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Politics, Marriage, the Pirros, and the Hevesis
September 29th, 2006

The recent hoopla over Jeanine Pirro’s turbulent marriage has shined the light on what happens when you pick the wrong people to place your trust in, writes John Podhoretz of the New York Post.

“How on earth did we get to a point when the wife of an ex-con — an ex-con with a love child and a record of driving a thousand miles an hour through a known speed trap — is the best and most solid candidate that the Republican Party can field in a state where it was once a powerful force?” he writes in his column about the “Party in Ruins.”

Poderhoretz’s piece is one of many grabbing what seems to be the first event of interest in this fall’s campaign. Pirro’s marriage isn’t the only one that has the potential to be a political liability, however.

A New York Times editorial argues that “a second campaign scandal , involving Alan Hevesi, the state comptroller, deserves more attention.” (It should be noted that it does this only after spending well over half of its space kicking Pirro).

Hevesi recently admitted to having the state pay for his wife’s chauffeur. After being called out on it, he agreed to pay back the $82,000 that this had cost the state. The Times doesn’t think that’s enough: “He is going to have to explain to the voters how he can continue telling officials around the state that there is no tolerance for mishandling public money when he has broken the rules so egregiously himself.”

The fact that Hevesi, and not his opponent, Chris Callaghan, is the one explaining the situation to voters is only more evidence of the Republican ineptitude, says Podhoretz.

“How … did the GOP fall into such disrepair that it can’t capitalize on - well, on anything?” asks Podhoretz.

He gives the answer at the end, and it has to do with someone who just opened an office in Iowa, George Elmer Pataki.

By Joshua Brustein on September 29, 2006, 7:19 am
In category: Electoral Politics, Gotham City
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3 Responses to “Politics, Marriage, the Pirros, and the Hevesis”

  1. Larry Littlefield Says:
    September 29th, 2006 at 10:56 am

    Uh oh. Gotham Gazzette is covering the gossip and personal gotchas. That’s a worry, because no one else talks about anything else.

  2. naomi dagen bloom Says:
    September 29th, 2006 at 11:46 am

    second previous comment.

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