RINO Season Officially Opens– SCOZZAFAVA SUSPENDS CAMPAIGN! (Video)
Posted by Jim Hoft on Saturday, October 31, 2009, 9:35 AM
As Darin says– “RINO Season Opens With a Bang”
SCOZZAFAVA SUSPENDS CAMPAIGN!
FOX News reported:
Republican state Assemblywoman Dierdre Scozzafava has suspended her campaign for upstate New York’s 23rd Congressional seat, leaving Democratic nominee Bill Owens and Conservative Party nominee Doug Hoffman in the race that will conclude Tuesday, Fox News has confirmed.
The move comes on the heels of a new poll that showed Scozzafava had fallen behind her two competitors in a race too close.
The Siena College poll has Owens picking up 36 percent of the vote, while Hoffman has 35 percent. Scozzafava has 20 percent, with nine percent of voters undecided.
It’s a turnaround from the first Siena poll on the race in September, which had Scozzafava leading, followed by Owens and Hoffman.
The special election is Tuesday.
RINO Season opens.
We bagged ours.
UPDATE: Here’s Scozzafava making the announcement–
Good for Dede.
Dump Dede has more.
Rep. Michelle Bachmann released a statement on Dede’s resignation.
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bg commented:
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thanks Dede..
and “Owe’ns (D for deficit) ought to give the rest a clue..
GO HOFFMAN!!
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olm commented:
I find this funny and the perfect ending to a big lesson to the Republicans.
Either fully inveestigate your candidates and make sure they are somewhat conservative or the people will do it for you.
bg commented:
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re: bg @ 9:44 am #1..
‘Bill Owe’ns, now that’s transparency..
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GrayRider commented:
Great News! Let’s make RINOs an endangered species. I hope this puts Hoffman over the top.
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Betsy Ross commented:
Hey Newt,
You and pelosi can hang out on the comfy climate change sofa all you want cuz the conservative bus has just left and your not on it.
See ya,
One P!ssed Off Conservative
stacy commented:
I have a feeling she did it to give Owens a chance to win.
Alana commented:
Yay! Let’s hear it for the people!
bg commented:
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stacy @ 10:02 am #6
not to mention saving herself
the embarrassment of losing..
GO HOFFMAN!!
on another front:
No to RHINO”s
Yes to TERM LIMITS
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anon commented:
I agree with Stacy, Dede is hoping her 20% will go to Owens. We shall see.
Sybil commented:
From Eric at Redstate:
BREAKING NEWS FROM THE REDSTATE MORNING BRIEFING
In New York’s 23rd Congressional District, Republican candidate Dede Scozzafava has withdrawn from the race, leaving only the conservative, Doug Hoffman, versus the Democrat, Bill Owens.
The Republican Establishment in Washington, D.C. spent over $900,000.00 to elect Dede Scozzafava, who today abandons the race.
How much more impact could that money have had if the GOP had listened to its base?
Relationships between the Republican establishment in Washington and the conservative movement are in rubble. Thanks to Pete Sessions, Chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, NOT Doug Hoffman, there is new inspiration for a third party movement to challenge the GOP – a movement that will only help the Democrats.
Good men in the GOP are now going to be challenged in primaries because of the ill-will the NRCC has generated in New York’s 23rd Congressional District.
Make no mistake about it, the NRCC and the RNC must shoulder the blame for this fiasco. As has now been reported and confirmed, it was the Beltway Elite who pressured the New York GOP to choose Scozzafava.
I have said all along that victory for the GOP base in NY-23 was a Scozzafava defeat. We should, however, rally to Doug Hoffman and help him win. Notwithstanding that, the time is now to be magnanimous in victory, but we must demand accountability.
Someone, more than one person, must be fired for the Republican botching of NY-23. Heads must roll lest this happen again.
And John Cornyn and the National Republican Senatorial Committee better be paying attention, see e.g. Charlie Crist v. Marco Rubio in Florida.
Sincerely yours,
Erick Erickson
Editor, RedState.com
DaveinPhoenix commented:
Eff your “big tent” Newt.
I’ll take a minority of real Conservatives with real Conservative ideas over your big tent full of phony power stricken government loving waste of sperm un-American idiots any day of the week.
Go find a new wife.
penny commented:
Here’s hoping Dede’s 20% of the votes do the right thing.
