WRITE IN VOTING
GIVES POWER TO
THE PEOPLE

The new voting systems in New York
give power to the people.

Write in voting is a viable alternative
to voting for candidates presented by
the various political parties.

When the Founders produced the
Constitution, they did not envision
or provide for political parties.

The write in option puts the voters
in charge of elections.

I ask voters of the 21st Congressional
District of New York, to write in
my name - Joe Sullivan -
for Representative in Congress.

When you write in (vote) for me
you are voting for the positions I
have taken on vital issues of the day.

New York State does not have initiative
and referenda - but a write in vote is
as close as a voter can get.

Of course, you will not agree 100%
with every position I have taken.

There is no such creature as a perfect
candidate...or a perfect voter, either.

We just do the best we can.

Study the posts on my web site:
                           
                             http://lonerangeralbany.blogspot.com/

Compare my web site posts on issues
vital to the survival of America, and
all Americans, with the issue positions
presented by Incumbent Paul Tonko
who has 3 ballot lines and Ted Danz
who has 2 ballot lines.

The posts on my web site are my own
thoughts, views and positions on the
vital issues at stake in this election
presented in my own words.

In contrast, the issues posts on the
Tonko and Danz web sites are the
work of political operatives, not
Tonko or Danz.

If you want term limits, substance
independence and campaign reform
and a Representative who will truly
represent you in Congress -
I am your man.

I am an Independent citizen
candidate who puts America
before blind allegiance to any
political party.

The survival of America, and all
Americans, are on the line in the
November 2 General Election.

This may be your last chance to
get it right.

A vote for Paul Tonko is a vote
for the Obama-Pelosi agenda to
radically transform America.

Democratic Party officeholders
and county party officials may
be prepared to blindly follow
Obama off the cliff, like Lemmings
on their way to their doom; but
I do not believe that rank and
file Democrats, who love their
country, and their way of life ,are
prepared to join the Lemmings.

A vote for Ted Danz is a vote for
a successful local small businessman
who is a sincere candidate, but who
lacks the perspective, knowledge
communication skills and message
required of one who would be an
independent leader, rather than
a  GOP party follower in the  U S
House of Representatives.

Being a successful small businessman
does not, in the case of Danz, translate 
into being an effective Representative
in Congress, at this critical time in
the history of our Nation.

We can not depend on the media to
let you know that I am a declared
write in candidate for Congress and
that I have a substantive web site.

It is up to you and to me to pass
the word, to all whom we know,
by telephone, internet and personal
contact.

The media pays lip service to campaign
reform, but is caught up in pay to play
relying on the cash  jackpots put up by
special interests  fund candidates, who
buy media air time and print.

The media will deny this, but the fact
is few newspapers, tv and radio stations
can survive without the annual infusions
of candidate and special interest cash.

Local landscapes are littered with signs
that have no message other than the
names of candidates and, sometimes,
the public offices they seek.

Most candidate web sites contain
pleas for cash, but very little
substance on vital issues.

The "debates" that appear on tv
and candidate voter guides that
appear in print  do not offer much
more.

The internet puts you and me in
charge.

Pass the word to family, neighbors
and friends who are not connected
to the internet.

In conclusion, all or part of 7
counties: Albany, Schenectady
Schoharie, Montgomery, Fulton
Saratoga and Rensselaer are in
the 21st Congressional District.

Ballots in all of the above provide
a write in space at  the bottom of
the paper ballot and the bottom
of the column for Representative
in Congress.

Just write in (print) my name

                   Joe
               Sullivan

taking care to stay within the
lines bordering the write in space.

In Albany and Schenectady Counties
voters have to fill in (darken) the oval
that appears in the write in space, in
order to cast a complete, valid write in
vote.

In the other counties,  just the write in
is all that is required.

I will be out and about the 21st District
meeting voters and emailing my message.

I am not asking you for a dime - just
pass the word about my write in candidacy
and web site, to all you know.

Together, we will make a major step
toward restoring the Constitutional
Representative form of government
we inherited from the Founders, and
which is essential to the our survival
our descendants  and future generations.

