NY-20 Sweeney loses endorsement

[photogirl12]

This story just keeps getting better and better. John Sweeney just lost his endorsement from the Post Star of Glens Falls, NY.


Serious allegations of domestic violence were raised against Congressman John Sweeney earlier this week after three newspapers published police accounts of a 911 call to his home in December.

The congressman has said he wants the truth to come out. But his actions in the wake of the incident and the disclosure of the 911 call in the media indicate otherwise.

The congressman's staff first responded to the police report on Wednesday by claiming the document was "fabricated" and "concocted" by an unnamed operative in the campaign of his opponent, Kirsten Gillibrand.

On Thursday, the congressman changed his story, admitting that there had been some kind of incident at his home that night, but that it wasn't as the police report in the media said it was.


Read more here.
http://www.poststar.com/articles/2006/11/03/news/doc454beb94004a5026428988.txt

[halfmoon dem]

1. That is awesome news!! K&R

[Nite Owl]

2. If I were a Republican

I would be afraid to be getting up every morning the way it has been going for them this past week.

Finally!!!

They deserve every sleepless night, it's all been TRUTH!!

[hvn_nbr_2]

4. If I were a Republican...

I'd start a new party.

Well, actually if I were a Republican, I probably wouldn't know about the subjunctive, so I'd say, "If I was a Republican..."

[hvn_nbr_2]

5. Okay, this is really weird.

On the page where my "If I were a Republican..." post came up, the Google ads are four ads for fish oil, omega-3 fish oil, and cod liver oil. And on this page where I'm posting, the ads are all for Windows firewalls. :eyes:

[eleny]

16. Did you know that you can turn off those ads?

DUers who have donated can go to Options > Preferences > See the last choice "Display Google ads?" Select No. You have a star, so you can choose this option.

[hvn_nbr_2]

54. Thanks. I know.

I deliberately keep them on because now and then there's something interesting. Mostly I don't even notice them because I'm so used to seeing ads on the web that they're like background noise. The interesting ones tend to be in the more specialized groups, like Cooking and Baking or Photography. I figure if somebody has something that interests me and if clicking on it gets a few cents for DU too, why not? And then there are sometimes the entertaining cases like this one where something completely strange comes up.

[Arugula Latte]

83. As a former English major, I applaud your use of the subjunctive.

I only wish there WERE more like you! :applause: :yourock:

[MODemocrat]

28. If I were a republican, I'd hang my head in shame

However, there's no way in the world I'll ever become one of those nasty varmits.:spray: :spray:

[Nite Owl]

53. They have no shame

it implies that they would have some sort of conscience and they are deficient in that area as in so many others. Notice how they all seem to be oh so upset and angry at the getting caught not for anything thing that they did. They want to know why it is exposed now not any apology for doing what evil thing that they did.

[MODemocrat]

73. You're right about republicans having no conscience

They just start blaming the democrats for purportedly exposing their scandals; not apologizing to their
followers for their wrongdoings. Oh, those Rightwingers and their hypocracy; are truly a completely
different "breed.";-) ;-) ;-) :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :freak: :freak:

[aquart]

43. May they never sleep.

[photogirl12]

44. If you look at the link

from Capital News 9 that I posted further down on this thread, he looks like he hasn't gotten much sleep lately!

[Rhiannon12866]

3. K&R - He's toast!

:bounce:

[Cooley Hurd]

13. Toasty-O's!

:rofl:

[photogirl12]

14. Hahaha!!!!

Good one!!!:rofl:

[w13rd0]

6. Isn't he the same one...

...photographed trawling at a frat party?

[photogirl12]

8. Why, yes it is!!!

[Rhiannon12866]

23. Yes, this is the same guy.

He's also the architect of the Brooks Brothers riot in Florida in 2000. And he's my rep in Congress. *sigh* The evidence just keeps piling up...:eyes:

[Cooley Hurd]

7. The Post Star (a conservative Lee Publication) pulls their endorsement...

...you've gotta be a pretty SCUMMY repuglican for THAT to happen!:rofl:

K&R!:bounce:

[photogirl12]

9. Hey Cooley

Where is that drunken Sweeney photo???

[Cooley Hurd]

12. After the shitty week he's had, I'll bet he'll be in a similar condition tonight:

:rofl::beer::hangover:

[eleny]

17. Is he puckering up?

:rofl:

[photogirl12]

18. Or is he asking where the funnel went...

:eyes:

[eleny]

19. Looks like he's begging for a jello shot off a belly

[photogirl12]

20. Well...

this was taken at a frat party!!