This needs to happen in New Jersey too.
Independent Chris Daggett hasn’t got a chance, he’s only siphoning off votes from Chris Christie and setting up a possible Corzine re-election.
Ruebacca commented:
She released Acorn to support who ever they want. Don’t count your conservative chickens before Acorn makes soup.
Opus #6 commented:
Great news.
Go Hoffman!
Conservative1st commented:
<<<<<Doin the Snoopy dance
Jayne commented:
Newt you broke the Contract not me. Now go make nice with Nazi Pelosi on the couch.
Jean commented:
OT…Important News Alert…
CONGRESS REFUSES TO ALLOW PETITIONS IGNORES 1ST AMENDMENT
http://onenerveleft.couragetosee.com/2009/10/congress-refuses-to-allow-petitions-ignores-1st-amendment/
Eric Dondero commented:
A WARNING!
You Conservatives best not gloat of Ms. Scozzofava’s departure from the race. This is a wonderful development for our Party. She is showing a great deal of graciousness in dropping out and endorsing her rival Hoffman.
If she drops out of the Republican Party in a few days, it will be an utter disaster, even if our guy Hoffman wins.
This Republican Party of ours is made up of three wings: Conservative, Moderate and Libertarian.
We Libertarian Republicans fully acknowledge and accept that Conservatives lead our Party. But this is no time for Conservative Leaders to bash the Party’s other two wings. Without us Libertarians, and yes, without the Moderates, Republicans CANNOT! win elections. 40% does not equal 50%+1.
Eric Dondero, Publisher
Libertarian Republican
PS Ms. Scazzofava, on behalf of Libertarian Republicans nationwide, I thank you for taking the courageous stance you took today.
Insufficiently Sensitive commented:
She is due great thanks from those of us who have a real concern about the massive government greed for money and power, and loss of individual freedoms, which the Democrats are making their first principles. Let’s not call her names, but instead applaud her honorable action.
PS – watch the Facebook lefties as they yowl over another honest Senator, Joe Lieberman, and demand his exit from politics.
mike191 commented:
How is the view of New York State from your porch in Georgia ,Newt?You are the epitome of “dead man walking.”
gus commented:
Hey Newtered, can you hear us now?
She needed to quit.
OT, SCOZZ has more CHINS than a Chinese phone book.
Alexis commented:
Dede is no “liberatarian” – she is a liberal or even a radical. She supports partial birth abortion; she is the ACORN (a criminal enterprise if there ever was one) candidate. Give me a break – this woman is no “libertarian”. She received the Margaret Sanger award from Planned Parenthood.
Joe Blow commented:
Makes you kind of wonder if Obama’s people have made a deal with her. She is so far left she fits right in with them.
liberalsabide commented:
Alexis, you just don’t get the nuance of liberal think. Margaret Sanger is a champion of reproductive rights, not a stone cold believer in eugenics. Mao is a philosopher, not a mass murderer. Revisionism is great, just ask any progressive you happen to meet?
Cynthia commented:
Now is the time for Conservatives to behave with as much grace as Dede Scozzafava did. She did the right thing.
Let us do the same, and not gloat or be mean-spirited. She could have stayed in.
Thank God for the few and far-between political types who do the right thing when it really matters.
Dubya Bee commented:
The internet shone the light of day.
Darkness ran to hide.
Bill Johnson commented:
Maybe Newt should stick to his ‘alternative history fiction’, where things turn out as he wants. He sure isn’t worth much in politics – and to think I once supported him.
Anon commented:
interesting. If Dodo refuses to endorse anyone, it just proves the poiShe would nt that she was a liberal hiding under the Republican moniker. She must be dying to endorse Owen but she can’t.
I do notice she waits til the 11th hour and her name can’t be removed from the ballot. Hope all those voters get the word she dropped out before casting her vote. I wouldn’t put it past the lamestreet media to not print a word of her dropping out in the hopes to fool enough people to waste their vote on a candidate that is no longer in the race
Smarty commented:
Now while we need the GOP to worry about this, we also have to keep this from crippling the GOP a la Perot. We need to support true conservatives who are trying to save the party from itself, not folks like the (sorry) liberatarian party that marches proudly into ruin, sending Democrats to Washington.
