Thank You, Carl Paladino

Yeah, I never thought I'd be writing that. Ken Tingley at the PS tipped me off to the fact that Paladino is attacking my congresswoman for being insufficiently supportive of the Trumpster. Bravo, Carl!

What is more encouraging is that Rep. Elise Stefanik has refrained from any presidential endorsement, despite some harsh bullying tactics from Carl Paladino.

You may remember Paladino as the Republican candidate for governor in 2010. He is also a staunch supporter of Trump and introduced him at the most recent rally in Albany.

Paladino has targeted nine New York Republicans in Congress to endorse Trump. Only one has caved so far.

Syracuse.com reported that Paladino began targeting individual members, including Stefanik, with emails to their constituents.

“This is the beginning,” Paladino told Syracuse.com. “This is the nice one. It’s going to get worse for those that continue to hold out. I’m being nice.”

He's actually a racist, bigoted, sexist piece of crap who's never been nice in his life, but if he wants to help Mike Derrick get elected... What the hell. 

Looking further abroad for info on this circular firing squad wingnuttery took me to the TU.

The alliance between Carl Paladino and Donald Trump makes perfect sense.

Both men are developers who came to politics as a second calling. Both are outsiders eyed with suspicion by the Republican establishment. Both are nuttier than squirrel poo.

What doesn't make sense, at least for anyone with a more rational perspective, is the full-out assault Paladino has launched against U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, the North Country Republican, for her refusal to endorse Trump. 

Can't disagree with any of that. 

But here's the truth about Stefanik: She's a mildly conservative politician who, as the youngest woman elected to Congress, is the future of her party. She's exactly what the GOP needs to appeal to younger voters, who overwhelmingly choose Democrats.

Stefanik is also a winner. She beat her most recent opponent by 22 points in 2014 and she's likely to glide to re-election this year.

I'd like to take issue with the last part of that however. First, I will admit that Elise is not Michele Bachmann. To her credit. I'd still prefer a moderate Dem as my representative to a moderate Rep. I believe Derrick is going to be a much better candidate than Aaron Woolf was and I'd like to think the none of the above Green vote will be appreciably lower this time around.