[Imagevision]

10. Everyday more repukes are exposed - maybe the Dems woke up??

and they're just playing low key and allow the events to merely speak for themselves?!! whatever? but don't stop now!

[Nite Owl]

55. When the enemy is shooting themselves in

the foot repeatedly what can ya do? Sort of speaks for itself.

The dems speaking out now would be a distraction from the show! Wait til the movie is over.

[photogirl12]

65. Yes,

then we offer the commentary! :popcorn:

[Cha]

80. Yes, if you're a sleazy, power hungry

lazy, unscrupulous, monster..join the republicon party. Ya have a future. Well, you did anyway until something strange happened in 2006, the year of the big exposure. May the light keep shinin' on the cockroaches.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

11. Sheesh. I thought that "when did you stop beating your wife" line was supposed to

be a JOKE fer Chrissakes. :shrug:

[photogirl12]

15. Kick

[FarLeftRage]

21. He also lost the endorsement of my hometown newspaper

He is as good as gone, now. :woohoo:

[photogirl12]

22. Which paper is that?

Just curious. Post Star was the only one that I have heard of.

[FarLeftRage]

29. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise

Which is owned by the Ogden, Utah Newspaper group... they also ran a very funny anti-sweeney political cartoon...

[photogirl12]

30. For those of you interested in reading about this

here is the link...


http://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/editorials/articles.asp?articleID=4739

[FarLeftRage]

33. Oh, you found it!

Before I did... :woohoo:

[photogirl12]

34. Yes,

I am quite quick with google!! :bounce:

[Rhiannon12866]

24. Let's hope so, my friend. After Bush* was "re-elected" in 2004, I'd believe anything....

But things really are looking good! :woohoo:

BTW, did Joe send you his LTTE that appeared in The Post Star a couple of weeks ago? It exposed Sweeney for the hypocrite that he is. If you don't have it, I'll send it to you...:-)

[photogirl12]

25. Why not post it on this thread?

Or start another thread. This is a hot topic tonight. Look at the views!

[Rhiannon12866]

26. I have it, but I'd have to ask him. But it was really good.

Oh, hell, why not! It did appear in the newspaper, after all. I'll make a new post.:-)

[photogirl12]

27. You could always leave the full name out

[Rhiannon12866]

35. He didn't include his name in the article that he sent me.

But I wouldn't have included it, anyway. He's nuxvomica, here on DU. :-)

[Rhiannon12866]

31. My friend's excellent LTTE to the Post Star, on Sweeney. It was published on 10/17.

As a longtime resident of this district, I am insulted by the lies emanating from the Sweeney camp. We should all feel insulted. They have accused his opponent, Kirsten Gillibrand, of being a war profiteer and of involvement in HUD scandals, neither of which is true.

Sweeney’s accusation of “war profiteering” against Gillibrand – a serious charge considering the cost to district families of Bush’s war -- is especially egregious. A “war profiteer” is someone who benefits from defense spending over which they have some influence. Gillibrand’s husband owns some stock in defense contractor BAE Systems as part of a retirement plan, as do a lot of Sweeney’s constituents, who, I guess, are now war profiteers in the congressman’s eyes. Had Mrs. Gillibrand been a member of Congress the last 6 years, had she also voted for Bush’s war and had BAE rewarded her for doing so, I would not quibble with the charge of “war profiteer”. But none of those three conditions applies to the Democratic candidate or her husband. All three, however, do apply to Mr. Sweeney, who received $2,000 in this election cycle alone from BAE’s PAC. His total career take from defense contractors of $49,500 buys a lot of air time with which to smear his opponent and distract voters from his own record of voting against the interests of the troops.

According to the non-partisan Disabled American Veterans organization, Sweeney has voted on their side only 13% of the time in his career and 0% in 2005, while representatives in neighboring districts can boast a 100% record for the same period.

I say to my fellow voters in this district that you can and should look all this up. Sweeney’s well-financed campaign is betting their massive ad budget that you won’t.

[photogirl12]

37. Great letter!!

Give him a :hug: for me! Good job!!

[Rhiannon12866]

45. Thank you! I agree and I will do that...

Just after I admit that I posted it on DU... *cringe* I really don't understand why he didn't post it himself, since folks here would be very interested. But he's more of a reader than a poster, and he is the one who turned me on to DU. And I have 13,000 posts and he has 4000. :shrug:

[photogirl12]

46. Some are readers,

some are posters! We kinda need both to keep DU going!

