Diverting Resources from Turner, Brooklyn GOP Hunted Fellow Republicans in Primaries–With More “Atlas Hate Mailers”
"The Duke"
It’s amazing how much the focus of the Brooklyn GOP has been in eating its young and attacking its own.
We were amazed to see the gusto with which the county brazenly assailed and ultimately failed to quash a variety of local GOP candidates in the primary this month, presumably in the hope of delivering death blows to those who have refused to take orders from them. But compromising major races at the expense of exacting revenge against fellow Republicans, in the estimation of many, goes too far.
Now, we’ve recently learned from a local Brooklyn GOP source that the GOP leadership diverted resources from Bob Turner’s 9th Congressional campaign to aim their cannons at their enemies. Meanwhile, we also were told that another Atlas hate mailer was seen before the primaries.
Let’s start with the 9th Congressional.
According to a trusted Brooklyn GOP source, in the days before the election, the Turner campaign asked Chairman Eaton for a list of specific names of people to help during the election and their availability. After repeated requests, Eaton apparently did not provide this list.
One can assume that it was because the number of names would have been embarrassingly low for a Chairman claiming to be “leading” the effort in Brooklyn for Turner.
Turner campaign figures were apparently furious over how out of touch the so-called “Duke of Bay Ridge” was in one of the most pressing races since Michael Grimm‘s 2010 Congressional run (where Eaton’s commitment to the race was similarly questioned by insiders).
Nevertheless, after providing seemingly scant resources, Eaton alone seemed to be proud to carry a microphone and shout at people on the street to vote with his usual caustic charm. We find it amusing how alone His Grace appears on the Turner bus, without a posse of cronies or even the familiar Sen. Marty Golden at his side.
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So what exactly was the county doing with their time and resources–what few they have?
Well, for one, we learned about the pathetic mailing they did against Lucretia Regina-Potter, literally lying (not even telling half-truths, just outright falsehoods) about her and attempting to link us with her.
Alright, that was bad enough, and we knew there was bad blood there. But then, this floated our way:
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The individual referenced is Mr. Glenn Nocera, the current President of the Brooklyn Young Republican Club, who was running for county committee. Once again, the county engages in a fishing expedition–yielding no fish. Mr. Nocera is not and never has been a writer for our blog.
We’re asking around to see if there were more of these mailers sent out.
One person commented on our blog, “Who cares about a stupid county committee primary?” The answer is apparently the Bay Ridge Cabal, who must have outsourced a great deal of fellow GOP blood money to finance these mailers (ask around–Gerry O’Brien isn’t cheap, even if his attacks are).
Meanwhile, a congressional candidate and his campaign are rushing to do what they need to do to win victory for their race–aided only by Chairman Eaton’s infamous sweetness and pretty face…
It also baffles me and my colleagues at how base and low the party is in using this blog as a launchpad (albeit and unsuccessful one) to for their attacks on internal reformers and disenchanted Republicans, likely displeased with the Chairman’s lack of leadership and ridiculously bad spending policies.
It just goes to show you how everyday citizens such as yourself can have an influence and share your voice with the community–and the lengths the establishment will go to try and stop you.
(P.S. It’s great to be back!)
Nice piece Dagny and so accurate. The video shows Eaton in all his glory and all he ever wanted- to have a microphone and to be (seemingly) center stage on the bus. Meanwhile, as we can see he couldn’t even round up brooklyn GOP volunteers to be on the bus with him! Its like they gave eaton something to do on the bus to give him something to do and keep him out of the way while the real players who were calling the shots were somewhere else.. I just saw that several newspapers are coming out with a list of key people and “winners” in the turner victory and not one has craig eaton. I see eric ulrich and even jerry kassar, which has to have craig going nuts…
Is it me or is Eatons blog literally and figuratively the only place in NYC stating that Eaton had anything at all with the Turner victory??? Seems like anyone with any ounce of objectivity know Eaton had no role.
Dagny! I missed you and the other ASIB writers!
So great to have ASIB back in the arena, proactive and brilliant as ever!
Keep fighting the good fight! Cheers and best wishes!
Sincerely,
Marcus
It looks like Craig Eaton is not “The Duke” after all; he’s “The Dufe” or “The Dufer” or “The Doof”. Maybe he’s not “The…” anything at all; maybe he’s just “a doofus” or “a duffus”.
Most of the comments to TJIUA’s September 18th post “Overwhelming Brooklyn Victory For Congressman Bob Turner And Brooklyn GOP Chairman Craig Eaton Exposes Vulnerable Brooklyn Democrats.” are addressed to comments on other blogs about Jerry Kassar or various Republican insurgents. That’s really shows where the Brooklyn GOP’s head is at right now.
