[...] has a lot to offer the Republican party and conservatives in general. He has made mistakes, like Scozzafava, or praising Obama when no praise was deserved. But in general he has the country, and our party, [...]

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[...] amongst true dyed-in-the-wool conservatives. But before you “throw them all out”, keep in mind: Every single Republican in both houses of Congress voted against President Obama’s [...]

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I wonder how Newt feels now that his endorsed pick left the race and is now endorsing the Democrat.

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Wordsmith said……

That would have to assume that McCain’s sin was strictly based upon not being a further-to-the-right conservative candidate.

1.McCain ran a lousy campaign.
2. Timing of the financial crisis
3. Dems ran an uber-candidate that captured liberal imaginations ever since his ‘04 DNC speech
4. Obama ran as a bipartisan, post-racial second-coming of JFK/MLK moderate and uniter.
5. Media support that shaped Obama’s image
6. After 8 years of hammering away, nation was Bush-fatigued….2 wars, Katrina….
7. McCain didn’t lose because he failed to win the conservative vote over Obama. He failed to excite and win over the moderates and centrists, who were fooled into voting for Obama by the romanticized message of “hope” and “change”.

1> Yep!!
2>partially, but the fact he was such a WUSS, and didn’t go after the TRUTH of the matter, which is the “party in power”(DEMOCRATS) knew of the whole impending collapse since 2003, and again in 2006 after hearings concluded in the investigation of FRAUD and cooking the books by a couple of Clinton appointees who played with numbers to get BONUSES…. just one part of the collapse equation, but a powerful and PROVABLE one, had he the Cajones to have used it….instead he tried to “play nice”… in a battle for the soul of the country, he got STUPID!!
3>True… that and having the MSM give him “godlike” coverage….and LACK of any reporting of Obama’s “faults”…. and the nit picking reporting of ANYTHING that could hurt Mac and Palin…
4>yep, he did. Too bad he was LYING thru his TEETH!! LOL!! And people were too stupid to question anything the “candyman” was promising!!! Greed has gotten a hold of too many folks..
5>True…. not so much “support” for him, as for the ideals of the socialist agenda,, they still are!
6>True, hammering away by the leftist media…. truth be damned!!
7>True again… I said the “party” didn’t give us the BEST chance candidate… we got thier “flunky” boy choice, which we all know was a BAD one!! Media set up the “right” to get hammered… the REPUB party then HELPED them by giving us a guy who didn’t, as the movie said, have “the RIGHT STUFF”!!! We got our asses handed to us…. couple that with the lefts “indoctrination” of “uncle sugar will give you EVERYTHING”…. GREED of the masses…. and the stage was set. Hope now is coming from the fact it seems a OT of peole are “waking up” AND SEEING THE REALITY FROM THE B.S. ….

I said,,,,”Hell near the end he was almost CAMPAIGNING for Obama, saying he wasn’t someone to be afraid of etc.. ”

That’s an overexaggerated mischaracterization (it’s called “civility”).

>>> I don’t think so…. civility?? When running, YOU are the MAN!! the other guy is LESS than you are!!! you go in with that “i’ve lost” attitude before it’s over, and buddy it IS OVER!!!

Because the “paling around with terrorists” Palin comment set such a better tone and winning approach to attract non-conservative voters, right?

>>> shame is, it was the TRUTH!!!!

Might have worked, had the MSM done its job to figure out what she meant by that linkage.

>>> MSM is Obama’s whore!!! do thier job??? Not in a LONG time!!! Why do you think Barry O has his panties in a wad all the time over FOX?!?!?! The one whore he CANNOT control!!! You mentioned “civility” above…. where is Obama’s??? Man acts like a spoiled child.. can’t take the criticism without crying….. why do you think “Internet Neutrality and the Fairnesws Doctrine” were even brought up?? To MUZZLE any dissent!!!! Socialism….

Without the clarification, without the research, it’s interpreted by those centrists who don’t follow politics like you and I and who generally hate politics because of all the rancor and divisiveness it breeds, the phrase looks like hate-smear. It turned voters off.

>>> too bad so many today are just so friggin STUPID and uninformed… sad but true… so here you are Correct too….. AND lazy!! If the MSM don’t give it too you straight…GET off your lazy butts and look it up YOURSELF!! I see this “laziness” where I work now… people call US for info, info they could get online in minutes, if they had either a BRAIN, or enough gumption to do for themselves!!! Nanny state/dumbing down/be a freeloader.. it’s all effecting things now….

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Dang! Hoffman is racking up Republican endorsements. The pendulum is swinging to the right.

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@Hard Right #84:

You are in fact an actual moderate

Let’s be clear: I’m a radicalized moderate extremist! Faaaaaaar to the center-right!

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Yes there will still be such situations and we will have to vote for the little evil, but we should be looking to minimize those situations as much as possible. That does mean supporting the best available candidate at the grass roots level, but it also means holding our leader’s feet to the fire when they make decisions like the one in NY-23.

I agree with that.

I could write a post on how newt is lying and even he knows it. In fact, I just might.

For as long as you’ve been commenting here, it’s about time you submitted a post.

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Yes you pegged my number wrong and your remark certainly seemed aimed at me, Mata, or both of us.
Tit for tat? You’re the victim? Riiight. See your #52 and #79 and then tell me you didn’t distort my/our position to support your own. So am I supposed to assume your words don’t mean what they clearly do? And since when can I not call you out by name for what you’ve said?

BTW, where did I claim that there were NO Conservative partisans looking to purge anyone who didn’t meet their litmus test? Nowhere. You know why? Because I have seen them. Go to Hot Air and check out the Florida elections thread. Cheney and Rove RINOs? Uh-huh…and I’m the Pope.

My past statements. How long ago was that? I specifically recall that at the time you are likely referring to, I had you pegged wrong and was still cheesed from an elections loss. You are in fact an actual moderate and that is fine with me. It’s the RINOs I want gone. Specter and snowe were/are two examples of RINOs.

Perhaps we’ve been talking past each other. Whatever as it doesn’t matter.
I’ve had a bit of an awakening and it’s clear this R only, vote for who the party says is small minded BS. The reason why we are in our current situation is because of mindless party loyalty plus allowing our choices to be the lesser of two evils. In the end, we are still voting for evil.
Yes there will still be such situations and we will have to vote for the little evil, but we should be looking to minimize those situations as much as possible. That does mean supporting the best available candidate at the grass roots level, but it also means holding our leader’s feet to the fire when they make decisions like the one in NY-23.

As for newt, he is NOT a Conservative any more and this is just the latest example. He even pitched his integrity down the drain in his defense of dede scuzzy. Saying she is a moderate or even a liberal Republican should be enough for people to see that he will lie for the sake of the party bosses at the expense of the country.

I could write a post on how newt is lying and even he knows it. In fact, I just might.

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@Hankster58:

Hell near the end he was almost CAMPAIGNING for Obama, saying he wasn’t someone to be afraid of etc..

That’s an overexaggerated mischaracterization (it’s called “civility”).

Because the “paling around with terrorists” Palin comment set such a better tone and winning approach to attract non-conservative voters, right? Might have worked, had the MSM done its job to figure out what she meant by that linkage. Without the clarification, without the research, it’s interpreted by those centrists who don’t follow politics like you and I and who generally hate politics because of all the rancor and divisiveness it breeds, the phrase looks like hate-smear. It turned voters off.

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@Hard Right comment #75 revisited:

word and several others here have engaged in ridiculous exaggerations and outright strawmen

Come to think of it, this is no less than the ridiculous exaggerated positions and claims you are (mis)characterizing my side of the argument with. Really, it’s tit for tat.

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