[Rhiannon12866]

61. I know we do, my friend, and I'll pass this on, too.

He was turned on to DU by a couple of guys, friends and co-workers. They've marched on Washington together. But when I found one of them on DU, he still has only 45 posts and I never did find the other one. I guess that they're mainly lurkers, but, you're right, we need them too, since they're the right kind and spread the word!:D

[FarLeftRage]

32. Yes, dear friend sweeney is going down...

No, Joe did not send it to me... Please forward it on. Thanks!!

[Rhiannon12866]

36. Photogirl12 talked me into posting it, reply #31, just posted it.

I was going to ask Joe first, but I figured that it already appeared in the newspaper and folks here would appreciate it. I can also send it to you, if you'd like...:hi:

[FarLeftRage]

38. Yeah, go ahead and send it to me...

I will be p-ming you soon! :hi:

[Rhiannon12866]

40. It's sent and I am checking my PMs. :-) n/t

[FarLeftRage]

52. Thanks!

N/T

[Rhiannon12866]

59. I'll write you back, soon, again, my friend.

I'm glad to be back in touch. :-)

Rhiannon:pals:

[photogirl12]

39. Is it just me or is he running scared...

He has his wife, Guilliani and Pataki all out in his support!!

http://www.capitalnews9.com/content/top_stories/default.asp?ArID=196703

[Rhiannon12866]

41. Giulaini was already supporting him.

I had a message from Giulaini, supporting Sweeney, on my phone messages, last week. :-(

[photogirl12]

42. I got a flyer in the mail

and something in my email. I am starting to feel like the gekko in the Geico commercials. Stop contacting me!!! :argh:

[Rhiannon12866]

49. I have nothing supporting Sweeney in e-mail,

and I hear from everybody. But I think that anybody supporting Sweeney knows better than to contact me. But I have many replies from Sweeney, himself, both via e-mail and letters. He always replies to me and I have written him numerous times. He must be sick of hearing from me, LOL. He is actually fairly socially progressive, and is often co-sponsor of animal protection legislation, which is one of my issues, but I cannot forgive him for Florida 2000. Or for his consistent support of Bush*. The first thing I ever sent him was on the Patriot Act, which I did not support, then I found out that he was on the Homeland Security Committee. Yikes. :-(

[photogirl12]

51. I always get the canned response

that says how he listens to his constituants and supports whatever it was that I was writing to him about. I think that is why I got that. It could also be because I went from Independant to Democrat.

By the way, just got something in the mail yesterday and the Defenders of Wildlife gave Sweeney an F. Even went so far as to say to vote for Gillibrand.

[Rhiannon12866]

57. I get personal replies, specially in letters.

He doesn't always support my issues, no big surprise, but tells me why he believes as he does (not that I think he's writing to me, personally), usually something about "protecting America." And I know that he is not as good on the environment as I thought, another of my issues that I contact him about. He was given an 18%, while Hillary Clinton was given 100%, when they were rated. However, he does seem to care for animals, one of my big issues, co-sponsors animal protection legislation, like the bill prohibiting slaughtering horses in this country for human consumption in Europe, which I have been supporting for almost four years. Sweeney is good, on this, co-sponsored the bill. But Hitler was also very fond of dogs. :-(

[Nite Owl]

56. I actually got a letter from Mayor Bloomberg

telling me what a fine person he was and I should support him. Don't know why or how I am on his mailing list. I used to live downstate and did get an invitation to the Republican Convention in '04 (for $1500 or something like that, more if you wanted your pic with the Ghoul or someone).
I met with Sweeney's staff to discuss the privitization of Social Security and they were very nice. We received an invitation to the town hall meeting he had in Clifton Park. He never has said what what his stance is on that issue, he refuses to take one.

[Rhiannon12866]

58. I'm not sure how I get on certain mailing lists, either.

I am on so many that I know that I didn't sign up for. But I have never gotten anything from the likes of Michael Bloomberg; mine are all liberal, LOL. And it's too bad that you couldn't have attended. He needs more of us to give him our views! :D

And Sweeney has always been very nice to me, as his staff has been when I've phoned them. People think that there's no point in contacting those they know are contrary to their views, but I think that this exactly why we should keep after them, the more, the better!:bounce:

And Sweeney always makes his views very clear, in the letters I've received, but that doesn't prevent me from contacting him. He's my rep and this is my right, and I have to be more polite than some of the letters that he must be receiving, these days...:shrug:

[Nite Owl]

60. I've called and emailed him

many times. He does always respond I'll give him that much. I agree he has to know that he is supposed to be representing us too not just the Republicans in the district. The republicans I have met around here are more libertarian than like the party is now and they are not happy with him either. I just hope that they turn out to vote for Kirsten or maybe just stay home if they are still going to vote for the likes of him.

