[houeto]

and I'm hearing from an awful lot of them.

...and they are an aweful lot, that is for sure, a very aweful lot.

[philetus]

“This is my party, too,” ........ And I think the Republican Party needs to know if they don’t have room for us and they don’t want us working with them, we’re going to find a way to work against them.”

WOW, what integrity!

[MortMan]

Moderates are not liberals, and liberals are not moderates.

Scozzafava is an unabashed (and vindictive) liberal.

[Lancey Howard]

Smerconish is a liar. He is as much a Republican as Colin Powell, Lincoln Chafee, and Jim Jeffords are Republicans. Ignore this pantload.

[irv]

"This is my party, too," she insisted. "There are a lot of moderate people - Republicans, like me - and I'm hearing from an awful lot of them. And I think the Republican Party needs to know if they don't have room for us and they don't want us working with them, we're going to find a way to work against them."

1. No, you're not a moderate. You're a liberal. When you lie about something that basic, you lose credibility. No really. I understand you're a politician but that's not a license to lie. Lying is bad. Stop it.
2. The party has plenty of room for you. But it shouldn't give money to elect you when your opinions are opposite to those in the party platform. Do you agree that a party should have a platform and it should have meaning?
3. Besides having registered as a Republican, what makes you a Republican? You don't support the party's goals and you don't even support the party. If you supported the party, then when you dropped out of the race you would have endorsed the guy who was going to vote with the party instead of the guy on the other side.
4. If you don't believe anything we do and don't support people who do, why should we support you? And why should we care that you feel you're not getting any support?
5. Quit your whining! You tried and you failed, that's all. Get over it and get a job.

[LiteKeeper]

She is more liberal than the Democrat candidate

[swatbuznik]

What? More boo-hoo waah from Scuzzy? Geez, would she get a clue already and leave?

[Gil4]

...and I'm hearing from an awful lot of them.

They are probably liberals, not moderates (just like her), and most are probably Democrats as well (like her friend Pelosi.)

Sure, there is a place for her in the party (or there was until she endorsed the Democrat), but she's just like the Blue Dogs. Either side will tolerate them if they want to join, but neither side will ever like them or trust them. Our side is the only one that ever even listens to them, to our detriment.

As far as it being "her party too," no it's not. She's a party-crasher who can stay as long as she doesn't cause too much trouble. (She might have crossed that threshold already.)

[TigersEye]

Weren’t her positions to the left of the Democrat? If so then we are better off.

[pallis]

First of all, Dede isn’t a moderate anything. She is a liberal, and out in the left field of liberalism at that. Second of all, things have changed. The political landscape that encouraged this debate in the Republican Party back in 2006 has changed dramatically. What the so called moderates need to explain is how far they are willing to go to the left to make compromises that mean anything. The Democrats have gone off the deep end. Do moderate Republicans want to follow them over the edge in their attempt to catch up? Democrat-lite just doesn’t cut it anymore. People are looking for a contrast. ...But, Dede doesn’t care about the future of the Republican Party. She is a Democrat, a liberal Democrat who wore the Republican label to advance her political career, and now that gig is up. The Republican Party doesn’t need her or others like her who call themselves Republicans and vote for Democrats. We are better off with conservative Democrats who vote for Republicans, and there are plenty of them, so long as the Republican Party offers real alternatives. There are also plenty of independents who are changing their minds about Obamao’s hope and change, and they aren’t looking to people like Dede for answers.

[Nuc1]

"This is my party, too," she insisted. "There are a lot of moderate people - Republicans, like me - and I'm hearing from an awful lot of them. And I think the Republican Party needs to know if they don't have room for us and they don't want us working with them, we're going to find a way to work against them."

Dede at least if you are out of the party we expect you to oppose us. When you are in the party, we first learn you are betraying us when you put a knife in our back. Go join the Dims. They are your natural home. Your positions on almost every issue could have been written by the DNC. You are a Democrat In All But Label Only. Bye.

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

Stop yer whining, loser.

[Pelham]

Didn’t this loser Smerconish vote for Obummer?

Who the hell cares what that fool thinks.

[Once-Ler]

Thank God we replaced a RINO with a liberal rat. That will teach Pelosi.

[kevao]

RINOs are so yesterday.

[FTJM]

Her husband is a Union leader and SHE TRIED TO RUN AS A DEMOCRAT.

[Blue Collar Christian]

“She acknowledged that many in the GOP would differ with her support for abortion rights and same-sex marriage. But she maintained that she approached those views from a conservative vantage point - a respect for individual liberties...”

Once you fail the litmus test, who cares what else you have to say?

[CharlesWayneCT]

Who is Dede Scozzfava? ... "This is my party, too," she insisted. "There are a lot of moderate people - Republicans, like me - and I'm hearing from an awful lot of them.

It stopped being your party the day you quit the election for which the party nominated you, and endorsed the democrat in the race while you were still the official Republican candidate.

No person who is picked to be the republican nominee, and ends up screwing the party by endorsing her opponent, can possibly be accepted as "one of us".

I wonder how the NRA feels about having endorsed a candidate who quit the race because she didn't think she could win. They are probably pretty pissed now that they didn't endorse Hoffman instead.

DeDe has made it hard for real moderates to be republicans, because who will trust them after watching her stab her party in the back?

[RichInOC]

Really, I want Dede Scozzafava to do for the left wing of the GOP what she did for herself this last election. I’d love that.

[RichInOC]

Really, I want Dede Scozzafava to do for the left wing of the GOP what she did for herself this last election. I’d love that.