New Yorkers - Meet Coleen Rowley/John Hall on Tuesday

Hey New Yawkas, howudooin? lol Just here to let everyone in NYC and NYC suburbs know about a two fun and exciting fundraising events being held this coming Tuesday in Westchester County and Manhattan. This is your chance to meet and support to great Democratic party candidates running for their respective congressional districts. They are teaming up Tuesday, March 14 to help each other raise money and meet supporters.

Coleen Rowley is already known to many. The retired FBI Special Agent and Time magazine's co-Person of the Year is running for the House seat in MN-02 which is currently held by Republican Bush lapdog John Kline.

John Hall, a citizen activist, songwriter and musician with the band Orleans, is running for the seat in NY-19 which is currently held by another Bush/Delay stooge Sue Kelly. Hall has also served as a county legislator in Ulster County.

Great Mother Jones article about Coleen.

John Hall's bio and issues pages.

This is a great chance to meet each of these terrific candidates and support their efforts to get elected. Two fundraisers will be held on Tuesday.

Luncheon with Coleen Rowley and John Hall
Tuesday March 14, noon
Held at:
Umami Cafe
325 South Riverside Ave
Croton-on-Hudson, NY  
Tickets: $50, $100, $250, $500 and $1,000

Reception/Concert with Coleen Rowley and John Hall
Tuesday March 14, 6pm
The concert part is going to be provided by two award-winning musician-singer-songwriters: John Hall himself and Jon Pousette-Dart!
Held at:
Crobar
530 West 28th St.
New York, NY
Tickets: $100, $250, $500, and $1,000

For further information and to RSVP, please contact
Lisa at 914-388-2822   [e-mail]

Both John and Coleen could use your help so why not come out and meet each of these candidates and support them in their efforts to take back two house seats from the Republicans.

•  Coleen Rowley's been Rahmed, as you ...

  spittle-emitting, irrational, loss-loving Emanuel-haters might say. She's been an anemic fundraiser and a sub-par candidate in other ways as well, and State Senator Sharon Marko has decided to run, which is great, since as a State Senator, she already has name recognition, and is likely to be able to raise the money needed to make this district competitive.

  by DemocraticLuntz on Sun Mar 12, 2006 at 02:11:07 PM PDT

  •  hey asshole

    got any anger management problems you need to deal with?

    by Prison4Bushco on Sun Mar 12, 2006 at 02:16:36 PM PDT

    •  Do you?

      That comment was legit.  Rowley is a terrible candidate.  

      by Mia Dolan on Sun Mar 12, 2006 at 02:26:21 PM PDT

      •  I don't care

        what he thinks about Rowley, but to classify me as "spittle-emitting, irrational, loss-loving Emanuel-hater" because I write a diary supportive of her is indicates bitterness and anger.

        by Prison4Bushco on Sun Mar 12, 2006 at 02:33:49 PM PDT

        •  I am somewhat annoyed at the large number ...

          of people bad-mouthing Rahm Emanuel, when he's done such a good job at recruiting good candidates, which we need in order to win the House.

          by DemocraticLuntz on Sun Mar 12, 2006 at 02:54:35 PM PDT

          •  That's fine

            I get tired of it too. What;s interesting is that Rowley, despite Rahm recruiting someone to run against her, likes and respects Rahm for being upfront with her about her fundraising and the fact that he would do that if her efforts didnt produce his expected results.

            by Prison4Bushco on Sun Mar 12, 2006 at 02:59:00 PM PDT

  •  I don't even think Rahm-ing was necessary

    Rowley is an embarrassment. After putting a charactature of her opponent John Kline on her website as Colonel Klink from Hogan's Heroes, it was pretty much over.  Kline is a huge asshole, but he is a veteran and a real Colonel.  Mocking someone's military service?  Um, not so good.

    Marko seems like an ok candidate (but a huge improvement over Rowley), but this is a real longshot race anyway.  Save your money.    

    by Mia Dolan on Sun Mar 12, 2006 at 02:20:19 PM PDT

    •  It's not a real longshot race.

      Charlie Cook rates it as Likely Republican, meaning it could be competitive if the right things happen (which with Marko deciding to run, it looks like they are happening). (He has 20 Democrats as in competitive or potentially competitive races, and 45 Republicans as in competitive or potentially competitve races, so this is a race to wait and watch and then maybe donate if it seems to be getting more competitive.

      by DemocraticLuntz on Sun Mar 12, 2006 at 02:29:36 PM PDT

      •  On the ground in Minnesota

        I don't see it as competitive.  Elwyn Tinklenberg has a better shot at the open seat in MN-06.  Tim Walz v. Gil Gutnecht in MN-01 is a better bet as well.  Marko is a big improvement, but one the "right things" that need to happen is to find Osama Bin Laden living in Kline's basement.

        by Mia Dolan on Sun Mar 12, 2006 at 02:45:28 PM PDT

    •  That caricature

      of Kline as Col. Klink was a dumb mistake. She's apologized for it. Were they mocking his military service? Or were they trying to portray Kline as a bumbling deaf dumb and blind enabler of Bush and his policies? Either way, it came off very poorly.

      by Prison4Bushco on Sun Mar 12, 2006 at 02:43:22 PM PDT

•  NY Times article about John Hall

  Article
  

  He says he got his start in politics in the way musicians usually do: he played in and organized
  concerts for movements like No Nukes.
  Then he found out about a plan to open a dump near his house, at that time in Saugerties. He ran
  for the Ulster County Legislature and became one of its few Democrats. After serving a term, he
  returned to producing, writing and playing guitar -- until he got angry about local school budgets'
  not passing. Next stop, the Saugerties school board, which went on to elect him president.
  He said he almost collapsed upon learning that the Bush campaign wanted to use ''Still the One''
  as its 2004 campaign theme song. He foiled that plan, it goes without saying. And now he is
  running for a third office -- because, he says, he sees no one standing up to the Bush
  administration, especially not Mrs. Kelly, whom he describes as an enabler of its policies.

  by Prison4Bushco on Sun Mar 12, 2006 at 03:41:53 PM PDT

•  Staying positive

  Coleen Rowley opposed the war before it started. She even spoke out about it while still employed by the FBI. This letter was written by Rowley to FBI director Robert Mueller before we invaded. The Star-Tribune, which I used to link to when referring to this article, no longer has the story available on it's site.

  Coleen's Iraq issue page.

  by Prison4Bushco on Sun Mar 12, 2006 at 03:44:01 PM PDT