This race will get us a real Republican in Washington, which is the goal.
Bill Johnson commented:
And thank you, Dede, for seeing the light. Your selfless action will help the cause.
CHRI$ DODD commented:
What a shame.
She was my kind of RINO. Don’t http://www.DumpChrisDodd.com
DANEgerus commented:
“Just think of all those wasted NRCC/RNC dollars spent on the ACORN-Friendly, Big Labor-Backing, Tax-and-Spend, Margaret Sanger Award-Winning Radical in GOP Clothing.” — Michelle Malkin
Notice the faux-Republican releases her support, Not to Hoffman, the real (R)… but to the “two other candidates.”
OBAMANATION at NOTRE DAME commented:
Notre Dame wants her to teach there.
http://www.ProjectSycamore.com
Gina commented:
Props to Dede. Thank you! Now the independent in NJ needs to read the tea leaves and drop out. Corzine must go down.
myna commented:
Let’s focus with NJ now. X-Golchmans Sachs executive Corzine should be voted OUT. He has nothing to offer NJ after 4 years. He is just an apparatchik of the DNC and their cohorts to plunge the nation into debt.
jenny commented:
DeDe almost did the right thing by dropping out, she should have openly supported Hoffman. RINO
Betsy Ross commented:
Gingrich endorses Hoffman. I say,
“Pfffffft”
JimRich commented:
While Scozzafava should never have been nominated by the GOP, I am not so sure her dropping out of the race is a good thing for the conservative movement. After all, Scozzafava is a RINOs, RINO. Face it, conservatives in NY23 were never going to vote for her. But many “liberals” probably were. Thus, it is possible that many of her supporters will swing towards her ideological twin, that is Owens. While some moderates and other Republicans will undoubtedly now move to Hoffman, I am not so sure that that most of Scozzafava’s votes will not go to Owens instead. At least it is now a clear choice for the voters of NY23-either a leftie Democrat, or a good Conservative. We shall see come Tuesday.
Jim R
Betsy Ross commented:
Jim R,
I think you’re dreaming to think that a liberal would vote for anyone with an R after their name. Why vote for liberal-lite when you can vote for the real deal? Just sayin’
Teddy's SEARCH+RESCUE commented:
Hey NEWTERED,
Get back on the “CLIMATE CHANGE COUCH” with Pelosi!
http://www.M4GW.com
non_dhimmie commented:
Dudes and dudettes….not to get too dramatic, but during the Revolutionary War, New Jersey was George’s first victory(victory or death) against the enemy, they were German mercenaries (…We had bloody feet (no boots) and were getting ready to fold….So if the New Jersey tea party people don’t bring us to victory, Washington will send them back over the Delaware. (btw) blacks and indians fought with the British…..blacks were promised their freedom and money to fight against the Revolutionaries…I want reparations and a part of a casino.
Annie commented:
Agree with you Jenny. She should have endorsed Hoffman.
can\'t touch this commented:
Michelle Bachmann has asked for Americans to show up on the front steps of the Capitol Building at noon on Thursday, Nov. 5th to confront Congress about the Health Care Reform bills now being considered. I cannot afford to go. I can, however, fax a proxy to her office. Please do the same. Please copy and paste this on to every blog you can. We need millions of proxies to arrive at her office in time for her to be able to represent all of us.
Michelle Bachmann
Washington Office
107 Cannon HOB
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-2331
Fax: (202) 225-6475
mike d commented:
This lady could turn goat-piss into gasoline if she plays it right.
She should endorse Hoffman at his HQ, and tell all her phone bankers and precinct walkers to get down to Hoffman HQ with her and merge the two camps soldiery into one unit.
Get local news coverage of her and Hoffman making calls at HQ.
Then she should do some quick radio ads with or in support of Hoffman. She could easily be a cable news star by tonight, taking one for the team and admitting she needs churchin’ up in terms of being a more recognizable Republican. This would put her in good stead to run again somewhere someday.
If Scozza manages her exit gracefully and with strategic common sense, she will have options coming out of this race unavailable to her if she stayed in and Owens won.
Talk shows, a book, speaking tour…all kinds of stuff could be managed IF she plays the part of Reaganite loyalist.
