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What a joke the RNC is

If Thrift, Personal Responsibility and Family is what they want you to vote on .... Then the only choice is OWENS

The narrator doesn't mention Hoffmans name ????

Do they really think that the New York voters are that foolish ... to simply vote for a person because he's a Republican ????

The guy is just a Hit Man for the Party Of NO ... Hoffman doesn't care about the 23d district ...

What A Joke the RNC has become

I can not wait until Tuesday when the 23d hires it's first Democrat in over 100 years

Bravo to the 23d in advance Bravo !!!!

What a big, heaping pile of you-know-what.

#1 Priority for Liberals- Personal freedom and progression.

#1 Priority for Conservatives- Money. Oh, and Money.

Which do you value more? And why on God's green earth would you put your trust back in the party that trampled on everyone's beliefs-conservative and liberal alike- for 8 years?

Vote Conserative !! So we can further ruin this nation with conservative "values".

Wake up America!!! Conseratives are so out of touch with reality and what is best for this country!

What is 'vote conservative' suppose to mean? These mixed messages and having crazies like Palin jump in, only hurts Republicans more. This is the most insane race I have seen in a while.

It's interesting the RNC is paying for commercials which support a candidate that is not in their party. They barely avoid breaking campaign finance laws only because they don't mention Hoffman by name. I guess stretching the law to it's limits is a conservative value.

In 2008 America sent a very clear message to the GOP:

STOP THE HATE, LIES, FEAR & DIVISION!

But the GOP refuse to change, refuse to be inclusive. The GOP preys on fear, incites hate, creates division!

If you're going to vote for this guy, please read up on what he is all about.

The Republican Party is the only Party to vote for. Succesfull people vote Republican. The Democratic Party is Raciest, Hateful, Anti-Business and uses minorites for their advantages. The Democratic Party must die for the success of America.

Republican ranks are being decimated by "Conservatives"-if that's what you want to call Limbaugh's hacks.

MIchael Steele is doing his very best to tear the Party apart-he needs to be replaced, although he's already done way too much divisive damage to us.

Can't beleive how the Republican party now talking about fiscal responsibility, when G.W. was burning our surplus away, we did not hear one word from them about fiscal responsibility, the only thing you hear from the Repubs at any time is whatever that moment will do to their party, if it will help them they are for it if it will not j=help them they are not for it, no matter what the American people want or need, and now there is MS> SARAH, where was this woman before, this is a classic case of what I am saying, now she thinks her comments will make her a hero she just opens her fowel mouth and god only knows what will come out, not that anything that comes out will make anybody want to listen.

As an idependent voter, I have MUCH more respect for Libertarians on the issue of fiscal conservatism than I do for neo-conservative, warmongering Republicans.

All this talk from the Republicans about "fiscal conservatism" is exactly that; TALK. Republicans will spend just as many of our tax dollars as Democrats. The only difference is that Republicans will spend our tax dollars on weapons for the military and interventionist wars in other countries rather than spening our tax dollars here on social programs.

Please run in 2012 Sarah- That will guantee re-election of our President!

"Or do you believe in Republican conservative values, like thrift, personal responsibility, and family? [sic]

Thrify like spending billions on a war based in lies. personal responsiblity like qutting your job mid-committment, or family like spending the tax payers dollars while visiting your mistress over seas?

The party that stands on the mount preaching how everyone else should live while they themselves live their lives in secrets and lies until their caught. Then when they are, it's all a political attack.

This party isn't any more "moral" than any one else. Drop the self-rightousness, it's sickening.

RNC rant will and should go unheeded in our opinion. But then the voters may have their own trick up their sleeves.

Tax and spend train wreck? You mean like all of our costly, unnecessary interventionist wars? These wars are paid for with federal tax dollars. As soon as Republicans start calling for an end to our costly, taxpayer-funded military imperialism, THEN I will start taking their complaints about taxing and spending seriously.

It says a lot that the RNC decided to throw their own, moderate, candidate under the bus in favor of a right wing extremist radical lightning rod like Hoffman.

Note to GOP: Saying you will support someone, like YOUR OWN candidate and then pulling the rug from under them the last week before the election is NOT leadership, it's COWARDNESS.