Somebody posting on the political blog, “Room Eight” made the following provocative inquiry, “Did Congressman Grimm take sides [with Eaton] in the 49th AD and elsewhere?”
The post went on, “Right now, a question being asked with some determination is, ‘Did Michael Grimm step on his own [DING] or a [DONG] belonging to somebody else?’ It seems that somebody [aligned] with the Brooklyn GOP leadership put out the word that Michael Grimm was supporting various candidates running against key Fiorello LaGuardia Club members in the 49th AD and elsewhere.”
The item seemed to become circumspect positing, “[I]t’s possible that [freshman Congressman Grimm] did not foolishly take sides in the Brooklyn GOP infighting.” However it finished demanding what looks like an blood sacrifice by the Congressman to buy his peace in 2012: “The water-boarding should start with 46th AD Leader Clorinda Annarumo.”
That would be a small price to pay for such a major offense by or on behalf of the Congressman.
The “Hate Mailer” crew can try to explain the logic in this “…Jig is UP Atlas” headline: “Breaking News: Brooklyn GOP Chairman Craig Eaton Overwhelmingly Wins Third Term Continuing Turner Momentum!!!” Turner didn’t contribute to Eaton’s win and Eaton certainly didn’t make any difference on September 13th in Turner’s win in Brooklyn. The dishonest headline is a only slight variation on the worn out Brooklyn GOP and “…Jig is Up Atlas” BIG LIE about Eaton’s and the Brooklyn GOP’s contributions to Turner from almost two weeks ago.
First, let’s get this straight, once and for all. Turner’s win in the Brooklyn part of his congressional district was all about Jews – Russian Jews and various sects of Orthodox Jews – Eaton ain’t neither of those and Eaton’s Brooklyn GOP carries next to no weight with them either.
Second, “the rejuvenated Kings County Republican Party which is now the strongest it has ever been thanks to the efforts of Chairman Craig Eaton” is an absolutely chimerical concoction. Anybody can do the maths. A vote of “909 to 72” adds up to fewer than a thousand votes and proxies. That is a super-pathetic County Committee vote for any county organization of either major party. What’s even worse, the total County Committee attendance in-house last night at Prospect Hall was intimately closer to one hundred (100) than the somewhat less than one thousand (1000) votes cast.
Four years ago, right after Craig Eaton first was made County Leader, he was present at a Republican Judicial Convention that had almost as many delegates at the Sheepshead Bay Yacht Club as last night’s convention at Prospect Hall. Last night, Hy Singer said that even his and Gladys Pemeberton’s Republican Club had better attendance at its meetings at the yacht club than what turned out for this year’s County Committee.
Those kinds of numbers just don’t show any momentum or rejuvenation,Jig.
That catastrophic [mis-]“communications” creation of the Brooklyn GOP leadership, “The Jig is Up Atlas” is using its soapbox to distract everybody from some very serious shortcomings that happened at the 2011 Convention of the Kings County Republican County Committee last night at Prospect Hall.
To start with, the Brooklyn GOP County Committee Convention for 2011 was conducted by a gathering of the “newly elected” County Committee that was only “provisionally certified” by the Board of Elections. That fact was prominently announced early in the formalities. What was not similarly announced was that if such a gathering chose to conduct business, it would make the officers elected, only “provisional officers.” Thus, the person elected chairman, Craig Eaton, was rendered only the “Provisional Chairman of the Kings County Republican Party”.
Apart from all of that, one very important element of the normal order of business was left undone, or at very best left incomplete, at the Kings County Republican Party Convention of the provisionally “newly elected” County Committee. The report of the prior existing Treasurer of the Kings County Republican Party, Thomas A. McCarthy, was very suspiciously not made. When asked to make such report, Mr. McCarthy tersely stated that he was unable to do so, without further public explanation. So instead of making the required formal Treasurer’s report openly to all the provisionally “newly elected” members of the Republican County Committee, provisional party boss Craig Eaton chose to have that Treasurer’s report be made behind closed doors at an upcoming meeting of Eaton’s Provisional Executive Committee, several of whose members were recently handpicked by Provisional Chairman Eaton and ratified by the Provisional County Committee. [It needs to be noted that no report was made as to how the KCRP allocated its financial resources during the recent primary and special elections – especially with respect to hate mailers in certain ADs and suspicious donations to the Turner Campaign.]
With Thomas A. McCarthy’s financial background, where he no doubt has to qualify for O & D insurance, one would have expected that he would know what is required and be faithful to his duties as an Officer and Treasurer of an unincorporated organization like the Brooklyn GOP. Mr. McCarthy is a Cathedral Club insider and one of the Bay Ridge Cabal that is now running the Brooklyn GOP on behalf the Provisional Chairman, another elected official and probably a leadership group involved with other political parties in Brooklyn. Mr. McCarthy would be well advised to quickly learn what his formal duties and obligations as Brooklyn GOP Treasurer include, in the event he is called upon to account for the expenditure of GOP funds and events occurring during his tenure as GOP Treasurer.
