I can never tell when you are pretending not to understand simple concepts because you find them inconvenient. Needless to say, I stopped giving you benefit of the doubt years ago. So no explanation will be forthcoming.
While they are conservative, they aren't insane Sarah Palin, Hoffman style conservative to where they have no longer deal with reality. Hoffman winning is a plus to even the blue dog Democrats because the more the crazies like Hoffman get in to power and the spotlight the less threat any and all Democrats will fill from the GOP.
Because Hoffman is crazy, and is supported by proven liars who are also crazy like Palin. The more mainstream REpublicans see their party following that trend, the more they will abandon it.
This the reverse logic used by lefties when things do not go their way. In this case, the argument goes that by losing this race, they are really winning. It is similar to the AGW arguments that say when the world experiences unexpected cooling trends, that too is evidence that supports their AGW theories. So, if they win, they win. Also, if they lose, they win. Pretty handy way of thinking, isn't it?
The word is that Corzine and the Dems might try some dirty tricks at the polls to steal the race in New Jersey. Kind of like Karzai did in Afghanistan.
I heard that the conservatives in NY-23 are using weapons to threaten anyone who might vote against Hoffman. They are kind of like Saddam Hussein. So much for basing posts on evidence and providing support.
Hoffman winning is the reality. time will tell what the effect will be, but i think you will be surprised how much it changes the 2010/2012 races, and in ways you are unlikely to enjoy, much less understand.
right on schedule from josh-- Tighten Your Seatbelts For the last few days, Republicans and their media enablers have been laying the groundwork to declare any close races today as stolen by Democratic election fraud.
I never claimed Hoffman winning wasn't a reality. You aren'rt really qualified to give anyone on this board a lesson on what they will understand or not understand regarding national politics.
dirty tricks at the polls?...hum... NY-23: Police Called! Man, if these were Dems, John Fund might have a serious, election-undermining scandal on his hands. We have late reports that police had to be called to a St. Lawrence County polling sites when frenzied and sticker clad Hoffman backers refused to leave the 100 foot non-electioneering zone around the poll. They were "yelling anti-choice stuff at voters," says a former state Dem chair. --Josh Marshall
I agree with you except the kooks won't take over the country, they will marginalize the GOP and cause the Dems to get overconfident, lax and more corrupt because the GOP won't provide a national alternative for voters.
Hoffman's supporters are already violating the law in regards to election laws. It's funny to look back art mojo man's unfounded rumor.
beautiful! NY-23: [UPDATE] Hoffman Accuses Democrats of ‘Stealing the Election’ PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. — At a short press availability in his campaign office here, NY-23 Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman said that a GOTV volunteer’s tires had been slashed, and all but blamed Democrats for the dirty trick. “There are reports that they’re bringing in the troops and they’re bringing in ACORN,” said Hoffman. “I think the Democrats are doing anything they possibly can to steal this election away from the 23rd district.” The campaign gave reporters the name and phone number of Jeremy Kain, the volunteer who claimed to have his tires slashed, but asked to confirm whether he was accusing the Democrats of supressing the vote, Hoffman started to backtrack: ‘We’ve called in the police and the police will be investigating.” ----------------- Update:Anton Troianovski of the Wall Street Journal followed up with the Plattsburgh police on this, and was told that the volunteer actually damaged his tire on a broken bottle. I asked Hoffman campaign manager Dan Tripp about this–he said he had no comment because the campaign had not heard this yet.