Just a word for you Dems, get a job,get a life and get the hell out of
Gov, that you have no clue as to what is best for all if us.

People!

Hoffman is not a Republican! He is a conservative candidate, but he is not a Republican. Read again what the Republican add says, "...do you believe in Republican conservative values, like thrift, personal responsibility, and family?"

The Repulicans want us to believe the NY 23 race is about the Republican party and a victory for that party. This is another example of the arrogance of the major parties, in this case the Republican Party.

This may a victory for a conservative third party candidate, but more importantly it demonstrates that the two major parties no longer can claim that they are the exclusive guardians of their respective idealogies. There are other candidates, not just the ones the major parties pick for us, that have good ideas about good governance and that are not just about winning and maintaining control.

We the voters are the winners!

I don't know about anyone else but I am thrilled watching the Republican Party being dragged kicking and screaming into the 19th century. Tee Hee

Interesting...the RNC says to 'vote conservative' but their own candidate endorses the Democrat in the race. Given how radical and extreme the GOP has become, it is apparent that they don't really even know what conservative is anymore.

We are privileged to watch something that rarely happens in American politics, the death of a major party. The Republicans are following their ideological predecessors, the Whigs, into the toilet.

There may be a temporary party of the right composed of beckerheads, dittoheads and palindrones, but it cannot survive unless allowed to own fully automatic weapons, an unlikely event.

Moderates and those to the right of center, up to now fearful of being labeled and libeled by the wingnuts, will convene and a new opposition party will be born.

The wingnuts will retreat to their caves, growling and muttering threats no one believes anymore.

Ya don't mention GOP or Republican since those terms don't mean squat any more..... I guess they couldn't come right out and say RIGHT-WING since that has a nutcase connotation attached to it.

Time to call in Sarah Palin. I hope New Yorkers are too smart to vote Republican. They already have enough problems without Republican leadership. Wonder how long Sarah Palin will keep her yap shut-or is she staying away because she knows New York is too smart for her (NOT hard to do. )

It's all about winning, no values or positions here for the RNC. A week ago they wanted the republican Dede Scozzafava but now will go with the lunatic fringe Hoffman and Palin crew. This has to be the lowest low for democracy.

Who cares what the RNC thinks or the DNC for that matter. Voters are fed up with political parties. What we want is representation for the people.Not party ideology.

If the American people don't wake up and come to their senses, then the Democratic Party is going to destroy this country. Take a look at some of the third world countries and that is our future with the economic policies currently coming out of Washington. Just common sense will tell you that we can't continue to spend like we are currently doing. Never has so much wealth been wasted as it has in the last 8 or 9 months. If the Health Care Entitlement Program and cap and trade power tax is allowed to go into effect, then this country is facing possible bankruptcy. Can you imagine what it will be like in four years? Hopefully we can slow it down or even reverse the situation by electing more Republicans to congress next year.

Read your Political History books and watch the Republicans fall to their end. The Right Wing of the Republican Party controlled both Houses of Congress in the 71st Congress, 1929-1931. FDR took office in March (in those days) 1932. By the 75th Congress, 1937-1939 the forever Republican Party complaining, whining and general attempts to scuttle FDR's attempts to save the the Capitalist System (which he did!) so disgusted the American voters that the Republican Party was left with 89 members in the U. S. House and 17 members in the U. S. Senate. We may very well witness the same this time around, but this time there are replacements for the Republicans – there were none in 1931. We may be witnessing the death of an American political party. So it goes.

Anyone championing "Common Sense" as a completely conservative stance is obviously too far gone to be taken seriously... The thinkers of the world like to weigh their options as opposed to the lemming option...

If the concept of Republican conservative values statement wasn't so funny it would be sad. Once again, these self-righteous hypocrites say one thing and do exactly the opposite. I am so tired of hearing this crap from some of the most selfish and hateful people I have ever met, particularly some of my co-workers who call themselves conservative Christian Republicans.

RNC says 'Ignore the facts, as always, trust us.'

Let's be honest here, if politics is to now soley be about one party losing to the other beacuse of declining approval ratings in lieu of actual good policies, or belief in one's candidate...

