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Doug Hoffman’s Cunning Plan to Reduce the Deficit: Cutting Earmarks, Taxes
Doug Hoffman’s Cunning Plan to Reduce the Deficit: Cutting Earmarks, Taxes
The teabaggers’ candidate in upstate New York, who’s a flat- earther taxer, thinks magic will bring the Bush/Cheney deficit under control . W ould you vote for higher taxes to help pay for the deficit? President Ronald Reagan said it best: “The problem is not that people are ...
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youtube.com — Millionaire Doug Hoffman supports more of the economic policies that failed us -- tax breaks for the... wealthy which added billions to the deficit. (more) Doug Hoffman: Looking Out for Himself (NY-23) (video)
Yes, We Can -- By: Doug Hoffman
nationalreview.com — How quickly things can change. Two weeks ago, political observers noticed a poll from New York’s 23rd... congressional district that showed the liberal candidate fading fast and the conservative candidate gaining faster. This is the resurgence ... (more) Yes, We Can -- By: Doug Hoffman
After all that, why didn't Doug Hoffman win?
After all that, why didn't Doug Hoffman win?
althouse.blogspot.com — That's the first question of the morning. I think it must be resolved before we can move... on to the big question: What do the Election 2009 results mean for (and the congressional Democrats)? Here's something mrs whatsit wrote in the comments to last ... (more) After all that, why didn't Doug Hoffman win?
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Glenn Reynolds' dream candidate: Doug Hoffman.
INSTAPUTZ — Why? Because he, too, is under the delusion that cutting taxes and eliminating pork will somehow magically reduce the deficit.

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The Caucus — ... that he is on the board of a hospital that sought and received a federal earmark to build a primary health clinic. Mr. Hoffman, the conservative candidate to replace Rep. John M. McHugh in Congress, was an ex-officio member of the finance committee at Adirondack Medical Center when the hospital asked Mr. McHugh to help find sources of federal money to build the facility two years ago. If Mr. Hoffman loses, will he also swear off earmarks — for companies whose board he sits on?” asked a commenter on FireDogLake. A story in Politico about how the White House engineered the ...

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