[Rhiannon12866]

62. I have to give him credit that he always writes back to me.

I send on my "action" e-mails, from numerous organizations, and he always writes back, usually in the form of an actual letter. I have a whole collection of them, keep them all. :-)

And he does represent all of us and I actually do think he recognizes this. I have sent him "actions" on things that I know damn well he opposes, like Iraq, LOL, but he has responded with his views, as late as last week. "Protecting America." *sigh*

I really believe that he's going down, this time, which will amaze me, since he's viewed as Jerry Soloman's successor and entirely invincible. But I really think that it's going to happen, this time. He finally has a worthy challenger that's better at this than he is...:D

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

47. Pathetic

Be sure to remind people that these two "stars" of the GOP supported a wife beater when they attempt to run for president!

[photogirl12]

48. *sigh*

There have been rumors swirling for months that Pataki is considering this. Very scary!

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

50. I heard them as well

Every Republican guv now thinks they can be president since Dummya got into power. Even frauds like Pataki (who couldn't get elected dog catcher in NY now) and empty suits like Shitt Romney.

[Cooley Hurd]

63. Good morning, fellow NY-20ers! It's a grand day here in eastern NY!

:bounce::kick::bounce:

[photogirl12]

66. A grand day, it is!!

:kick:

[Nite Owl]

67. Hi CooleyHurd

Isn't it a beautiful day!
Let's hope it's really nice on Tuesday too so people have no excuse to stay home. Unless they are a repuke, they really have no reason to come out to vote since the rest of the ticket is going to run away with a win.

[photogirl12]

68. Good AM Nite Owl!!

:hi:

[Clinton Crusader]

71. gonna be a bright, bright sun shiny day NY 20!

:toast: :bounce: :evilgrin:

[photogirl12]

72. Yes it is...

Oh yes indeedy it is!! :woohoo: :applause: :bounce: :bounce:

[photogirl12]

64. Kicking this for the late AM crowd!

...and it is just a lovely day here in Eastern NY!!!:bounce:

[Clinton Crusader]

69. Wooooo hoooooo!!!!

:kick: :kick: :kick:

[Clinton Crusader]

70. My next door neighbor has a HUGE Sweeney sign...

On his lawn, LMAO! - I gotta run out and see if it's still there! We have dueling yards. He's got all puke signs, Ive got all Dem signs, it's hilarious!
:evilgrin:

[photogirl12]

101. Speaking of dueling signs

a friend of mine that lives on a busy corner had 2 HUGE Gillibrand signs on the corner. The Sweeney thugs came and put a sign up on his property without asking. We took it down gently and they called Sweeney's office. They told her that it was emminent domain. She told them if that was the case, Sweeney was going to have a bunch of Gillibrand signs on his property. They told her that she was taking this a bit too far.

All over a sign. They could have been nice and just came and took it away and appologize! Aaah the difference between the Dems and the Repugs!!

[Rhiannon12866]

113. There was a case in Denver on 2004, regarding signs, that I loved.

I told you that nuxvomica was warned to bring his Gillibrand sign in at night because so many were being stolen.:grr:

In Denver, during the 2004 election, there was a Freeper and his wife who were doing just that, sneaking around at night, stealing signs that promoted Democrats. But he got caught, while attempting to steal a sign from one guy's yard, ran into the clothesline, I think, fell down and was knocked out cold in the guy's driveway, sign in hand. The guy came out and found him, called the police. His wife was still waiting for him in their van, with all the stolen signs. He did jail time for this. I loved that story...:D

[photogirl12]

114. I just found out about the best part of this whole thing

It was in the Times Union that all of this happened!!

[nuxvomica]

74. E&P takes notice

Election Rarity: Paper Rescinds Endorsement

By E&P Staff

Published: November 03, 2006 12:10 AM ET

NEW YORK It takes a lot for it to happen, but as one editorial stated today, "There's a time when you have to say, enough."

