Posted on 10/19/2009 4:01:59 AM PDT by Scanian
HERE'S the dirty little secret about political candidates and officeholders labeled by the mainstream media as "moderate Republicans": There's usually nothing moderate about them. Consider the case of "moderate Republican" Dede Scozzafava, the GOP nominee in an upstate congressional district's special election.
Handpicked by local party pooh-bahs and supported by Beltway GOP leaders, Scozzafava is vying to replace Rep. John McHugh (R-Watertown), who resigned after accepting President Obama's nomination as Army Secretary.
There's certainly no urgency to tack left. The district is as safe a Republican district as they come. The GOP has triumphed in every election there since 1871. Obama eked out a victory in the district last fall, but the Democrats have no real traction on the ground.
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Republicanism=socialism
Maybe Newt threw his support to the RINO to make the people think she is a Newtie.....”WELL, if that AWFUL NEWT supports her, I’m going to vote for the Conservative”......it could be BRILLIANT since Newt is HATED by most people.
Go Hoffman !
Let’s get one thing straight. We conservatives are the true RINOs. The moderate/liberals have controlled the GOP for a long time, with occasional lapses - 1980 and 1994, to be precise. That’s why the GOP leaders, even those known as conservatives, have always supported the more liberal candidates in GOP primaries. I distinctly, and bitterly, remember all of them supporting Specter in 2004.
I’m not advocating at this time, a third party, but, until we learn that lesson, we will always find ourselves disappointed with the GOP’s willingness to expand government, sometimes more slowly than the Dems would, but as surely as the Dems do.
I have yet to see Republicans actually reduce government, with the exception of Reagan’s nips and tucks around the edges, or even stop it’s growth.
Well said....
when do I go up there next ... and what do I do. I am actually doing more for him here at my desk (remote campaign headquarters) than I could by running around the mountains waiving a sign.
Maybe next weekend ... door knocking.
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