It is being reported this afternoon that the former Republican candidate Dede Scozzafava has endorsed the Democrat, Bill Owens, over the Conservative Party Candidate (also a Republican), Dan Hoffman, in the race to fill the House Seat from the 23rd Congressional District of New York.
I, for one, say, "Good on ya' Dede!" If you have been following this special election at all, you will know that the conservative wing of the Republican party has painted Dede Scozzafava (hereafter referred to as "Dede," because "Scozzafava" is hard to type) as nothing more than a Democrat with an (R) next to her name on the ballot.
I have listened to both camps in the Republican Party as they made their cases. And honestly, I was not sure if Dede was the lib that she was being portrayed as. Well, now Dede has cleared that all up. Knowing that she had no chance of winning after Hoffman's late surge, she withdrew from the race...and has now thrown her support to a truly, openly, liberal Democrat.
I commend her for that. She has proven the right wing of the Republican Party to be spot-on in their assessment of her. When any Republican endorses a Democrat, it tells me immediately that they truly didn't belong in the party to begin with, or are too easily fooled to be of any value to advancing Republican values. (We're looking at you Colin Powell! Chris Buckley!)
I am not a "Republican" myself. But I'm glad for them that their persistence has flushed out yet another "weak-sister." These are perilous times. These are no times for the faint of heart, or compromising Representatives. I've always said, "If you're gonna be one, well then be one, dangit!"
Dede obviously was not. I give her a standing O for finally coming out of her liberal closet!
Sunday, November 1, 2009
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At least we know that NY state is a lost cause (with their high tax rates and even higher deficits, one we should sell back to the tribes at a discount, with a "maybe you can fix this mess, after all"). There are no real conservatives there, only moonbats, liberals, and Rinos. Consider it a northeastern blackhole in the map, and economically bypass it.
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