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| Fred Thompson Stars in Ad for Conservative House Candidate |
| 2009-10-28 |
| Fred Thompson, the former senator and candidate for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination, is upping the ante in the inner Republican party battle over the special election in New York's 23rd congressional district by starring in an ad for Doug Hoffman, the Conservative Party candidate. Here you go, Bill Quick, those dirty Pubs are rising up to support the true conservative, just as I said they should. No need for you Libertarians to soil your hands, we're taking care of this ourselves. As I said, special and primary elections are when you fight to get the right people in place, and general elections are when you hold off the Visigoths on the other side. Thompson, who first endorsed Hoffman last month, has recently been joined by Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin in endorsing him over the Republican Party nominee, Republican State Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava. The election, which happens a week from today, is being held up as a case study of the current conflict within the Republican party. "Big government, high taxes, deficits, broken promises -- America is in trouble," Thompson says in the ad. "So when your grandchildren ask you why you didn't do something, be able to tell them that you voted for Doug Hoffman." Local Republican representatives chose to back Scozzafava for her political experience and commitment to family values, even though she goes against the party on |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 Lamp of Diogenes; 'Salmon'-color inline commentary is Steve White, not Fred. Most Rantburg Regulars know that. Pity that they left Dick Armey's name out of the supporters. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2009-10-28 21:56 |
| #7 To break the party stronghold that is the door to corruption democracy and the voting system needs to allow negative votes. Regardless of party or persuasion, they'll all oppose the option "None of the Above". They're justifiably worried that NA will get most of the votes. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-10-28 21:54 |
| #6 Everyone has a vote. Everyone should vote for who they feel is the least worst candidate. Currently democracy doesn't allow for this. To break the party stronghold that is the door to corruption democracy and the voting system needs to allow negative votes. Democracy is currently electing rulers, when what's required is to elect someone to just administrate the country. The state HAS to shrink. Democracy HAS turned into a forward auction in stolen goods and we will ALL be worse off for it. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2009-10-28 21:03 |
| #5 Yet another who insists on placing his ass atop the bubbler. "Don't get full of yourself" indeed. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-10-28 18:19 |
| #4 You are too good for my ego, Mike N. In fairness, if LoD is working to support candidates who meet his standards, my post actually praises him. I do hope that's what he really meant to say. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-10-28 17:19 |
| #3 Ouch. Nobody hits as hard as tw. Might be best for Rantburgs new member to tap out. |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2009-10-28 16:46 |
| #2 Yes, yes, Lamp of Diogenes. But if you don't vote, you share responsibility for the election of the greater of two evils. If you don't like that thought, work to get someone more to your taste chosen as the candidate of the party of the Lesser of Two Evils. If I am reading you correctly, that means the Republicans. Bottom line, if you are not doing the work, you don't get to complain about the result. And do remember, politics is the art of the possible. That's why when our founding fathers set up this country, they agreed to count slaves as 3/5 of a person when apportioning delegates to the House of Representatives for each state. Was that evil? you betcha. But otherwise there would have been no nation at all... and the compromise was successfully readdressed later in a little contretemps of several names and a great many deaths. Would we have been better off completely sticking to principle and ending up with something that looked and acted like Europe, which has only recently had an entire generation live without being at war? most sincerely, trailing wife, Independent Voter |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-10-28 16:26 |
| #1 Fred, Don't get too full of yourself, there. The Republican Party re-invented itself as the party of deficits, earmarks, and privilege (less than the Democrats? Sometimes, but "less bad" is NOT the same as "good."). If you continue to vote for the lesser of two evils, you guarantee that you will elect someone evil. Hoffman proves that we can tell the Republican Party that we WON'T eat another shit sandwich. They can either give us real conservatives, or we'll damn well go find them ourselves. |
| Posted by: Lamp of Diogenes 2009-10-28 14:58 |