Manhattan GOP Leader Tears into Gillibrand After Her Victory

Written by Nick Powell on . Posted in Blog, Features, Heard Around Town.




Manhattan GOP Chair Dan Isaacs

While many New York Republicans spent Tuesday night mourning the defeat of presidential candidate Mitt Romney, Dan Isaacs, the chairman of the New York County Republican Party, took some time to talk about Republican U.S. Senate candidate Wendy Long defeat at the hands of incumbent Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand by a wide margin of 46 percentage points.

Isaacs and Gillibrand both worked as clerks for the late 2nd Circuit Court Judge Roger Miner, but despite their past working relationship, Isaacs has a less than glowing opinion of her.

“She is so in over her head, to me it’s unfortunate that she’s a U.S. Senator,” said Isaacs. “It’s an example of why we are where we are as a country that we don’t have people of substance who really can step up. It’s a joke.”

Isaacs said that Gillibrand’s bona fides as a darling of progressive liberals are questionable given her background as a conservative Democrat congresswoman, and that she only became senator because Republicans did not have a viable candidate to run against her after she was handpicked by former Gov. David Paterson. “She’s Chuck Schumer’s lap dog,” said Isaacs, referring to New York’s senior senator.

A spokesperson for Sen. Gillibrand declined to respond to Isaacs’ comments.




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  • http://www.facebook.com/alex.hardy.9693 Alex Hardy

    Bah! Sore loser.

  • Justadad

    Isaacs’ condescending, sexist attitude is why the Republican Party is where it is. You lost the election. Shut up and start looking for good candidates to run next time.

  • http://www.facebook.com/sgeras Stephan Geras

    not just sore loser, but look at him…fat, ruddy, old and white, typical fat cat with no real independent thought….

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Carl-R-Gottstein-Jr/507404060 Carl R Gottstein Jr

      White old and fat cat? Racist bigot much? Just a touch?

  • rumcove

    Nothing like showing a little grace in defeat. Loser!

  • M.Y.

    Years ago, I skewed Lean Republican. Now I skew Lean Democrat. This year I took the unprecedented step of voting a straight Democratic slate. Why? Because people like Isaacs have made the GOP the party of mean. Money can’t always buy you love, baby. To Isaacs and the rest of the GOP, I say this: How about not trying to win through obstructionism, racism, sexism and voter suppression and show the American public you are actually willing to work in a civil manner to solve problems. And quit acting like such spoiled brats when you don’t get your way.

    • Z_Lauren_Z

      Ditto.

      I will never vote for a Republican ever again in my lifetime.

  • Justsayin

    For someone with so many accomplishments, you wouldn’t think he’d be a petulant little whiner. Wow. The (im)maturity level of some people is astonishing.

  • arvid0823

    Do Senator Lazio and Senator elect Long agree with your statements?

    Oh, wait.

  • Modern Era

    Hey Buddy, I flirted with the GOP because the democrats have so many faults not to mention the criminals. Ultimately it’s pompous dinosaurs like YOU who convinced me there is no place for me in your backward sexist party. Go have another drink and leave the 21st century alone.

    • Steven P. Mitchell

      There use to be a collaborative effort between the parties and their platforms, despite their differences. It seems almost unmendable now.

  • sans

    That fat, ugly goon is a legend in his own mind. What a sore loser!

  • McBee

    So his opinion is based on a year sharing office space, twenty years ago, when they were both about 24 and right out of law school. Even if there was any valid basis for his dismissive opinion then (and frankly, sounds like he was pissed that girl had the same job he did) what relevance does it have now? Can’t believe he is wasting people’s time with this crap.

  • http://profiles.google.com/rparshooter Ron Doherty

    what a jackass, sore loser…you’re a bigger reason for the mess this country is in…more so than Gillibrand could ever be..what a punk.

  • Wellstone

    Hey Isaacs, Kirsten’s no lapdog, and she can kick your whiney fat butt all day long, and twice on Sundays. You’re a disgrace, even for a GOPig.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Carl-R-Gottstein-Jr/507404060 Carl R Gottstein Jr

    He is correct in substance. KG is a vacuous, empty headed chucky echo chamber. The bimbolina of the US Senate. The Joke is on NY Democrats if they are waiting on solutions from this air head. Hahahahaha to funny.

    • Steven P. Mitchell

      She also has one of the most substantive and intelligent political advocacies in the US Congress. That may be why she won by almost a 50% margin in New York, don’t you think? Maybe you just couldn’t follow the political ads on account of their speed and intensity?

  • Steven P. Mitchell

    Mr. Isaacs, may I assume that basic civility has left your profession?

  • David S. Levine

    Gillibrand is “the darling of the progressive liberals” because she votes as Upchuck Schumer tells her to vote on legislation. She’s a political hack and nothing more. As Gertrude Stein said of her hometown Oakland CA, “There’s no THERE there.”