Known endearingly as Darth Vader and looking like the Joker from Batman, gun-toting, sneering and all-around vile Dick Cheney is sticking around New York City for another day after sending the Pope off on his way back to Italy. Why on Earth would Dick hang around a liberal town like ours for any longer than necessary? Well, its to raise money on the bi-partisanly (sp?) rich Upper East Side for the anti-troop, anti-Staten Island Republican Congressman Vito Fossella that supposedly represents the borough.
From The NY Times:
The event is likely to boost financing significantly for Mr. Fossella’s bid for another term as the only Republican member of Congress from New York City. His district covers Staten Island and parts of Brooklyn.
Democrats contend that Mr. Fossella’s continued support of the war in Iraq has put him out of touch with the district. Furthermore, they say, Staten Island has been hit hard by the nation’s mortgage crisis and health care has deteriorated.
The fund-raiser for Mr. Fossella will be at the Upper East Side home of David H. Koch, the billionaire executive vice president of Koch Industries, a company with major oil and gas holdings.
The oil and gas industry, thats a real shocker. Cheney is so versatile, even though he specialized in war-profiteering at Halliburton, he is still good enough to help out those that harm the environment in other ways than waging outright wars. Cheney's appearance suggests that Fossella is going to need some strong support to keep his NY-13 seat and that is because he is being challenged by a strong candidate.
That man is Steve Harrison (though there is supposedly another challenger named Dominic Recchia) and he is fighting to change Staten Island for the better and represent them in Washington with the progressive values that they deserve. So while you can go protest this morning at 10 AM outside the apartment Dick and Vito are at (710 Park Avenue @71st St.) the best way one can express their outrage at Cheney and simultaneously the Republicans in the House is to make a donation to Steve Harrison and then sign up to help out!
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