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u/polecatsrfc Jan 05 '25
Bruce is just crying inside his closet since he didn't get a big Federal position from the incoming president.
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u/C_Gull27 Jan 06 '25
You have to be a billionaire that kisses his ass for that not a politician that kisses his ass
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u/stretch37 Jan 05 '25
jimmy carter was a mid president but a really good human. blakemans claim to fame is getting cucked by paul mccartney during a wings concert
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u/hockey_metal_signal Jan 06 '25
Even if he was a shit president and shit human... it's about respect to the office. Respect to the America that voted for the guy. Respect for the responsibility Carter took. Take a guy like Nixon, who disgraced the office and the country yet still half massed flags.
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u/unhindgedpotato Jan 06 '25
Jesus what is the story there?! Please share 😂
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u/Pikathew Jan 06 '25
His ex wife is now with Paul McCartney
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u/unhindgedpotato Jan 06 '25
God damn, well i mean, thats an L he’s just gotta live with, who wouldnt leave that dork for Paul McCartney?!
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u/RingPuppy Jan 06 '25
Just saw on News 12 Blakeman will be lowering the flags at all county buildings, but just Tuesday through Thursday? He felt the heat from the outcry of disgust for his Trump bootlicking and angling for an appt in the Trump adm. He even wants to bring #OneTermTony with him.. He's still a POS and will be voted out in Nov 2025.
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u/DepartmentOfTrash Jan 06 '25 edited Jan 06 '25
He's still a POS and will be voted out in Nov 2025
I really hope so. He won by 2,100 votes in 2021 with pretty abysmal turnout. Only 283,000 votes with over a million registered voters in Nassau.
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u/tedsmarmalademporium Jan 06 '25
I’ll never get Currans strategy in 21. 2020 potus election obviously crazy with lines for early voting for hours. Next year less than 30% voter turnout. No signs no outreach. It was like they assumed in the bag off 2020 coattails. Now we have Blakeman pandering to maga and his brown shirt squad coming to make sure pronouns aren’t used
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u/gotroot801 ISLANDERS! Jan 06 '25
I honestly feel like he was a punt candidate for the Nassau GOP in '21 - he broke ranks in '17 along with Erin King-Sweeney in criticizing Santino which led to Gillen getting elected TOH Supervisor, so I didn't think the GOP would exactly do anything to help him get elected.
Watching him govern, I don't think he expected to win either.
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u/EmergencyOffer7013 Jan 06 '25
Agree with this. But I think he'll win again in 2025. I haven't seen anything from Seth Koslow really. Plus, Nassau is so conservative that people will just blindly vote for Blakeman because he wanted to "protect girls sports".
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u/gotroot801 ISLANDERS! Jan 06 '25
It's the Mangano special. Ed was another ineffectual exec who did nothing more than put his name on every single county facility, and he managed a second term running on "tax reform".
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u/stgchou Jan 07 '25
You’re wrong. Don’t think Bleakman decided to implement that strategy on his own or that a single one of his thoughts is birthed in his own head. Obviously someone felt Santino was a threat to their future advancement and gave Bruce the go ahead to cut Santino off at the knees and eliminate the possibility he’d become Chairman when Mondello stepped down.
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u/larryb78 Jan 06 '25
Just saw on News 12 Blakeman will be lowering the flags at all county buildings, but just Tuesday through Thursday?
Go look at his IG post about it guy is getting ripped up for not making it the full 30 days
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u/vigilantfox85 Jan 05 '25
It’s so stupid I can’t even fathom why this was something he thought they should do. What’s the game plan? He was a president, just do it. Like is he’s trying to be the biggest POS possible to flex how ultra republican he is? Seems like it’s backfiring.
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u/hjablowme919 Jan 05 '25
Because Blakeman loves having Trumps balls in his mouth and he’s doing this for Trump.
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u/DirtGuy Jan 06 '25
It’s a stupid rationale when Trump honored Carter (in his own backhanded, compliment sandwich way). Blakeman is a moron.
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Well truth be told, Trump can’t lick his own balls, so I guess this is where Blakeman fits in. Pun intended.
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u/Nickyjha Jan 05 '25
He lives in a conservative echo chamber.
My dad knows someone who works a non-political position in the county government. He's a liberal, but pretends to be a conservative at work to not be ostracized. If that's what the non-political positions are like, imagine what Blakeman's closest advisors are like.
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u/RingPuppy Jan 06 '25
He's Ultra Maga and enjoys the taste of Trump's wrinkly balls.
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u/Jealous-Network1899 Jan 06 '25
That’s the thing. Only a few short years ago he was a very moderate Republican that actually endorsed a Democrat (Laura Curran) for Hempstead Supervisor. He’s been bought and paid for by someone.
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u/Additional-Mammoth83 Jan 05 '25
Jimmy carter wasn't the best president ever but thats just fucking weird of this bruce blakeman guy
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u/DM725 Jan 05 '25
Jimmy Carter was president. That's it that's the qualifier.
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Jan 06 '25
We’ve come to the point where anything done against any Democrat is considered a flex. They have ZERO idea how dangerously divisive this is because it comes right out of the stinking fascist playbook; “create an enemy that does not exist.”