Pass the word to all you know.

Thank you.

                                       Joe Sullivan

                                       Independent
                                       citizen write in
                                       candidate for
                                       Representative in
                                       Congress 21 CD NY

SULLIVAN FOR CONGRESS 21st DISTRICT


For Immediate Release: 9 September 2010
Contact: JPS 438 5230


Joe Sullivan, of Albany, Independent write in candidate for
Representative in Congress, 21st Congressional District NY
today, called on the media
to ask Ted Danz (R-C) who Danz supports for
Governor in the Republican and Conservative Party primaries
Tuesday, September 14.


Danz, is an enrolled Republican.


The candidates for Governor in the Republican primary are
Rick Lazio and Carl Paladino, both of whom are enrolled
Republicans.




The candidates for Governor in the Conservative Party
primary are Rick Lazio, an enrolled Republican and Ralph Lorigo
an enrolled Conservative and Conservative Party leader from
Western New York.




Sullivan, an enrolled Conservative, is voting for
Conservative Ralph Lorigo as Conservative Party candidate
for Governor.


Sullivan backs Paladino in the Republican Party Primary.


Danz and GOP lawyers invoked the arcane NYS Election law
to prevent Sullivan from running on the Conservative ballot line
for Congress.


Sullivan is an Independent write in candidate
for Representative in Congress
21st Congressional District New York
 in the November 2 General Election.


The new voting systems to be in use in New York State
 this election, make write in voting an easy , viable option for voters.


Go to Sullivan's website for more: http://lonerangeralbany.blogspot.com/


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VOTERS GUIDE for
REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS
21st DISTRICT NEW YORK


The Times Union 2010 Voter Guide omits mention of
my Independent  Write in  candidacy for
Representative in Congress, 21st Congressional District NY.


As an alternative to incumbent Paul Tonko (D-I-WFP) and
Ted Danz (R-C) voters may
Write in (print) my name - Joe Sullivan


Why? Read my website: http://lonerangeralbany.blogspot.com/


Compare my many posts on issues vital to the survival of
America, and all Americans, with what appears on the websites
of Tonko and Danz.


Also, read my responses to the questions posed to Tonko and
Danz. Compare my responses to theirs.


Decide for yourselves. Cast informed votes, November 2.


Note: My website postings and responses to the TU questions
are my own words not those of staffers or consultants.


My biographical information appears on Lonerangeralbany.


__________________________________________________


Q1 What, if any elements of the recently enacted health care
reform package need to be re-addressed?


A. Obamacare is bad medicine.
    The next Congress must repeal Obamacare.


__________________________________________________ 
Q2 Do you support the current White House strategy in Afghanistan
 including the conditional plan to begin drawing down U. S. troops
 next summer?


You mean Obama strategy. NO.

Putting our troops in harms way, restricting them with politically
correct rules of engagement, and setting a specific timetable
to cut and run?
At the same time, failing to secure our national borders and
ports and seeking to grant amnesty to the tens of millions of
illegal aliens who have invaded our land?


The Obama strategy, if left to play out will result in the
demise of America.


________________________________________________


Q3 What is the primary environmental threat to the nation
and how would  you address it?


Nuclear war is the primary environmental threat to our
nation and the world.


Pakistan is an unstable nation containing nuclear weapons
harboring Islamic radicals. Iran is a radical Islamic nation 
developing it's nuclear weapon/missile capabilities while
repeatedly declaring it's aim to destroy Israel and America.


The U S must not unilaterally disarm nor bow down to those
who seek to destroy us and our way of life.


The U S must convince China, Russia, India, and other
nations, large and small , around the world, that our mutual
survival depends on halting the proliferation of nuclear weapons
stabilizing unstable countries where nuclear weapons now exist
 - taking joint  action to accomplish this goal and to safeguard
the development  and flow of oil, natural gas, water and other
vital natural resources.


There will be no winners in a nuclear war.


__________________________________________________


Q4 Over the past two year, Congress and the White House
have borrowed money in an attempt to stimulate the economy.
Do you agree or disagree with this policy?


