Thursday, May 29, 2014

Scott Walker To Fund Raise For Rob Astorino

For teachers flirting with the idea of voting for Rob Astorino, the GOP candidate for governor, as a protest against Andrew Cuomo, take note of this:

Gubernatorial hopeful Rob Astorino is getting a boost from Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker at a fundraiser next month, the Republican candidate’s campaign confirmed.

Tickets for the June 9 event at Manhattan’s Union League Club start at $500 and run as high as $2,500.

The fundraiser with Walker is one of the more high-profile events for Astorino since he announced his candidacy this year.

And Walker, a potential Republican candidate for president, is one of the more prominent political figures to come to New York on Astorino’s behalf.

Walker has been blasted by the left for his policies toward unions in his state, but he survived a recall campaign in 2012.

If Working Families Party ends up endorsing Andrew Cuomo for governor, teachers looking to protest Cuomo's corporatist education policies can back Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins for governor.

If WFP nominates their own candidate to take on Cuomo, people can vote on the WFP line.

I don't care how much Astorino claims to be opposed to Common Core.

His stances on so many other issues are too right-wing - and Scott Walker's raising funds for Astorino puts an exclamation point on that.

Progressive should not vote for Astorino under any circumstances.
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5 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 30, 2014 at 6:57 AM

    Really, please tell me what the difference is between Scott Walker and Andrew Cuomo? Both favor tax cuts for millionaires and corporations. Both are anti-labor. Both support Charter Schools...Maybe Walker should come back and raise funds for Lil'Mario!

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    1. reality-based educatorMay 30, 2014 at 5:51 PM

      I totally agree - just wanted to point out that Astorino is not a good protest vote. Better to vote for a third party candidate, either the WFP candidate if they choose someone other than Cuomo or the Green Party candidate.

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  2. AnonymousMay 30, 2014 at 7:09 AM

    Anybody but the " Status Cuomo."

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    1. reality-based educatorMay 30, 2014 at 5:50 PM

      Anybody but Cuomo or Astorino. Only upside w/ Astorino would be that Shelly Silver could be expected to stand up to him - unlike how he handles Cuomo now...

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    2. TimMay 31, 2014 at 9:18 PM

      I disagreed strongly with you when you said you believed the Dems would stand up staunchly to a Palladino governorship, and I disagree with you now. The IDC has no soul and would do absolutely anything if given enough power or money in return.

      When you adjust for age, it's also possible that Astorino is even more of a bigot than Palladino. No thanks.

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