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RNC Radio Ad For Hoffman: 'Fight Back,' Vote Conservative

Eric Kleefeld | November 2, 2009, 10:42AM

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The Republican National Committee has a new radio ad in the NY-23 special election, in which it has endorsed Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman after GOP nominee Dede Scozzafava was forced out of the race for being too moderate for the party base (and subsequently endorsed the Democrat, Bill Owens).

In a sign of just how thorough the right's intra-mural victory has been in this race,the announcer's rhetoric is straight out of the Tea Party movement.

"Let's tell the liberals, enough is enough. No more bailouts, taxes and budget busting spending. It's time to create jobs, with proven conservative ideas like lower taxes," the announcer declares. "Let your voice be heard, join the movement to bring real conservative change. Tell the politicians, no more, we won't let you bankrupt America. We need conservative leaders who stand up for our values. Fight Back! Vote conservative, it matters like never before."

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jet

November 2, 2009 10:58 AM

Ahhh yes.

The tried and tested (and failed) theory that the Bush Tax-Cuts spawned economic growth and lowered the deficit as well as America's debt obligations.

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The Commenter Formerly Known as NCSteve

November 2, 2009 10:58 AM

I simply can't get my head around the concept of a voter who so effing stupid that he or she doesn't see any problem with a campaign that mixes a thunderous denunciation of "budget-busting spending" and an enthusiastic endorsement of creating jobs "with proven conservative ideas like lower taxes" in a single sentence.

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terje

November 2, 2009 11:25 AM

The Hoffman campaign itself has been using the slogan "Send them a message" -- while it may seem a generic enough tag line, it also happens to be the slogan George Wallace used when he was running for President.

But both the RNCC's "Fight Back" and the Hoffman "Send them a message" speak volumes about right wing politics in America today -- it is built on a politics of resentment, of victimhood, of hatred of the "other," of conspiracy, of striking back in fear and anger. It lacks any positive message and instead attempts to gain power through manipulation of rage.

If Richard Hofstader were alive today he could write an amazing update on his historic essay "The Paranoid Style in American Politics" -- today's right wing far outdoes anything he saw in 1964.

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