Comments on: BREAKING: We PWND The NRCC. Dede Scozzafava Drops Out. GOP Establishment Dies on Our Hill.

By: LDahl752

LDahl752 — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:07:38 +0000

But, I’ll be waiting for a more formal “apology” of sorts from the NRCC before I send them another dollar. Wouldn’t it be heart warming to hear Sessions admit they made a mistake? And, the RNC handed over a million dollars to the NRCC to help Scozzafava! How clueless could they be? I want to hear the so-called leaders of the GOP begin talking about how they’re hearing us and finally understanding. Surely they must know that conservatives are more than just restless. We’re hoping the old-line party members end ALL the pandering and actually BELIEVE in the principles which will pull this country back from its pending bankruptcy. How about advocating for some genuine shrinkage of the central government?

By: frankmac

frankmac — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:24:45 +0000

Best news since Chicago got denied the Olympics!

By: Neil Stevens

Neil Stevens — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:17:42 +0000

By: eburke

eburke — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:16:05 +0000

penetrate the cranial cavity of some of these clowns, the escaping rush of air might prove to be dangerous and possibly even life-threatening.

By: eburke

eburke — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:13:55 +0000

I was, until a couple of years ago starting w/the Pelosi love-fest, a HUGE Newt fan. I know we kid/joke alot on here about folks going to Washington and falling in love w/the Georgetown cocktail circuit gang but I REALLY believe that’s what happens. You go up there with the best of intentions and the next thing you know everyone is kissing your arse and you get seduced by the power. I think that’s what happened to Newt and that’s what’s happened to such conservative stalwarts like Cornyn and Sessions.

You so much crave the power that you delude yourself into thinking that what you’re doing is really in the best interest of ‘the movement’ and you don’t even realize you’re doing it. You get to DC, get bombarded with the ‘dumb, flyover rube’ meme and you forget to dance with what brung ya ’cause you start doubting whether it’ll actually sell.

Yet one more example of the genius of the Founding Fathers when they envisioned citizen-legislators who served for a few years and went home.

And then…there’s the short answer – some of these clowns are just power-hungry meglomaniacs who never really believed but just crave the power. I personally believe Newt is the former who morphed into the latter.

By: TNJim

TNJim — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:25:59 +0000

Before you declare conservatism dead, check for a pulse.

This site might be a good place to look first. Kudos to Erick for being on the front lines of this from the beginning.

By: redneck_hippie

redneck_hippie — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:16:10 +0000

By: TNJim

TNJim — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:13:33 +0000

Good point.

Or I could just staple it to their foreheads. Whatever works.

By: peg_c

peg_c — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:11:34 +0000

Other than beltwayitis, that is.

By: peg_c

peg_c — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:09:57 +0000

Good for her, now she needs to ENDORSE Hoffman!

There are union thugs and Dem operatives running around all over NY-23 this weekend. Hopefully their job just got a thousand times harder!

Go, Doug!!

By: DavidSage

DavidSage — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:08:58 +0000

I’m much more cynical, I think Dede saw the writing on the wall, and decided to quietly exit rather than suffering an embarrassing 3rd place loss.

The local or national GOP may even have cut her a deal to drop out so they wouldn’t lose this House seat.

Dede truly was a Republican only in name, I’ve yet to see a RINO that had such loyalty to a political party that they disagree with on every single issue.

I think this decision was all about Dede. One way or another though, she ended up doing the right thing.

By: eburke

eburke — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:08:00 +0000

considering your target audience, this may still be too difficult for them to comprehend (you did use several 2 and 3 syllable words in it).

Maybe mono-syllabic words with some pictures?

By: eburke

eburke — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:03:10 +0000

By: eburke

eburke — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:02:10 +0000

surely you’re not implying that the moderate, mushy middle doesn’t back their moderate, mushy convictions with hard cash?

You…you…you…closed-minded, conservative purist, you.

Snark: off

By: TNJim

TNJim — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:02:10 +0000

1) Next time support, from the beginning, the candidate that identifies with the base.

2) The base is still conservative, despite your desire to say it isn’t. Reagan may be gone, his political philosophy is not.

3) The base sure as hell is not liberal. The candidate you endorse should not be, either.

NRSC, RNC? See above. Don’t make the same mistake next year.

By: redneck_hippie

redneck_hippie — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:54:18 +0000

By: Castor

Castor — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:51:47 +0000

Not exactly. If she endorses Hoffman – O:K then.
I would like to know who placed the phone call to tell her to drop out.I´m sure she didn´t take the decision without a push from someone.

By: SteveLA

SteveLA — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:51:12 +0000

SoFiMil

I’m good with that too, if the people who are voting in the Primaries are good with that rule too.

But keeping outside money of all kinds out of Primaries is not a bad start in my book. If a hard line conservative appeals to the local electorate good, same as if a so called RINO wins the primary, as long as outsiders of all persuasion stay out of the primaries, that would be good in my view.

By: SoFiMil

SoFiMil — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:49:00 +0000

I’m glad I wasn’t eating or drinking anything while in front of my laptop.

By: SoFiMil

SoFiMil — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:47:31 +0000

The only thing worse than the NRCC selecting the candidate is allowing liberals to pick our candidate.