The author of this really makes some great points. Are the Democrats going to sit back and continue to allow this type of behavior dominate and destroy their party? Just look at the damage it has done and the damage it is continuing to do…….

I know some great Democrats that are disgusted with what is going on, is the leadership all corrupt and all completely immoral? One would think so, especially here in New York.

NY Democratic Party Becoming Laughing Stock? | Redstate

New York’s powerful Democratic party is in danger of becoming the laughing stock of the nation if they allow David Paterson to continue as the place holding Governor of New York.

From very early in New York’s history, the Democrats have dominated politics in New York State, and particularly New York City, because as New York City goes, so does the rest of the state. The machine know has Tammany Hall controlled all of New York politics until the mid 1960’s as shown in the following account from The Eleanor Roosevelt Historical Site.

Tammany Hall was the name given to the Democratic political machine that dominated New York City politics from the mayoral victory of Fernando Wood in 1854 through the election of Fiorello LaGuardia in 1934. The eighty-year period between those two elections marks the time in which Tammany was the city’s driving political force, but its origins actually date to the late eighteenth century and its fall from power was not truly complete until the early 1960’s. The Tammany Society of New York City was founded in 1786 as a fraternal organization whose primary activities were social. By 1798, however, the society’s activities had grown increasingly politicized and eventually Tammany emerged as the central proponent of Jeffersonian policies in the city of New York.

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