Posted on 10/19/2009 1:37:18 PM PDT by cc2k
The special election to fill New York's vacant 23rd congressional seat is perhaps the earliest test of the GOP's chances to reclaim the House in 2010. Yet the GOP candidate, Dede Scozzafava, has struggled to line up Republican support, and has taken a pummeling from conservative groups that assert she's liberal. The Club for Growth and Eagle Forum, among others, support her opponent, Doug Hoffman, who's running on the Conservative Party ticket.
Add North Texas' Dick Armey to the list of conservative stars backing Hoffman. The former House Majority Leader has confirmed to the Hoffman campaign that he'll spend Thursday with them, said Rob Ryan, a Hoffman spokesman. "He is with us almost all day Thursday," Ryan told me. "There will be a bunch of different events." Armey's endorsement of Hoffman is personal and wasn't offered on behalf of FreedomWorks, the conservative foundation he chairs.
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Markos Moulitsas, founder of The Daily Kos has endorsed Scozzafava. Dede Scozzafava has also been endorsed by NYSUT, the largest labor union in New York, and an affiliate of the National Education Association.
Scozzafava also holds these positions:
Scozzafava has also run in past elections on the Working Families Party (a progressive party associated with ACORN) line on the ballot.
This lady isn’t a RINO, she is a big “R” libeRal democRat.
There are also 17 RINOs in the house who have donated funds to this LibeRal democRat's campaign. They include Boehner and Cantor. I don’t have a full list, but I will be looking for it. These RINOs should be targeted for elimination in the primaries next year.
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Please support Doug Hoffman for Congress. Please, spread the word about this important race in New York’s 23rd congressional district. |
Keep this third party stuff up and obama will win in 2012
Keep nominating liberals and the Republican Party will be the third party.
Excuse me, but how the **** does voting for a Conservative Party over a pro-gay, pro-abortion, socialist help Obama win in 2012?
Keep running liberals as Republicans and the same will happen.
Good for Dick Armey.
You are clueless. If Hoffman wins, he will caucus with the Republicans.
This is a race the GOP has done everything to lose.
Heck, who is Dick Armey against all the distinguished leftists she has backing her?
The Bushbot Republiczombies will not be pleased that some people are daring to support the conservative instead of the Republican (note that Markos Moulisas pointed out that the RNC-backed candidate is even more liberal than the Dem candidate!)
Ever hear of a guy named Ross Perot?
There is no doubt that she is liberal, she is more to the left than lots of dimwits.
Go Dick Armey. He seems to actually care about freedom and liberty. I’ve been getting his emails for a while. I don’t know how I got on his list but he has been a tireless supporter of freedom.
I’m glad to see that he’s a conservative, not just an R.
A vote for Dede Scozzafava will be a vote for Obama backing, regardless of party affiliation. Just how does that defeat Obama's agenda?
Yup! I hear this chicken little crap all the time but let me enlighten you a bit. There are a whole heck of a lot more "Conservatives" than there are either Republicans or Demoncraps. A third party known at the "Conservative Party" will end up blowing the doors off any other candidate out there; including baraq O bamah. Assuming of course he doesn't trump up some bogus excuse to declare martial law and do away with free elections altogether.
JMHO
On a national level, I agree. But in New York I am not so sure. It may be the smart strategy.
I have great respect for Dick Armey.
This is the right thing right now.
We have to light some firecrackers up the RNC’s butt.
What difference does it make if all we get in Obama’s place is a me-too Republican clone of him?
**Keep nominating liberals and the Republican Party will be the third party.**
Another McCain or the likes of Graham, Collins or SNOWE,
and I won’t be bothering to show up... GOP gonna make their bed with LIBSCUM.. they’re ON THEIR OWN.
Ever hear of a guy named Bob Dole? Or John McCain?
RINO-ism won't win in 2012.
You do mean to say “Good for the Liberals”, don’t you.
It is a garaunteed win for the the DEmocrats and liberals with this bs
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