Disagree. Congress has become a compliant partner to an
out of control President who is destroying our economy.


Congress has passed no budget this year. How long would
 ordinary citizens survive without household budgets?


Uncontrolled spending and a spiraling debt will lead to
economic collapse.
___________________________________________________


Q5 Do you support repeal of the military's don't ask , don't
tell policy and if so when?


No. Never. Just shut up. One's sexual orientation is a
personal matter.
____________________________________________________
Q6 In your opinion, what has been President Barack Obama's
most significant accomplishment since taking office?


Making major strides in his agenda to fundamentally
(radically) transform America, circumventing the Constitution
with the assist of a compliant, whipped Congress and
a like minded media .


____________________________________________________


Q7 What has been the President's most significant failure?


Barack Hussain Obama  has divided and polarized our nation
bringing  us to the brink of political, economic and social disaster.




                                                 Joe Sullivan




                                                 Independent Write in Candidate
                                                 for Representative in Congress
                                                 21st CD NY

MESSAGE MATTERS IN 2010

The 2010 elections are unlike any other in
our lifestime.

The survival of America, and all Americans
are on the line.

Put America First,  before blind political party
allegiance.

Cast informed votes for the candidates who
offer the most promise for restoring our
Constitutional Representative form of
government in Congress and in New York
State.

The September 14 party primaries are the
first step. Polls are open Noon - 9 pm.

Primaries afford party members to decide
who shall have ballot lines in the November
2 General Election.

Vote, and learn how to use the new voting
systems.

The November 2 General Election is D Day
for taking back Congress and State Government.

I don't want your money. I ask for your votes
and will do my best to represent you in Congress.

Read my substantive blog. Compare what is
presented herein, with what Incumbent Tonko
and Ted Danz have written. ( I write my own posts
no ghost writers).

My campaign is your campaign.

Write in Joe Sullivan  for Representative in Congress
21st CD NY, November 2. Polls open 6 am - 6 pm.

Thank you.



                                              Joe Sullivan

SULLIVAN TURNS UP HEAT UNDER DANZ


For Immediate Release: 8/31/10
Contact: JPS 438 5230

Joe Sullivan, of Albany, an enrolled Conservative Party voter and
Independent write in candidate in the November 2 General Election
for Representative in Congress, 21st District of New York announced
his support of Ralph Lorigo, for Governor in the September 14, 2010
Conservative Party Primary, and Carl Paladino in the Republican
Party Primary for Governor.

The Conservative Party Primary for Governor is a struggle for the
heart and soul of the Conservative Party, said Sullivan.

Ralph Lorigo is a real Conservative and Conservative Party leader
in Western New York.

Sullivan challenges Republican candidate Ted Danz to tell voters
who Danz supports in both primaries.

Danz, and his GOP allies, knocked Sullivan off the Conservative
Party ballot line through legal challenges to Sullivan's designating
petition.

Sullivan had the support of the Albany County Conservative
Committee and Conservatives in the City of Troy.

State Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long, promoted Rick
Lazio and Danz, both enrolled Republicans, for Governor and
Congress

Nonetheless, Sullivan is continuing his Congressional campaign
as an Independent write in candidate for Representative in Congress
21st District in the November 2 General Election.

Sullivan notes that the new voting systems which will be used in
the November 2 Election, make write in voting a viable option for
voters who want alternatives to party nominated candidates.

Sullivan has Tea Party support in Schoharie and Albany counties.
and has been endorsed by Veterans For A Strong America.

Sullivan is a truly, independent, citizen candidate for Congress.

He is not asking any one for money. Sullivan believes his message
and positions on issues vital to the survival of America , and all
Americans, presented on his widely read blog, will eventually be
picked up by the media and embraced by voters of the 21st
Congressional District.

Read: http://lonerangeralbany.blogspot.com/


The 21st Congressional District includes all of 4 counties: Albany
Schenectady, Montgomery and Schoharie; the Cities of Johnstown
and Gloversville and Town of Johnstown in Fulton County; Waterford
in Saratoga County; the cities of Troy and Rensselaer, Towns of North
Greenbush, East Greenbush and Schodack in Rensselaer County.



