the district and look forward to manning the phones on election day.

Posted by: Rea at October 12, 2010 04:48 PM (1kwr2)

103 I am in the farflung northern edge of this gerrymandered bugsplat that is NY-20, and while the Gibson local coordinator planted a yard sign the same day I spoke with her (thank you very much), I have had no callback as to what else I can do.

Murphy's campaign called me and asked for help, and I told them I was a Russian citizen and how could I get them the 20 grand I wanted to donate, then hung up.

I am about to start making my from-home 40 calls I signed up for through the 40 Calls website, but thought it might make more sense to wait just a little.

What else should I be doing? The email addy listed here is a good one.

Posted by: Boris Yeltsin at October 12, 2010 05:49 PM (4sQwu)

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