TJIUA’s Thursday, September 29, 2011, post: “Brooklyn Congressman Bob Turner Victory Provides Blueprint For Key Races In Brooklyn And Queens In 2012.” couldn’t be more dissembled on the facts and wrong headed it its analysis unless it predicted that all the Democratic incumbents elected in 2010 and running in new Brooklyn districts in 2012 were about to become Republicans and kiss Craig Eaton’s pathetic ass[embled Executive Committee].
Based upon what the Brooklyn GOP is communicating through its most vociferous outlet, “The Jig is Up…” it’s clear to this observer that the Brooklyn GOP neither understands how and why Bob Turner carried the Brooklyn part of his district, nor why he was able to win in the whole of the 9th CD in 2011. Except for Gene Berardelli (adding “County Law Chairman” to his prior blogging duties), these Brooklyn GOP buffalloons couldn’t tell the difference between a blueprint for victory and a Blue Plate Special (BBB clearly having expertise only with the latter).
Contradictory reports of the vote totals have put Eaton’s election under a permanent cloud of doubt.
On September 27, 2011 “BklynGOP.com Website of the Kings County Republican County Committee” made some interesting claims about the elections held at the 2011 Kings County Republican County Committee. According to somebody playfully hyped as “Uncle Abe” [NOTE: They dared not try to use "HONEST ABE"]: “On the heels of his stunning success in electing Bob Turner to Congress, Brooklyn Republican Chairman Craig Eaton was elected to a third term by a vote of approximately 1,050 to 72.”
Can they be serious “APPROXIMATELY”!!!
Why were we still being given approximations after the close of the convention; whose approximations were we dealing with; and are there ANY RELIABLE NUMBERS coming out of the Brooklyn GOP?
As a point of reference, the first report by “AAA” at “The Jig is Up Atlas” was: “… this reform minded commentator has received word the greatest Republican Party Chairman who has ever lived, Kings County Republican Party Chairman, the “Immortal” Craig A. Eaton overwhelmingly won a third term by a 909 to 72 margin….”
Isn’t it strange that a day after being chided here for not having reached a total vote of a thousand, for and against; low and behold, Eaton’s numbers-crunchers come up with over a hundred forty-one (141) new votes for the Provisional One.
The Kings County Republican Party hate blog, “The Jig is UP Atlas,” on Monday, October 10, 2011 posted something called “Vincent Gentile’s Anti-Virgin Mary.” by “AAA”. Contained therein is an image that Craig Eaton’s media mavens have often described as “Anti-Catholic” and “sacrilegious.”
In spite of claiming some sort of moral outrage over the image, which “The Jig is Up Atlas” sees as a depiction of the Blessed Virgin Mary, that Republican hate blog doesn’t hesitate to publish and republish it, whenever they think they can make political hay or get any kind of mileage out of it.
If TJIUA were to be sincere (Gagging sound!!!) about the image being one of the BVM, even as allegedly profaned by the artist who created it, they would be hard pressed to excuse the repeated cynical use of it for cheap political advantage, since of those re-publications would be a new sacrilege all its own.
It’s clear that there are those high in the Brooklyn GOP regime who are simply uncaring of real religious sensibilities be they those of Orthodox Jewish people or traditional Catholics. Their lack of caring and disdain for religion generally has been manifest for over a year and a half in the posts and comments in the Brooklyn GOP hate blog.
The Brooklyn GOP’s talking point for Sunday, October 16, 2011 involves “Brooklyn And Staten Island Newspapers Cover[ing] Brooklyn GOP Chairman Craig Eaton’s Historic, Record-Breaking Re-Election!!!!” according to the Brooklyn GOP hate blog’s main mush-mouth mugger “AAA.”
It’s very clear that the questions raised about the provisional election of a provisional chairman by a provisional county committee have caused the Kings County GOP Leadership under Craig Eaton to be very nervous; and he has obviously sought legitimacy wherever he can find it.
In this instance, Eaton and his regime are trying to get some “Street Cred” from the echo chamber of two limited circulation County-based newspapers. These papers, neither of which covered the Brooklyn GOP convention with live reporters, both made qualified and brief mentions of the election of Eaton (Compare that to the wide-ranging hype following his intitial selection in 2007).
Both papers clearly indicated that any information was from the Brooklyn GOP as its source; one stating it outright, and the other obviously directly quoting the Brooklyn GOP by giving its result as “by a vote of approximately 1,050 to 72…” [See the comment about the changing convention tallies above]
We have mentioned here in the past why those numbers are unreliable at best, and completely bogus, at the worst. Rather than being any claim for credit or distinction, they are actually a testament of the folly and shame of the Brooklyn GOP leadership, now in place over four years.
