Baldwin To Suozzi: Drop Out

See this musing on politics from the actor Alec Baldwin on The Huffinton Post. Here’s the pertinent passage:

“Eliot Spitzer versus anyone: Tom Suozzi, who has been taking one long, uninterrupted bow for fixing Nassau County’s finances (which could only go up, by the way) for some time now wants to be Governor. He thinks he’s better for the job than Eliot. The difference between Spitzer and Suozzi is the difference between a bazooka and a water pistol. New Yorkers, after THREE TERMS of the inconceivably dull and uninspiring Pataki, are dreaming of Spitzer as Governor. Truly. Eliot Spitzer will make for one of the greatest public servants in NY history. Suozzi should drop out.”

  1. Big John says:

    Alec Baldwin seems to be spending most of his time bad mouthing Sean Hannity and Tom Suozzi, what else is there for a washed up commie actor to do? Oh, he’ll probably endorse Gillibrand.

    Add me to the list who thinks Spitzer is too busy attacking companies domiciled elsewhere in the U.S. and not enough time focusing on NY problems, like MEDICAID.

  2. concerned_staffer says:

    Big John, just out of curiosity, is anyone NOT a commie in your worldview?

    Trying to do something that is not merely hurling names.

    Has anyone yet noticed that Suozzi tends to just dump numbers, and hope nobody pays attention. For instance, in this mornings news story, he noted he found $85,000 of billings for dead people over three years in Nassau County. He then went on to state that this could mean millionS in Medicaid overbillings per year.

    Now, Nassau is one of the more populous counties in the state. NYC has 70% of medicaid expenditures though. $85,000 divided by three equals about $28,333/year. In 2004, Nassau had 2.5% of Medicaid expenditures (according to NYS DOH numbers). That would mean that total, in one year, there is about $1.1 million in Medicaid billing dead people.

    Now, don’t get me wrong, this is about $1.1 million too much, but Suozzi’s claim seems a little exagerated.

  3. danielnyc says:

    Didn’t Baldwin say he was moving to France if Bush won in 2004?
    Why is he still here?

  4. PaulKB says:

    I thought this has been moved out of the country after the 2nd win by GW. Probably spent all his money on drugs because you can’t be sober and say that many stupid things. I’ll chip in for the one way ticket.

    Speaking of GW. Saw a great bumper sticker the other day,it said
    “Bush and Cheny 08′ cause they’re that good”. Gonna get me one of those.

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