Posted on 10/21/2009 3:43:12 PM PDT by pissant
On NY-23, I'm with Fred Thompson and Jack Fowler: A Conservative can win in a three-way race, and Doug Hoffman is deserving of your support.
Newt really needs to re-think his support for Dede Scozzafava. This isn't RINO but DIABLO - Democrat In All But Label Only. It's not one of those "socially liberal, fiscally conservative" bi-swinger deals — not when you're pro-"stimulus", pro-cash-for-clunkers. And the reductive argument that her sole redeeming value - a willingness to vote for John Boehner as Speaker — is reason enough to support her is silly in a special election. If he's ever Speaker, Boehner won't be till January 2011, and it's 12 months premature for Newt to be telling voters they need to suck it up and accept that a handful of Jim-Jeffords-in-embryo-form are necessary for the Republican tide.
But beyond all that there's now a competence issue: Since the cop-calling and its aftermath, the candidate has demonstrated that there is no case for her whatsoever. At this stage in the nation's affairs, Washington doesn't need another incoherent buffoon insulated by a phalanx of thin-skinned twerps already guarding her like a 30-year incumbent for whom routine questions are an outrageous form of lèse-majesté. By any reasonable measure, this candidate is unworthy of a seat in the national legislature.
The tea parties and town halls were a response not just to Obama but to the 2006/2008 GOP. If Dede Scozzafava wins, it's a loss — a serious loss — for those voters who believe irresponsible spending by feckless federal mediocrities will deny future generations any shot at the American Dream. If Doug Hoffman wins, as I believe he can, great. But, if he doesn't and the seat falls to the Dem, it will be a cautionary tale for party leaders who, as in NY-23, make choices that confirm everything a disgruntled base thinks of them.
Good for Steyn.
“The tea parties and town halls were a response not just to Obama but to the 2006/2008 GOP.”
Correct. Obama ignores criticism. The tea parties are technically only useful in sending a message to the GOP not the tin eared demorats.
I’m one of the few people around here dumb enough to keep defending Newt, and he insists on embarrassing me.
I give up.
Mark Steyn is being too nice.
/sarcasm
Mark Steyn is a decent radio host, but an excellent opinion piece writer. He’s got traces of Ann Coulter (with proper Canadian restraints in place) and WFB in his writing style.
The GOP leadership will learn the opposite lesson.
They’ll say the tent isn’t big enough.
Rule #1, politicians are always for themselves first, and citizen's a distant 52nd.
I’m one of the few people around here dumb enough to keep defending Newt, and he insists on embarrassing me.
I give up.
I understand. How the mighty have fallen.
DIABLO! That’s great and can replace RINO in cases like Scozzofava and Olympia Snow.
I’m kind of surprised Sarah “I’ll campaign for any conservative” Palin hasn’t come out for Hoffman here as well.
If she’s smart, she will.
They are.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus
DIABLO bump!
Rule #2, rarely (maybe one a decade) does politics attract someone with an actual soul- which is why you should never follow a person, only follow principle.
Not only Newt, but Boehner, Cantor, support Dede Schizzo....which should tell you that the GOP is nothing more than DNC-lite....and REAL Conservatives never willy-nilly vote for someone because they have an “R” next to their name
“DIABLO - Democrat In All But Label Only”
I love this new term!
Welcome aboard! We missed you at the party! It is never too late...
I am glad you have given up defending Duh-Newt.
He wrote a letter supporting her and said in the letter she is the new direction of the republican party.
“DIABLO”
Should be added to the Free Republic lexicon!
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