Wilson, in turn, says DiNapoli is an Albany insider, which is unarguable, given that the Democrat from Great Neck, Long Island, had served more than 20 years in the Assembly before he was basically picked by Speaker Sheldon Silver to succeed Hevesi.
They sent me three tracks and I basically picked the one I thought would be best.
I just basically picked one out of the hat and put them on the website.
To get a sense of the degree of contempt these two men have for the process, just consider that they are perfectly happy to allow a Bush supporter and Republican Party functionary, Florida's secretary of state, Katherine Harris, to basically pick the president of the United States by ordering a cutoff of hand counts in various counties at a time when Mr. Bush was barely 300 votes ahead.
"The rules basically pick the winners and losers," he said, with the winners being the big banks.
The chat shows of the era – Wogan and Aspel, basically – picked from a familiar pool of safe mid-1980s TV faces.
"We are basically picking up the trend coming out of Europe, which is sovereign credit risk-oriented," said Keith B. Hembre, the chief economist and chief investment strategist at First American Funds.
"Right now, you're basically picking money off the ground," Mr. Mulholland said.
