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Hotline On Call: NY-23: Owens Leads, DeDe In Second
TPM Election Central: Conservative Party's Hoffman Unable To Answer Questions On Local Issues In NY-23
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NY-23's Doug Hoffman considers Glenn Beck to be a mentor. I guess that explains this: http://is.gd/4FWkN 26 days ago |
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The meddling of national Republicans seems to be screwing over the actual constituents of the NY-23... http://bit.ly/1FfDjT 27 days ago |
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Wonder if Malkin will post -this- http://bit.ly/4yg7bJ 10/26/2009 |
NY-23: Owens Leads, DeDe In Second
Hotline On Call —
... Of course, Hoffman suffered his own setback 10/22, when he made it plainly clear to the Watertown Daily Times' ed board that he's not up-to-speed on local issues. If he truly is a threat to either side in this race, we're going to see this editorial on a TV ad. ...
Conservative Party's Hoffman Unable To Answer Questions On Local Issues In NY-23
TPM Election Central —
... It looks like Doug Hoffman, the Conservative Party candidate in the three-way NY-23 special election, doesn't actually know much about the district's local issues, the Watertown Daily Times reports. ...
Scozzafava Drops Out
The Moderate Voice —
... The sad thing is that Hoffman doesn’t even know or care about issues affecting the district he is supposed represent should he win. Scozzafava knew her district,but because of her so-called liberal stances on gay marriage and abortion she is being drummed out of the party. ...
The Exit Of Dede Scozzafava: Bookerista Pro And Con
Booker Rising —
... ....I guess the message from all this is pretty simple: if one deviates one bit from the current Republican 'script' they are a RINO and must be driven out. Only the 'pure' can be accepted. The sad thing is that Hoffman doesn’t even know or care about issues affecting the district he is supposed represent should he win. Scozzafava knew her district, but because of her so-called liberal stances on gay marriage and abortion she is being drummed out of the party. How Scozzafava was treated makes me wonder how long I will keep the moniker of Republican. I consider myself a pragmatic ...
The G.O.P. Stalinists Invade Upstate New York
Commondreams.org Views —
... . When he appeared before the editorial board of The Watertown Daily Times 10 days ago, he “showed no grasp” of local issues, as the subsequent editorial put it . Hoffman complained that he should have received the questions in advance — blissfully unaware that they had been asked by the paper in an editorial on the morning of his visit. Last week it turned out that Hoffman’s prime attribute to the radical right — as a take-no-prisoners fiscal conservative — was bogus. In fact he’s on the finance committee of a hospital that happily helped itself to ...
Political Cannibalism
The Moderate Voice —
... . When he appeared before the editorial board of The Watertown Daily Times 10 days ago, he “showed no grasp” of local issues, as the subsequent editorial put it. Hoffman complained that he should have received the questions in advance — blissfully unaware that they had been asked by the paper in an editorial on the morning of his visit. ...
Everything you ever wanted to know about the NY-23 starts with Tim Walberg
Capitol Chronicles - Susan J. Demas —
... or tell you what the main issues were in the MI-7. Despite massive job loss in the district, he made the race all about gay marriage, abortion and illegal immigration. Hoffman also has proven clueless as to the NY-23's interests, but then again, he ...
Frank Rich on GOP Stalinist Purges
Blog For Arizona —
... . When he appeared before the editorial board of The Watertown Daily Times 10 days ago, he “showed no grasp” of local issues, as the subsequent editorial put it. Hoffman complained that he should have received the questions in advance — blissfully unaware that they had been asked by the paper in an editorial on the morning of his visit. ...
Hoffman wants to slash funds to NY-23's largest employer
Daily Kos —
... On the bright side, if Hoffman does win, the teabaggers can pat themselves on the back, the Democrats can enjoy the open civil war within the Republican Party, and the people of NY-23 can go back to worrying about their "parochial issues" ... like unemployment. ...
Everything you ever wanted to know about the NY-23 starts with Tim Walberg
Capitol Chronicles - Susan J. Demas —
... or tell you what the main issues were in the MI-7. Despite massive job loss in the district, he made the race all about gay marriage, abortion and illegal immigration. Hoffman also has proven clueless as to the NY-23's interests, but then again, he ...
