Reply #47: I'm not a GOPuke and I 've been in politics since RFK ran for the

[mikehiggins]

Senate here in New York.

And if the national leadership contacted Hacketts supporters and pressured them to dry up the spigots, then Hackett was well justified in telling the party to F*#( Off.

And those who think the "democratic leadership" is made up of the most qualified analysts of political reality, should sit down and look at what has happened in this country over the last decade or so.