Gregory of Yardale commented:
Watch the media spin her as a ‘moderate’ pro-abortion, pro-gay marriage Republican rejected by conservative ideologues, while ignoring her positions on taxes, spending, card check, and her incompetent campaign that included calling the police when a reporter asked her questions about card check and taxes.
A_Nonny_Mouse commented:
Did she happen to endorse anybody in particular on her way out?
Anyway, maybe disenchanted Dems will feel more comfortable voting for the not-Repub, not-Dem in this race.
One can hope…
Kevin commented:
I would rather see us, and Hoffman, be true to our core principals than compromise them just to get elected- I would rather lose being true to what I believe than win having to compromise my honor and integrity.
In that case it would be no win at all but a loss of who I say I am and what I claim to believe- And I am not willing to surrender who I am to gain a hollow victory.
The true victory is in holding to ones beliefs and ideals.
Loyalty above all else, except honor!
Anon commented:
People seem to be missing the point. It’s either Hoffman or Owen. Regardless of whether Republicans are pissed at the choice ofHoffman or not-they wil lbe deciding their own fate. Will they cut off their nose to spit their face and vote for Owen? or will they have the common sense of self preservation?
It’s quite simply, the people of that district have to live with the consequences of their choice: higher taxes, stimulus supporters etc. If they think they will “teach people a lesson” and throw their vote to the other liberal Democrat just out of spite-the only ones they are punishing are themselves. The rest of us do not live in NY-23 and don’t have to suffer the raising of their tax rates. As more and more flee NY becasue of the tax increase, the less residents to pay the taxes and up they go even more
I never could understand why some people would prefer to knowingly screw themselves over just out of spite
Never has the phrase “you’ll get what you deserve” been more appropriate than to the voters of NY-23
MLM411 commented:
I have to commend Scozzafava for this decision…I’m sure it was very difficult for her, but she was gracious in her comments.
The Republican party has to get back to the principle of fiscal conservatism. I think candidates can vary on the social issues to some extent, but the basis of the party should be limited government and fiscal responsibility. I’m an independent who votes primarily Republican, but the party has to have candidates that meet this minimal criteria. Otherwise, there is no difference from the Democrats.
Scott commented:
Now if Daggett will drop out of the Jersey race, we might get a sweep on Tuesday.
crosspatch commented:
“People seem to be missing the point. It’s either Hoffman or Owen. ”
Except for those who have already voted by mail.
bg commented:
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OBAMANATION at NOTRE DAME @ 12:17 pm #37
[The University should not compromise its academic
aspirations in its efforts to maintain its Catholic identity.]
newsflash: “Covenant for a New America”
for some reason.. come into my parlor
said the spider to the fly comes to mind..
Obama fully intends to be the “church”
via the wedding Islam & Christianity..
& of course via GOVERNMENT
MONIES aka: “tax the peons”..
the Pope is working on this New
World Order “unity” as well..
first comes love, then comes marriage, then
come the Islamists with swords of carnage..
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gus commented:
I know I’m swimming upstream, but WTF is the “act gracefully” nonsense. Did Obama act graceful? No, he got elected.
Is Pelosi acting gracefully, no she’s the Speaker of the House ramming bull$hit down Americans throats. How about Reid, was his real estate scam “graceful”.
The left has $HIT all over us, you can choose to be nice to them and “graceful”. I’d rather bludgeon these mofo’s to the stone age.
George Washington beat his enemies STONE COLD DEAD.
I suggest we get serious and take our country back. Then we can be gracious in VICTORY.
jb commented:
Now is not the time to act gracefully.Appeasing the leftists is not the answer.Pick Conservatives whenever you can.America will be the better for it.
Red commented:
We need to give Hoffman some teeth whitener.
The guy appears to brush with a stick of butter.
bg commented:
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via TRBO
comment by getfitnow @ 6:01
OT..
Very Cool Climate Data
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Patricia commented:
ACORN will find enough votes to put the Dims over the top just like in MN. That’s one reason I won’t contribute to the GOP. They couldn’t even protect Norm Coleman against Al Franken. God help out republic…….
WhoDat commented:
RINO Season opens.
We bagged ours.
YES! Now all we need is a matching Donkey’s head nearby to have a pair! Two loser’s in one election, that’s a good start for the 2010 election season. This might put a little fear into the elitocrats little withered hearts, eh?
