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The G.O.P. Stalinists Invade Upstate New York
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Barack Obama's most devilish political move since the 2008 campaign was to appoint a Republican congressman from upstate New York as secretary of the Army. This week’s election to fill that vacant seat has set off nothing less than a riotous and bloody national G.O.P. civil war. No matter what the results in that race on Tuesday, the Republicans are the sure losers. This could be a gift that keeps on giving to the Democrats through 2010, and perhaps beyond. The governors’ races in New Jersey and Virginia were once billed as the marquee events of Election Day 2009 — a referendum on the Obama presidency and a possible Republican “comeback.” But preposterous as it sounds, the real action migrated to New York’s 23rd, a ...
Frank Rich: The G.O.P. Stalinists Invade Upstate New York
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By GottaLaff Frank Rich: Barack Obama's most devilish political move since the 2008 campaign was to appoint a Republican congressman from upstate New York as secretary of the Army. This week’s election to fill that vacant seat has set off nothing less than a riotous and bloody national G.O.P. civil war. No matter what the results in that race on Tuesday, the ...
Third Party Challenger = Stalinist?
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[image] Frank Rich really lights into the Republican Party today: a riotous and bloody national G.O.P. civil war. a G.O.P. killing field confirms just how swiftly the right has devolved into a wacky, paranoid cult that is as eager to eat its own as it is to destroy Obama would gladly see the Republican Party die on the cross of right-wing ideological purity To the right s Jacobins, that s cause to send her to the guillotine. The wrecking crew of Kristol , Fred Thompson , Dick Armey , Michele Bachmann , The Wall Street Journal editorial page and the government-bashing Club for Growth all joined the Hoffman putsch the Stalinists of the right Wow, that's a lot of harsh metaphors. ...
The Right Man -- By: Robert Costa
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Almost every high-school girl has a backup prom date. He’s reliable and an old friend, but lacks the flash of the hotshot quarterback, the class president, or the Zac Efron lookalike. Often enough, these quiet Charlie Browns oblige, smiling through the fickleness, appreciated but seldom chosen. ...
Frank Rich on GOP Stalinist Purges
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New York Times columnist Frank Rich has more on the GOP civil war in the NY-23 special election for Congress. There will be no "winner" in this race. The big loser, however, is the Republican Party. The G.O.P. Stalinists Invade Upstate New York:
[P]reposterous as it sounds, the real action migrated to New York’s 23rd, a rural ...
Third Party Challenger = Stalinist?
The New Republic blogs —
[image] Frank Rich really lit into the Republican Party yesterday: a riotous and bloody national G.O.P. civil war. a G.O.P. killing field confirms just how swiftly the right has devolved into a wacky, paranoid cult that is as eager to eat its own as it is to destroy Obama would gladly see the Republican Party die on the cross of right-wing ideological purity To the right s Jacobins, that s cause to send her to the guillotine. The wrecking crew of Kristol , Fred Thompson , Dick Armey , Michele Bachmann , The Wall Street Journal editorial page and the government-bashing Club for Growth all joined the Hoffman putsch the Stalinists of the right Wow, that's a lot of harsh ...
GOP Direct Mail King Weighs in on NY-23, Insisting the Race Is About Teabaggers, Not New Yorkers
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BE ELECTED by Meg White When President Obama appointed Rep. John McHugh (R-NY) to become secretary of the Army, he set up what was to become one of only two House special elections of 2009 as well as a test case for the midterm elections next year . It seems everyone and their mother is weighing in on this race, and with the recent suspension of GOP candidate Dede Scozzafava's campaign and her subsequent endorsement of Democratic candidate Bill Owens, the district may be watched more closely than even the New Jersey gubernatorial race. In fact, the race is almost a Rorschach test indicating what the onlooker thinks of electoral politics in this country. The one thing it seems the election is not about is New York's ...
