Posted on 10/26/2009 9:23:39 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
The Nov. 3 election to replace longtime Rep. John McHugh, a Republican appointed by President Obama to be Secretary of the Army, has especially drawn the attention of conservatives in recent weeks. That's mainly because the New York GOP leadership picked liberal state assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava as their candidate, sparking a struggle that pits the Republican establishment against grassroots activists ...
Given his hardscrabble upbringing, Hoffman's sympathies are clearly with the conservative grassroots. He was able to get a college education only because his excellent academic record in high school inspired local businessmen to establish a scholarship fund to assist him. Joining the National Guard also helped, and he served a total of six years in Guard and Army Reserves before finishing his enlistment as a staff sergeant. Shortly thereafter, already married with two young children, Hoffman completed his MBA at the University of Connecticut and returned home. At age 27, he became...the chief accountant...for the 1980 Lake Placid Olympic Organizing Committee, responsible for a multimillion dollar budget....
The surprise endorsement by Palin? The stupendous outpouring of online donations? A nice start, by any measure, but with Election Day now barely a week away, Team Hoffman knows they'll need hard work to defeat both the GOP candidate Scozzafava and the Democrat, Bill Owens.
More than anything, one source with the Hoffman campaign said, they're concerned about the army of election operatives that labor unions and the ACORN-connected Working Families Party -- which has ties to both Scozzafava and Owens -- will bring into action in the final week of the campaign. To counter that threat, the source said, they're sending out a nationwide call for grassroots volunteers to come to the 23rd District and provide "boots on the ground" for Hoffman.
(Excerpt) Read more at spectator.org ...
Good article. Some fun troll-busting by McCain in the comments
Great article. Even though he missed the interview because Hoffman went on the Cavuto show, there’s more here about Hoffman than I’ve read anywhere else. He really sounds like a good guy.
Pumping gas as a kid to help his mother pay the bills. Somehow I can’t imagine Obama or any of his pals doing something like that. In fact, most of them are children of rich Communists, who grew up in privileged but morally dysfunctional homes.
I learned a new term:
The Objectivity Troll
AND earned grades good enough to inspire locals to contribute to his college education. That man knows how to work.
Heck, he might even read bills before voting on them.
Doug Hoffman is not a politician. He’s a CPA, and with his family, runs 23 businesses. He is the candidate we have been waiting for.
I did
Here’s the interview we did with Mr. Hoffman:
http://www.911familiesforamerica.org/ncfr/Hoffman10252009.mp3
Thanks. Will check it out!
After reading his short bio, I think he would be a very attractive candidate even the circumstances have been different.
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