Comments on: Scozzafava Campaign Goes After Me. Subtly.

By: simplyright4me

simplyright4me — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:36:12 +0000

If Newt is this great conservative why is he willing to continue to play these games. There is no leaning to the left, or a tad to the right , or just a tinge to the center. An apple is an apple not part orange or grape, it is an apple. A conservative is a conservative not a center right conservative, big tent conservative, not a liberal conservative but a conservative. It would be like saying I am part Christian and a little bit Buddhist and a touch of Hindu or Muslim, no I am Christian period.
Newt is aware of the problems in the Republican party and he endorsed one of them. He should, if he had the nads, go tell Scuzzy to get out and put support with the real conservative like he claims to be. No change is going to take place in the Republican party as long as they enjoy playing the game. I am sick of the game, I want what a person says they are not what they might be. Sorry I am not real good at blogging but I am real good at recognizing B.S. before I step in it.

By: fayers

fayers — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:53:38 +0000

If they did it would end up just like the assanatio of J.F.K. They would appoint a special committe and come up with a magical bullet threory and seal it for seventy five years.
Fred
Nashville, N.C.

By: nycenterright

nycenterright — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:41:41 +0000

I don’t remember who it was who quipped that Pennsylvania was Pittsburgh and Philadelphia and Georgia in between, but they were right. The Northeastern states are, statewide, very liberal, but upstate NY is farm and rural country and politically resembles Georgia just as much as it resembles NYC.

By: racvt

racvt — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:54:22 +0000

Oh, brother, watch out.
When Bernie Sanders, Socialist Mayor of Burlington VT, challenged incumbent Peter Smith (R) for US Representative, the NRA endorsed Sanders! because Peter voted for the automatic weapons ban. That one House vote cost Peter the support of the NRA and allowed them to “teach him a lesson.”
Now, years later, the country is stuck with a Socialist Senator!
Please, please, please, somebody find a way to reach NRA members by mail to counter their “under the radar” campaign against Hoffman.

By: Maggie_in_Indiana

Maggie_in_Indiana — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:18:45 +0000

to be lashing out at private citizens instead of attacking their opponent,and convincing the electorate they have their interests at heart. Erick do you suppose they fear Conservatives more than the Democrats? You are a very scary guy.

By: Andy W.

Andy W. — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:58:56 +0000

my lowly belief of what the Republican party should represent isn’t as sophisticated as a New Yorker’s. What I do know is this, if the Republican Party has to use folks like Scozzafava in order to win a majority, then I don’t feel a need to support them. Yeah, I just restated a few weeks worth of posts, but I’m really tired of folks telling folks from the South and the “flyover” country here in KC that we aren’t sophisticated enough to make decisions for government. When my party starts treating me the same way the left elites do, it’s time to go.

By: Marcus_Traianus

Marcus_Traianus — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:19:37 +0000

Ah, you met one Sessions, you met them all.

Sincere apologies to Jeff. He seems to have gotten the better part of the Sessions gene pool.

By: Neil Stevens

Neil Stevens — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:00:36 +0000

And G’bye.

By: geraldstephens

geraldstephens — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:36:17 +0000

Free Speech?

Is Obama Constitutionally eligible or not?

There is no rational reason why he refuses to foreclose the issue with the release of legitimate proof.

LIKEWISE, there is no rational excuse for a citizen not to demand such proof.

LIKEWISE, there exists no predicate to believe one with a proclivity to lie and penchant to destroy (excuse – Change) America.

QUESTION: What are all you Constitutionalists going to do on one of the most significant constitutional issue in the history of the Nation?

Gerald Stephens
Hartford, CT

By: GOPMOM

GOPMOM — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:49:25 +0000

When we moved from Ohio to MA in 2004, I thought my connections to the conservative movement were over. Imagine how thrilled I am, after hosting two Tea Parties on the Boston Common, to have found so many wanting to join our cause. Conservatives are not extinct in new England, they have just been afraid to come out into the light.

Thank you, Barack Obama, for being such a despicable human being, for threatening us and our children with a century of servitude to the government, for bringing the reprehensible philosophy of the Left into the daylight and showing it to the world. You will most deservedly go down in history as the man that saved America from itself.

By: Third Street

Third Street — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:38:21 +0000

…and as such, has no business making political endorsements.

By: proudgop

proudgop — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:17:56 +0000

Just curious did McHugh make an official endorsement for his replacement?

By: AceInTX

AceInTX — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:55:14 +0000

ser ou…it goes with the same stupid arguments we used to get about how anti small government SoCons are…until someone pointed out th most SoCons are traditionalists and are generally more faithful to small government principles than most self proclaimed fiscons who profess social liberalism.

it didn’t take long for that whole argument to disappear once it was pointed out…

By: JoeG

JoeG — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:26:20 +0000

Your point is a very good one.

By: AceInTX

AceInTX — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:11:56 +0000

Not so well when you’re talking about fiscal issues because I’d be willing to be that yankees are as fiscally consewrvative as the rest of the country…

We’re letting the left wing of this party obfuscate and taking our eye off the ball…

BTW…what’s wrong with GA values anyway?

PPS

I am trained in personnel protect Erick…Call me is it get’s hairy up there…LOL

By: Joe_Cooper

Joe_Cooper — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:14:03 +0000

* Newt Gingrich
* Peter King
* NRA
* Log Cabin Republicans
* NY State United Teachers
* Markos Moulitsas

Yup, your read that right. Kos of Daily Kos endorsed Scozzafava. His bottom line is his conviction that she is more liberal than Bill Owens, the Democratic candidate. (She supports same-sex marriage, Owens does not. Both are pro-choice).

http://www.demconwatchblog.com/diary/2661/the-ny23rd

By: Erick Erickson

Erick Erickson — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:37:47 +0000

Not Jeff Sessions. I made the same mistake the other day.

By: farstar99

farstar99 — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:15:43 +0000

…her mouthpiece goes and vomits up something like that.

By: Socrates

Socrates — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:00:29 +0000

“Her positions on a lot of issues are reflective of the electorate here,” said Matt Burns, a Scozzafava spokesman.

A lot of issues? I would imagine that any well-educated grapefruit would have the same opinion on a lot of issues with the people of NY-23, but also would differ on some few issues, like gun control, abortion, and some minor economic concerns such as the people might have.

“are reflective of” rather than “reflect”. This might just be spoxish, or it could be a recognition of the fact that Dede’s opinions are really sort of more unlike those of her neighbors and more like those of Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama.

“If the idea is that every Republican that runs for office needs [to be] someone who fits in Georgia, then it’s going to be very, very difficult for Republicans to gain a majority in the House of Representatives.”

Straw Man much? Not every Republican needs to fit in Georgia. But every Republican running in NY-23 needs to fit in NY-23.

By: Richard Mullins

Richard Mullins — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:11:58 +0000

and you should know that ghosts have Ghost Toasties for Breakfast.