That's what's amazing about the Republican response to Democrats actually having a candidate worth-while, who many believed in. You called it Kool Aide, whilst your candidate only served to oppose Obama. No ideas, no direction, just opposition...

Sounds like a typical fifth-grader response to the popular kid to me...

Vote Republican / Conservative. The job you save may be your own.....

Conservatives will rule in 2010 and 2012. Many no longer consider themselves Republicans, they like myself, identify as conservative independents. If the Republicans want to run the conservative tidal wave in 2010 and 2012 they need only run conservative candidates. If they run RINOs conservatives will turn to independent or third party conservative candidates. Conservatives see no difference between a RINO and a Democrat, might as well have the Democrat win, doesn't really matter. Democrats should like that. If Republicans insist on running RINO's, Democrats may hold power. Unless that is there are independent and third party conservative candidates that give voters a real choice between liberals and conservatives and voters pick conservatives no matter what their political party identy is.

The first thing the GOP needs to do is SHUT SARAH PALIN UP! Everything she says, everything she does is suspect at this point and real conservatives should really open their eyes to this. She is NOT a traditional conservative, she is a squawk box. She is just another neo-con riding the coat tails of the flawed and nearly fatal policies of the Bush admin. Truly, were I McConnel in Va or Hoffman in NY 23, I would be distancing myself from her much the same way Obama distanced himself from Louis Farakhans endorsement. Until the GOP can distance themselves from some of these people like Gingrinch (misspelled on purpose), Pallin and Dick Armey, the whole of America will continue to see the GOP as a joke.

You guys actually think that one party is worse then the other?
If so,, you really are just as stupid as the other party has called you.
BOTH PARTIES SUCK. Go INDEPENDENT.

I am so sick of the REPUBLI-CAN'Ts believing they are the ONLY ONES with family values and personal responsibility!! Who in the HECK died and left them the KING OF VALUES!!!

In reality, they are sounding DESPERATE like McCain did the last few days he ran his campaign!!! Maybe it's a GOOD THING!!

I hope NEW YORKERS have more sense and can see through their transparency. Maybe it's good the PARTY OF NO is stressing VOTE far right and forgets about the middle and the other side!!!

MOVE TO THE SOUTH WHERE YOU BELONG SO ALL OF YOUR VOTES WILL BE FOR YOUR PARTY!!! You will get NO WHERE!!

The republicans are a bunch of fakes. They don't care about their party, all they care about is getting the most far right conservatives as possible. They will not hesitate to stab their own in the back, as they did in New York. This is a good reason never to vote for any republican. I know I am never going to vote for one again, given the fact that they will turn their backs on anyone who is not a conservative crazy.

What a bunch of out of touch losers!!!!!

I'm so sick and tired of the GOP! They are such a MESS of a party! They have no leadership, no agenda, no ideas, they are only out to win anyway they can even if that means eating their OWN!

Nobama is going to get a wake up call and so are all the liberals in this country. The election this month is only the tip of change that is coming in 2010 and 2012. Americans have finally awakened from the trance brought on by nobama and his rhetoric but we are awake and that does not bode well for the liberals. The so called Republican in the NY 23rd was another rino like spectre and she has endorsed the liberal democrat. She was not a moderate she was a flaming liberal.

Conservative values are still what resonate with the logical and ethical in this country:
1. We don't condone murder of babies in the womb.
2. We believe in marriage between a man and a woman...as it has been throughout history.
3. We don't think that making concessions with truly evil dictators makes us, or the world, safer.

Call us names. Try to label us as backwards and religious fanatics. But we make sense. And there are still more of us than the others.

Vote conservative, why? A party of family values? Give me a break.

Here's a voice to the conservatives in congress, prove it or get out. I would love to vote for a conservative, but I haven't seen one in such a long time. I'm not so stupid to vote for a person just because of their party label. Doesn't that incline that the candidate is just sheep that will follow the herd?

Enough of the hateful politics.

The RNC must have forgotten who is in charge of their party was when they back the moderate. Rush put his foot down and now the rest of his underlings fell in line.

