Saturday, February 13, 2010

Janet Duprey Running as the Party of No

Our unscientific poll asking whether Janet Duprey should do an interview is officially over and we are taking down the poll. The results were pretty much predictable. On the question of "do you think Janet Duprey should complete Buggs Buddy's interview?" the results are 58% think yes and only 42% think no.

Hopefully Janet will come around and reconsider doing an interview with us so that the people can learn more about her record and accomplishments. It was kind of pathetic that she couldn't list any accomplishments for us, or even tell us what the main thing she wanted voters to know about her in the 114th Assembly District. Below are the questions we proposed to Janet that she couldn't answer. We can say though that at least Assemblywoman Duprey is taking her cues from the Republican Party in one respect: she is continuing to make Republicans look like the Party of No.

Buggs Buddy Question: Assemblywoman, thank you for agreeing to taking the time to participate in our interview. I am sure our readers are very interested in learning more about your agenda for 2010 in the Assembly. Can you give us some insight into what issues you will be working on and why?

Janet Duprey Response: Not able to answer.

BB: Why did you initially decide to run for state office and what do you count as your most significant accomplishments?

JD: Not able to answer.

BB: What do you think are the main differences between yourself, Paul Maroun and David Kimmel? Why should someone consider voting for you rather than these other two candidates in the Republican primary?

JD: Not able to answer.

BB: You are obviously running as a Republican but some people in the GOP want to move the party in two different directions: the moderate direction or the conservative direction. You followed the NY-23 Congressional race closely last year. The candidacy of Doug Hoffman in NY-23 against Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava and Bill Owens resulted in a very public debate that seemed to pit generic Republican voters into two competing Republican camps in 2009. What place do you think there is for moderate or more liberal Republicans in the GOP today? Can conservatives and moderates coexist within the Republican Party moving forward?

JD: Not able to answer.

BB: There are a lot of challenges in New York state today. But, unemployment and the poor economic environment are on the minds of a lot of people, what can Albany do to bring more jobs and economic development to Northern New York?

JD: Not able to answer.

BB: What do you think about social issues like gay marriage and abortion in the New York State legislature? Do you think the state has a role to play in governing morality? What level of priority do you think we should we give to issues that often divide people in both major political parties?

JD: Not able to answer.

BB: What is the main thing you want voters in the 114th to know about you and your candidacy? Is there anything else you want our readers to know about you and this race?

JD: Not able to answer.

BB: Do you have a favorite candidate for NY-23 in 2010 or a favorite candidate for New York State Governor? If so, why do you think they are the best candidates? If not, what kind of candidates do you think the people of NY-23 and New York State are looking for?

JD: Not able to answer.

BB: Did you have a New Years Resolution for 2010?

JD: Not able to answer.

Maybe some of our readers can try to answer some of the easy questions we posed to Janet Duprey in the comments section. We would love to hear your thoughts.

8 comments:

  1. Republicans are the party of no. That's not news Buggs.

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  2. pretty easy questions to answer if you ask me.

    1. working on jobs, jobs, jobs... & fighting higher taxes (or should be)
    2. initially ran b/c wanted to enter public service
    3. differences... record, experience, & trust
    4. there is a place for anyone in the gop who wants to be part of a winning coalition
    5. albany can't do much except fight for lower taxes and lower spending... we are addicted to spending and it needs to stop at every level even when it hurts us locally.
    6. social issues - to each their own, but its hard to win being pro-choice and against traditional marriage
    7. i care about the people
    8. no favorite candidates right now
    9. new years resolutions - do my part in making our community stronger, safter, and prosperous

    Would it be so hard for a candidate to say those things? I don't understand.

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  4. The Republicans should absolutely be the party of H#LL No when it comes to a radical left wing agenda being advanced by Obama-Pelosi. As far as Duprey goes ... what do you want? She's done little to nothing productive in three years so she really doesn't have much to say.

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  5. I can't blame her for not wanting to be interviewed by such a self-righteous anonymous blogger.

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  6. Well 58% of people asked said they could blame her. You are in the minority, my friend.

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  7. janet duprey for governor!

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  8. It is hard to answer such intrusive questions. Why the answers might be censored because the topics are ambiguous and obviously meant to trick the candidate. Anyone with 38 years of experience in the political field would feel threatened by being asked to reflect on accomplishments, speculate on the future and determine for the audience what the most important parts of their lifelong career should be remembered by the constituency. This is unfathomable. It should be a forward thinking candidate's dream interview. After examination of how Dave Kimmel's interview was run and after the time Janet was given to evaluate the running of the site and many postings by Buggs, it is not hard to see how business is done on whatsupny23. If Janet has poor judgement on this, what else will not warrant her attention and subsequently demonstrate her poor judgement. Oh, that's right...we have already seen that; her stand on gay marriage, her absence on corrections issues and the prison closings and her co-sponsorship of bills with no known price tag.

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