                                                   #30#

POLITICAL IRONY
NY CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICT 21

Incumbent Paul Tonko (D-I-WFP) has
3  ballot lines and the wrong message.
Tonko is a rubber stamp for the Obama-
Pelosi agenda to radically transform
America.

Challenger Ted Danz (R-C) has 2 ballot
lines but is a weak candidate with no
message. His paid supporters were
recently standing at  the intersection
of Rte 155 and Western Ave waving his
signs to passing traffic. No one honked
in support.   Why should they?

Family Tonko-Danz are both party hacks.

I can't wait until there are some debates
between Tonko and Danz. Tonko will talk
circles around the hapless, clueless Danz.

But ,Tonko will go easy on Danz, because
he is the straw GOP candidate chosen to
take the count in the November 2 General
Election giving Tonko a sure path to a
second term.

There is a third option for Representative
in Congress, 21 CD NY -  my write in
candidacy.

Write in - Joe Sullivan for Representative
in Congress, 21st CD.

Local media and debate sponsors will not
mention my name, or my very substantive
blog or include me in any debates, because
I have no ballot line.

Additionally, I am not asking anyone for
money , so the local media won't get any
infusion of cash from me for mindless ads.

The irony is that I am the strongest
candidate with the clearest message, who
puts the futures of America, and all
Americans before political party.

Campaign reform? Term limits?  I am
these things, and more.

My campaign is your campaign. It is
up to the citizen voters to pass the word.

This is America and a write in successful
write in campaign can happen where the
candidate has a message that is right for
the time.

This is the situation in the 21st Congresssional
District of New York.

Pass the word to all you know.

Learn how to do a write in on your November
2 ballots. Then, do it!

Thank you.

                                     Joe Sullivan

                                     Independent
                                     Write in candidate
                                     Congress 21 CD NY

                                         

SO, YOU WANT
CAMPAIGN REFORM?
YOU HAVE IT!

To vote the incumbents out - you can
now write-in qualified citizen candidates
who have a clear message and specific
stated positions on issues vital the the
survival of America and all Americans.

This information is posted on the
candidate websites.

My campaign is unique in that I am
relying on the internet to post my
message, and issue positions...and
I am relying on you to pass the word
to all that you know.

Send them the link to my website:

http://lonerangeralbany.blogspot.com/

or download it and share it with those
not connected to the internet

or simply talk with them and ask them
to vote for me, explain why, and how.

I am asking no one for money. I will not
beseige you with  expensive media ads
litter your doorsteps with literature or
litter the landscape of the  21st Congressional
District with lawn signs, billboards etc.

If you want to elect a genuine, independent
citizen Representative in Congress from the
21st Congressional District - it will be up
to you. You will have to do more than simply
vote in the September 14 party primaries
and November 2 General Election.

You will have to make the effort to inform
yourself and actively participate in the
elections by utilizing the internet as well
as the more traditional methods of word
of mouth.

Local and national talk radio afford you
a superb way to become informed, as well
as  participate in campaign 2010.

My campaign is your campaign. When
you vote for me, you are voting for what
I stand for -

*opposition to the Obama-Pelosi-Tonko
agenda of radically transforming America

* putting  America First over political party

and most, if not all, of the clear positions I
have posted on Lonerangeralbany pertaining
to the issues vital to the survival of America
and each of us.

I am doing my part. I challenge you to do
yours.

Thank you.

                                 Joe Sullivan

                                 Independent Write in
                                 Candidate for
                                 Representative in
                                 Congress, 21 CD NY

21st CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICT/ WRITE ME IN

The 21st CD contains all of 4 counties
and parts of 3 others.

All of Albany, Schenectady, Montgomery
and Schoharie Counties.

The Cities of Johnstown and Gloversville
plus Town of Johnstown in Fulton County.

Waterford in Saratoga County.

