Trainwreck: Scozzafava holds photo op … outside Hoffman’s office
posted at 4:30 pm on October 21, 2009 by Allahpundit
I can’t help feeling some sympathy for her at this point, as clearly she and her staff weren’t prepared for a tough race with national media attention. The clusterfark with the Standard, capped by proof that her staffers were lying, was bad enough, but in case there was any lingering doubt that this train is off the tracks, this masterstroke of political optics ought to remove it. A helpful hint from Dave Weigel to whoever it was on Team Dede that thought a presser outside the opponent’s HQ would be a smooth move: “Little-known fact: There are lots of campaign workers, and signs, in such offices, ready to be deployed.”
Exit question: What’s more embarrassing here, the fact that she’s questioning someone else’s “political courage” after having called the cops on John McCormack for asking her a question about abortion or the fact that Doug Hoffman already challenged her to a series of debates months ago, which she duly declined?
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Where’s the post about her leaking emails to TPM?
Abby Adams on October 21, 2009 at 4:31 PM
Out of her league.
Good goin’ Newt!
HondaV65 on October 21, 2009 at 4:31 PM
Somebody needs to be shot for political malpractice.
Who is advising this woman?
JohnGalt23 on October 21, 2009 at 4:31 PM
That was just too funny.
I kind of feel sorry for the folks in NY-23
cozmo on October 21, 2009 at 4:31 PM
Smart…
d1carter on October 21, 2009 at 4:33 PM
Watch out…. It’s Scuzzlebutt
phreshone on October 21, 2009 at 4:33 PM
ClusterNewt.
the_nile on October 21, 2009 at 4:33 PM
This woman is an absolute mess. DROP HER! The GOP is so freaking stupid.
D0WNT0WN on October 21, 2009 at 4:33 PM
All I can do is laugh.
txag92 on October 21, 2009 at 4:34 PM
HAHAHAHA!
What a clown.
NRCC and Newt should be embarrassed.
artist on October 21, 2009 at 4:34 PM
The problem is … where do they find these idiots? Does anyone doubt that your beer-guzzling redneck neighbor with 12 engine blocks strewn in his front yard has better political instincts than this gal?
HondaV65 on October 21, 2009 at 4:34 PM
She’s sporting the Professor Umbridge look.
WashJeff on October 21, 2009 at 4:34 PM
This is just too funny!
sondiehl on October 21, 2009 at 4:35 PM
Is there any truth to the rumor that one version of Obamacare will provide euthanasia for this level of embarrassing stupidity?
No? (sigh)
Yeah, you are right. If it weren’t for embarrassing stupidity there wouldn’t BE any Obamacare supporters.
Hyunchback on October 21, 2009 at 4:35 PM
Gosh I kind of feel sorry for her; she looks so beat down there….but I wish she’d go away.
pseudonominus on October 21, 2009 at 4:35 PM
pretty sad…
both about equal IMO
Bu-Bye!
cmsinaz on October 21, 2009 at 4:35 PM
Bye, Bye Dede!
glennbo on October 21, 2009 at 4:36 PM
LOL
cmsinaz on October 21, 2009 at 4:36 PM
It’s like watching an episode of The Office. What makes it funny is how embarrassing all of those people act. This is so embarrassing that, even though I hope she implodes, I actually couldn’t watch the whole thing.
Pope Linus on October 21, 2009 at 4:36 PM
How did you know I lived next door to a state representative?
Hyunchback on October 21, 2009 at 4:37 PM
Next thing you know, these campaign wizards will suspend their campaign to go to the Capitol to fix the current crisis!
Scozzafava/McCain 2012!
Abby Adams on October 21, 2009 at 4:37 PM
She hired a bunch of McCain people, didn’t she?
rw on October 21, 2009 at 4:37 PM
Uhhh… Newt?
Romeo13 on October 21, 2009 at 4:37 PM
This is definitely “throw’em under the bus” worthy for which ever staff member came up with that brilliant move. lol*
txag92 on October 21, 2009 at 4:37 PM
OMG what the hell is Newt thinking?
Bill C on October 21, 2009 at 4:38 PM
In dixie, we call that stupid on a stick.
kingsjester on October 21, 2009 at 4:38 PM
This is truly pathetic….I hope all of the people who watch this realize that this person was blessed by the RNC to run for this seat. The sheer number of certifiable idiots who are running this country is frightening.
