Voting for Tedisco

As my more liberal blogging brethren at The Albany Project and Musings of a (Fairly) Young Contrarian long ago figured out, I will vote for Jim Tedisco for Congress. That's largely because I oppose abortion and killing human embryos for medical research. But I also think Tedisco has a substantive record of achievement that he and the Republican Party have managed to obscure by the terrible campaign they've run. The old-fashioned rules say reporters don't tell you how they vote, although polls and anecdotal evidence show they skew heavily Democratic. I try to report fairly, not being one of those bloggers willing to serve as a conduit for the slander, distortion and vitriol that are the common currency of election campaigns, this one very much included on both sides. But since transparency is a current cliche buzzword, I don't see why I should conceal what I will do on Tuesday.

Comments

[claudja]

I'm shocked! shocked! (and dismayed)

[Matthew]

For those of us who are not in the know, what accomplishments CAN Tedisco or his campaign have taken credit for?

I probably won't vote for him but it doesn't mean that I wouldn't be interested in knowing about them.

[Bob Conner]

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Tedisco for years sponsored a bill to have state lawmakers lose salaries when the budget was overdue (which it always was). While that never passed, a modified lag pay provision, holding up the pay until the budget passes, was enacted with Pataki's support in 1998. Earlier in his career, he got legislation passed re missing children. He also got the Buster Bill passed toughening law on animal cruelty. He's been an early and consistent proponent of the property tax cap, which hasn't passed yet but has picked up bipartisan support. He has also been an advocate of reforming the legislative process, without much success yet. And he has been more pro-business and fiscal responsibility than most state lawmakers, which admittedly isn't saying much.

[John Warren (Honestly, that's me - you figure out which one)]

So he can't run a campaign, had his lackeys throw the third candidate off the ballot on BS, and doesn't even live in the district, but he's your man?

Now that's good republican thinking.