Cities of Troy and Rensselaer, Towns of
North Greenbush, East Greenbush and
Schodack in Rensselaer County.
                    _________________

To find out which type of voting machine
will be used in your county, click on -

http://www.vote-ny.com/english/which-machine.php


Albany and Schenectady Counties will
be using the same type voting systems:
ES&S DS200 Digital Image Scanner.

Here you can download step by step pdf
instructions or attend public demonstrations
on optical voting system use at local libraries.
(These instructions apply to both Albany
and Schenectady County polling places)

http://www.albanycounty.com/vote/default.asp?id=2738


At the bottom of the box for Representative
in Congress, 21st CD, you do as write in
for me as follows:
1. darken the write in oval using the marking
device given to you by the poll inspectors.

2. write-in  (print) my name on the line to
the right of the write-in oval.

 _Joe Sullivan_

Thank you! When you do a write-in vote
for me, you are sending a message that
you agree with, and support, most of the
positions I have taken on issues vital to
the survival of America, and all Americans
as presented on my website:

http://lonerangeralbany.blogspot.com/

and you reject the Obama-Pelosi-Tonko
agenda of radically transforming America.

Those voters residing in the remaining
parts of the 21st CD will all be voting on
the Sequoia-Dominion voting system -

http://www.vote-ny.com/english/machine-sequoia.php

Here is how to do a write in vote for me for
Representative in Congress, 21st CD on the
Sequoia voting system- click on:

http://www.verifiedvotingfoundation.org/article.php?id=6650

Informed voters will check with their
county elections boards to find out where
and when they can learn  how to use the
voting systems in their respective counties
and, in particular,
how to successfully do a write in vote
for me, in the 21st CD contest.

You can expect much confusion, long
lines and waits, as unprepared voters
confront unfamiliar voting systems at
their local polling places.

A word to the wise - be prepared.

Thank you.

                   Joe Sullivan

                  Independent Write in
                  for Representative in
                  Congress, 21st CD

RIGHT ON - WRITE IN
VOTE THEM OUT
WRITE US IN

The electoral process in New York is a
form of organized, legal tyranny which
is designed and utilized to benefit insiders
of the two major political parties: Democrat
and Republican.

In this case a  Dominant Democratic Party
and their vassals in the Republican Party.

These political parties work hand in glove;
they appoint the elections commissioners
hire the lawyers to knock challengers off
the ballot, and they select the judges who
rule the petitions of challengers to be
invalid.

The deck is stacked against challengers
from the start to finish.

Remember, there are only two political
parties, those in power (insiders) and
those who seek to be in power (outsiders).

They go by different names, at different
times and places.

At the top of the heap, they work hand
in hand. Only those, lower on the food
chain, are truly partisan, to a fault.

Last week the NYS Board of Elections
ruled my Conservative Party petition
invalid for having less than the required
of signatures because of  objections raised
by Theodore Danz, his allies and GOP
attorney,  who alledged that my petition
had 99 invalid signatures. The SBOE
in a report issued July 28, reduced that
number to 27 and stated I was 17 signatures
short of qualifying for the ballot.

I went to the Albany County Board of
Elections, knowing that the county board
rolls would be more accurate and up to
date that the SBOE rolls, and found 17
of the 27 were enrolled Conservatives.
that put me right at the mark.

The next day, July 29, the SBOE held
a hearing to review my petition and
objections thereto.

Danz was represented by a GOP
attorney, or two, and GOP State
Senate political operative Dan Farrell.

The hearing officer would not consider
the 17 signatures I claimed to be valid.
She further advised me that the SBOE
had reduced the July 28 report of
qualifying signatures by 2, leaving me
2 short of qualifying. No prior notice
of explanation of why was provided to
be, nor has the SBOE so provided me
to this date.

I went over the county voter rolls even
more closely, the next day, and found
one more signature to be that of an
enrolled Conservative - bring the
number to 18 of the 27 which the SBOE
28 July staff report declared invalid.
This would leave me 1 signature of the
mark to qualify for the ballot, ( or
1 over if the SBOE number of July 28
were the base, and SBOE concurred
with and accepted my findings that
18 of those 27 signatures declared invalid
by SBOE staff, were enrolled voters
of the Conservative party.


