On Friday, I linked the attached article (from the same day) on my Facebook page, wherein David Storobin made the case for how strong a State Senate candidate he’d be in the Warsaw Ghetto constructed by the State Senate Republicans (even though his own community had been divided in such a manner that they were envying Gaul its good luck).  Along with the link I made this is snide comment:  “Hey schmuck:

I don't know why I'm giving you advice, and I can well understand why you don't trust me, but this is not your race; if you really care about your Party's principles (such as they are) you will let them get behind a stronger candidate more culturally suitable to the district (or you will find 75% of the stuff I printed about you being re-used against you--by a fellow Republican).

The smart move is to run in the 45^th where, win or lose in the Senate race, you can far better exploit your hero status in the Russian community, and probably can count on Orthodox support in the general election (you won't even need it in the primary).” 

I should have added that, in the Super-Jewish seat he could count on Orthodox support in neither the primary nor the general.  

Well, either he took my words to heart, or great minds think alike, because two different extremely reliable sources have told me that they’ve heard from multiple GOP sources that Storobin is running for Assembly in the 45^th.  

Which mean this attached article can now be consigned to the dustbin of history.  David Storobin Makes His Case | City and State www.cityandstateny.com    

CHN on Storobin: "We feel kind of bad for David. Not only was his personal life mercilessly beaten on during his Senate special election campaign..."

Sorry Guys, but being accurately called out as a serial genocide denier and for publishing and writing deranged far right wing conspiracy nut ravings, does not really qualify as having ones "personal life mercilessly beaten." Winners & Losers, April 20, 2012 www.cityandstateny.com

With Obama on the ballot and a strong Orthodox presence in the district, the GOP might win here no matter who the Dems run, but, as the Jews like to say about chicken soup, a little borsht couldn't hurt. Ben Akselrod May Challenge Steve Cymbrowitz in The Democratic Primary www.politicker.com  

Given who’s represented this Senate district in recent years, I suppose leaving it unoccupied would not be so bad, and Sanders is the virtual reality version of a vacancy. James Sanders Takes Formal Step Towards State Senate Run www.politicker.com

Brooklyn GOP Harbors Sick Bigoted Spewers of Hate (Part 57):

47th AD Brooklyn GOP District Leader Russell Gallo:  " ...As an American dog owner myself, I can not (sic) imagine growing up in a culture where eating man's best friend is an acceptable practice.

As if we need more evidence that Barack Hussein Obama doesn't share the values that make Americans exceptional, we now have audio of the President...... describing how tough dog meat is when eaten. 

There are those of you out there that think that this story is not important - and I would tend to agree. However, when taken as just another part of the Obama narrative, I feel that it gives us all valuable insight into the President's non-American upbringing. 

This administration refuses to allow capitalism to work. They refuse to allow American companies to drill for oil. They refuse to prosecute the racist Black Panther organization which intimidated voters in 2008 and, most recently, put a bounty out on an American citizen's head... 

...There is a thing called American Culture, and this President, along with the leftists he surrounds himself with, do not subscribe to it or even acknowledge its existence..." 

Bob Turner, Marty Golden, David Storobin, Craig Eaton: do you have the integrity to repudiate this man's views?  

If not, do you at least have the guts to say that this is what your party really stands for? Brooklyn GOP Radio: Obama: Dog Meat Is Tough brooklyngopradio.blogspot.com    

Just to cleanse our palates; here's a lovely reminder of the days when the GOP was the Party of the followers of Lincoln, rather than the followers of George Lincoln Rockwell. Hendrik Hertzberg: What Republicans Once Were www.newyorker.com   

Democrats can be unspeakable too (of course, I may be biased, since my all-time favorite presidential candidate was an LDS). And There's The Mormon Card nymag.com  

Never missing an opportunity to miss an opportunity or even just prevent one. Hamas Wouldn’t Honor a Treaty, Top Leader Says forward.com    

Slate recalls a profound and lovely moment with Levon: 

...in a rare unguarded moment in a bar with Scorsese, the clack of pool cues audible in the background, Helm smokes a cigarette as he describes, in an unhurried Delta drawl that’s the precise opposite of Scorsese’s rapid-fire New York patter, the confluence of American music styles in the region of the country he hails from. He sounds shyly prideful a...s he enumerates the musical giants that have come from the Delta—Carl Perkins, Muddy Waters, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Bo Diddley—and remembers a local show from his childhood called the Midnight Ramble that would include traveling acts like “Walcott’s Rabbit’s-Foot Minstrels.” (Late in his life, the Midnight Ramble would be the name of the combination jam session and musical salon Helm hosted for many years in his Woodstock barn.) “Bluegrass or country music, if it comes down to that area and mixes with the rhythm, and if it dances, then you’ve got a combination of all those different kinds of music,” Helms explains in that soft, scratchy-briar voice that gave every song he sang the time-worn sound of an American traditional. Scorsese, off-screen, wonders: “What’s it called then?” With a surprised laugh and a look that says, ‘isn’t it obvious, man?,’ Helms answers, “Rock and roll.” Levon Helm and The Last Waltz: Why the late musician hated Scorcese’s film. www.slate.com