Comments on: Elise Stefanik says she’s dropping out

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 13:48:17 +0000

The NYT is trying to sow discord by suggesting that her withdrawal was due to her getting “jilted” by Trump. All Trump did was refrain from making an endorsement between the two Republican candidates, which is pretty standard behavior. Had Trump endorsed Stefanik, the NYT would have used terms like “interference,” and would have tried to tar Stefanik with groveling to Trump for his support. (In fact, I read somewhere that they were on the verge of writing such an article, and had to change it at the last minute when Trump said he wasn’t making an endorsement.) Damned if he does, damned if he doesn’t, as far as the NYT is concerned.

By: FOAF

FOAF — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 05:11:00 +0000

A commenter at William Jacobson’s “Legal Insurrection” blog said “she has been subjected to death threats and her family has been threatened too”. Infuriating if this had anything to do with her decision.

By: Xylourgos

Xylourgos — Sun, 21 Dec 2025 19:33:30 +0000

In rewards to the recent murders, could it be that she did not want her children growing up motherless?

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Sun, 21 Dec 2025 00:19:21 +0000

She accomplished something of consequence in Congress, by helping to bring about the resignations of those college presidents. I don’t think New York State is totally lost: Lee Zeldin lost 53-47 in 2022. Maybe Stefanik is a more polarizing figure, but could have generated more enthusiasm. I don’t see Howard Blakeman winning–I’d never heard of him before he appeared a few weeks ago (and I live in New York). But at the same time I can’t fathom the support for the repulsive Hochul.

By: Art Deco

Art Deco — Sat, 20 Dec 2025 21:44:24 +0000

Turning on a dime like that is odd. Odder is the assumption by combox clowns that she must have some ulterior motive. We have a dear friend employed as a congressional aide. He and his wife lived in Silver Spring Md. He was sometimes detailed to the home state, but not often. He worked in Washington. He retired some years ago, then came out of retirement when they had to help out close family (same old boss). He has a work from home deal, so he’s in DC p/t and at his place of retirement p/t. As for his previous tour in DC, he offered the estimate he worked 3,000 hrs a year, his wife said no it was 4,000. And for all that Congress accomplishes nothing of consequence. I don’t blame her for leaving it.

By: Avi

Avi — Sat, 20 Dec 2025 21:06:04 +0000

Remember the New York Times covered up the Holocaust, the Holodomor, and Castros Bolshevism.
No credibility.
How many lives could have been saved had the put the Holocaust on the front page?

By: Kate

Kate — Sat, 20 Dec 2025 20:52:14 +0000

I don’t know; perhaps she really is finding that juggling a very young family and these public obligations is hard.

By: M J R

M J R — Sat, 20 Dec 2025 19:45:19 +0000

Damn. Just plain DAMN.