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Gingrich: A Vote for Hoffman Is a Vote for Pelosi
NY Observer ^ | October 28, 2009 | Jimmy Vielkind

Posted on 10/28/2009 12:02:55 PM PDT by neverdem

ALBANY—Former House speaker Newt Gingrich never mentioned Doug Hoffman's name during a radio appearance this morning, but had a clear message for Republicans in the 23rd Congressional District: "The vote you're going to cast for a third-party candidate is going to guarantee the election of a Democrat. If you think that adding another vote to Nancy Pelosi's majority is a good idea, that keeping Nancy Pelosi as speaker is a good idea, then it's fine. But don't kid yourself."

"John McHugh is a moderate Republican, he's held the seat for a very long time, I think 20 years," Gingrich, who has endorsed Republican Dede Scozzafava, told Joe Donahue on WAMC's The Roundtable. "She's not dramatically different from McHugh. So in that sense, it would be like electing someone who's like a Republican from that part of the state."

Gingrich then sounded a similar theme as an appearance on Fox News earlier this week where he called out Sarah Palin and Tim Pawlenty for endorsing Hoffman.

"But the question I raise to all of my friends around the country is, if we all claim we don't want Washington to be in charge of everything and we all claim we want local control, and we want the 10th Amendment respected and we want to return power to the state and local level, how come when the New York State Republicans in four separate meetings make the same unanimous choice and at all four meetings pick Dede Scozzafava, how come that's somehow not good enough?" Gingrich said. "And we're now going to impose our judgment from all over the country even though we don't live there, we weren't part of the meetings, we didn't see hat happened, and I think that's a very bad policy. I think that we have some obligation to respect the fact that Georgia's not the same as New York and New York's not the same as California, and California's not the same as Alaska. I think we ought to be a little cautious about trying to impose our national genes on a local community."

 


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia; US: New York
KEYWORDS: doughoffman; gingrich; gingrich4democrats; gingrichisarino; gopimplosion; hoffman; newtgingrich; ny23; scozzafava; stowitnewt; whigpartyii
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Gingrich should shut his trap. Conservatives are sick of holding our noses.

NY23 Hits Its Tipping Point

1 posted on 10/28/2009 12:02:56 PM PDT by neverdem
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To: neverdem

And Gingrich supported Pelosi in a commercial, so is he endorsing Hoffman?


2 posted on 10/28/2009 12:04:05 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: neverdem

Give the boy a shovel, he wants to keep digging!


3 posted on 10/28/2009 12:04:40 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: neverdem

Newt is off the farm.


4 posted on 10/28/2009 12:04:55 PM PDT by devane617
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To: neverdem; cc2k; stephenjohnbanker; cripplecreek

Gingrich is a RINO and a Pelosi groin leech.


5 posted on 10/28/2009 12:05:39 PM PDT by rabscuttle385 (http://restoretheconstitution.ning.com/)
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To: neverdem
Maybe that's what Newt wants?

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6 posted on 10/28/2009 12:05:51 PM PDT by mnehring
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To: neverdem

7 posted on 10/28/2009 12:05:55 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands ("Failed Obama Administration" (TM))
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To: neverdem

In this case, Scozzafava IS the 3rd party candidate - she needs to drop out.


8 posted on 10/28/2009 12:05:55 PM PDT by Chi-townChief
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To: neverdem

Hey, Newt...the voters in the district will decide, regardless of who endorses whom.


9 posted on 10/28/2009 12:06:21 PM PDT by clintonh8r (My country. Not my government.)
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To: neverdem
One more vote against Pelosi as speaker is going to make any difference. Win or lose, conservatism is better served voting for Hoffman.
10 posted on 10/28/2009 12:06:28 PM PDT by The_Victor (If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
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To: neverdem
Newt Gingrich is becoming irrelevant.
11 posted on 10/28/2009 12:06:39 PM PDT by Cheerio (Barack Hussein 0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: neverdem
If the Party had backed Hoffman it wouldn't be an issue. And Newt knows its a phony issue. Hoffman will vote with the GOP.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus

12 posted on 10/28/2009 12:06:54 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: nickcarraway
This reminds me of when they said if I voted for Goldwater the war in Viet Nam would escalate .
13 posted on 10/28/2009 12:06:55 PM PDT by kbennkc (For those who have fought for it freedom has a flavor the protected will never know F/8 Cav)
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To: nickcarraway

At what point does Newt look at the polls and see that Dede has garnered a massive 13% and Hoffman is leading? If it is still the same on Monday will Newt change his mind or would he rather have a Democrat than a Conservative?


14 posted on 10/28/2009 12:07:06 PM PDT by kempster
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To: neverdem
OK Newt, I have just graduated from
“shut-up and go away” to “Screw you Newt, stop with the threats.

Oh and I am giving Hoffman another $20 bucks this week.”

15 posted on 10/28/2009 12:07:13 PM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Beneath this mask there is an idea, Mr. Creedy, and ideas are bulletproof. V for victory)
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To: neverdem

Newt is doing McCain’s dirty work.

McCain & Co. is in a power struggle against conservatives.


16 posted on 10/28/2009 12:07:30 PM PDT by maggief
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To: nickcarraway

http://www.wecansolveit.org/

Newt jumped the shark and sold us out to the globalist warming scam.

17 posted on 10/28/2009 12:07:38 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (I refuse to "reduce my carbon footprint" all the while Lenin remains in an airconditioned shrine)
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To: a fool in paradise

Newt is full of himself.


18 posted on 10/28/2009 12:08:33 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: neverdem
Wake up Newt. The Republican party has veered off course to the left. It needs to be righted, literally and figuratively. If it takes another Pelosi suck up in the House, so be it. Like one more would matter?

What we need is a Conservative Republican party, and if the wake up call is to send another democrat instead of a RINO there to do it, so be it. But won't you be shocked when the true Conservative, Hoffman, who should be on the Republican line wins in the 23rd? So either way, there will be a wake up call, sooner or later.

19 posted on 10/28/2009 12:08:40 PM PDT by b4its2late (Ignorance allows liberalism to prosper.)
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To: neverdem

As I said to my conscience: why would a conservative not HATE Newtie?


20 posted on 10/28/2009 12:08:44 PM PDT by IbJensen (If Catholic voters were true to their faith there would be no abortion and no President Obama.)
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