Choices And Consequences

My friend Ned Berke at Sheepshead Bites recently published some bitter comments from David Storobin after his latest election defeat.  I encourage everyone to go to click the link to Sheepshead Bites to read it. 

Instead of typing out a diatribe in the comments of Ned's website and burden readers uninterested with internal Republican matters, I thought I would respond in kind right here.

For those of you who have been around for a few years, you know that Russ and I were big fans of David Storobin.  He was a regular voice on the radio show in its formative years, and after most shows we would all go out for a drink or three to talk about our political aspirations at the Bean Post.  

Want the proof? check it out:

http://brooklyngopradio.blogspot.com/2011/01/david-storobin-featured-in-examinercom.html

http://brooklyngopradio.blogspot.com/2011/03/editors-note-talk-about-prophetic-words.html

http://brooklyngopradio.blogspot.com/2012/01/game-on.html

http://brooklyngopradio.blogspot.com/2012/01/that-was-fast-storobin-to-open-campaign.html

http://brooklyngopradio.blogspot.com/2012/01/brooklyn-gop-chair-craig-eaton_10.html

http://brooklyngopradio.blogspot.com/2012/01/rise-above-lew-fidlers-hate.html

http://brooklyngopradio.blogspot.com/2012/02/no-show-tonight-go-to-sd27-debate.html

http://brooklyngopradio.blogspot.com/2012/03/special-election-indeed-brooklyn-awaits.html

http://brooklyngopradio.blogspot.com/2012/03/120-votes-david-storobin-ahead-of-lew.html

http://brooklyngopradio.blogspot.com/2012/05/another-brooklyn-gop-victory.html

http://brooklyngopradio.blogspot.com/2012/05/brooklyn-gop-chairman-seat-storobin-now.html

http://brooklyngopradio.blogspot.com/2012/09/senator-storobin-campaign-kickoff.html

I was one of the main backers / organizers of the "Draft Storobin For Senate" movement that resulted in his campaign (I remember hatching out the plan for that with David and our friends at Cardinal Stritch K of C in Gravesend one night after losing a Texas Hold 'Em Tourney to Gallo!),  Russ was proud of the work he did to deliver the 47th AD - a swing district in that race - for David, and I was equally proud to be part of the legal team that represented David in Court in the SD27 Recount litigation that resulted in him winning that race.

I still am proud of what we accomplished.  And I was proud of David.

But, since David Storobin became "Senator Storobin", David and I have rarely spoke.  And his recent comments are an example why (emphasis added):

And now things will go back to normal. I will go back to being a lawyer. Brooklyn Democrats won’t have to worry about getting re-elected. Brooklyn Republicans will go back to being a small debating society. Everything makes sense to everyone again..

Bitterness notwithstanding, contrary to David's opinion, he is not the end all and be all of Brooklyn Republican politics. In fact, it's the other way around - David is a product of Brooklyn Republican politics.

Last I checked, David Storobin came off the Brooklyn Republican Party bench after Chairman Eaton went to bat for him with the Senate Republican leadership and then designated him as our candidate.  He was also the beneficiary of the hard work done by the Brooklyn Republican Party in the NY-9 Special Election when Congressman Turner shocked the nation.  If the party didn't deliver for Congressman Turner in Brooklyn, you would have never heard of Senator David Storobin.

Somewhere along the way in the transformation from David Storobin to "Senator Storobin", David seemingly forgot that.  Then, Brooklyn Republicans were important to David Storobin.  But now that he is apparently leaving active politics, Brooklyn Republicans aren't important to Senator Storobin.

Maybe the wrong people got in his ear, I don't know.  But for whatever reason, David not only forgot where he came from, he turned his back on the people who were there for him from the start.

David forgot that his win was a team win.  His campaign team, his county team - everyone had a hand in David Storobin becoming "Senator Storobin".  And since that win, his campaign team and his county team have fallen off as a result of the choices "Senator Storobin" made.  Those choices have consequences.

The circumstances surrounding this latest disappointing election result is one of those consequences..   

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