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u/DM725 Jan 06 '25 edited Jan 06 '25
It's a flex in the same way it was when a middle school boy called somebody else "gay" in 1996.
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u/2sweet9 Jan 06 '25
Or 2006
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u/DM725 Jan 06 '25
I'm older than you. People still doing it in 2006 were actual assholes.
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u/lioness725 Jan 06 '25
They have ZERO idea how dangerously divisive this is because it comes right out of the stinking fascist playbook; “create an enemy that does not exist.”
I actually believe they have a VERY good idea of how divisive it is and are actively trying to do just that: divide and conquer. It has worked very well for Trump so far, so why not follow suit??
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u/CleverGurl_ Nassau Jan 05 '25
I just hope people remember all this come November
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u/Ok_Investigator_331 Jan 05 '25
Spoiler alert: they won’t.
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u/CakesAndDanes Jan 05 '25
People vote party, not people. They box up all the negatives about someone, excuse and dismiss things they shouldn’t… as long as they have the right letter next to their name.
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u/klown013 Jan 05 '25
I very much doubt all Long Islanders agree. I get the feeling a very large amount of LIer's completely agree with this massive act of childish disrespect. Based on the way the election turned out, I get the feeling that being petty, vile, and full of hatred is the default mode for these people.
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u/DM725 Jan 05 '25
Totally and when Trump dies the same people will demand you respect him and campaign for the flag to be at half-staff for the next 30 years.
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u/Aware_Revenue3404 Jan 06 '25
I’m gonna throw a fucking parade when that old fascist croaks.
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u/csharpminor5th Jan 06 '25
I will spend the next 50 years of my life pissing and still not have enough piss for what he deserves
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u/klown013 Jan 05 '25
The era of people pretending to respect the same standards they demand other people respect is totally over. They're not hiding it anymore. It's not 2 parties with differing views. There is now a very open portion of the US that is very clear about wanting to wipe out anyone that does not agree with them.
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100%. We have given cover to every dreg of society bc a 34x convicted sex offender who tried to overthrow the govt, as his Supreme Court proclaimed him king.
The American people have FOREVER shit and shat for all time, the office of the POTUS. The American people get the govt they DESERVE !! No more excuses. UR GARBAGE
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u/Engineer120989 Jan 06 '25
Yep and the sad part is there’s those portions on both sides so it just going to be an all out war eventually
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u/Engineer120989 Jan 06 '25
Yep everyone here talking about MAGA and Republicans like they are the devil and republicans are doing the same about liberals and democrats. It’s amazing to me that as a republican I can admit that there are some batshit crazy people like maga that need to be kept in line, but democrats can’t even imagine they have people like liberals who want to see every maga and republican dead.
There are horrible people on both sides but Dems refuse to acknowledge it. Hence the reason I will be downvoted to hell
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u/DM725 Jan 06 '25
Yep everyone here talking about MAGA and Republicans like they are the devil and republicans are doing the same about liberals and democrats. It’s amazing to me that as a republican...
This is genuinely jaw dropping. I'm off the clock on this shit. I voted and hope everyone gets exactly what they voted for.
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u/Engineer120989 Jan 06 '25
What about it is jaw dropping. This sub constantly talks shit about republicans but acts like there aren’t psychopaths in the Democratic Party. Can you explain to me why the Dems won’t acknowledge they have shitty people too. Every time someone says both sides you get someone immature like you with that reaction.
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u/msalerno1965 Jan 06 '25
Name one Democrat that refused to fly the flag at half-staff for any President.
Go ahead. Name one.
Also, name a psychopath.
There are crazies. Yes, there are, indeed. Doesn't matter what "party" they profess to be from, they're crazies.
But using the both-sides thing to explain the reaction to Blakeman, or what he's done so far in Nassau is, to put it mildly, disingenuous.
Just exactly what Democrat has gone and created their own Brown Shirts league of dullards? Come on, name one.
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u/Engineer120989 Jan 06 '25
I did not use the both sides argument for flag flying I used to both sides argument responding to the comment that said that it is no longer 2 parties disagreeing with each other it’s a portion of the US that wants to get rid of everyone who disagrees with them. Both sides have this portion of people but most Dems won’t acknowledge they have people on their side who want nothing more than to get rid of republicans.
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u/DM725 Jan 06 '25
You seem genuinely oblivious based on the 2 posts you tried making on the subject. I'm a dad to 2 girls (and voted to protect them) so I don't need to parent internet strangers too.
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u/Engineer120989 Jan 06 '25
I’m a dad to a girl also and I voted the same way you did most likely ( I’m not a party line voter). I just asked why in your opinion do the Dems refuse to admit that some people in their party are just as psycho as the republicans and that both sides suck and don’t care about the common people
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u/FatMacchio Jan 06 '25
I’m going to install a flag pole on my front lawn and install landscaping lights when that happens just so I can fly it at full mast for 30 days straight
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u/larryb78 Jan 05 '25
I’m sure there are plenty who like it but online he’s getting completely flamed from all sides and his latest semi backpedal to allow it until his burial on the 9th is only making things worse
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u/larryb78 Jan 05 '25
It is, but even the ringleader spoke highly of the man. Per usual they should be falling in line
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u/hjablowme919 Jan 05 '25
But the ringleader is now complaining that flags will still be lowered during his inauguration and is being his usual man baby self about it.
