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rushlimbaugh.com - 17 days ago

Conservatism Didn't Lose in NY-23

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RUSH: These are my thoughts on New York 23. In the first place I'll have to double-check this but I'm reasonably sure that this was the highest percentage of the vote ever won on the Conservative Party line by a House or Senate candidate. I think Hoffman had a higher percentage of the vote than ...

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mahablog.com - 11 days ago

The Log in David Brooks’s Eye

— mahablog.com — David Brooks tells us that Islam harbors evil : Most people select stories that lead toward cooperation and goodness. But over the past few decades a malevolent narrative has emerged. That narrative has emerged on the fringes of the Muslim world. It is a narrative that sees human history as ... (more) The Log in David Brooks’s Eye

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liberalvaluesblog.com - 15 days ago

Embracing One’s Meandering Cat

— liberalvaluesblog.com — I initially wasn’t going to bother responding to David Brooks ‘ column today–until I read Pete Abel’ s response. Brooks, perhaps thinking being a New York Times columnist gives him the authority, presumes to understand the thoughts of all independents. In the end he ... (more) Embracing One’s Meandering Cat

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themoderatevoice.com - 11 days ago

Butterflies, Memes, and Narratives

— themoderatevoice.com — David Brooks had me going there, with the first several paragraphs in his column today. He had me thinking a new David Brooks had suddenly emerged, as a butterfly from its chrysalis, with powers of insight and perception the old David Brooks could only dream of having. Alas, it is the same ... (more) Butterflies, Memes, and Narratives

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What the Right is Saying about NY-23
The New Republic blogs — ... Rush Limbaugh: See, this is the dirty little secret: If the party had gotten behind Hoffman from the beginning, he would have won going away. I have no doubt about that. I'll tell you something else. People are now talking about Hoffman's lack of charisma and familiarity with local issues. The huge story of New York 23 is the shambles the Republican Party made of it. They nominated a horrendous candidate: A liberal Republican. She was far more liberal than this Owens guy, who ended up winning. ...

Conservatism Didn’t Lose in NY-23
RedState — Great minds and all that. Naturally, Rush gives a better summary of my point than me. You know what, I was reading Erick Erickson today at RedState.com, and he was the real first behind Hoffman guy. I mean, he was really pushing it on his blog, and he wrote today — I’ll paraphrase it — he wrote, “Look, the message out of this is we took out a horrible Republican.  We kept a horrible Republican from possibly winning and totally redefining the party in a way that would make it a permanent minority party.”  So in Erick’s ...

Steele on Hoffman’s defeat: It was a botched process
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... , and Rush Limbaugh : If only NY-23 had had a primary, all this unpleasantness would have been avoided. Maybe, maybe not. Ace and I have been arguing by e-mail about whether the third-party dynamic being championed by Beck is merely a bluff to scare the GOP into moving right (Ace’s theory) or whether GB and his fans are serious when they say they’ll ...

No More Mister Nice Blog — DOES RUSH LIMBAUGH EVER ACTUALLY VOTE? So I was on Limbaugh's Web site reading what he said on the radio about the NY-23 race, and this jumped out at me: ...this is what happened, [Dede Scozzafava] remained on the ballot. In fact, she was on the ballot twice. This is screwiest looking ballot. I just got this. Here's the ballot: Democrat Owens, Republican Scozzafava, Independence Scozzafava, Conservative Hoffman, Working Families Owens. There were five parties on the ballot. Two of them endorsed Owens -- the Democrat Party and the Working ...

More on Understanding NY-23
PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts — ... race and manipulate it than they often think.  One guesses the various politicos who tried to make political hay out of this event will simply pretend like the whole thing never happened (although they will, no doubt, score some political points with true believers).  Regardless, the odds are that none of them really had much of clue about the nature of the district’s politics when they decided that they could use it to their own political ends. e.g., Rush Limbaugh, Michelle Malkin, and Erick Erickson-amongst others. ...

Lesson from NY-23: Of Course Conservatives Can Win
Pajamas Media — Had the Republicans actually gotten behind Doug Hoffman from the start, he would have won going away. [image] Here’s Rush Limbaugh from November 4: I mean that’s probably what they’re thinking today on our side, “Yeah, you see, Reagan conservatives can’t win in New York. We need Chris Shays-type guys. We need moderates like David Brooks-kind of Republicans to win.” … See, this is the dirty little secret: If the party had gotten behind Hoffman from the beginning, he would have won going away. I have no doubt about that. I’ll tell you something else. People are now talking about ...