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The Fall of Dede Scozzafava (NY RINO, ACORN supported)
National Review ^ | 10/16/09 | [Maggie Gallagher]

Posted on 10/17/2009 9:47:52 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines

The media is all over the new Siena poll which shows Dede Scozzafava's support collapsing in New York's 23rd Congressional District. This is a special election in November in a district that has elected a Republican since 1871. But party bosses saw fit to nominate a woman who is not only pro-gay marriage and pro-abortion, she has an economic record that has lead the Club For Growth and the American Conservative Union to target her and endorse the Conservative party candidate Doug Hoffman, in spite of Newt Gingrich's endorsement....

What's at stake in this race? As Michelle Malkin has written, it's not just the heart and soul of the GOP, but its brain. Whose idea was it to nominate an extreme ACORN-friendly liberal for this seat? Their silly heads should roll.

(Excerpt) Read more at corner.nationalreview.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 23rd; acorn4romney; acorn4scozzafava; congressional; district; hoffman; ny2010; operationleper; owens; rino; romney; romney4rinos; romneyantigop; romneyantipalin; scozzafava; truthers4romney
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To: FreeReign

This is New York and people are surprised? They have no true Republican Party there, just superliberal democrats and regular liberal democrats, called RINOs in normal states.


21 posted on 10/17/2009 10:37:53 AM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: FreeReign

No, Steele is head of the RNC, which doesn’t pick congressional candidates. But he has recently said, loudly and publicly and several times, that he supports pro-abortion Republican politicians. That doesn’t help.

In some districts you may need such people, but they should keep quiet about it. And so should Steele.

The Conservative Party leaders in NY really don’t want to split the vote if they can help it. For instance, when Rudy was running against hillary, they didn’t require him to pretend to be pro-life or pro-family, since he seemed to be the only person who could beat her. All they asked was that Rudy should KEEP QUIET during the campaign about his known support for partial birth abortion. Rudy stupidly refused. Then he had to back out with marital and health problems, so the issue never came to the crunch.

We really, really don’t need pro-abortion candidates from districts where a pro-lifer could easily get elected. It weakens the party and violates the principle that conservatives should have three legs (metaphorically). Because we need that coalition to win on the national level.


22 posted on 10/17/2009 10:57:19 AM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: GeronL
They are that stupid.

I wish. They, the Republican elite, are evil just like the Democrats and working hand in hand to destroy the country.

23 posted on 10/17/2009 11:10:05 AM PDT by penowa
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To: centurion316

That I’m now an Independent

and donated to her opponent.


24 posted on 10/17/2009 12:09:21 PM PDT by Freddd (CNN is not credible.)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Luckily, we have two diametrically opposed parties in America: The Communist Democrats, and the Socialist Republicans.


25 posted on 10/17/2009 12:13:30 PM PDT by Lazamataz (DEFINITION: rac-ist (rA'sis't) 1. Anyone who disagrees with a liberal about any topic.)
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To: pissant

http://www.doughoffmanforcongress.com/donate3.html


26 posted on 10/17/2009 5:12:45 PM PDT by JSDude1 (www.wethepeopleindiana.org (Tea Party Member-Proud), www.travishankins.com (R- IN 09 2010!))
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To: GeronL

What is worse is that the Dems will win a seat they should not have. Only a miracle would get Hoffman elected. So with Dede dead, the Dem dials in at that district. Yipe.


27 posted on 10/17/2009 5:54:55 PM PDT by phillyfanatic
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To: SolidWood

Another way to put it, HOT vs. NOT!


28 posted on 10/17/2009 5:59:46 PM PDT by DTogo (High time to bring back the Sons of Liberty !!)
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To: phillyfanatic
What is worse is that the Dems will win a seat they should not have. Only a miracle would get Hoffman elected. So with Dede dead, the Dem dials in at that district. Yipe.

But what does it do to conservative morale when Snowe votes for nationalized health care and Obama can trumpet "bi-partisan". Rinos aren't worth it! They are just like Democrats and will vote with them when it hurts conservatives the most!
29 posted on 10/17/2009 6:57:27 PM PDT by RushingWater
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To: Parley Baer

Re#19 It worked. Scozzafava dropped out today. ;^)


30 posted on 10/31/2009 9:20:08 AM PDT by eureka! (Turn the Tea Party into our own ACORN when voting time comes. GOTV.)
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