The RNC lacks an agenda. At first they supported Dede. Now they support Hoffman. They should have supported "conservatism" from the beginning. Dede did not qualify. But then she was selected behind closed doors. Should have been an open primary. Yes indeed, criticize Obama's transparency and then do exactly the same thing. A pox on both your houses.

Down with the rest of the Republican Party!!! Family values???? They really do count on the stupid people to vote for them.

COMMON SENSE?? REALLY??
Was it common sense that started unnecessary wars?
Was it common sense that wire tapped Americans?
Was it common sense that deregulated the financial industry to the point that they pretty much collapsed the world market?

Here is a little COMMON SENSE for you... SHUT YOU MOUTH!

Let our President try. Democrats have been cleaning up Republican messes for DECADES. Democrats have done tons of great things for this country where the modern Republican party has done nothing of benefit in the 20 years. How is that for common sense?

Money dose not always buy everything, my principles and the way I vote are examples. I will be glad when this election is over than you clowns can shut up but to gloat when in reality you have not proven anything long term.

Are Republicans really saying that ONLY they value family??? How can anyone vote for these morons? Whether you are right-wing or left, you must recognize that the people of both parties love their families. This sort of "we're better people" rhetoric is ridiculous and serves no purpose. I cannot believe that the GOP has become a party of only social conservatives – anyone else need not apply! Theodore Roosevelt would be appalled!!

The country is running away from the Democrats who are being run the the extreme left of their party. The progressive liberals of the Democrats have no room for their own more conservative Blue Dogs. The nation which was already center right is becoming more conserative by the day. The far left policies of Obama and Pelosi and the progressive liberal Democrats are being rejected by voters and pushing them to the right. Conservatives will dominate in 2010 and 2012. If the Republicans support conservative values in 2010 and 2012 they will win.

Because the RNC has always cared so much about the NY 23rd... not! They've been in economic trouble for years, but all the national party leadership cared about was that they were a "safe" district. Now all they care about is scoring some political points against the national Democratic Party. And if Hoffman does win? Expect a round of crowing and hot air on the weekend talk shows, and more neglect of the 23rd and its people.

people if you liked watching youre 401 drop in value? keep supporting the party of NO. the choseis yours.

Enough of this COMMON SENSE rhetoric. I think it's time to adopt some NEW SENSE, however uncommon it may be...

GOPhers and CONS ervatives...the equivalent of pestilence. for all of those raccoon meat eating swampys, if you have ever owned a dictionary, look up the word, it's you!!!!

The RNC doesn't know a thing about conservatives. That party has too many rightwing drama queens at the helm. Fearmongering rightwing reactionaries with no plausible ideas are NOT conservative.

It takes a certain level of delusion and stupidity to confuse 'conservative' with 'rightwing'. And that confusuion is detrimental to our nation. The [R] party is truly dumb as rocks.

I voted for Obama, and think he's doing a good job overall, and I'll put up my conservative credentials against any of the neo-nitwits that like to post on here.

Yeah, forget about the GOP candidate, he's not good enough now, let's go knee-jerk con-rad.
That's what party loyalty is about after all – we're for ya till we're agin ya!
GOP = Gomers Oppose Platform

Is it possible, is this the start of getting those hidden democrats and quislings out of the republican party, This should be interesting.

Vote for the family values of Sanford, Ensign, Gingrich, Palin who calls her child retarded due to pure ignorance and quits her job as Governor for self serving profit. I'd rather make a deal with the devil.

You say you are pro-family but you keep killing every legislation that wil keep a family healthy. Now, that, i dont understand.

I would love to vote for the ELEPHANTS but you keep feeding the top 1% and you keep letting SCROOGES run the country. So, I'll have to dump you white elephants.

Fast how the RNC caves in to the Ultra Right Wing.

Shame on RNC they don’t have any idea what they are doing

Stop blaming Obama here after

Palin has lead this charge and others are following because they, like she want to save the presents of conservative values in America before we're sold down the river in financial ruin to become a 2nd world nation. "One nation under China.........". She's not the idiot Tina Fey portrayed her to be. There are still many imature attack dogs who follow like sheep to spew hatred toward her rather than unbiasedly paying clear attention. They need to rethink to allow a clear decision about her on their own research. It's starting to look like she's the one with the answers and the smart politicians will follow her lead. It now seems she left the governorship to save the conservative movement in America and it's working. Wake up, America. Here she comes.