We do have one unequivocal disagreement with the “SI Live” report and particularly its headline — Eaton is certainly no King of Brooklyn; as “Provisional Chairman” of the Kings County Republican Committee, he’s lucky some still call him the “Duke of Bay Ridge.”
“The Jig is Up Atlas” October 24, 2011 post “Congressman Bob Turner Turns His Back On Judge and the RINOs In Favor of the Real Brooklyn Young Republicans” was very interesting…. “Rumor has it…. the meeting was it held somewhere in East Queens? “Rumor has it… that the TJIUA post was a recycling of an Official Broooklyn YRs photo from July 2011…(another item of proof that its all a single enterprise of the KCRP Executive Committee).
“Rumor has it… that Russell Gallo and Gene Berardelli are getting more mileage out of Congressman Bob Turner than candidate Bob Turner ever got out of them…
“Rumor has it….” that there hardly are any Official Brooklyn YRs worth talking about, we’ll see how many will show up tomorrow night… at the “Victory Center”
BTW, “Rumor has it… that the intended “Victory” of the “Victory Center” was it the 2010 primary triumph of Michael Allegretti over Michael Grimm?
See the man in the picture above called “The Duke”. That’s Craig Eaton.
His Brooklyn Republican hate blog has repeatedly re-published what theythemselves have indicated is a sacrilegious, anti-Catholic and anti-Virgin Mary representation. One can only conclude that they are willfully being sacrilegious, anti-Catholic and anti-Virgin Mary by the repeated republications of the image.
Becuase of his continued aid and support of the viciously anti-Catholic, anti-Virgin Mary hate blog, “The Jig is Up Atlas” we now feel free to say: “CRAIG EATON IS VICIOUSLY ANTI-CATHOLIC and ANTI-VIRGIN MARY”.
In addition, State Senator Martin Golden is one of the principle beneficiaries of “The Jig is Up Atlas” and has not denounced it, in spite of its clearly being a self-indicted sacrilegious, Anti-Catholic and Anti-ViIrgin Mary extension of the Brooklyn Republican Party. As a result we now feel free to say: “MARTY GOLDEN IS VICIOUSLY ANTI-CATHOLIC and ANTI-VIRGIN MARY”.
Based on Friday’s posts in “The Jig is Up Atlas” denouncing a potential Democratic challenger to State Senator Martin Golden, Republican Chairman Craig Eaton has chosen “Doubled-Down” on the Golden-Eaton Anti-Catholic, Anti-Virgin Mary strategy of attacking their political opponents.
CORRECTION: “Craig Eaton has chosen [TO] “Doubled-Down” on the Golden-Eaton Anti-Catholic, Anti-Virgin Mary strategy of attacking their political opponents.”
Is Brooklyn GOP Chairman Craig Eaton getting even more paranoid?
Word has it that Eaton recently spoke to Captain Richard de Blasio, Commander of the 68th Precinct, seeking additional police protection by his home on Harbor View Terrace. What would that be all about? AND…why wouldn’t Chairman Eaton work through his good buddy GOP State Senator Martin Golden, who lives not far from Eaton by the corner of HVT?
Despite the county’s best efforts of trying to unseat me from my County Committee seat that I held since 1995, I am pleased to announce that I won my race 23-1, and my Sister Donna Nocera who was also part of those hate mailer won 20-1. I guess evil doesn’t always win in Brooklyn.
Diverting its attention from the David Storobin Campaign, Craig Eaton’s few operatives in the Brooklyn GOP are again hunting fellow Republicans instead of pursuing or even defending their proclaimed strategy to win the Special Election in the 27th Senatorial District for Republican Candidate David Storobin.
Yet again, as stated here by Dagny Taggart in September, 2011, “It’s amazing how much the focus of the Brooklyn GOP has been in eating its young and attacking its own.” For the most recent example, see the comments following Hunter Walker’s February 15th post on Politicker, “Plan of Attack — The Brooklyn GOP’s Strategy For a Storobin Victory” http://www.politicker.com/topics/plan-of-attack
Preferentially attacking it own, the Brooklyn GOP is essentially eating their current candidate David Storobin.
It looks like at least one of the usual suspects among the Eaton Regime is hoping to feast on some of his Russian and Jewish Republican buddies. With the Storobin Campaign staggering from some real body blows and self-inflicted wounds (see Liz Benjamin’s
“Shakeup In Storobin Campaign”), the chatter from one of Eaton’s big guns makes one wonder why they even pretend to be on Storobin’s side.