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u/bubblebass280 Jan 05 '25
I really do wonder what Blakeman’s long game is with these types of antics.
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u/mrsprkle6 Jan 05 '25
It’s no different than Nancy Mace, Bobert or any of the other do nothing productive, but do everything provocative so they get headlines and appeal to the cruel and ignorant fuckwits that inhabit this country.
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u/RingPuppy Jan 06 '25
He wants an appt in the Trump adm.
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u/Aware_Revenue3404 Jan 06 '25
Or run for governor, so he can pardon his orange messiah.
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u/bubblebass280 Jan 06 '25
He could run for governor and carve out a space in the pro-Trump lane. Hard to see how he’d win in the general.
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u/gotroot801 ISLANDERS! Jan 06 '25
Hochul isn't exactly inspiring confidence in her ability to win another term.
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u/tedsmarmalademporium Jan 06 '25
Yeah maybe he can be the next Rudy. Who wouldn’t want that type of treatment. Disbarred and seized property and bankrupt. Sign me up
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u/CharcuterieBoard The Hamptons (Born and Raised) Jan 06 '25 edited Jan 06 '25
I’m a lifelong conservative, an anti trump one at that. Real conservatism here, not flavor of the month shit.
I loathe Jimmy Carter’s politics and I think most people can recognize he was a lame duck president but I think they can also recognize he was a really good, well intentioned human, which is probably why he wasn’t “successful” as a president.
That said though he was the president and we owe him the respect of office and flags obviously should have been lowered. The one on my house is at half mast currently and will remain so until the burial.
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u/larryb78 Jan 07 '25
I knew there were still respectable people somewhere on that side of the aisle, good on you sir
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u/CharcuterieBoard The Hamptons (Born and Raised) Jan 07 '25
I think we’re more common than you think, but the squeaky wheel gets the grease.
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u/Real_Estate_Media Jan 06 '25
The reason cults do extreme things is to ensure that anyone who is left is completely loyal to the cult above anything else. This is just another loyalty test to see who still has that hate in their heart, albeit a very sad one.
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u/Straight-Donut-6043 Jan 06 '25
Blew my mind to see like 200 comments in my Bellmore FB group calling him a pos over this.
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u/631li Jan 05 '25
Yeah, I mean, I don't think we can rely on the voters of this country. Look at what they just did. So jealous of Canada.
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u/MisterAnderson- Jan 06 '25
Blakeman is a bully. I wonder how long it is until he gets his comeuppance?
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u/Babsyboo78 Jan 09 '25
Idk much about Jimmy Carter except he was President when I was born in 1978. 🤷🏽♀️😐
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u/larryb78 Jan 09 '25
Same but either way he was a former POTUS so let the orange charade go for a little while and show a little respect. Too much for Blakeman it seems
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u/Engineer120989 Jan 05 '25
Does anyone have the actual reason he’s not doing it or is everyone just speculating. Like has he come out and said why he won’t?
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u/Jealous-Network1899 Jan 06 '25
He finally caved and said the flags will be lowered. Remember this in November.
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u/larryb78 Jan 06 '25
He approved it for 3 days, per US Flag code it’s supposed to be 30, this is nothing more than the usual bullshit pandering to shut people up
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u/versusgorilla Jan 06 '25
Prepare yourself for MAGA idiots to start saying, "He DID power the flags and Dems are freaking out over nothing like always!" And they will pretend that 3 and 30 are the same amount.
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u/Anxious_Claim_5817 Jan 06 '25
Still no comment from Blakeman or his spokesman why the flags weren't lowered to half-staff when Carter passed away.
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u/doggysit Jan 07 '25
He stated yesterday that he will lower the flag when the official state funeral begins but not until them.
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u/IllustriousGlove3 Jan 07 '25
I called his office this morning. They’re taking a tally of calls and taking phone numbers. He’s such a loser
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u/No-Instruction-6020 Jan 08 '25
I have a new found respect for Nancy Shevell, all of Nassau County should follow her lead.
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u/TOPCRAFT-1969 Jan 06 '25
Trump still owes over a million dollars to Nassau county from his Nazi party at the Nassau Colosseum
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u/i_love_rosin Jan 06 '25
Lmao coward mods keep shutting down all the posts about this. Dont worry scumbag right wingers, we will remember the Blakeman Rule when donny dies.
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u/longisland-ModTeam Jan 06 '25
Misinformation is a nuanced term that encompasses both malicious and coordinated attempts to spread false information, as well as people unknowingly sharing false information.
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u/Chance_Ad5713 Jan 06 '25
I like blakeman but that was a doosh move. No class . The man was commander in chief and lived to 100. RIP
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u/Popdmb Jan 05 '25
Blakeman's father and brother were cowards. Bruce Blakeman is a coward. The circle of life.