How Not To Do It: the infamous Dede Scozzafava photo op.


So, just how bad was this photo op that Dede Scozzafava had to try to push back on Doug Hoffman?

This bad. From our super-secret hidden peanut gallery (names left in because they said to):

streiff: I was an evaluator on a live fire exercise back in 84 when a herd of free range cattle moped into the impact area and about 200 troops decided they were much more fun to shoot at than 55-gal drums filled with dirt. I wish I had pictures of the outcome of that because that is what her photo op is like

Neil Stevens: Streiff: You aren’t comparing Dede with a cow are you? Because that wouldn’t be right. :-)

streiff: actually, I was thinking of one particular cow that had a rear leg chopped off by an M-60 machinegun

…no, that image wasn’t pretty: then again, neither was this.

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Priceless!!!

antisocial Wednesday, October 21st at 5:47PM EDT (link)

I don’t know anybody around here who thinks she should be running. I am going to pass this one around.

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Up until about :30

redtillimdead Wednesday, October 21st at 5:57PM EDT (link)

it sounded like she was about to drop out and endorse Hoffman

Nancy Pelosi can kiss my asstroturf.

Up until 2:17..

roscopico Wednesday, October 21st at 8:03PM EDT (link)

I was hoping she would.

Absolutely Clueless.

Newt, this is your candidate? Take a hike.

Im Himmel gibt’s kein Bier…

 

I couldn't listen past :21

The_Gadfly Wednesday, October 21st at 10:13PM EDT (link)

I mean I know most press conferences are boring, but please, I’d rather be reading Vogon poetry.

We’ve been called racists enough now that it shouldn’t bother us any more.

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If NY23 was a beat down for Conservatives, what do you call what happened to Progressives in NJ and VA?

inspired by ColdWarrior, http://www.redstate.com/hooah_mac/2009/11/04/ny-23-the-agony-of-defeat-not-so-much/#comment-156

Two images I didn;t need this morning...

danasdaddy Thursday, October 22nd at 10:25AM EDT (link)

Mutilated cattle and Vogon poetry…lol

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Who in the world told her to wear pink?

penguin2 Wednesday, October 21st at 6:18PM EDT (link)

And you guys, it really isn’t fair to leave us with a color attached to to the critter you mentioned Streiff.

Maybe she will drop out, things don’t seem to be going very well for her. Just the wrong candidate for us.

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Hoffman should just use this as an ad

E Pluribus Unum Wednesday, October 21st at 6:21PM EDT (link)

Stick a 5-second audio on the end: “I’m Doug Hoffman and I approved this message”.

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AceInTX Wednesday, October 21st at 6:24PM EDT (link)

The “Big Tent” analogy isn’t the correct one…the correct one is a MAGNET…we need to be a MAGNET that draws these independents in who are sick and tired of what’s going on in WashingtonFred Thompson
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Exactly,

Leopard1996 Wednesday, October 21st at 8:57PM EDT (link)

From what I have read here, if this chick wasn’t in the race Hoffman would win in a walk, but because she is in this thing, the Dem might win. I do agree with about everyone here, that this one should be the hill to die on, one it may be nice to have another R to add one more R to the congress count, but if she is unreliable I would rather have the D win and hang every screw up around his neck in 2010.

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UMMM...what??? this is the best ten party bosses could come up with? None of the other candidates had a chance?

AceInTX Wednesday, October 21st at 6:21PM EDT (link)

priceless…

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Eleven.

randy streu Wednesday, October 21st at 6:30PM EDT (link)

and it’s basically back-scratching at work here. Dede has been a “republican” in office for a while, and the jokers who voted for her are basically under the impression that everyone else is too stupid to vote for someone who isn’t already in office.

 
 

Michael Patrick Leahy over at tcotreport.com

ColdWarrior Wednesday, October 21st at 6:53PM EDT (link)

is doing a real good job of compiling the news about Scozzafava’s debacle. He’s been interviewing locals and reporting.

I spoke with a county GOP chairman from NY-23 a day or two ago and when I told him I hoped Scozzafava would drop out and throw here support to Hoffman he said it would never happen in a million years and that it might not help much because her name will remain on the ballot.

FWIW.

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It's true. The real trick is to turn her into an also-ran.

randy streu Wednesday, October 21st at 8:07PM EDT (link)

we need to keep hitting over and over again the idea that it is Scozzafava, and not Hoffman, who is the spoiler in the race. Fortunately for us, it just keeps getting easier to do so.

 
 

Everyone does this not seem like Epic Failure

Richard Mullins Wednesday, October 21st at 7:09PM EDT (link)

because she couldn’t find any pro-DeDe Scozzafava signs. BTW, I don’t mind Italian politicians in the US House of Representatives, so long as their name aren’t so hard to spell and pronounce.

Well there is *one* sign there

clement Wednesday, October 21st at 7:30PM EDT (link)

That says “Hoffman = Pelosi”. Pretty sad showing though.

Well that might be the pro DeDe sign

Richard Mullins Wednesday, October 21st at 7:37PM EDT (link)

but there should have be a DeDe Scozzafava sign instead of that. If ever there was a chance for free advertisement, then this was one of those chances and Doug Hoffman got a great deal of it.

