tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post3738905662768287991..comments2024-03-28T14:57:44.187-04:00Comments on Lehigh Valley Ramblings: Fed Ed Gets Dem Nod With Four PercentBernie O'Harehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-4408520329194745962017-05-22T12:06:21.606-04:002017-05-22T12:06:21.606-04:00I never thought I'd agree with Dennis Pearson,...I never thought I'd agree with Dennis Pearson, but the best case for Democrats in District 3 would be if David Jones ran as an independent. Once the rest of the bones fall out of Zanelli's closet Robert Smith will have an easy win.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-48508059451761334152017-05-18T23:58:42.501-04:002017-05-18T23:58:42.501-04:00Fed Ed is a criminal. The only place I'd like ...Fed Ed is a criminal. The only place I'd like to see him is behind bars. I have raised questions about Hyman as well, but am willing to give him an opportunity to prove that he has Allentown's best interests at heart.Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-12028545008749935372017-05-18T23:55:14.308-04:002017-05-18T23:55:14.308-04:00Bernie, would you prefer Nat Hyman or Ed Pawlowski...Bernie, would you prefer Nat Hyman or Ed Pawlowski winning the election in November? If neither, who is the least bad/lesser of two evils? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-70484450833164450202017-05-17T21:45:45.817-04:002017-05-17T21:45:45.817-04:00The hole of the human race is in trouble with the ...The hole of the human race is in trouble with the double talking words put to print as factual, with out no investigation that makes a fact a fact. I remember doing book reports and having to put the book name and pages that made onez philosophy or theory concluded and it allwayz had to be two sided?<br />Damm that was hard useing my left and right hand, BernieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-33977147394828581742017-05-17T21:23:51.859-04:002017-05-17T21:23:51.859-04:00Trump is a great Christian, that is all you need t...Trump is a great Christian, that is all you need to know. Have you heard the one about a couple of Corinthians. walking into a bar.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-51896460212354624672017-05-17T20:46:13.026-04:002017-05-17T20:46:13.026-04:00Jamie Kelton, As I've already explained, you d...Jamie Kelton, As I've already explained, you disliked the Dems running because they are Dems. You're a partisan who made up reasons to dislike them, and when it was pointed out that these are the same qualities that exist in Trump, you changed your reasons. You should at least be honest. Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-43387078397410632492017-05-17T20:15:58.799-04:002017-05-17T20:15:58.799-04:00Trump is a Disaster. I get the change thing and n...Trump is a Disaster. I get the change thing and not liking Hillary, however,Trump is the Swamp. Lets hope his power is marginalized before he creates an international crisis. How can our distress cities recover when the nation is focused on this Bafoon? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-26383530877161726862017-05-17T18:52:54.241-04:002017-05-17T18:52:54.241-04:00Cognitive Dissonance - When you realize that too m...Cognitive Dissonance - When you realize that too many folks in your Country and Hometown are all stuck in this state of mind and being...<br /><br />- Alfonso Todd IIIAlfonsohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10944177715765028825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-38283338246915534972017-05-17T18:52:03.186-04:002017-05-17T18:52:03.186-04:00Thiel I thought was the best Democrat, he seems l...Thiel I thought was the best Democrat, he seems like a nice man and wants to do well, but the school board is not city council. Every time I saw O'Connell though I thought since he was basically Mayor Pawlowski's guy on City Council and why now? He supported the Mayor for years without question. <br /><br />But I really hoped Garcia could get it together but he didn't. Next time he runs, and I hope he does, he'll have the experience he gained in this campaign. If he had won, I think he would have done better with the various ethnic groups also that dominate more and more of Allentown. Especially if he has the GOP's organization behind him. Hyman has that but he won't do well with Mayor Pawlowski's base and the vast majority of Democrats in Allentown which is most of the city. IF the mayor is not indicted. If he is then all bets are off. Jamie Keltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03453782518805745205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-37064263435194365752017-05-17T18:39:41.167-04:002017-05-17T18:39:41.167-04:00"The Resistance".