I advised the SBOE of this information
complete with voter ID numbers, names
addresses, etc. in advance of the August
5  SBOE Commissioners' meeting to rule
on petitions.

In addition,  I submitted an allegation
of voter fraud by one of the principal
witnesses on the Danz petition, who
discarded 12 valid petition signatures
for me, obtained and witnessed by a
Schenectady Conservative.

These 12 signatures would have put
me over the mark.

That person submitted a notarized
statement validating this incident of
voter fraud.

No evidence that the SBOE even
considered these factors.

On August 6, a UPS delivery dropped
at my door, informed me that the SBOE
had invalidated my petition because of
insufficent signatures.

The Board also validated the petitions
of Incumbent Tonko for the Democratic
Independence and Working Families party
ballot lines' and Danz for the Republican
and Conservative party ballot lines, and
certificates of acceptance and party
authorizations (Wilson Pakulas) relating
thereto - ignoring the objections I filed
with regard to same - that none of these
documents bear the correct public office
title - Representative In Congress,
21st Congressional District, New York.

My authorities for this are the U S
Constitution, Art 1, Secs 1, 2, 3 and 4
and the official websites of the SBOE
Albany County BOE. Check them out.

My petition was the only one that
correctly identified the public office.

Mine was ruled invalid, while the others
were not?  Strict construction of the law
for one and not the others? 

If the Election Law were evenly applied
by the SBOE, all petitions, and related
documents objected to should have been
declared invalid.

So, I can go to Court by this coming
Tuesday to ask for a judicial de novo
review.

This would take a lawyer - one who
would have the ability and independence
to take on the case. No lawyer who wants
a career in the 3rd Department will,
dare represent me, in what would be
a fascinating landmark challenge to
the political insiders.


My objections are soundly based.

I could bring a pro se action, but this
would require more money and resources
than I have. 500 dollars or more. The
law library has limited summer hours.
Brushing up on all the forms, procedures
rules, timelines involved is not an easy
task. Many a court case is lost, not
on substance, but on techicalities.

So what to do?   Endorse Tonko?
Endorse Danz? (barf) Sit out the election?
Give up? Sit in and play a game where the
deck is stacked? Attend another Tea Party
rally and listen to the same old speeches
presented by the same cast of players.

The one held at the State Capitol yesterday
was more like a sparsely attended wake.

(However, there were some rousing speeches
and the small crowd was genuinely in support
of taking back our government and restoring
our representative Republican form of
government.

One highlight, though was the rousing
speech prepared by GOP handlers and
read by Ted Danz, Rick Lazio supporters
all. Somehow, I missed it, and so did most
of the crowd.  Carl Paladino has Tea Party
support. Lazio does not. So, why was Danz
at the rally?)

None of these are acceptable options.

Too much is at stake in the November
2 General Election. The survival of America
and all Americans, (even 21st CD leftists)
are on the line.  When the ship goes down
all hands will be lost.

If you deny this, you are simply not paying
attention to reality.

This is America, where all things are
possible.  

A new paper ballot electronic voting
procedure will apply to the November 2
General Election.

This procedure will make it easier than
ever to do a write in vote for the public
office of Representative in Congress
21st Congressional District, NY, and
any other public office up for election
on November 2.

Like many of my kin who served in
the U S Cavalry on the Western Frontier
when their horses were shot out from
under them, the troopers fought on foot.

The SBOE shot my Conservative ballot
line horse out from under me, August 5.

Trying to rope another mount in the
form of the  Independent Taxpayer Party
ballot  line is too elusive, and likely to meet
the same fate at the hands of  Danz and
his GOP objectors and attorneys,

Fortunately, I have plenty of ammo and
have the internet for my weapon.

I don't need a horse to win this fight!