Once a candidate for office gets a newspaper's nod, he or she rarely loses it -- at least for a current race. But knock your spouse around and you may be on thin ice.

That's the lesson of a rare case in New York, where the Glens Falls daily pulled back its support for Rep. John Sweeney, a Republican in a very tough re-election fight. The Albany Times-Union and New York's Daily News revealed this week that Sweeney's wife had made a 911 call summoning police because her husband was dragging her around their house. He denied it, then admitted something happened that night, promised to enable documents to be released, then refused to do that.

more

I figured this was unusual.

[photogirl12]

75. Wow

I was wondering when other papers were going to pick up on this!!

[nuxvomica]

76. I was wondering how unusual this is so I went to E&P

I figured if they published something on it, it really is a remarkable event. And they even used stronger language ("But knock your spouse around...") than the local papers.

[photogirl12]

77. But what is surprising me is that

the local news channels aren't picking up on this!

[Rhiannon12866]

89. I know! They were all over the Sweeney wife-beating story, and this really is big news!

But the ads featuring Sweeney's wife are still being shown during every newsbreak...:eyes:

[photogirl12]

93. I know...

:cry: :cry: That mean Kirsten is attacking me and my family!!!:cry: :cry: You feel like saying ummm...honey, it isn't Kirsten that is attacking you!!

[Rhiannon12866]

94. Apparently he hasn't watched his own campaign ads.

It's Sweeney who drew first blood. War profiteer?! The pot calling the kettle, and all that... He was definitely asking for whatever he gets now...:grr:

[photogirl12]

95. How very true

So quickly we forget! I have a feeling that he started with a "they are attacking me" ad to counteract the beating report that was coming out. What is really scary is that people are still standing by him.

[Rhiannon12866]

100. My mother read nuxvomica's LTTE right in front of me and said that she is still voting for Sweeney.

*sigh* She knows nuxvomica, for God's sake, and I asked her if she thought that he was making this stuff up! She takes great pride in reading all of the local papers, especially The Post Star and the TU. She must have seen the Post Star story, but I also made it a point to send it to her...:evilgrin:

[photogirl12]

102. Ugh!!

halfmoon dems always answers our phone (after the machine does) with a "Gillibrand for America" and my mother (life long Republican) said "You betcha". That kinda threw him. We never know what my parents think on political things. They keep you guessing.

[Rhiannon12866]

106. I'm still working on my mother. *sigh*

She and nuxvomica have really gotten into it, but she likes him and appreciates his intelligence, so I just don't get why she refuses to listen. My mother is not stupid and the evidence is right out there, practically in your face! Both my parents were Republicans, but I think my father wouldn't much like what is going on in this country. My grandmother woke up, after a lifetime of voting Republican, even voted against FDR. But she voted for Bill Clinton, twice! She phoned me, to tell about it and I told her that I did, too, but there was no need to tell the others... ;)

[photogirl12]

108. My parents

never speak of who they vote for. My grandmother would have had a fit if she found out I voted for Clinton!!

[Rhiannon12866]

112. My parents were always very up front about who they voted for and my mother still is,

more's the pity! My Dad was a Goldwater Republican, but I do have fond memories of voting with him. He took me into the voting booth with him and let me pull the levers. Of course, he told me which levers to pull, LOL, but it still was a very good experience. :-)

And I'm very proud that my grandmother woke up in time to vote for Clinton. She voted for Reagan, which I never understood, and I'm not sure that she did, either, probably just habit. *sigh* Jimmy Carter was my president. :patriot:

[halfmoon dem]

110. Yeah

I have been answering the phone "Gillibrand for America" of "Gillibrand for the People". Throws people off a little!!

[Rhiannon12866]

86. This is very cool! Thanks!

And it also has to be very unusual. I just wonder if my mother saw the Post Star article... Oh, wait, I sent it to her....:evilgrin:

p.s. Also sent it to Jen, who welcomed the good news!;)

[Cha]

78. Tsk Tsk sweeney..sounds like ya

need to chill and take some anger management courses.

[photogirl12]

79. He even has his wife

out campaigning with him. She is denying the attack a lot. But isn't that what a battered woman does?

[Cha]

81. Especially a power hungry

recon wife. I know that's stereo-typing but how much denial can you be in to support the bush-Earth smashing agenda?

[photogirl12]

82. "Stand by your man...."

No matter how evil he is or how much he beats you!

[Cha]

84. Hey, you're over there in

Clifton Park.. I'm here in Little Falls :) Happy you're aboard DU!

