last updated October 18, 2026Comments? Send email to: fny@freenewyork.net
Episode #1067: Walker Beware
First Broadcast: 10/19/26
Did you watch the one and only debate between Democratic New York State Governor Kathy Hochul, who's running for re-election this year, and Republican Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, who's challenging her for the office? If you did, maybe you came away from it as underwhelmed as I did, since I didn't see anything that would change my mind about voting to keep Hochul in office and keep Blakeman and all other Republicans as far away from public office as possible as long as President Donald Trump is defining what it means to be a Republican these days--not that I was ever inclined to vote for a Republican before Trump either, but I'm even less so now than I ever was in the past. On the one hand, it's refreshing to see politicians who aren't camera-ready running for office, because then I think they might be spending their time on their jobs than just trying to look good on TV or TickTock or wherever. On the other hand, when you see someone like Jon Ossoff, or Abdul El-Sayed, or Troy Jackson talking and giving full-throated defenses of their lefty perspectives, it can make one envious of the good choices Democrats can make elsewhere this November. Then again, not everyone can be as lucky as us New York City residents who have Zohran Mamdani as our mayor! REMEMBER TO VOTE! Things might get better if you do!
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last updated October 18, 2026
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