It doesn't have any basis. It's like me saying they're Martians; it's silly.

Well what's wrong with ain't? And as for saying 'Rizzuto slud into second' it just ain't natural. Sounds silly to me. Slud is something more than slid. It means sliding with great effort.

We have local autonomy. This doesn't affect the county committees.

There is no room in our party for such outrageous racism. We are a party of inclusion and the only people that should be excluded are those who preach this kind of hate.

It doesn't hurt any public official to remain close to a county executive who has a 72 percent approval rating.

(Trump) is a formidable candidate for anything he decides to run for. We would love to see him run for president of the United States in 2008 as a third-party candidate. I'd do what I could to help give him a strong base here in New York and everywhere else in the country.