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Conservative Party Candidate In NY-23: 'Yes, We Can'
Eric Kleefeld | October 27, 2009, 11:23AM
NY-23 Candidate Doug Hoffman (Conservative)
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Doug Hoffman, the Conservative Party candidate in the NY-23 special election, has penned a new blog post at National Review, using a familiar slogan as a rallying cry for the right: "Yes, We Can."
That was, of course, President Obama's campaign slogan -- which was in turn borrowed from the United Farm Workers union, and its campaigns of the early 1970's with the Spanish slogan, "Sí se puede." But Hoffman is speaking here of a wave of conservative change.
Hoffman also promises that if the Republican Party does not nominate truly conservative candidates, they'll be seeing more third-party candidates like himself: "Our goal should not be a Republican majority. It should be a conservative majority. If the Republican party will not be conservative, then we are going to run against them . . . and we're going to win."
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mike from Arlington
October 27, 2009 11:26 AM
White strips are your friend.
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Indie Pro
October 27, 2009 11:32 AM
Conservativism is the empty slogan that has produced little in this country but concentrating the wealth to the top few percent.
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cmpnwtr
October 27, 2009 11:42 AM
TPM undermines its credibility when it uses Chuck Todd as a source.
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joejustice
October 27, 2009 12:10 PM
Does this guy ever brush his teeth? That picture continues to mortify me. Maybe it should be "Yes We Can Floss". Yikes.
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October 27, 2009 12:18 PM
"If the Republican party will not be conservative, then we are going to run against them...and we're going to win."
If the Republican base is truly social conservatives as Hoffman seems to think, yes, Conservatives will win. At least, they will win relative to the Republicans.
The problem here for them is that 60% - 70% of the country thinks the Conservative party (and the Constitution party, which has similar views but is more active nationally) is utterly insane.
So yeah, Doug, you may win against Republicans. Go you. But you can't win against the Democrats, who will get the vast majority of Dems to vote for them and get virtually all of the independents to vote for them. The "Conservative majority" wet dream you think will materialize will not happen because the majority of the country thinks you and people like you should be committed.
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IAmNotHere
October 27, 2009 12:21 PM
So conservatives think that Bush and company and the rest of the Republicans in Congress weren't conservative enough for the last eight-plus years?
If Democrats lose a debate like this, they deserve to lose every election.
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