The "big story" this morning is the disruption (video) of a Kuhl press conference in Corning by a group of Massa supporters, who tried to get Massa signs in the background. The event was scheduled by Kuhl to announce a grant for some improvements to downtown Corning. Kuhl announced a similar grant Friday in Elmira.
In the video, Kuhl complains about being thwarted "doing his job". That's news to me: I thought near-election press events pimping pork were "campaigning", not "doing your job".
In other unimportant news, the latest Massa ad has been pulled by WETM, a TV station in Elmira, because it contained a shot of one of their reporters and their logo. The Massa campaign called it an "honest mistake" and are re-cutting the ad without the shot.
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no, this IS big news. Eric Massa's supporters should not have been so rude and hoggy. you know, this all adds to a sympathy thing for Congressman Kuhl and sure helps to again deliver Steuben as high as two-to-one for Randy. What were they thinking.
Ask your self this - why are all these congressmen, not just Kuhl, are running all over this country with big cardboard checks with their names signed on them and getting their pictures taken right before the election? Best part of this is that it is YOUR money that they are bringing back to you. They are not even authorized to sign those checks!
LV - you're right - trying to get their name attached to every federal dollar that hits the district is just silly, but it's become accepted partly because it's a sure ticket to an item in the local news. If the press would start being a little more skeptical at these press events, and point out how little the congressman had to do with the grant, then perhaps this practice would start tapering off. But that would require a little research and work on the part of the press, and they just want an easy item for the 6 o'clock news.