US SENATE: Does He Support The County Organization(s) That Endorsed Him?

Hirsh Singh

Under normal circumstances I probably wouldn’t care about the fact that a Republican US Senate candidate blurred out the names of all the candidates, with the exception of President Donald Trump, in the column with him. Unfortunately, these are not normal circumstances.

On this past Saturday’s radio show Bob and I spent a considerable amount of time discussing the fact that some Cumberland County Republicans have called radio station management complaining we don’t show enough support for Cumberland’s Republican candidates on the air. Apparently, this has been discussed quite a bit, or at least often enough to get back to us, in GOP circles.

Never mind the fact that I still sometimes hear “The Sound of Silence” in my head because we played it on the air so often during our relentless attacks on former temporary state Senator Silent Bob Andrzejczak and his at least 119 days of silence.

Perhaps those Republicans who claim we don’t show support for Cumberland Republicans forgot our quick about face in CD2 after Congressman Jeff Van Drew became a Republican. Bob, in a rare blog post withdrew his endorsement of Brian Fitzherbert and I stopped inviting then CD2 candidate David Richter on the show. In other words, we fell in line. We even had Congressman Van Drew on the show and he has an open invitation. His opponent, Bob Patterson, does not have an open invitation. Quite the opposite, I go out of my way to find a reason to write about Patterson’s thoughts on condoms and “the remarkable chemicals in semen,” mostly because Patterson’s past writings on the topics make me laugh.

Sure, the Cumberland Republicans who claim we don’t show Cumberland Republicans enough support will argue we don’t support former beauty pageant winner Hirsh Singh’s candidacy for US Senate. Neither does at least half our listening audience! While Singh has the line in Cape May, Cumberland and Atlantic – all counties where WVLT is heard – US Senate candidate Rik Mehta has organizational support in Salem, Gloucester, Camden and Burlington – also all counties where WVLT is heard.

Furthermore, those same complaining Republicans should now be asking if Singh supports Cumberland County Republicans.

One would think that after fighting so hard to win the line in Cumberland that Singh would be proud to be in the column with all the candidates. He’s so proud to be in the column with his fellow Republicans that he blurred all their names out in a social media post:

Here it is larger:

He did the same in his home county of Atlantic:

Blurring out the names of those he shares the column with sends a terrible message.

Congressman Van Drew is in the column with Singh. Van Drew has a primary yet Singh blurred his name out.

One has to wonder – does Singh care about anyone else in the column? Does the blurring out of Van Drew’s name mean he supports Patterson?

This time, as opposed to other times, I didn’t go out of my way to pick on Singh, he can thank the Cumberland Republicans that have complained about us not being supportive enough for that. Maybe instead of questioning our party loyalty certain Cumberland Republicans should be calling out the guy they voted for at convention because Singh obviously doesn’t care about the rest of the column.

Congratulations Chairman Steinhardt (and LD1, LD2 and LD8)

Doug Steinhardt

Since we launched The Bob & Steve Show over a year ago we’ve been heaping praise on NJGOP Chairman Doug Steinhardt on the air and on this blog. We’ve said repeatedly he’s the best chairman the party has had since Tom Wilson (2004-2009). Wilson was a fighter and so is Steinhardt – and you know how much we like fighters.

Steinhardt traveled the state talking about the Murphy Midterms, meeting with activists (even some who might be considered malcontents), put the effort to bring people back into the fold. The guy did everything he could to put the organization back together and motivate the troops.

He stayed on the Murphy Midterms message finishing with 20 straight days of “20 Reasons New Jersey Is Weaker And Poorer Under Phil Murphy 20 Reasons To Vote Republican In The 2019 Murphy Mid-Terms.” The only thing more annoying than getting those press releases every day was back when I wrote 33 press releases in a row about former Cumberland County Freeholder Lou Magazzu’s NACOgate. (I say annoying in the most complimentary way possible)

Steinhardt’s Murphy Midterms resulted in four Assembly pickups and the grand prize of Michael Testa’s Senate win. The Murphy Midterms strategy protected LD8. In South Jersey the Murphy Midterms message defeated the George Norcross Machine.

I can’t end this post without congratulating Michael Testa, Jr., “The Dapper County Chairman.” I’ve known the guy for more than a decade, we’re friends, friends enough that we’ve had arguments, but always found a way to work them out. I remember the days of his ponytail and occasionally tease him about it. What are friends for? I admit, I was worried for him yesterday, and Michael I apologize for not showing up at your victory party, but I don’t do victory parties, it’s bad luck and no way was I going to jinx you.

Thank you both, Michael Testa, Jr. and Chairman Doug Steinhardt, I no longer have to type the words, “temporary state Senator Bob Andrzejczak” and my spell check will no longer go crazy. Oh, and I don’t have to play that stupid song dedicated to the temporary state Senator on our radio show any longer.

Guy Backed By South Jersey’s Political Boss Accuses Testa Of Being A Political Boss

Bob Andrzejczak

Temporary state Senator Bob Andrzejczak’s campaign is lying again. First, it was Andrzejczak’s campaign spokesman making the false claim that Michael Testa turned down a debate proposal. The League of Women Voters had to clarify that neither State Sen. Bob Andrzejczak nor Cumberland County GOP chairman Michael Testa had “officially declined” to appear at a debate. The two are scheduled to debate on October 28.

Now, in a TV ad the Andrzejczak campaign calls Testa “one of South Jersey’s biggest political bosses.”

Calling Testa a “political boss” is enough to have Frank Hague and Nucky Johnson laughing from their graves.

In what world is Testa “one of South Jersey’s biggest political bosses?” There is one “political boss” in South Jersey – George Norcross. Don’t take my word for it. The Press of Atlantic City clearly knows there is only one boss in South Jersey recently writing:

“A recent mailer put out by General Majority PAC, which is linked to South Jersey political boss George Norcross…”

The paper called George Norcross “South Jersey political boss.” It didn’t call Testa a political boss.

Need more proof? According to Wikipedia, Category: American political bosses from New Jersey there are only eight political bosses listed from our state and only one in South Jersey is still alive: George Norcross.

I’m not sure why the Andrzejczak campaign insists on lying about Testa. Maybe it’s because he knows he is the one controlled by an actual political boss.