Teabaggers Force Republican Scozzafava In New York 23rd Congressional District To Suspend Race Days Before Election
Seems appropriate to write this on Halloween.
Beware what monster you create.
That advice goes to the Republicans who created the outlandish and pumped up outrage that the less educated within their ranks then took with them to town hall meetings where they ranted and screamed for the TV cameras. Now the monster thinks he is in the drivers seat…….damn this is a fine story to watch play out.
This is remarkable news. The fact is as of today the Republican Party now has no viable candidate for New York’s 23rd Congressional District’s special election on Tuesday. The reason is due to the teabaggers who are a minority within a minority, but have the leverage at some levels to force the GOP to bend over and cry ‘uncle’. When the national GOP is forced into this position it is a major political story, and one that will have legs. Not the type of story the Republicans are going to wish to talk about or deal with, but alas, that is their fate.
Dede Scozzafava, the Republican and Independence parties candidate, announced Saturday that she is suspending her campaign for the 23rd Congressional District and releasing all her supporters.
The state Assemblywoman has not thrown her support to either Doug Hoffman, the Conservative Party candidate, or Bill Owens, the Democratic candidate.
“Today, I again seek to act for the good of our community,” Ms. Scozzafava wrote in a letter to friends and supporters. “It is increasingly clear that pressure is mounting on many of my supporters to shift their support. Consequently, I hereby release those individuals who have endorsed and supported my campaign to transfer their support as they see fit to do so. I am and have always been a proud Republican. It is my hope that with my actions today, my party will emerge stronger and our district and our nation can take an important step towards restoring the enduring strength and economic prosperity that has defined us for generations.”
Ms. Scozzafava told the Watertown Daily Times that Siena Research Institute poll numbers show her too far behind to catch up – and she lacks enough money to spend on advertising in the last three days to make a difference. Mr. Owens has support from 36 percent of likely voters in the poll, with Mr. Hoffman garnering 35 percent support. Ms. Scozzafava has support from 20 percent of those polled.
If I had a ‘comment of the day’ winner you would be top and center!
I think perhaps all this now makes Sarah Palin the intellectual center of the Republican Party!
Oh, come now!
The conservatives that are supposed to be the ‘real Americans’ created TV spots in the 23rd CD that appeared to have been placed by her supporters but were financed by a conservative group slyly calling attention to her support for gay marriage and unions. That is what the majority in America calls under-handed. Could it be the domestic enemies are the ones that conservatives see when they shave? (Including the women.)
So we now have a race between a true Conservative and Liberal, with the faux-Conservative GOP candidate bowing out. Good!
It’s past time for GOP to relearn where its true base is and represent us. Lately they’ve presented us with choices that were little better than than Liberals’ “offerings.”
The retaking of America and the utter destruction and annihilation has begun with NY-23! Every real American just hopes that it isn’t too little, too late to save our country from its domestic enemies.
deke my man this is great!
narrowing of the conservative base is the news we wanted to hear and one we knew would result from the events teabaggers conducted this summer.
it is a good day indeed!