Hillary's worst nightmare. http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050812/NEWS02/508120359/1018 Women voters cheer Pirro-Clinton race By CINTHYA PAGES SPECIAL TO THE JOURNAL NEWS (Original publication: August 12, 2005) BEDFORD HILLS — The "soccer moms" made famous in the 2000 presidential election morphed into "security moms" in 2004, but the point stayed the same: Female voters can — and do — swing elections. And if an unscientific poll of that much-courted demographic on the quiet streets of Bedford Hills yesterday is any indicator, a race between two high-profile, independently successful female candidates is more than enough to get female voters' attention. Everyone, of course, had heard the news. After much speculation, Jeanine Pirro, the Republican Westchester County district attorney, announced this week that she would join the race to unseat Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, the Democrat and former first lady. All the women interviewed said the matchup represented a great step forward for their gender, regardless of their political persuasion. "It's about time. ... We need women to speak up for us," said Aurora Merola, a 52-year-old construction worker from Ossining, speaking outside the Curves for Women in Bedford Hills, a chain of all-female gyms. "Before you know it we'll have a woman for president," she said. If capturing the nation's top political post has so far eluded women candidates, it's not because women fail to vote: the number of female voters has exceeded the number of male voters in every presidential election since 1964, according to figures from the Center for American Women in Politics, a Rutgers University-based think tank. In the 2004 presidential election, for example, 67.3 million women and 58.5 million men voted. At a nearby shopping center, Carolyn Jones, a 40-year-old state correction officer from Mount Kisco, also welcomed a Pirro-Clinton race. "It will bring out a lot of women's issues and inspire more people to vote," she said. "It's going to be a very interesting race." Janet Serio, a 68-year-old homemaker from Katonah, agreed. The race, she said, could pull some women "out of their shell." "I have nothing against being in the kitchen," she said, "but I don't want us to be placed there."
Well duh, after looking at your profile it's pretty obvious why... Interests: Gigalo specializing in rich women 50 and over.
Pirro is 53. She looks like Katherine Harris with better makeup. The champ in waiting: Stephanie Herseth 2016
http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/336694p-287502c.html Records: Pirro took mob cash $12G linked to crime ties Jeanine Pirro declared "I have taken on the mob" when she announced her run for U.S. Senate this week, but she could have said "I have taken from the mob." The Westchester District Attorney pocketed nearly $12,000 in campaign checks from firms and associates with alleged links to organized crime, the Daily News has found. A review of campaign and court records shows at least six donors with ties to mob families who've contributed to Pirro since 2003. That casts a shadow on Pirro, who's basing her run against Sen. Hillary Clinton in part on her reputation as a tough prosecutor. Pirro has been especially sensitive about the mob since The News revealed a gangster was caught on FBI tape last year claiming her husband, Albert, had discussed one of her pending cases with a Gambino associate. Albert Pirro denied the allegation, although he admitted that the mob associate, a contractor, hired him as a lobbyist to resolve a payment dispute with the state. "Jeanine Pirro has prosecuted more than 100 made members and associates of the mob and has been a leader in the fight against organized crime," said her campaign spokesman, Mike McKeon. "Any suggestion to the contrary is just ridiculous." Since 2003, the following contributors with alleged mob ties have written checks for Pirro: Worth Construction of Connecticut gave $1,000 to Pirro's campaign in the past year. In 2003, an FBI agent testified that Worth Construction owner Joseph Pontoriero is an associate of the Genovese crime family and that Worth had tried to bribe a local official. Pontoriero did not return calls seeking comment. Yonkers Contracting wrote Pirro a $500 check in July 2004. Prosecutors say Yonkers paid $50,000 a year to a corrupt union official of Operating Engineers Local 15, a union allegedly infiltrated by Colombo mobsters. Yonkers has not been charged with a crime. Owner Carl Petrillo did not return calls seeking comment. Byram Concrete owner Leonard Luiso helped co-chair a recent fund-raiser for Pirro at Mayor Bloomberg's Manhattan townhouse. The White Plains-based Byram has given Pirro $4,000 since October 2003, records show. On FBI tapes, gangster Greg DePalma discussed the Gambino family's plans to get "tribute" payment from Byram after it purchased a mob-controlled concrete firm, Action Redi-Mix. Byram's owner, Luiso, admitted talking "in passing" to Richard Vetter of Action Redi-Mix, who has been identified by the FBI as a Gambino associate. He insisted he never talked to DePalma. Luiso said his company has no mob ties and that he donated to Pirro because he has known her "for years." Bergassi Group LLC, an upstate bond firm, gave Pirro $500 in June. In 1996, a mob associate was recorded asking Edmond Bergassi to use his political connections to quash a pending investigation. Bergassi denied any mob ties and said he donated to Pirro at the request of a colleague who was raising money for her. Richard Nasti and his wife gave Pirro $5,000 in October 2003. Bonanno crime family gangsters were recorded discussing the involvement of Nasti, a former New York Post executive, in a scheme to place gangsters in no-show jobs at the Post. Nasti pleaded guilty to misdemeanor violations of the state labor law in 1992. He did not return calls seeking comment. Soft Drink Workers Local 812 gave Pirro $250 in July. On FBI tapes, Gambino capo DePalma claims the mob controls this union. John O'Neill, political director for Local 812, said DePalma's claims were "news to me" and denied any mob involvement.
So because she took money from people with "ties" to the mob, she's in bed with the mob and on the take from them? Whatever the case you completely disregard what I said. I said this news article which is supposed to be fair and account for all sides does exactly the opposite in the first sentence by painting a certain conclusion in the reader's head that there is no doubt of any of these claims. If there was no doubt, they would not use the word allegedly shortly thereafter.
Seriously.... why is this fun? Y'all bicker back and forth on political nonsense to the point that is so frustrating, I want to vomit. Some people here are bleeding-heart liberals or right wing repub's who will defend everyone on their side, and attack everyone on the opposing side. PLEASE get laid more often people. Every attacking post you register is just another silent cry for help.
