A quick heads up to those in the 19th District of NY and its surrounding areas. There seems to be a new blog that was launched with the sole purpose of discrediting Dem Congressman John Hall. That in itself is hardly breaking news, but what is interesting is that the username of the person who owns the blog is "Take 19".
Those of us familiar with the 2006 election will remember a prominent local blog by the name of "Take 19" whose sole mission was to oust former Rep Congresswoman Sue Kelly. It seems like the Republicans in the district are now trying a similar strategy, although I doubt it will be successful, given that John Hall's only competition is from Kieran Lalor, a pro-war neocon. But I thought that the use of the name "Take 19" was awfully suspicious at worst, or just snarky at best. It might be something that folks over at The Albany Project might want to look into, but I have no clue from their site as to how to bring it to their attention. It will be worth keeping an eye on to stop any lies dead in their tracks about Rep. Hall.