Once a longtime friend now a possible political opponent, Republican mayoral hopeful Joe Lhota has welcomed the Marist/WSJ poll showing Anthony Weiner pulling ahead of his primary contenders.
“It won�t take me long to convince you to send me an urgently-needed contribution to my campaign,” writes Republican mayoral hopeful Joe Lhota, in a fund-raising email sent out this morning to supporters. “In fact, I think it will only take seven words: One of my opponents is Anthony Weiner.”
“Like me, I�m sure that you had hoped to have seen the last of Anthony Weiner when he resigned from Congress following an illicit sexual Twitter scandal and botched cover up, but he�s back and desperate for political redemption,” continues the email. “Now a candidate for mayor of New York City, he is so determined to be back in the spotlight that he�s padding his resume with dubious claims like bragging that he coined the term ‘Obamacare’ … But it�s the same old story with Anthony Weiner. First, he lies to the public, the press and his family. And then he makes up his own facts. This is a pattern that is simply unacceptable. To make matters worse, it appears that what he is doing is working — a poll released just yesterday shows Weiner leading the Democrat primary � and it�s up to us to stop him.”
(Jacob Kornbluh – YWN)