Mord on October 21, 2009 at 4:39 PM
Wow. They say that photos are worth a thousand words, but that one is a thousand LOLs.
MightyConservative on October 21, 2009 at 4:39 PM
Best. Candidate. Choice. Evah.
Suck on that lemon, Newt. Screw over conservatives, and you get to sleep with the dogs (quite literally).
Enoxo on October 21, 2009 at 4:39 PM
Wow … I kinda feel sorry for her myself. Look at those bags under her eyes. No sleep for days.
I have no doubt that she had McCain campaign “advisors” running her campaign. They produce a train wreck every time.
darwin on October 21, 2009 at 4:39 PM
Were they capable of shame, they would eventually feel some and shape up.
Akzed on October 21, 2009 at 4:39 PM
Besides that idiotic choice of venue, Dede should replace whatever the hell she’s wearing. Also Dede, pink is for girls. Just so you know.
nyx on October 21, 2009 at 4:40 PM
Newt!
I bet he wish he had a redo.
darwin on October 21, 2009 at 4:40 PM
She’s toast.
Andy in Agoura Hills on October 21, 2009 at 4:40 PM
The brains at the NRCC and Newt (I know I’m right)… Now they think they are the brains and the future of the Republican party. LMAO. Good for Doug Hoffman. We need to support him and Marco Rubio in Florida.
suzyk on October 21, 2009 at 4:40 PM
OMG what the hell is Newt thinking?
Bill C on October 21, 2009 at 4:38 PM
I’d like to tap that.
txag92 on October 21, 2009 at 4:41 PM
I didn’y know she had the McCain crew advising her.
cjk on October 21, 2009 at 4:41 PM
Are we sure this whole Scozzafava campaign isn`t one long and drawn out episode of Punked?
ThePrez on October 21, 2009 at 4:41 PM
Gosh, I wonder why the Democrats control both houses of Congress and the White House???????
And they wonder why so many people are pi$$ed off….DUH!
SDarchitect on October 21, 2009 at 4:41 PM
For someone so smart and wonky, how can Newt be so utterly clueless? The NRCC, NSRC, etc I can understand…
So how far behind is Hoffmann? Does he have any chance of pulling this thing out?
I know she probably won’t do it and is saving her ammo, but a simple endorsement by Palin would surely put him over the top…
davek70 on October 21, 2009 at 4:42 PM
Good going Newt. Genius move.
nyx on October 21, 2009 at 4:42 PM
Isn’t her choice of staff enough evidence of being inept? I think she got talked into something she wasn’t ready for.
Cindy Munford on October 21, 2009 at 4:43 PM
wow! did that really just happen. One of my 10th graders ran a better campaign for StuCo. LMFAO
snoopicus on October 21, 2009 at 4:43 PM
Gingrich/Scozzafava 2012!
The Ugly American on October 21, 2009 at 4:44 PM
No street smarts, that`s why.
ThePrez on October 21, 2009 at 4:44 PM
Its like the WKRP episode where whatshisname thought turkeys could fly.
scalleywag on October 21, 2009 at 4:44 PM
Newt should be tarred and feathered for this one.
snoopicus on October 21, 2009 at 4:44 PM
PATHETIC
Monica on October 21, 2009 at 4:44 PM
From the video: “…thank you for being here and I’m glad for the support on many, many sides” looks left, then right… WTF!! Who are these Hoffman supporters at my press conference. Friggen hillarious!
glennbo on October 21, 2009 at 4:44 PM
She’s as dead politically as Newt.
Glenn Beck had Independent Hoffman on his radio show this morning and he is a true conservative….he will also have him on his television show.
That will be the nail in this trainwreck’s political coffin.
HornetSting on October 21, 2009 at 4:44 PM
Some of use don’t have kitchens big enough to do them right. Is that a crime?
exception on October 21, 2009 at 4:44 PM
Dede doesn’t qualify to be a female Republican. She’s not good looking enough. Oh yeah, she’s a lib, too.
BottomLine5 on October 21, 2009 at 4:45 PM
Wow. This is the horse that Newt and the GOP elite in DC want to ride to SUP!!!ERMAJORITY!!!!! status?