GOP Direct Mail King Weighs in on NY-23, Insisting the Race Is About Teabaggers, Not New Yorkers
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash —
... (who endorsed Scozzafava), two pundits who are not only not in office, but haven't even announced that they're running for anything. The long list of big-name supporters of the Hoffman campaign obscures the fact that he's something of a terrible candidate, regardless of ideology. He doesn't live in the district, and a local editorial board recently said his disconnectedness shows in his total lack of a clue of the pressing issues in the area . The saddest thing about the support for Hoffman by the "Taxed Enough Already," anti-earmark crowd is that candidate himself is the ...
Frank Schaeffer: The Loony Right Eats Its Own
The BRAD BLOG —
... . When he appeared before the editorial board of The Watertown Daily Times 10 days ago, he "showed no grasp" of local issues, as the subsequent editorial put it. Hoffman complained that he should have received the questions in advance --- blissfully unaware that they had been asked by the paper in an editorial on the morning of his visit. ...
National press turns to Watertown paper
Michael Calderone's Blog —
... As the Daily Times editorial board wrote: Hoffman “showed no grasp of the bread-and-butter issues pertinent to district residents.” (Those local issues ...
Doug Hoffman Vs. His Narrative
The New Republic blogs —
... Hoffman talked broadly about bringing jobs back to the district. I m going to make sure that everything we can do for Fort Drum, we do it, he said. I m going to make sure that, you know, Watertown, with new jobs, new businesses, and new economy, that s going to carry us through for the next 20, 30, 50 years. On both the left and the right, Hoffman s been portrayed as a right-wing insurgent, but as Weigel points out, Hoffman s actually bashful and awkward, both while stumping and talking to the press . Now it appears that conservative hype alone (and not the personal ...
Hullabaloo — ... the Times never bothered to cover Bill Owens at all - no descriptions, even online, about the crowd at Owens' victory party, for example (there was a stock photo of Owens in print, but the caption makes clear it wasnt a picture from last night). Why? Because he isn't a rightwing lunatic, but simply what appears to be a decent man who cares passionately about issues that affect his community. Unlike his opponent, who didn't even live in the district and had not the slightest clue what the issues were about. For those of you who disagree that the Times provided ...
Hoffman, baby, Hoffman!?
First Read —
... They'd argue they only lost because the stodgy Republican establishment didn't embrace Hoffman SOONER.
That's highly arguable, considering Hoffman's lack of knowledge of local issues, his carpetbagger status (he doesn't live in NY-23), and his just overall poor appearance as a candidate. He was always more of an idea. He wouldn't even meet with the Syracuse Post-Standard's editorial board, but who could blame him after his disastrous appearance before the local Watertown Daily Times.
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MSNBC Blames Sarah Palin For Hoffman’s Loss In NY-23
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
... , but who could blame him after his disastrous appearance before the local Watertown Daily Times. It wrote on Oct. 23rd that Hoffman “showed no grasp of the bread-and-butter issues pertinent to district residents….” He spoke “generally” about national issues, with “no details.” ...
Armey throws Hoffman under the bus: ‘He didn’t pay enough attention to the local concerns.’
Think Progress —
... In the run-up to Tuesday’s special election in New York’s 23rd congressional district, Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman met with the editorial board of the Watertown Daily Times, the largest paper in the district. After Hoffman “showed no grasp of the bread-and-butter issues pertinent to district residents,” his companion in the meeting, former House Majority Leader Dick Armey, rose to his defense by dismissing regional concerns as “ ...
Why Dick Armey is a Perfect Asshole
Shakesville —
When Doug Hoffman was thrust onto the northern New York stage to win one for the teabaggers, it was very clear that his complete lack of familiarity with the district would pose some problems. In fact, when he met with the Watertown Daily Times' editorial board to talk about issues, all he could talk about was national issues: ...
Maybe Doug Hoffman Should Have Better Attended to Local Issues
GayPatriot —
... Well, perhaps Hoffman’s botching of an interview with the Watertown Daily Times editorial board should have been a red flag. ...
Armey throws Hoffman under the bus: ?He didn’t pay enough attention to the local concerns.?
The Hollywood Liberal —
... 23rd congressional district, Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman met with the editorial board of the Watertown Daily Times, the largest paper in the district. After Hoffman “showed no grasp of the bread-and-butter issues pertinent to district residents,” his companion in the meeting, former House Majority […] Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey In the run-up to Tuesday’s special election in New York’s 23rd congressional district, Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman met with the editorial board of the Watertown Daily Times, the largest paper in the district. ...
