In what may be the most direct and harsh attack to emerge from her campaign so far, Council Speaker Christine Quinn took her Democratic rival Bill Thompson to task today for his cross-partisan support from former Senator Al D’Amato.
“Al D’Amato isn’t just anti-woman,” an email from Ms. Quinn’s campaign declared to supporters, “he is anti-choice, anti-Medicare, and anti-civil rights. He also had the dubious honor of being known as the most investigated Senator in New York history.”
Earlier this morning, the New York Times profiled Mr. D’Amato’s extensive fund-raising efforts for Mr. Thompson. In the piece, Mr. D’Amato slammed Ms. Quinn as “a political boss in the worst sense.” Earlier this week, Mr. D’Amato also mocked Ms. Quinn for revealing she had suffered from bulimia and alcoholism.
Reacting to this, the Quinn campaign declared that Mr. D’Amato, a Republican who lost to now-Senator Chuck Schumer in 1998, would gain a “toehold in City Hall” if his candidate won.
“Now, as the chief fundraiser for one of the Democrats running for mayor, Al D’Amato is attacking Christine Quinn,” the email continued. “But fortunately, it’s going to backfire. The last thing Democrats are looking for in a Mayor of New York is someone who is “proud” to have Al D’Amato’s support. Al D’Amato opposes everything Democrats stand for. Thankfully, Al D’Amato was thrown out of the U.S. Senate in 1998, but what we don’t need is Al D’Amato getting a toehold in City Hall.”
I don't write this kind of thing too often, but the Quinn campaign is right about this.
We don't need a Democrat in City Hall who is "proud" to have Al D'amato's support.
That statement from Thompson tells you everything you need to know about the kind of mayor Thompson would be,
This doesn't mean I want Quinn to be mayor, of course.
But it does mean I don't want Thompson.
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