Posted by
bob's my uncle on Friday, October 23, 2009 4:19:51 PM
Republican leadership is out of step with the base of the Party. So says this Rasmussen poll published yesterday. Briefly stated, it says that 73% of GOP voters believe GOP Congressional leaders are not representing their views. Nothing has made this more clear than the recent high-level endorsements of the very liberal Republican nominee for the NY-23 Congressional district, Dede Scozzafava. Now, Scozzafava is, without a doubt, a Republican in "good" standing. ('Scuse me while I pull my tongue out of my cheek.) How she got the nomination is related here.
In my humble opinion, this would reveal the worst aspects of Party politics were it not for my own Congressman, decent conservative Republican and Chairman of the NRCC, Pete Sessions (TX-32) endorsing this Liberal with an "R". Also endorsing are almost always reliable conservative Republican Congressman Jeb Hensarling (TX-5), and sometime sane, sometime insane former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. Really, now!
I will stipulate that party politics is by nature a team sport. I understand that Republicans back other Republicans, for without the victory of the Party, the agenda (ie. Conservatism) cannot be advanced. But, please tell me, how in God's Name, can Conservatism be advanced by endorsing a candidate whose political philosophy is antithetical to the Conservative ideals. Listed below, from Parcbench.com are the sins of Dede Scozzafava.
- Scozzafava supports Obama’s massive trillion dollar “stimulus”
packages and generally supports government intervention in our markets.
- The NY Democratic Party actually considered running her as their own candidate.
- The Working Families Party, which is essentially a socialist political party, has endorsed her in past elections.
- She has voted for massive tax increases and refused, until October 15, to sign a no tax-increase pledge.
- Not only is she pro-choice, but she was actually on Planned
Parenthood’s board. Yet it gets worse: she was the recipient of their
most prestigious honor, the Margaret Sanger award (the same Margaret
Sanger who advocated eugenics).
If this is what New York Republicans are like, New York can have them. I will not send any money or support to the NRCC as long they think this is the winning strategy.
Oh, but wait! There is a real Conservative in that race. Doug Hoffman, by many accounts a solid Conservative, sought the nomination, but was denied by the NY-23 Republican Party bosses. (There was no primary race). Doug Hoffman is running for that seat as an Independent Conservative. Currently, he is polling very close to Ms. Scozzafava, and some believe he can beat her and the Democrat. Hoffman has been endorsed by real Conservative luminaries, Sarah Palin, Fred Thompson, "Richard" Armey ('cuz you can't spell his name with a 'D' on Townhall) and Rick Santorum. I would love to see Doug Hoffman blow the doors off of the Scozzafava campaign and beat the Democrat, too.
To me, it doesn't matter whether the Liberal Republican wins or the Liberal Democrat wins. What do you get with either one? Liberalism, and advancement of the Liberal agenda. So the only favorable outcome is for the Conservative Doug Hoffman to win that seat. If you want to help, here's how. Doug Hoffman for Congress.