[photogirl12]

85. Technically

I am in Halfmoon. For some reason our town still goes by Clifton Park (ugh, being attached to Sweeney-ville...).:puke:

[djg21]

90. Me too.

behind the town hall.

I was at the CP Mall the other day to see a movie, and I went by the Women for Sweeney office. I asked the woman at the desk where they kept the stripper pole. I almost returned after the movie to donate a box of BandAids. I decided not to waste my time.

}(

[photogirl12]

91. hahaha!!!

That's a good one!! I will have to tell halfmoon dem and Nite Owl that one when I see them tonight!

[photogirl12]

98. By the way...

which town hall...Halfmoon or Clifton Park...

[djg21]

103. Halfmoon TH(nt)

[photogirl12]

109. You are kinda near me

I am off of 8A.

[Rhiannon12866]

92. Hi, zidzi!

I'm up in Glens Falls. But I'm very familiar with Little Falls. It's my mother's home town...:hi:

[Cha]

96. Cool! I came here in '98 from

Kauai to hang around my sis for awhile. I'm going back in 4 years, yay!

I looked out of the co-op where I worked today after we were closed and saw 2 guys sitting in our entranceway with a bunch of handouts and clipboards and pens. I stepped out and said..are you using our corridor?:)..with my Michael Arcuri(running for Sherwood Boehlert's seat who is a repub who retired because he was too moderate for the bushits) pin on.

They are activists who had come up from D.C., as part of a New York Unity GOTV, to handout political bills for Spitzer, Hillary, Hevesi, Cuomo on the back and Michael Arcuri's statement on the front..saying, "SEND GEORGE BUSH A MESSAGE" "If you believe our nation needs a new direction, then election day is your chance to speak."

I was Thrilled!

Edit~ I almost forgot..I asked if they've heard of DemocraticUnderground and they said, "YES"..I told them that's where I hang out to keep me sane.

[photogirl12]

97. That is such a cool story!!

I am going to work the phone bank in Saratoga tomorrow. I will stay until I get too tired, my voice gives out or they make me leave!

[Rhiannon12866]

99. Wow! That is totally cool!

And it appears that the Sweeney-Gillibrand race has also gained national attention. I mean, Bill Clinton came here!:wow: And MoveOn has taken notice and was looking for local temporary headquarters. I really think that we're going to do it, this time!:thumbsup:

And it is also cool that the activists had heard of DU. I mention it to anyone who will listen to me. As for keeping me sane, I wouldn't have survived the 2004 election without DU. I posted a lot in their "help and support" forum...;(

Little Falls is a very nice little town. My mother was born there and grew up there. My grandparents had a small grocery store on the main street and I used to hang out there, as a kid. I loved that, especially getting my own soda out of this huge cooler that they had. For excitement, my Dad used to take us around the corner to get comic books. But the store is gone now, since the state commandeered the land to build a highway through there. :-(

[in_cog_ni_to]

87. K&R for some more good news! n/t

[photogirl12]

88. Yet more L.S.D.

Lies, Scandal and Deny!!! In the Times Union today.


COLONIE -- The campaign of U.S. Rep. John Sweeney made clear Friday that despite his promise two days earlier, it is not providing records of a call his wife made to 911 last December, when she claimed he was attacking her.

Friday became a day of political theater for Sweeney and his supporters, with Gov. George Pataki and former New York City Mayor Rudolph Guiliani attending a rally in Clifton Park on his behalf.

Meanwhile, Sweeney has hired an attorney to investigate the source of the leaked document, which says his wife told police he was "knocking her around the house."

Three knowledgeable sources have confirmed to the Times Union that the document, which appears to be a police record of the incident and which was obtained by other news organizations, accurately reflects information contained in State Police files.


http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=531828&category=REGIONOTHER&BCCode=HOME&newsdate=11/4/2006

[Cha]

104. Yeah, I'll just bet the

ghoul and the turkey were there trying to prop sweeney up.

[Nite Owl]

105. Hi photogirl12

it seems mighty odd that his lawyer won't let him release any documents! I'm innocent and I can prove it but I won't defies logic.

[Nite Owl]

107. The withdrawal

of the Post Star endorsement make the news, channel 9, local cable. They are so right wing and give Sweeney every break so I'm surprised they reported it. Good on them!

[photogirl12]

111. Woo-Hoo!!! K&R

:toast: :bounce: