Mike Pence refused to endorse Dede Scozzafava. Being, however, the Chairman of the House Republican Conference, it really would have been bad form of him to go all in with Hoffman. Being in that position demands some party loyalty. So behind the scenes Pence has made clear he was unhappy with this whole sordid mess and has refused to cooperate or fund the madness.
Today he can do what he has wanted to do the whole time — endorse Doug Hoffman.
Conservatives are now fully united and fighting. The race is not offer. We must fight for Hoffman now.
Pence’s statement is below the fold.
Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, today released the following statement regarding the special election in New York’s 23rd Congressional District:
“As chairman of the House Republican Conference, I am proud to announce my support for Doug Hoffman for election to Congress in the 23rd District of New York.
Dede Scozzafava’s decision to suspend her campaign is to be commended. By doing so, she has put the interests of her country and her party ahead of personal considerations.
Now is the time for all Republicans to come behind Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman. We look forward to welcoming him to the House Republican Conference. By electing Doug Hoffman to Congress, the citizens of New York’s 23rd District can send a deafening message to Washington, D.C. that the era of borrowing and spending and bailouts and takeovers is over.”
joers
joers Saturday, October 31st at 3:51PM EDT (link)Wonder how Newt will clean it up? And what about the silent Romney and Huckaby, both of whom profess to be so conservative? Maybe they will speak since its safe now. The Republicans had better realize that the conservative base is awake now, and roaring. We are mad as hell and aren’t going to take it anymore.
Sadly..
Bobcat51 Saturday, October 31st at 4:11PM EDT (link)Romney and Huckabee are fence sitters and finger in the wind professional politicians! Along with Newt one has to wonder what 2012 will bring with pretenders like these sitting on top of the ladder.
We have a revolution taking place in this country and it will require stout hearts and minds to foil Obama and his Marxist cohorts from destroying the Constitution. The very future of our country is in our hands and we need hands that are committed not fumbler’s and bumbler’s like those named here.
PS; Just watching Steele as he fumbles with Greg Jarrett Fox at 3pm eastern. The guy should wake up and smell the coffee. The McCainites should get off the bus and make way for the real future if the country.
"...deafening message..."
redneck_hippie Saturday, October 31st at 3:52PM EDT (link)I’ll drink to that.
Oh, and Erick, did GC write that title for you?
“We must not lose our faculty to dare, especially in dark days.” - Churchill in March, 1942.
Remember NY-23; translation: RINOs Have No Base.
Loud and clear, even downstate
CincoSolas_del_Bronx Saturday, October 31st at 4:18PM EDT (link)where there are more conservatives than commonly imagined.
And redneck_hippie, GC could not have written that title:
1) too many fully-spelled words
2) too many correctly-spelled words
3) too few name-based puns
4) too many capital letters
5) too short
Those dreading urbanization should remember that though the Kingdom of God first appeared in a temporal Garden, at the end of the book it is established in an eternal City. (paraphrase, James M. Boice)
soli Deo gloria
Ah. I stand corrected, Cinco. nt
redneck_hippie Saturday, October 31st at 4:21PM EDT (link)“We must not lose our faculty to dare, especially in dark days.” - Churchill in March, 1942.
Remember NY-23; translation: RINOs Have No Base.
If Neil ever really gets ticked at GC it will be obvious. He'll limit the length of titles. nt
mbecker908 Saturday, October 31st at 6:46PM EDT (link)Sometimes I think GC does it to express his inner lib.
redneck_hippie Saturday, October 31st at 7:04PM EDT (link)Cryptic titles are more conservative, after all.
“We must not lose our faculty to dare, especially in dark days.” - Churchill in March, 1942.
Remember NY-23; translation: RINOs Have No Base.
Nah, he does it because he is a lawyer.
penguin2 Saturday, October 31st at 7:24PM EDT (link)They have a way with words.
Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.
Benjamin Franklin
Where are all the whereas'es then? nt
redneck_hippie Saturday, October 31st at 7:28PM EDT (link)“We must not lose our faculty to dare, especially in dark days.” - Churchill in March, 1942.
Remember NY-23; translation: RINOs Have No Base.
In Nancy P's 1,900 pages Health Care Monstrosity.
penguin2 Saturday, October 31st at 7:31PM EDT (link)I understand there is a lot of this and that and go here, go there.
Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.
Benjamin Franklin
"Doctor" does not appear in Nancy's bill.
ColdWarrior Saturday, October 31st at 7:46PM EDT (link)I heard this on Fox News.
The word “doctor,” in the sense of “medical doctor,” does not appear in the Nancy’s bill.
I went to http://www.gop.gov/solutions/healthcare and downloaded the bill and searched using Acrobat Reader. The search function could not find “doctor.”
Unbelievable.
Thank you.
ColdWarrior
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Guess we won't need doctors
redneck_hippie Saturday, October 31st at 7:50PM EDT (link)once we have single payer. Nobody will be sick after the “health commissioner” gets through with us. In Russia and China they starved and shot the masses. Here we just have our plugs pulled.
“We must not lose our faculty to dare, especially in dark days.” - Churchill in March, 1942.
Remember NY-23; translation: RINOs Have No Base.
Eric, get off your high horse.
zbigreddogz Saturday, October 31st at 4:03PM EDT (link)It’s preposterous to presume people in GOP leadership would endorse someone other then the Republican candidate, even in exceptional circumstances like this. Sitting on his hands and not endorsing Scozzafava is the most anybody could reasonably expect.
I’m glad Hoffman ran, I’m glad Scozzafava dropped out. I think we are going to win.
But you really need to get off your high horse and quit your jihad against good people like Pence. If Pence is not one of us, there ARE none of us.
“At the top there are no easy choices. All are between evils, the consequences of which are hard to judge.” - Dean Acheson
I'd bother to read your comment
Neil Stevens Saturday, October 31st at 4:05PM EDT (link)But if an idiot like you can’t even spell Erick’s name right even though it’s spelled out right in front of you, you’re unlikely to be worth reading.
Want to run for conservatives? Give.
There Is No Crisis
Here you go, Neil, I'll give you the highlights of his comment:
janis Saturday, October 31st at 4:17PM EDT (link)Blah, blah, blah, I know better than you do, blah,blah, blah. And in closing:
I wish I was a big dog instead of a flea-bitten mutt with delusions of intelligence.
So, just out of curiousity.....
eburke Saturday, October 31st at 5:50PM EDT (link)how many IQ points shy of zero do you have to be to a) misread a headline that obvious; and b) tell the founder of the site to ‘get off his high horse’?
Just wondering.
“All that need be done for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.”
“Dead fish go with the flow” ~ izoneguy
“We have a Statue of Liberty not a Statue of Necessity” ~ ColdWarrior
Let's find out
Neil Stevens Saturday, October 31st at 6:03PM EDT (link)One, two, three
*crunch*
Three
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There Is No Crisis
Zbigreddogz, did you even read Erick's post?
RedBeard Saturday, October 31st at 4:16PM EDT (link)I suspect you read no further than the headline.
Or is it that you don’t understand what he wrote?
Standard-bearer for grouchy curmudgeonry since, oh, 1975 or so.
Yes, he tries to moderate his slander in the body of the message
zbigreddogz Saturday, October 31st at 4:58PM EDT (link)But he still slanders him in the headlines. And it’s not fair, right or helpful.
He’s basically saying, “You’re a f*&king jerk. But it’s OK, you f*&king jerk.”
That’s just not helpful.
“At the top there are no easy choices. All are between evils, the consequences of which are hard to judge.” - Dean Acheson
Here, doggie, have a bigger shovel. nt
janis Saturday, October 31st at 5:04PM EDT (link)As I thought, you've misunderstood the headline
RedBeard Saturday, October 31st at 5:05PM EDT (link)Please, read it again.
Standard-bearer for grouchy curmudgeonry since, oh, 1975 or so.
I did not misunderstand the headline. It's very clear.
zbigreddogz Saturday, October 31st at 5:17PM EDT (link)He slanders Pence then sorta-kinda takes it back.
And he shouldn’t have.
“At the top there are no easy choices. All are between evils, the consequences of which are hard to judge.” - Dean Acheson
Well I guess it's like that old saying
civil_truth Saturday, October 31st at 5:20PM EDT (link)“Opinions are like a**holes: everyone’s entitled to one, and everyone’s got one”.
So you have your opinion and have made it clear.
That doesn’t mean that it’s based on any degree of rationality or that we have to respect it as being rational.
And Rightly So!
Here, doggie, here's the key to the backhoe. Have at it. nt
janis Saturday, October 31st at 5:25PM EDT (link)i think very much did misunderstand the headline
Erick Erickson Saturday, October 31st at 5:31PM EDT (link)I’ve been supportive of Pence and his actions in this race all along — including complimenting him weeks ago that he was going to sit on his hands instead of backing Scozzafava.
Who will stand on either hand and keep this bridge with me?
"refusing to help the GOP in their suicide bid"...
penguin2 Saturday, October 31st at 5:31PM EDT (link)Sounds like a positive to me, for Mike Pence. Erick is acknowledging the dilemma Pence was in and is now free. I think it speaks highly of Pence that he refused to endorse Dede, when other GOP “leaders” were doing so. Including the RNCC and RN
Oops, I guess that is exactly what Erick said!
Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.
Benjamin Franklin
I agree and that's how I took it -- approval of Pence
peg_c Saturday, October 31st at 5:53PM EDT (link)Pence - who we all know is an extremely good conservative - had his options limited and did what he had to. Now he’s doing everything he can.
Gingrich and Romney were not boxed in and still did not do the right thing. They deserve the criticism they’re getting.
Thank you, Congressman!
Government cannot be the solution when government is the problem.
Yes, it's clear, but not to Zbigreddogz
RedBeard Saturday, October 31st at 5:33PM EDT (link)“Having Sat on His Hands Refusing to Help the GOP In Its Suicide Bid…”
The above phrase is giving Pence CREDIT for not helping the GOP screw this up. It’s a GOOD THING to not aid a suicide bid. See how that works?
Eh. Never mind. Wasting my time, while somewhere there’s a Yuengling Black and Tan with my name on it……..
