It’s more than just Caroline Kennedy and Fran Drescher vying for Hillary Clinton‘s soon-to-be vacated U.S. Senate seat. Enter a homo, stage right:
“Assemblyman Daniel J. O’Donnell, a Democrat who represents the Upper West Side. Mr. O’Donnell met with [Gov. David Paterson] for about 45 minutes on Monday afternoon in the governor’s Midtown office for what Mr. O’Donnell said was his formal interview for the Senate seat. To say Mr. O’Donnell, known for his active support of gay rights issues, including same-sex marriage, was overly optimistic about his chances would be a stretch. He put his odds of getting the seat at about one in 10, or “about the same as the population of gay people in the world.” But Mr. O’Donnell did offer that he believes the governor has yet to settle on a final choice.” [NYT]
blake
The big question for Paterson is electability: Will a Senate-appointee be able to keep the seat Democratic. What qualifications does Assemblyman O’Donnell have? Does he have any following statewide?
Dick
What will kill his chances is when word gets out that Rosie is his sister.
ChicagoJimmy
At least this guy has actually been elected to office. I know nothing about him, but the fact that he’s a public official leads me to believe that his opinions on issues are known to the public or could be found out with a little research. On that basis alone he makes a better choice than Fran or Caroline.
jarvisbearcub
Perhaps his cover boy stint for “A Bear’s Life” magazine will get him the seat.
But being Rosie’s brother will take it away again.
Cam
Ugh, thought he might have a chance, but if he really is related to Rosie there is no way he could ever get reelected. She even makes lesbians hate her.
seitan-on-a-stick
Love the Ro, hate the Ho-Haters! Kennedy will be appointed and then Bloomberg will run against her and win!
Darth Paul
Is it me, or does he look like Ismail Haniyeh?
diana
Randi Weingarten is also gay, and wants the seat
hardmannyc
Tom Duane’s had way more experience and paid more dues. O’Donnell is a fairly green assemblyman. No way he’ll get this.
mike
Yep, he’s Rosie’s brother! I saw him speak a few months ago, he’s actually been with his partner for around 30 years.
Donnie
Danny would be awesome! When all of New York got to know him, they would love him.
Wang
Speaking of Hillary Clinton:
There is bad news about her husband.
It is opined that Bill Clinton committed racist hate crimes, and I am not free to say anything further about it.
Respectfully Submitted by Andrew Y. Wang, J.D. Candidate
B.S., Summa Cum Laude, 1996
Messiah College, Grantham, PA
Lower Merion High School, Ardmore, PA, 1993
(I can type 90 words per minute, and there are probably thousands of copies on the Internet indicating the content of this post.)
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“If only it were possible to ban invention that bottled up memories so they never got stale and faded.” Off the top of my head—it came from my Lower Merion High School yearbook.