דער גנב נידערמאן לויפט ארום אז הרה"ג ר' מארטי קאנער איז געווען קעגן חוקי תועבה
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He's certainly been there awhile. Connor won the seat in 1978, a year before Squadron was born. But on a checklist of progressive issues—housing, health, education, environment, labor, gay rights—he gets as high a grade as any of his peers. He's also the Democrats' go-to man for election-law issues, no small talent in an ever-fractious legislature. He's also been involved in every major political battle, and has the battle scars to prove it. One was in 1998, when he thought Geraldine Ferraro would make a better U.S. senator than Schumer. Apparently the winner never forgot.
http://www.villagevoice.com/2008-08-05/columns/a-former-charles-schumer-aide-tries-to-upend-state-senate-vet-marty-connor