Standard-bearer for grouchy curmudgeonry since, oh, 1975 or so.
GOP earns no plaudits in this affair
peg_c Saturday, October 31st at 5:55PM EDT (link)Let’s hope they earn some wisdom.
Government cannot be the solution when government is the problem.
Attention Pete Sessions: You must post under your real name here.
bs Saturday, October 31st at 5:36PM EDT (link)Get rid of this “zbigreddogz” sock puppet. We know you’re in there.
Decorum is fo’ suckas - unless it’s one of the good guys
555! nt
Vegas_Rick Saturday, October 31st at 5:38PM EDT (link)“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan ‘press on’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.” Calvin Coolidge.
!!SMACK!! -nt
E Pluribus Unum Saturday, October 31st at 6:36PM EDT (link)Carthago delenda est
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I always try to give the benefit of the doubt,
Vegas_Rick Saturday, October 31st at 5:26PM EDT (link)but zbig is clearly an idiot. Only an idiot could conclude that this statement:
After sitting on his hands, refusing to help the GOP in its suicide bid….Mike Pence is finally free to do what he’s always wanted.
is an insult to Mike Pence. I won’t waste my time or your band width trying to explain it to an idiot.
as to the “loyal lieutenant” part, he is the Chairman of the House Republican Conference. Good leaders don’t throw their organization under the bus, even when they disagree.
“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan ‘press on’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.” Calvin Coolidge.
Wow, message was...
Erick Brockway Saturday, October 31st at 4:31PM EDT (link)No more appeasing the left. Not if there’s a clear choice between a conservative and a squish, as there clearly was in this case.
Note to lefties;
“Don’t be afraid to see what you see.”
Ronald Reagan
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zbig, read the freaking post, BEFORE you comment
Vegas_Rick Saturday, October 31st at 4:37PM EDT (link)Erick was giving Pence his props. Erick clearly stated that Pence could do nothing until now.
Get a grip, dude.
“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan ‘press on’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.” Calvin Coolidge.
Somebody fix this schmuck's name.
Franz Prince of Dogness Saturday, October 31st at 6:52PM EDT (link)In my official capacity I want to note that NO dog would post something this stupid.
Bad dog. Actually, you’re probably a stupid cat (redundant, I know) in disguise.
Oh look zbig, it’s winter time. Somebody’s put out a nice dish of antifreeze for you to drink. It’ll keep you warm. You’ll like it. And so will the rest of us.
kill them and eat theminvite them to a State Dinner at the White House.Hoffman's near the top of the hill...
Erick Brockway Saturday, October 31st at 4:28PM EDT (link)Just needs one last push.
Note to lefties;
“Don’t be afraid to see what you see.”
Ronald Reagan
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Chip in to get rid of “Babs” (Yes ma’am) Boxer.
"Conservatives are now fully united and fighting"
Scope Saturday, October 31st at 4:35PM EDT (link)and one can only hope that the powers that be in the Republican party recognize that we can do some very amazing things. I bet a few months ago no one even heard of Hoffman or Scazzofava, and, look at what a concerted effort by an awake and very much alive conservative movement can do. We will stay energized, and keep supporting Hoffman until he wins. If the establishment Republicans don’t recognize just how big this one effort has been, and how “united” the people have been, they deserve to die in their ditches, while the conservatives take over those hills.
"Conservatives are now fully united and fighting"
Scope Saturday, October 31st at 4:35PM EDT (link)and one can only hope that the powers that be in the Republican party recognize that we can do some very amazing things. I bet a few months ago no one even heard of Hoffman or Scazzofava, and, look at what a concerted effort by an awake and very much alive conservative movement can do. We will stay energized, and keep supporting Hoffman until he wins. If the establishment Republicans don’t recognize just how big this one effort has been, and how “united” the people have been, they deserve to die in their ditches, while the conservatives take over those hills.
Scope picks the best line of all "Conservatives are now fully UNITED and FIGHTING"...
JadedByPolitics Saturday, October 31st at 5:22PM EDT (link)BRING IT ON!!!!!
Whoever has his enemy at his mercy &
does not destroy him is his own enemy
No, I believe all the Conservatives have only just begun the fight!
DavidS1787 Saturday, October 31st at 5:27PM EDT (link)And the conservatives aren’t going to be satisfied with the status quo moderate Republicans………..
Then I hope conservatives turn out in the primaries
Neil Stevens Saturday, October 31st at 7:05PM EDT (link)Giving to the candidates helps, too.
Want to run for conservatives? Give.
There Is No Crisis
I agree Neil 100 percent........
DavidS1787 Saturday, October 31st at 11:58PM EDT (link)n/t
Pense waited till Hoffman was ahead in the polls
livingfortruth Sunday, November 1st at 12:53AM EDT (link)Yeah, he’s a man of principle. Let the women do the real work. Palin endorsed Hoffman when he was only polling at 15%. His numbers shot up over the weekend, then Pawlenty endorsed when it was “Safe” to do so. Real men running the Republican party, NOT. Scared chickens actually!
http://livingfortruth.wordpress.com/2009/10/24/questions-need-to-be-answered-in-health-care-debate/
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