No need to  beg for and spend a lot of
money to bombard the inattentive electorate
with constant subliminal media messages
tons of literature sent via the mails or
left littering their front doors and lawns,
or to participate in rigged debates
sponsored by groups aligned with the
political insiders or to be interviewed
by print reporters, and others, seeking
to land flack jobs in state agencies as
a reward for their "reporting" efforts.

The media won't give me the time of day
because I won't be contributing the big
cash they look forward to every election
in order to stay afloat. I know their game
and won't pay to play.

So, how will I get my message to the
voters? 

The internet and word of mouth! And
maybe, local talk radio.

This blog is being read around the U S
and world. ( A big shout out to readers in
Ft Myers, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the
Muslim world)

If they can be reading this blog - so can
the voters of the 21st Congressional District.

Pass the word to family, friends, neighbors
co- workers. Send them this website link.
ell them to do the same, etc., etc.

Be sure to download this message and share
it to those who are not connected to the
internet.

Read- ( google)     Lonerangeralbany  

On November 2   write in:  

                         Joe Sullivan
                                           for
                         Representative in Congress
                         21st Congressional District
                         New York

See you around.  Yes, I  am ready, willing
and able to serve you well and shake up the
members of theestablished Washington
Political Country Club. (otherwise known
as Congress)

All incumbents are scared. They know you
are angry. They control the candidate
nominating process. Theyare counting on
you to be confused and to be afflicted
with a massive case of political Attention
Disorder (PADD) or to be lost in depression
despair and hopelessness.

An informed electorate, voting in huge
numbers, November 2, holds the key to
saving America, and all Americans.

As the old drill sergeant on tv says: 
"listen up maggots
  and pass the word (ammo)"

Enjoy the waning days of summer 2010
but now and then cast a wary eye to
this blog and the political landscape.

Reflect on what could come our way
in the days ahead and be prepared to
save yourself and your loved ones.
Government, as currently constituted
is simply not up to the task!

                                         Joe Sullivan

LET THE PEOPLE DECIDE

Three candidates have filed petitions
to be on the ballot in New York's 21st
Congressional District.

Incumbent Paul Tonko, Democrat has
filed Democratic, Independence and
Working Families Party petitions.

Theodore Danz Jr, Republican, has
filed Republican and Conservative
petitions.

Yours truly, Joe Sullivan , Conservative
filed only for the Conservative ballot
line.

When a candidate is not an enrolled
member of the political party or parties
for which petitions are filed. That
candidate must file a Certificate of
Acceptance and the political party(s)
must file a Certificate of Authorization
(Wilson-Pakula) which permits
candidates, not enrolled in that party
to have that ballot line in an election.

Accordingly, Democrat Tonko  and
Republican Danz file certificates of
acceptance for the third party ballot
lines they are seeking. The parties
filed the required certificates of
authorization.

As a result of the above, one party
primary would result in the
Conservative Party, September 14.

Danz, and his GOP mentors, were
not content to let Conservative Party
members decide if they wanted as
their candidate, fellow Conservative
Party member, Sullivan, or Republican
Danz.

Rarely, do any of the minor political
parties in New York present one of
their own members as a candidate.
Usually, third party ballot lines go
to either a Democrat or Republican.

Conventional political wisdom is that
Incumbent Tonko would benefit from
having two challengers split opposition
votes in the November 2 General
Election.

That is not the case in the contest for
the 21st Congressional District.

Danz is the weaker of the two Tonko
challengers. He does not know the issues
and does not write or speak well. Danz
has presented no sound rationale why
he is a candidate. Nor has Danz clearly
indicated how he would vote and what
alternative options to the Obama agenda
to radically transform America, Danz
offers.

Sullivan is clearly the most able
prepared, conservative and independent.

Compare the websites of   Sullivan
(Lonerangeralbany.blogspot.com) which
is written by himself and contains much
more substance and more specific stands
on a larger variety of vital issues, than
the Danz website which is written and
arranged by GOP puppetmasters and
and very vague on a few issues that are
feeble attempts to match what appears
on this website.

Danz would be no match for Tonko in
a forum or debate.