24AheadDotCom commented:
It looks like at least one of Hoffman’s policies is rather Bush-like and RINO-ish. And, it’s a very important, fundamental policy that has an impact on taxes, spending, and electoral power.
Doh!
Yogi41 commented:
Sarah just thanked Dede for dropping out of the race on her FB page:
“I want to personally thank Republican Dede Scozzafava for acting so selflessly today in the NY District 23 race. Now it’s time to cross the finish line with Doug Hoffman so that he can get to work for District 23 and the rest of America.
With Congress poised to overhaul one-sixth of our economy with so-called health care “reform” (which is really a government takeover of health care) and with plans to enact a cap-and-tax bill just as our economy struggles to recover, Doug Hoffman will be a voice for fiscal responsibility and common sense in Washington.
We need candidates like Doug now more than ever. In these final days of the campaign, it’s vital that Doug continue to receive the enthusiastic support of those who want to bring common sense to Washington. Let’s help make it happen! You can help Doug by visiting his official website today and offering your support: https://www.doughoffmanforcongress.com/donate3.html
- Sarah Palin”
bg commented:
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okay, lets take a look..
NY-23: Meet Dierdre Scozzafava , a Pro-Choice,
Pro-Union & Pro Gay Marriage Republican
Assembly Member Dierdre K. ‘Dede’ Scozzafava (NY)
Doug Hoffman on the Issues
Bill Owens on the issues
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bg commented:
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oops, re: bg @ 5:20 pm #67
wrong Bill Owens..
NY-23: Bill Owens On (Some Of) The Issues
(pardon the source)
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Blackwater commented:
The demonization of this woman on the right has been pretty shameful to be honest. I don’t agree with her on card checks but she’s still a loyal and solid Republican. The right wing blogosphere and talk radio already unleashed the hounds on her so it’s too late to go back now. I hope Republican leaders come out and apologize to her for how she was treated.
Larkin commented:
Now is the time for Newt G. to mis-direct everyone’s attention and have another joint press conference with …NANCY PELOSI?…
Yes, let’s talk about globull warming instead, Newt.
That’s a tried and true, nothing-behind-the-curtain, lib tactic.
You’re so all-fired smart. Let’s see you spin this one, putz.
Anon commented:
Nice try Blackwater but she was no Republican. I’m a life long Democrat and she wasn’t even a moderate Democrat. She was a flat out liberal.
The woman was more of a liberal Democrat than Owens is.
Anyone pretending otherwise is just chock full of crap.
Sally commented:
Blackwater,
This is who Dede is and she’s not a solid Republican:
A Republican should adhere to certain minimum GOP principles. Scozzafava is just too far to the left too often.
And not only on social matters, like same-sex marriage and abortion. In Albany, Scozzafava has been such a profligate tax-and-spender, she can almost make Speaker Sheldon Silver blush.
With the backing of the ACORN-allied Working Families Party, she supports Big Labor’s favorite organizing bill — card-check — as well as the federal stimulus, opposed by every House Republican.
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/editorials/doug_hoffman_for_congress_21sqalnJNLjOEpD7JEOHaJ
Sandy commented:
More and more top Republicans were coming out for Hoffman and all the out of state money was going to Hoffman as well. If Hoffman picks up the bulk of her 20% and Owens keeps pushing the Healthcare Debacle –Hoffman is going to win.
Sandy commented:
jb
October 31st, 2009 | 3:59 pm | #60
Now is not the time to act gracefully.Appeasing the leftists is not the answer.Pick Conservatives whenever you can.America will be the better for it.
The key to what you said is whenever you can. If the Dems just had doctrinaire Libs they would still be in the minority. The most important thing would be to control Congress and have some checks and balances over Obama. We need to be able to investigate some of the wrong doing going on in this administration. Also, if the Republicans get control of Congress they would be able to set the agenda and rescind the Healthcare Bill should it God Forbid pass.
Sandy commented:
Ann Coulter just said that Sarah Palin convinced Scozzafava to quit the race.
penny commented:
Give Dede credit for having the class to drop out. She made the right choice.
Chris Daggett in New Jersey ought to apply the same decency and bag it too. His lingering third party wedge against a good Republican presence serves no one but Corzine at this point.
Anyone cheering him on is very foolish.