tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post1603337498223723745..comments2024-02-24T00:37:43.087-05:00Comments on The Other McCain: Message from NY23Robert Stacy McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03084541621503669804noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-29394212676608436862009-11-04T21:01:54.469-05:002009-11-04T21:01:54.469-05:00Awww, a little post-election loss denial.
Hard to ...Awww, a little post-election loss denial.<br />Hard to swallow that Conservatism took one on the chin last night.<br />Newt was right after all....<br />Hoffmania never happened. No matter how you spin it, the fact is a Dem won in a Republican stronghold. <br />Damn. Must really hurt right about now....Young 4-Eyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04159195318322896154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-8916374923134999242009-11-04T20:58:25.673-05:002009-11-04T20:58:25.673-05:00As I was driving home from work today, I heard Lau...As I was driving home from work today, I heard Laura Ingram basically say about Doug Hoffman 'Thanks, pal, for running. Great effort. Now go away. You ain't got what it takes to win.' and then a little later I read this by Ramesh Ponnuru over at <b>The Corner</b>:<br /><br /><i>[Stephen] Spruiell concludes, "In the next few months, conservatives will be urging Hoffman to fight on." Should they? Conservatives should, I think, be grateful that he ran, providing someone for conservatives to support and rebuking the local party establishment. But that doesn't mean he's the best candidate going forward.</i><br /><br />With all due respect to Miss Ingram and Mr. Ponnuru, you two have spent too much time hob-nobbing with the conservative and Republican elites in Washington.<br /><br />Doug Hoffman is unpolished as a public figure, unsophisticated in his speaking, not at all slick or over-scripted in his presentations, and he does not speak in Establishment-Speak. He is awkward. A man of few words, what little he does say is meaningful and heartfelt. He is not a polished actor like so many in Washington are. He holds dear certain beliefs that he has thought long and hard about. Stacy has commented that you will never see him involved in a D.C. sex scandal should he be elected to the Congress, and he is quite right. I'm sorry if the two of you have become so enamored of the thin-layered sheen of the politicians you break bread with that you disdain the average Joe or Joan and their normal and [to you] bland and unexciting demeanors. I'm sorry if Doug Hoffman is not one of <b><i>The Republicans Who Matter!</i></b>, not one of the <b>Conservative Beautiful People</b> and never will be.<br /><br />Actually, what I'm sorry about is the way you two and your fellow <b>CBP's</b> have allowed yourselves to become Washington D.C. Pod People in what, in this day and age, passes for High Society.<br /><br />Doug Hoffman and the others like him who, in the wake of the Leftists attempt to overthrow the Founding, will stand up and put themselves in the firing line, are EXACTLY the kind of people we need to run for office. I don't want slickness or polish and I most especially don't want to hear more of the same conservative and Republican bromides—the same Luntz-vetted phrases over and over and over. I want average folks who don't give a damn if a hair is out of place, a suit rumpled because they can only afford a couple of them, or who are awkward in public. None of that matters as long as they have, as John Adams said was essential, commitment to traditional American values and never utter anything that is not simple, plain, and honest. Newt, Frum, Brooks, Noonan, et. al. are a part of the problem, but so are you high falutin' <b>Beautiful People</b>.<br /><br />-----------------------------------------<br /><br />PS: It's Time To <b>ROC 'N' ROLL</b>: <b>R</b>estore <b>O</b>ur <b>C</b>onstitution <b>& R</b>estore <b>O</b>ur <b>L</b>ost <b>L</b>ibertiesBob Belvederehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17220595844172546069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-89384751875255009422009-11-04T17:56:53.884-05:002009-11-04T17:56:53.884-05:00Hoffman did fine. Very good given the circumstanc...Hoffman did fine. Very good given the circumstances. Owens, to the Democrats credit, was a good candidate. Hoffman went from nothing to within 4000 votes in a few months. That is very good. Dede Scozzafava was a dirty snake in the grass.Joenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-86562224918640951052009-11-04T17:30:03.357-05:002009-11-04T17:30:03.357-05:00Hoffmania Lives?
Ok.
I'll be interested t...Hoffmania Lives? <br /><br />Ok. <br /><br />I'll be interested to see if RSM replies to this at Taki's. <br /><br />http://www.takimag.com/sniperstower/article/not_a_revolution/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-78945232728328012752009-11-04T16:36:34.688-05:002009-11-04T16:36:34.688-05:00@Anonymous
Unless you're Doug Hoffman or the ...@Anonymous <br />Unless you're Doug Hoffman or the Almighty, you don't know that.<br /><br />Now, you could be a Lefty emoting wishfully, in which case the fact is that we've more Hoffmans than you've ammunition.smitty1ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559464300318848169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-58076572610228712552009-11-04T16:22:54.851-05:002009-11-04T16:22:54.851-05:00But he lost. He's done.But he lost. He's done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-21093814850582452142009-11-04T16:19:39.509-05:002009-11-04T16:19:39.509-05:00Wolverines!Wolverines!Steve Burrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11532569085171327991noreply@blogger.com