דער אמת רינט ארויס: איז א א בלאק וואוט א חסרון אדער א מעלה

Very new world when Dems, Kiryas Joel unite November 13, 2006 When Kiryas Joel Mayor Abe Wieder and his top lieutenant, Gedalye Szegedin, walked out of the rain and mist into John Hall's victory party on election night, it was as though they had entered a new dimension. Their longtime courtroom antagonist, Michael Sussman, could hardly contain himself: He startled Szegedin with a hearty bear hug. Other giddy Democrats greeted their black-hatted, Republican visitors with handshakes and "thank you's." "All of a sudden," Szegedin recalled, "I walked into enemy territory, and it was like I was an old friend." "It was wild," Sussman agreed. Why the friendliness? As everyone now knows, Wieder & Co. had dropped Rep. Sue Kelly, R-Katonah and endorsed her Democratic challenger, giving Hall just enough votes to win in a squeaker. And that was more than enough, at least for one jubilant, misty night, to forget past battles with the Wieder regime. So add this saying to the book of political wisdom: Contenders hate a voting bloc until it gets behind them. Then they love it.