Comments on: Wow, Someone Is Annoyed

By: Steve Bates

Steve Bates — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:27:05 +0000

“… tell me where I got it wrong…” – DD

Heh. Where did you not get it wrong? I haven’t got all night to explain American politics to you, but in about a year of suffering your inane comments, I have found one thing crystal clear, DD: you haven’t a clue about American politics. Not a clue. When your lens is cracked, it doesn’t matter what you view through it.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:00:21 +0000

Ms Scozzafava is the Republican whip in the New York Assembly [lower house] and a normal Rockefeller Republican. They may appear liberal by the standards of the national party and whackos, but they are not liberals by the standards of New York politics, where most Democrats, are real liberals. The divide in New York is the difference between the large cities and the rural areas of upstate.

I think that she is really annoyed that the Party didn’t come to her assistance when she was attacked by the whackos. She has been a long time member, as evinced by her leadership in the Assembly, and the state party didn’t respond. The Republicans lost what should have been an easy win for their Assembly leader, James Tedisco, in the neighboring 20^th district in the special election to replace Kirsten Gillibrand. Ms Scozzafava is popular in her Assembly district. I don’t think party labels will make much difference to her chances of being elected, if she wants to stay in the Assembly.

Being a wealthy man, I don’t doubt that Hoffman has property, probably a hunting camp, up in the Adirondacks that he is using for this run. It will cost him, as he has to shift his homestead exemption as well as voter registration to that address, but the reality is that he doesn’t actually live there. This is the same dodge that Cheney used so he could be Vice President, changing his address from Houston to Wyoming, because the President and Vice President can’t be from the same state. A technically, that may, or may not, make a difference.

Mr. Duff, you are the only one here who can’t seem to grasp that three is a larger number than two, as in three choices are more than two choices.

Initially the voters had the choice of three parties, two men and a woman, two from from the southeast corner of the district and one from the western side, two novices and one experienced legislator. Now they must choose between two parties whose candidates are novice guys from the southeast corner of the district. That is less of a choice in every way.

By: Steve Bates

Steve Bates — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:28:04 +0000

How can Hoffman run in NY-23 if he doesn’t live there? Is there a quirk in NY state election laws, or has he filed (illegally) from an address other than the one at which he actually resides?

Another question: is Scozzafava a sign of the re-emergence of the moderate Republican heretofore thought to be extinct, or is she just so seriously annoyed that she wants to get even, even at the cost of her political career?

(David, for once, you’re right, and I’ll agree with you in your own words: your ignorance of American politics is apparent for the whole world to see.)

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:48:34 +0000

she also sounds like she might be to the left of some of our present crop of conservadems, though i have to admit, i haven’t followed the race all that closely.

i won’t provide a link, but google informs me that michelle malkin has described scozzafava as a radical leftist. these people are nuts. otoh, they’re all making more money than i am. maybe i should consider a career change. i think i could bring myself to call randomly selected politicians ‘radical leftists’ if i were being paid enough money to do so.