 
 

Her name would be easier as a nickname. How about Scuzzy? nt

nessa Wednesday, October 21st at 8:35PM EDT (link)

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Yeah I can handle that but really should change her last name to scruffy

Richard Mullins Wednesday, October 21st at 10:44PM EDT (link)

that makes more sense. I would prefer a easier name like Novaresse or Piano, but I get Scozzafava instead.

 
 
 

Looks like she just needs to Moo..ve on (nt)

SteveLA Wednesday, October 21st at 7:20PM EDT (link)

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This could be the straw that breaks the Camel's back

Illinicon Wednesday, October 21st at 7:32PM EDT (link)

I mean how much longer is the NRCC going to let Scozfava embrass herself before they realize that she is doing more damage to their credability than even herself?

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Neil and streiff..

hones Wednesday, October 21st at 8:27PM EDT (link)

why must you slander cows with that unjust comparison?

At least cows are good for milk and manure, oh wait….

I said it wouldn't be right! :-) (nt)

Neil Stevens Thursday, October 22nd at 3:51AM EDT (link)

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I’d rather everyone get along, but I’ll settle for everyone united in hating me for being a jerky moderator.

 
 
 

Personal attacks aren't helpful.

grinlap Wednesday, October 21st at 9:47PM EDT (link)

If you can’t make your case with a good reasoned political argument then you’re just a democrat.

 

What horrible judgment

gator_hoo Wednesday, October 21st at 10:28PM EDT (link)

to campaign outside of your opponent’s campaign HQ.

That alone should disqualify her

 

So tired of RINO's

marshmom Wednesday, October 21st at 11:11PM EDT (link)

and this(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FETumfkPqwQ&feature=player_embedded#) is Newt’s excuse as to why he endorses her. Any real conservatives left out there? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?

 

I read McCotter has endorsed Dede

katesmith Thursday, October 22nd at 1:40AM EDT (link)

Gingrich is different-he will do anything to get his face in the media and contribute to the death of the republican party. Many paint his actions as ideological which diverts attention from bigger problems. It would be nice if it were just about ideology but it’s about first getting someone who won’t rob us and laugh in our face. With media at his disposal 24/7 for years, he could have stopped the ascendancy of Goldman Sachs, Soros, the sub prime meltdown, cap and trade and much more. Anyone with his connections knew all this was going on. But he writes a book on global warming and is determined to keep the republican party out of the hands of the people. He is a buffoon. I wish Rush would come out against him. I gave $50 to Hoffman.

 

Um...

RedInABleuState Thursday, October 22nd at 3:00AM EDT (link)

I don’t think this press conference could have been more horribly bungled.

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Is this a winner take all election or is there a runoff?

bk Thursday, October 22nd at 5:02AM EDT (link)

WaPo reports that Dede is fading fast and has almost no money, while Hoffman actually has a chance to win.

If there is a runoff it sure sounds like it would be between Owens and Hoffman, but if it’s a one-shot deal then it’s much tougher for Hoffman to win unless more R voters see Dede as the spoiler and vote for Hoffman instead. I’m guessing this is a one-shot deal, so someone could with with 34% of the vote if the other two are split evenly.

Moonbats say to vote against Hoffman because his teeth aren't white enough

bk Thursday, October 22nd at 5:12AM EDT (link)

At least that’s the clear impression you get if you read the comments at the WaPo link above. As usual, the lefties are arguing purely on substance and issues, just as in New Jersey where their motto is “Choose Corzine ’cause Christie’s chubby”.

 
 

Man, this was a train wreck.

ocleverone Thursday, October 22nd at 6:45AM EDT (link)

If a candidate holds a press conference outside of their opponent’s HQ, they had be darn sure that they have 50 times the volunteers to hold signs and support.

This was just hubris on her part.

To me, “consensus” seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies. So it is something in which no one believes and to which no one objects … There are still people in my party who believe in “consensus” politics. I regard them as Quislings, as traitors … I mean it. — Margaret Thatcher

 

Is This True?

djemi Thursday, October 22nd at 11:45AM EDT (link)

Is Somebody About to Make Doug Hoffman’s Day?

Don’t take this to the bank, at least not yet. But somebody who seems to be in a position to know what’s coming down the pike in New York’s special election tells me that he’s hearing Sarah Palin will publicly endorse Conservative Doug Hoffman over Republican Dede Scozzafava.

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Scozzafazza looks like every republican I ever met growing up in Philadelphia

Read Chesterton in New Improved Jersey Thursday, October 22nd at 3:37PM EDT (link)

which goes a long way to explain why I grew up in a democrat house.

I truly believe that, in the “Big ‘D’ Machine” cities, going back to forever, the R’s really are just window dressing, a social club allowed to exist for the convenience of propping up the electoral process in a two party system. Sort of like the state of New Jersey.

It’s so bad in Philly that I was asked, personally, by a Philly GOP organization employee at a Christmas party if I would ever want to run for a state office as a republican. Not be elected, mind you, just “run.” My qualification? I was the only republican she had ever met outside of work. Her bosses told her to be on the lookout for any self identifying republicans who walked upright and had no criminal record.

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I'm shocked

ceili_dancer Thursday, October 22nd at 6:53PM EDT (link)

That the police were not called due to the aggressive behavior of the people behind her. / snark

 

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