As someone who has actually has lived in this district.... Who care if tea party clowns win this! If McQue had ran in this race or an other republican they whould win 70 to 30. Its the make up of the district!!! So you tea party clown turns Owens in possible winnner way to go! This not a referrendum on the Dem. but on the Republicanss. Lets guess about a year from now... my guess he primaried and loss as party guy and clowns slink away

What I know about this NY23 district including Watertown Malon and Govnor and Potsdam is its a lot farmers and poor. Why don't you tea party clown talk about cutting farm handouts. My guess it was easier to be a leming and scream Reagan durning the debate then actually take the tough stance. Thankfully this Hoffamn will gone next year!

hahahaha the RNC is a joke

And the democratic party of the last 50 years has been a Godsend? 20% inflation in the in 70's, unemplyoment at or near what it is now, a demoralized and dogged America. Sounds like a great place to be. Way better than the 80's thru 2000's, when unprecedented peacetime growth occured, we were safe, and opportunity abounded.

The ideological "cleansing" of the Republican Party of anyone to the left of Dick Cheney continues. Upstate voters should say "no" to the Republican carpetbaggers who have launched a political pogram in our state!

Other than touting their religion what values do republicans have?
They have stooped to sewer tactics in everything they do, obstructing anything and everything that could benefit us and our country.
They have put big business and party over our survival.
Yet, they claim Christianity while flirting with the devil.
We most certainly do not need politicians such as this making decisions for all of America.

Possibly 3 big losses for the Democrats tomorrow.

The loss that I would love to see the most is New Jersey!!

It wil be a GREAT day of celebration if Christie wins New Jersey. As this means that the majority in the country are very well aware of the damage that Obama and the Democrats are doing to our economy, states, and country!!!

I am an Independent-–my family has voted Democrat their entire lives.

These are no longer the Democrats of JFK-–the Democratic Party has been hijacked.

Well Clinton was susposed to be a tax and spend liberal! Bush was susposed to be a smaller government, fiscal conservative!
Clinton put more people OFF Walefare than any President and left us with a budget surplus.
Bush made the government bigger by adding a whole new dept., Homeland Security,( We already had 14 agencys for Homeland Security). Started 2 unneeded wars, over 5 thousand more dead Americans, and left us with a 3 trillion +++ dollar debt..
What do we really want? You just can't tell a party by the proproganda!

The only thing that's going to save the GOP is rebellion from within, a rebellion that repudiates the Liberal-Lite philosophies that's hallmarked the party's recent years,. The Neo-con philosophies of Big Government and spending that would do a Democrat proud, combined with the self-righteous bigotry they've been showing for a decade or so, are utterly repugnant to real conservatives.

Conservative = Protect Insurance Company Profits !!

Watch any channel on TV – nothing but Insurance Ads – paid for with YOUR premiums. Follow the money, conservatives – save insurance profits so they can run more ads and get more profits.

since when do conservatives value family and thrift? They favor policies that punish families, drive people apart by creating immencse and unecessary economic hardship. the ran up more than 10 trillion in debt primarily to buy bombs and pay country club dues for millionaires. What a joke. Conservatives have been a boil on the backside of the US for more than century, but especially since the wretched years from 1981-1993 and then again at the beginning of the 2st century. Horrible vile little squibbs.

Vote COMMON SENSE! If everyone did that the democratic party would cease to exist!

It's actually hilarious to watch the republicans alienating anybody who is moderate from their party. Soon they'll be down to the lunatic fringe and the tools of big business. Not much of a base is it? The other wonderful thing happening is the demographic shift in this country. We're getting browner and younger. Neoclowns, your days are numbered and you know it. That's why you're all panicky and fearful right now. Sooner or later we'll get this country back from the bible-thumping hicks and trickledown Randroids who ruined it. Have a nice day!

The Republican Party is a disgrace and an abomination. There is something putrid about these guys and gals. The Republican Parties of past decades did not make me want to shower after I hear or see them speak on issues. I think it may have started with the Newt Gingrich Crew a few years back.