lets not overstate things and present the impression that anyone actually cares who Jesse Hamiltion endorses. There are only a very few endorsements that matter, and the Hamilton endorsement isn't one of them and the Davis family certainly wasn't one of them.

speaking of endorsements, Yassky got one at the west indian day parade, in every sense but the words, from Mike Bloomberg. The two were out there together and Bloomy was full of praise for Yassky. Of course the incident was marred. This is from the NY Sun report:

[quote]An appearance that could be interpreted as a last-minute attempt to boost Mr. Yassky's campaign seemed to backfire, however, when hecklers disrupted the event and a donut dropped from an apartment landed close to where the mayor and Mr. Yassky were standing.

Mr. Bloomberg praised Mr. Yassky's performance on the City Council but stopped short of endorsing his candidacy for Congress. "I've always thought that David Yassky was a city councilman that worked very hard for the city, and I'll leave it up to the voters who they vote for," the mayor said.

The hecklers at the event identified themselves as supporters of Mr. Owens, but a spokeswoman for Mr. Owens said they did not work for the campaign. "We were not involved in the incident whatsoever," the spokeswoman, Amyre Loomis, said.[/quote]

Well lets see, the hecklers "identified themselves" as Owens supporters, and the reporter bought it? Then again, this is the Sun we're talking about, they'd believe anything.

Although Bouldin, if it was you who chucked that chocolate doughnut at Yassky's head, you'd own up to it right?

Myself and Amyre were completely incredulous at the donut story; we first learned about it when a reporter called (!) to confirm it.

Long story short, our volunteer person ran a quick check of the database, and the two donut-throwers were not in it, meaning they most certainly have no ties to us.

David might wish to consider applying his immense talents to actually knowing what he is talking about. Simply put, his candidacy ain't that popular in the black community. Myself, I consider this incident a waste of a perfectly good donut, though I hear reliably - from the press (!) - that it was only half of one, so it's not a total loss.

The Times' coverage of the story (in which the donut was thrown, not dropped), made no mention of any campaign affiliation of the donut-throwers.

It's likely that they are kids who decided to get "creative", or that they were put up to it by one of the other campaigns and told to claim they were Owens volunteers; too bad we don't have access to their volunteer databases!

who is the assemblyman in the 43rd again? Clarence?

People who make these endorsements, and then un-endorsements, do a real disservice to the voting public, who already are having enough of a hard time keeping this crazy election straight.

I am no fan of Yassky, however, these people making endorsements need to start thinking things through, instead of worrying about their own potential opportunism. It is sickening how little conviction some of these people have (not just the candidates for Congress).

The Davis endorsement was withdrawn because Yassky wouldn't pay Thelma Davis's son off. This was payola, he wanted money paid to his "consulting firm" in exchange for the endorsement. It would have been worse for Yassky to pay this guy off than to have the endorsement withdrawn. Also if Thelma Davis thinks not paying her son off and renting vans instead of buses for her friends to go to a rally, so they didn't have to take the subway, was not "showing respect to her", then she is not worthy of respect. I thought it did not speak well of the Davis's own character that one week they said to the community that david yassky was the beat candidate to take the seat in congress, and the next-- purely because they felt "disrespected"-- they not only unendorsed him but said he should drop out altogether. They were the ones who came off looking bad.

David is a bum for disrespecting the Davis family. Because of that he lost all the black vote.
Maybe he'll get the coons vote who remain close to him but Davis said the hell with Yassky I'm staying black, and I agree with him. Yassky's people didnt appreciate that kind of love. Now Yassky is scranbling for a black base. Go Davis Go

How did Yassky disrespect the Yassky family? By not paying a bribe to Davis's son? By renting vans instead of buses because Davis's friends were too lazy or cheap to take the subway to city hall for the press conference? That is hardly showing disprect, it was petty of the Davis family.