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Thumbs Up To Dick!

20 October 2009, 11:29 am. 3 Comments. Filed under Feckless Weasels, Politics.

Dick Armey to endorse 3rd party candidate over Republican in NY House race

The special election to fill New York’s vacant 23rd congressional seat is perhaps the earliest test of the GOP’s chances to reclaim the House in 2010. Yet the GOP candidate, Dede Scozzafava, has struggled to line up Republican support, and has taken a pummeling from conservative groups that assert she’s liberal. The Club for Growth and Eagle Forum, among others, support her opponent, Doug Hoffman, who’s running on the Conservative Party ticket.

Add North Texas’ Dick Armey to the list of conservative stars backing Hoffman. The former House Majority Leader has confirmed to the Hoffman campaign that he’ll spend Thursday with them, said Rob Ryan, a Hoffman spokesman. “He is with us almost all day Thursday,” Ryan told me. “There will be a bunch of different events.” Armey’s endorsement of Hoffman is personal and wasn’t offered on behalf of FreedomWorks, the conservative foundation he chairs.

Armey’s support is a counterpunch to Scozzafava’s latest endorsement, from former Speaker Newt Gingrich. The move is another example of Armey’s willingness to buck his party when he disapproves of the GOP candidate’s conservative credentials. In Florida, for instance, Armey endorsed former state House Speaker Marco Rubio over Gov. Charlie Crist. The two Republicans are vying to replace former Sen. Mel Martinez, who resigned and became a lobbyist (interestingly, Martinez joined the same law firm, DLA Piper, that Armey quit in August, after complaints about his dual role as a lobbyist and grassroots campaigner.)

I have to tell ya, I lost a lot of respect for Newt a long time ago.  To say my chin dropped when I saw that cozy couch commercial he did with Queen Nanny is an understatement.  I do agree with a lot of what he states, but his actions tend to negate his words.

Will the establishment of the RNC ever going to get the message?  CONSERVATIVES win elections….squishy does NOT.  It makes me wonder, will they ever get the message?  Or are they ignoring the Tea Party protesters just like the rest of the Swamp?

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3 Comments »

  1. Larry Sheldon. 20 October 2009, 12:13 pm

    I was wildly enthusiastic over what Newt Gingrich said.
    Then I started noticing what Newt Gingrich did.
    I won’t be so easy to foll again.

  2. Larry Sheldon. 20 October 2009, 12:13 pm

    Make the “fool again”.

  3. Shadowblitz70. 20 October 2009, 5:09 pm

    I do agree with a lot of what he states, but his actions tend to negate his words.

    - Thats exactly how I sum up Newt. Alot of conservatives act like hed be a great president, but I think hed be another Bush / McCain.