Comments on: Scozzafava Throws Support to the Democrat

By: mudgie

mudgie — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:57:14 +0000

“They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest how that they all are not of us”

By: cyncurl999

cyncurl999 — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:49:10 +0000

…and I will CONTINUE to support 3rd party conservative candidates when it’s warranted. Is someone forgetting that this is a representative government… representative of the PEOPLE???? Come on now buddy – pull your head out. it’s a mess because the GOP is a mess. This is the best and, I might add very democratic, way to houseclean. I blame the NRCC for caring more about politics than the republic.

By: fallabella

fallabella — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:24:39 +0000

I would hope that they (Sessions et al at NRCC) would use their brains rather than blindly spending our $$ backing Libs like Dede Scozzafava. Some discernment is called for. $900,000 down the drain, and did they learn anything in the process?

We don’t usually cut slack to those whose excuse is, “I was following orders,” do we? Ought we? No. Should American voters shut up and just get in line with our party superiors? Heck no! And I expect Newt and the rest to think on their feet, too.

Blame for this fiasco IS on the heads of the people in NY’s CD 23 who chose to run Dede. But hey, my own local GOP is running candidates on the Working Family Party line and they don’t quite get the problem.

I certainly do blame the local committee that chose Scozzafava, but no one forced the NRCC to pour our money into such a stinker of a candidate.
Newt said he would not have chosen her-so why support her race when he knew Hoffman-a good alternative-was running?

By: kyle8

kyle8 — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:38:05 +0000

Was going to unite us and do away with partisanship, Remember that?

By: Third Street

Third Street — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:32:24 +0000

But then, proudgop also cuts checks to people like Mark Kirk, Meg Whitman, and Charlie Crist; and Heaven only knows how much she sent to Scozzafava herself, what with all the shilling she’s been doing for DeDe for months. If the lady is good at one thing other than leaping to the defense of left-wing sleeper agents in the Republican Party, it’s bragging about how much money she’s sending them.

Believe me, I wish I had that kind of dough to waste.

Oh well. At least she’s finally contributing to our side; I have to give her props for that.

By: bk

bk — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:02:24 +0000

as long as the NRCC was willing to pay the rent for that loyalty. As soon as the NRCC switched to just attacking Owens, she had no cash.

By: cooperscopy

cooperscopy — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:03:29 +0000

This shows that many of the establishment Republicans like Newt and others were wrong in their assessment that a squishy republican is better than dividing the ticket with a conservative, and allowing the democrat to win. She never was a loyal republican, and just like many republicans that are conservative first, she proved she was liberal first and republican second..

By: AceInTX

AceInTX — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:23:32 +0000

By: Third Street

Third Street — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:17:10 +0000

Bush won this district in ’04. End of story.

By: Third Street

Third Street — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:05:45 +0000

…but since we’re coming off Halloween I will say that I don’t mind talking to a ghost.

Now, I was nervous when this was a three-way race, absolutely. But if you really think Bill Owens has a chance to win this district with Scozzafava out of the running then you’re not paying attention. NY-23 is a GOP district and has been since 1870. John McHugh never got less than 63% of the vote here. I’m not saying that in an open race a Democrat can’t crack the 40s, but Hoffman will win comfortably. Bank on it.

And no, please don’t give me the “conservatives-can’t-win-here-we-should-have-gone-with-a-moderate-Republican-who-has-the-backing-of-ACORN-child-rapists” line. Oh, that’s right; you can’t…

By: janis

janis — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:40:31 +0000

or she’s bipolar. Or schizophrenic. Or a Democrat. Any of them work interchangeably.

By: BlackConservative

BlackConservative — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:14:43 +0000

He’s party establishment slime whose always been too quick to cozy up to the Left so people like him better. Remember the way he attacked Delay? He’s much happier doing global warming and healthcare with Hillary and Gore. Don’t let the tent door hit you on the @#$ on the way out.

By: ocleverone

ocleverone — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:08:53 +0000

That some of your posts contain full sentences and use correct grammar and yet others read like my 13 year old texting his friends?

Just curious.

By: AceInTX

AceInTX — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:48:53 +0000

By: JSobieski

JSobieski — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:44:57 +0000

many independents stopped voting Republican because the DC Republicans pretty much abandoned their conservative principles

Independents respect a disciplined and principle Conservative, even when they are are not personally aligned that way on every issue.

In contrast, the squishes don’t impress anyone, especially when DC is spending money by the truckload

By: Aaron Gardner

Aaron Gardner — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:40:43 +0000

By: aesthete

aesthete — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:22:27 +0000

Just very firm in his beliefs. Also, as a rule, calling respected posters “nuts” is really not good form at all, especially on a forum where your views are in the minority.

By: Aaron Gardner

Aaron Gardner — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:21:34 +0000

By: Aaron Gardner

Aaron Gardner — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:20:27 +0000

but if it were accurate I would agree. ;^)

By: aesthete

aesthete — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:18:14 +0000

Still, I see her more as someone who is “moderate” but who can put her big girl pants on to support a more conservative candidate. If that impression’s accurate, I can respect that — certainly more than I do the bucketloads of “moderates” who support Democrats and blame their support of socialists on us knuckle-dragging “extremists” (see: libertymt), which I haven’t really seen proudgop do.