LOL!!!!!!"The Resistance".<br />LOL!!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-86048744780642250012017-05-17T18:39:08.662-04:002017-05-17T18:39:08.662-04:00Mr O'Hare. Mayor Pawlowski is under suspicion...Mr O'Hare. Mayor Pawlowski is under suspicion of criminal activity and we'll see what happens with regards to that. I know you don't give him the presumption of innocence and that's your choice. Many people don't either and that's why Misters O'Connell and Thiehl and the other Democrats ran against him. The Mayor knows how to campaign and he knows where his constituents live. He ran a generally positive campaign and that's why he won with a very slim margin. If it wasn't for the criminal investigation, he'd have won re-nomination in a walk. Jamie Keltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03453782518805745205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-66056004280172361242017-05-17T18:12:01.712-04:002017-05-17T18:12:01.712-04:00What new democratic resistance? The one that carri...What new democratic resistance? The one that carried crooked Hillary Rodham Clinton to victory this past November? The new democratic resistance that just re-elected Ed Pawlowski? New democratic resistance? Okay, sure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-19882114254505409632017-05-17T18:02:38.295-04:002017-05-17T18:02:38.295-04:00"However, I haven't gone off the deep end..."However, I haven't gone off the deep end as most of your party on the national level seems to have done."<br /><br />I would say the republican backed tea party signs with pictures of a bone through the nose and loin clothed Obama, is pretty far off the deep end. You guys are what inspired the new democratic resistance. So congratulations. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-65552995565332004262017-05-17T17:59:50.307-04:002017-05-17T17:59:50.307-04:00One need no more explanation than the mention of s...One need no more explanation than the mention of said college and it circus carnival collaboration! You can try to change the cover of a cambells soup can but, the conTENTz and it make are the same!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-5550455385500570772017-05-17T17:46:11.919-04:002017-05-17T17:46:11.919-04:00Jamie, it is quite clear that your argument agains...Jamie, it is quite clear that your argument against O'Connell and Thiel are red herrings. If you truly believed what you said, you would never have supported Trump. You claim you supported Trump bc he is not Clinton. Now that I believe. O'Connell and Thiehl are not Fed Ed.Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-75103365833761302862017-05-17T17:35:33.646-04:002017-05-17T17:35:33.646-04:00Sorry that was me, I don't post as anonymous.Sorry that was me, I don't post as anonymous. Jamie Keltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03453782518805745205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-56040882889773065652017-05-17T17:34:25.209-04:002017-05-17T17:34:25.209-04:00I know you're a Democrat Mr O'Hare and I r...I know you're a Democrat Mr O'Hare and I respect you for standing on your views. If I wanted to spout nonsensical arguments, I could be a Democrat as well and be part of the "resistance" and talk about Impeaching President Trump. However, I haven't gone off the deep end as most of your party on the national level seems to have done. <br /><br />I stayed out of this while the campaign was ongoing, and just preferred to read the viewpoints of your contributors, as well as yours. My parents voted yesterday, I suppose they were two of the few that didAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-28968384150628870812017-05-17T17:24:59.191-04:002017-05-17T17:24:59.191-04:00Bernie, I supported President Trump because I coul...Bernie, I supported President Trump because I couldn't stand Hillary Clinton.Jamie Keltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03453782518805745205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-54562459607292521552017-05-17T17:24:07.907-04:002017-05-17T17:24:07.907-04:00I liked Garcia Nice guy, liked what he wanted to ...I liked Garcia Nice guy, liked what he wanted to say. However he had big problems with his campaign organizationally, and did probably as good as he could. He is an up and comer in the GOP you'll see him again. He was the one I hoped to win, but he had little of a chance at least this first go-around. He did well though.<br /><br />Hyman is where the traditional GOP was. Country club type, Reminds me of the George Bush kind of Republican. There is something about him that I don't like and can't really put my finger on it, just intuition I suppose. He's kind of sleazy with his low-end developments, kind of reminds me of a landlord for section-eight housing. He had a lot of money and the big money Republicans were behind him. Not surprised he won handily.