Comments on: AP Spins Scozzafava Withdrawal to Fit Its Preferred Narrative

By: GayPatriot » It’s the federal spending, stupid

GayPatriot » It’s the federal spending, stupid — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:08:22 +0000

[...] Emphasis added. I don’t think this evidence though will dissuade many in the MSM to move from the preferred narrative. [...]

By: DaveP.

DaveP. — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:05:52 +0000

No, ILC. the Social Cons who are also fiscal liberals are so rare that they attract a lot of attention. GWB is a case in point- and even at that, his committment to actual conservatism (as opposed to simply reciting the word in front of the camera occasionally) was pretty doubtful: Amnesty, NCLB as implemented, leaving almost a third of Federal judicial appointments unfilled, et cetera.

And you probably should be paying attention to Huckabee’s actual career in office, as opposed to the cardboard cutout that both his supporters and detractors like to prop up. The man’s about as conservative as Bill Clinton; he’s just better at waving a Bible around occasionally. His success in ’08 was a measure of just how disaffected the Social Con base was with the menu of candidates on offer that year.

By: ILoveCapitalism

ILoveCapitalism — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:34:04 +0000

And on the other hand, plenty of social conservatives are “compassionate” fiscal liberals. (Bush. Huckabee.)

Plenty of blame to go round, DaveP. I personally will be looking for fiscal conservatives, period.

By: DaveP.

DaveP. — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:20:35 +0000

I’ve never seen a “Fiscal Conservative/Social Moderate” officeholder who wouldn’t- and didn’t, eventually- compromise their fiscal conservatism in order to advance their socail moderateness.

By: ILoveCapitalism

ILoveCapitalism — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:15:32 +0000

Heh

By: American Elephant

American Elephant — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:55:44 +0000

Absolutely moderates are welcome in the Republican party.

The bogus charge that they are not welcome is a straw men set up by the moderates and their allies on the left as they struggle to remain in CONTROL of the Republican party despite having nearly destroyed it.

Yes, moderates are welcome, we are simply telling them that they f*cked everything up and caused us to lose power and they cant be in charge anymore.

By: ILoveCapitalism

ILoveCapitalism — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:52:46 +0000

(That is: If by “moderate”, one means Big Government types, the kind of people who are horrified by the inspiring fiscal conservatism of the Tea Parties.)

By: ILoveCapitalism

ILoveCapitalism — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:40:15 +0000

“Are moderates welcome in today’s Grand Old Party?”

If (note IF) we’re talking about fiscal issues, the Tea Party set of ideas: Let’s hope not!

By: GayPatriot » Dede Scozzafava, Rudy Giuliani, Federal Spending, Tea Parties & the Future of the GOP

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:48:13 +0000

[...] AP Spins Scozzafava Withdrawal to Fit Its Preferred Narrative [...]

By: Leah

Leah — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:20:41 +0000

She rushed to endorse the Democratic candidate, doesn’t sound like much of a Republican to me.

By: Michigan-Matt

Michigan-Matt — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:41:20 +0000

The far Left and its MainStreamMedia cheerleaders will, indeed, spin this as “proof” the GOP has fractured and now deeply engaged in an all out ideological war pitting GOP member against GOP member.

I just say, nawh. All politics is local and this is a case where the GOP choice was a bad one. The people who should be standing up and endorsing Hoffman are the GOP leaders who selected Dede in a smoked-filled room. Dede is doo-doo.

By: American Elephant

American Elephant — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:12:13 +0000

AP (or Yahoo!) editors seem to have pulled their headline for an article on Dede Scozzfava’s withdrawal from the special election in New York’s 23rd congressional district from a left-wing blog

Was probably spoon-fed to them by the administration. That seems to be the meme they are trying to push. “Radical Republicans” was what Valerie Jarrett called us earlier.

Maoists and Marxists calling Republicans radical! It’s priceless!