Why does Danz want the Conservative
ballot line? Why is he not content to
have the Republican line and make
his case on that ballot line? Why doesn't
Danz own up to the fact that he is by
far the weaker and least skilled and
least prepared , of the two Tonko
challengers, to take on Tonko?  Ask
Danz that question.

Tonko would prefer to have Danz as
his sole challenger because Danz is
an easy mark.

The 21st District is a predominantly
Democratic district, with Albany County
as it's geographic and political center.
The Democratic base is conservative but
doesn't vote in primaries. Thus, left wing
Democrats are more numerous in public
offices.

Tonko hails from the far reaches of
the district. Tonko made the fatal mistake
of endorsing Mayor Jennings' challenger
fellow leftist, Shawn Morris, in the 2009
Albany mayoral race.

Tonko is a rubber stamp for the Obama
Pelosi agenda of radically transforming
America. As a result he is not popular.
In addition, he has not represented the
people of the 21st district well in his
freshman term.

Sullivan being on the Conservative ballot
line is more likely to draw votes of the
more numerous Democrats in the 21st
District, than Danz on the Republican
line, November 2.

Let's get back to the immediate purpose
of this post. Let the people decide from
among the three candidates who have
filed petitions for the 21st Congressional
District.

Danz , and his GOP handlers, have filed
objections arguing that the Sullivan petition
should be declared invalid and Sullivan
denied the opportunity to be in this race
on the grounds that of not having sufficient
signatures to qualify for the ballot.

Danz, and his GOP handlers, have brought
a court action in Supreme Court asking for
the Court to make this finding and to restrain
the State Board of Elections Commissioners
from placing Sullivan's name on the ballot.

This case is scheduled for August 3rd.
Sullivan has requested that it be adjourned
until the Commisioner's at the State Board
have made their determination.

The Sullivan petition is the only one of
the would be candidates in the 21st District
to correctly identify the public office -
Representative In Congress, based on the
Supreme law of our land, Art 1, Sections 1, 2
3 and 4.; and on the websites of the State
Board and Albany County, Boards of Elections
which correctly identify that to be the title
of the public office in question.

Sullivan, is withholding legal action pending
the State Election Commissioners' decisions
regarding all petitions submitted.

The Courts are already overloaded . The
outcome of competing court actions could
be that Danz and Sullivan are knocked off
the ballot and Tonko is left standing
minus the Democratic and Independence
lines and with only the Working Families
Party line. This would result in Tonko
being reelected by default and would
provide voters of the 21st Congressional
District no choice on November 2nd.

It might be said that all the petitions submitted
in this district contest are flawed in one way
or another.

The intent of the State Election Law is to
provide an organized method of ballot access.
Not to deny candidates ballot access. Thus,
Commissioners are to liberally construe the
law, and petitions are presumptively, on
their face, valid .

Should those who, in good faith, signed and
witnessed these designating petitions be
denied the right to choose, in the September
Conservative Party Primary and November
2 General Election, who those voters want
to be their Representative in Congress?

I say, let the people decide!

The solution is simple.

Let all objectors withdraw their objections
and so stiplulate. This would leave the
Commissioners of the State Elections Board
to liberally construe the Election Law as
that law provides, on the presumption that
all the petitions, in question, are valid on
their face.

The voters of the 21st Congressional District
could then make the ultimate decision as
to which of the candidates will be their
Representative in Congress.

Since Danz, and his GOP handlers, have
created this dilemma, the ball is now in
their court. They bear the responsibility
for the outcome of this donnybrook.

As Sean Thornton ( John Wayne) and
Squire Danaher (Victor McLaughlin)
shared an adversarial pint in the pub in
the classic film "The Quiet Man";  Sean
Thornton  turned and asked a supporter
What time is it?..... before delivering the
knock out punch to the squire.

What time is it Squire Danz? Your call.

                                        Joe Sullivan

http://lonerangeralbany.blogspot.com/

31 July 2010

Pass the word( forward this e mail post)
to 10 voters in the 21st CD, ask them to
forward it to 10 more who, in turn
forward it to 10 more...you get the idea.

Thank you.