<br /><br />Hyman's biggest problem is that in order for him to win the general election, he's praying for indictments against Pawlowski. He has a big hill to climb with 75% of Allentown voters being Democrat. Although if he runs against Pawlowski by running a negative campaign against him, he may attract many of the disaffected Democrats who supported O'Connell and Thiel. But that just may not be enough, although he's probably the Republican who has the best chance of winning since Heydt.Jamie Keltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03453782518805745205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-89635348596385665872017-05-17T17:21:26.192-04:002017-05-17T17:21:26.192-04:00Jamie Kelton, Since Trump is several years older t...Jamie Kelton, Since Trump is several years older than O'Connell, you should have been opposed to him under your own logic. But you weren't. That's bc you are being disingenuous. You supported Trump bc you supported his hateful agenda of authoritarianism. It didn't matter how old he was. And you oppose O'Connell bc he is a Democrat. It does not matter hos old he is. You claim to oppose third, even though he is a businessman, bc he has noexecutive experience in government. Neither does Trump. Yet you supported him. So once again, you are being disengenuous. This is not Molovinsky's blog, where you can spout nonsensical arguments without being challenged. Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-17395924513630274722017-05-17T17:12:19.614-04:002017-05-17T17:12:19.614-04:00O'Connell was too old for the job. He's ol...O'Connell was too old for the job. He's older than my dad actually, and was in the ASD for years. Then went into politics as a second career where he was a rubber-stamp for Pawlowski, he's part of the baggage that Allentown needs to replace.<br /><br />Thiel was in the private sector then went to serve on the school board. I don't know if he had the executive experience to run Allentown, which is a $100 million dollar company really. I do think he was the best Democrat running.<br /><br />In the end I was glad that Thiel was ahead at first, but in the end both him and O'Connell faded to Pawlowski who knew where his support was and ran a campaign better than any of them. He also acted and sounded like a Mayor and I'm not really surprised he won, despite the cloud which hangs over the city. If he wasn't under suspicion of criminality, he would have handily won by a lot more.Jamie Keltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03453782518805745205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-58342564264131412902017-05-17T17:08:47.029-04:002017-05-17T17:08:47.029-04:0016 months out of 140. Congratu-effin-lations. It...16 months out of 140. Congratu-effin-lations. It took federal investigations and indictments for you to stop rubber stamping. Allentown council members, with the exception of Eichenwald, are co-conspirators in Allentown's mess. Pawlowski is Daniel Flood with a lesser mustache. He'll have to be dragged from office in shackles. He knows he'll never find honest work. He has no choice but to cling to this job. The pay is OK and who ever his boss (council, voters) is doesn't give a shit about anything. It's an awesome gig. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-63965665703916802092017-05-17T17:00:54.798-04:002017-05-17T17:00:54.798-04:00As much as I hate the result, IRV isn't the an...As much as I hate the result, IRV isn't the answer.<br /><br />I doubt we'd even be reading about it if Ray O'Connell or one of the other candidates had won.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-26298427999643687142017-05-17T16:59:26.241-04:002017-05-17T16:59:26.241-04:00"Unfortunately most of Ray O'Connellls su..."Unfortunately most of Ray O'Connellls supporters live outside of the city or are Republicans"<br /><br />Really? How did they end up voting for him yesterday?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-4022869409739003042017-05-17T16:52:10.827-04:002017-05-17T16:52:10.827-04:00Anon@12:35 A year ago I would have agreed with yo...Anon@12:35 A year ago I would have agreed with your statement that Fed Ed carried Cynthia Mota to re-election. But after the events this past November, she is definitely not in his camp of followers. Jessica Ortiz on the other hand is & I am glad she did not make it. We have a City Council that is against the mayor as it has been for the past 16 months.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com