Things that make me cry

Things that make Karen Nason cry:  butterflies, orphans and Republican candidates who cry that politics is mean! 

Chopping onions makes me cry.

I was born in Flushing, Queens. That makes me cry.

People make fun of my accent; I drink "caw-fee."   They think its a speech defect. "No,"  I say. "I'm from Flushing."  They laugh.  I cry.

I cry when people call me "Pinkers!" and "Bonkers for Bhalla!"   I cry at sad movies.  I cry when Kurt Gardiner puts my name on a sex toy.  I cry when my cawfee gets cold.

I cry when Jen Giattino surrogates privately tell undecided  voters, "Ravi is not-electable!" and "Hoboken is not ready for a mayor with a turban!" and "Ravi is bad in math!" and "Ravi has no executive skills!" and "Ravi is a national candidate!" and "Ravi won't put Hoboken first!" and "Ravi is a career politician!"

This made me cry:

I cry when Ravi Bhalla puts out detailed proposal after detailed proposal to the public  and... nothing from Jen.  Zero, zip, nada.  

I cry when Jen puts out a mailer devoid of issues, ideas and proposals, but wants our vote because "Hoboken deserves her because her first focus is Hoboken" unlike some national, higher-office job-seeking, job-seeker named Ravi Bhalla.

I cry because Ravi is working so hard on detailed policy proposals including, but not limited to, recreation, infrastructure, education, and flooding and Jen...  crickets.  

I cry because Giattino's campaign message is: 'I'm better than him, in every way... in fact, I am so special, so nice,  I don't need to tell you what I am going to do, what my priorities are, how I will solve Hoboken's problems... just trust me, I'm a smart person.'

I cry when Jen's surrogates launder their filthy smear campaign against Ravi and his slate (criminal "Pay-to-Play" allegations) through MSV. 

I cry when Jen cries because Ravi called her what she is, a Republican (what's the big deal?) and the Mayor reveals Jen's private statements which are a matter of public interest and public concern. 

I cry when Jen's friends write letters about crying for Jen, yet have empty tear ducts for spurious attacks made by Jen's campaign against Ravi... that started in July. 

I cry when political candidates like Jen Giattino and her surrogates resort to crying, because if they can't stand the heat, they shouldn't be in politics. 

Unlike Jen Giattino, Ravi doesn't cry, "Boo-hoo, she was mean to me! She called me a "national candidate..." Waaaaaaah!"   

Mayor Zimmer and Ravi Bhalla have been called everything in the political arena. 

Neither cry, nor complain when their opponents disparage them. That is politics. 

Nor have either of them used the abuse to win sympathy.  They just work harder. 

That is politics. Politics is not for snowflakes. 

The way Giattino is handling the pressure of a political campaign is indicative that she cannot tolerate the abuse, pressure and scrutiny that come with the Office of Hoboken Mayor. 

 I wonder if Mike DeFusco cried about this?