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.
Newt is punkin us. There is no other explanation.
Besides syphilis.
Newt is the one that declared that Reaganism is dead. I don’t trust him and he is showing very bad judgement here. I really don’t think he gets it. The RINO’s will not win anymore.
I agree, he doesn’t have a good radio voice. But he’s an excellent columnist.
Given the newsperson cop call, she’s a Howlin’ DIABLO.
“DIABLO - Democrat In All But Label Only”
I like it.
SO much more descriptive. Curse be upon Newt Gingrich for giving this person support. She would never return the favor.
Leave it to Mark to come up with DIABLO. I LOVE it!
Believe me, (us)...many of us want to support Newt, but I’m fed up with him and have also given up. He has drunk the KoolAid and is totally out of touch with the conservative base.
I give up.
Welcome back. I too at one time thought that Newt still had a place in the RNC devoted to educating young voters. Instead he has become a mouthpiece for the MM global warming push, cavorts with the most heinous of Dems, and proven himself an enemy of the Constitution and the Republic. Doom on his ass!
Why? She hasn’t come out for Rubio or Toomey, why expect her to come out for Hoffman?
Fair enough.
This made me laugh. Good one.
BTTT
You gotta love that!
Oops—I searched, but didn’t see this.
Sure you did. You just got so excited it was Steyn that you went straight to the “post” button. I know yer type. ;o)
I am, too. I hope she does, and soon.
Hee! Ready, fire, aim! :)
Yes.
Steele has shown a breathtaking ability to learn the wrong lesson.
Personally I am loyal to conservative values not people who say they are conservative yet perform like a liberal or moderate socialist. Be they someone we chose yesterday by accident or someone we choose tomorrow on purpose if they stray from conservative values we are not obligated to keep supporting them or staying quiet about their performance.
..... Thus the reason I vote on ones record versus ones promises. Anything less is IMHO a risky bet at best. Such as the lesser of two evils concepts we are usually presented during an election. No polidiot is perfect, no polidiot deserves blind silent devotion. Politics has a human element as we all know and is fallible to the nth degree. Constant attention to it’s every act is the effort that must be maintained to preserve our beloved republic and liberty.
Just my opinion of course.
Stay safe
What? I laugh my a$$ off when he is on for el~Rushbo!
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