Earth to DC elites….get a life.
unseen on October 21, 2009 at 4:45 PM
Big tent has consequences.
the_nile on October 21, 2009 at 4:45 PM
You failed to ask about the easter bunny outfit.
BuckeyeSam on October 21, 2009 at 4:45 PM
Too funny LMAO
bazil9 on October 21, 2009 at 4:46 PM
I would guess that someone told her this would be a cakewalk…that she didn’t really need any political savvy, just emphasize that she’s “center right”. (Which is ridiculous, but if her handlers didn’t think there would be much of a challenge, they probably expected to pull it off.)
The real exit question is: Doesn’t she have advisers? Perhaps she got a real deal on a team of village idiots – if so, don’t their villages miss them?
What a picture…bwaaaaahaaaaahaaaaaaaa…
uncivilized on October 21, 2009 at 4:46 PM
I remember back when Newt had good and important ideas. At least I think I do. I should check my notes.
exception on October 21, 2009 at 4:46 PM
I’m embarrassed for her.
Mason on October 21, 2009 at 4:46 PM
Newt should be tarred and feathered for this one.
snoopicus on October 21, 2009 at 4:44 PM
NOTE to NEWT the “historian”:
“Those that stand for nothing fall for anything.”
Alexander Hamilton
unseen on October 21, 2009 at 4:48 PM
What’s most embarrasing is that she looks like a deranged Easter Bunny who’s been dragged along a gravel road face down, and who then had her face set on fire and put out with a chain. I’ve seen Star Wars Cantina figures a heckuva lot more attractive than THAT.
What’s so sad is that I really have.
WWS on October 21, 2009 at 4:48 PM
Not me. She’s on a fool’s errand. Her choice.
I’m embarrassed for the Republican Party.
uncivilized on October 21, 2009 at 4:48 PM
On a serious note, Miss Scozzafava should bow out of the race at this point! Not just for the good of the people in her district, but for the good of the state.
JeffVader on October 21, 2009 at 4:48 PM
Dede needs support in more than just her campaign. Like in the bra department- the girls are looking sad and low.
Monica on October 21, 2009 at 4:48 PM
Newt is an inside the beltway elitist. do not trust him.
moonbatkiller on October 21, 2009 at 4:48 PM
I remember back when Newt had good and important ideas. At least I think I do. I should check my notes.
exception on October 21, 2009 at 4:46 PM
the fact that newt cheated on his wife on her death bed told me all i need to know about the man
unseen on October 21, 2009 at 4:49 PM
and you wonder why their funds are low…no one is giving them a dime based on these types of decisions…
cmsinaz on October 21, 2009 at 4:49 PM
“Call the police! This angry mob attacked me with signs!!”
Caper29 on October 21, 2009 at 4:49 PM
I’m embarrassed for the Republicans in that district. My hometown is just outside there. It used to be really conservative. Any R’s that are left there need to attend their next town Republican committe meetings and get some new blood in there.
pedestrian on October 21, 2009 at 4:49 PM
Think Newt might be in the early stages of alzhiemers?/just sayin.
heshtesh on October 21, 2009 at 4:50 PM
Consider their location. They ARE sad.
uncivilized on October 21, 2009 at 4:50 PM
Seriously, Greta needs to get Newt “on the record” about this one. And then we need to get comedian Gilber Gottfried to stand up in Newt’s face and scream, “WFT?”
BuckeyeSam on October 21, 2009 at 4:50 PM
Newt is an inside the beltway elitist. do not trust him.
moonbatkiller on October 21, 2009 at 4:48 PM
He singlehandedly destoryed the CONGRESSIONAL conservative movement. It took another 10 years for Bush to destory the excutive conservatives movement. Newt was a man before his time it would seem
unseen on October 21, 2009 at 4:51 PM
I see now why the GOP wants a big tent.
Doughboy on October 21, 2009 at 4:51 PM
But, but, Scozzafava is exactly the kind of candidate the GOP needs!
/David Frum
Norwegian on October 21, 2009 at 4:51 PM
So obvious this woman is a Dem.
Republican women look like Sarah Palin, Michelle Bachmann and Liz Cheney.
Rename her Dede Scuzzafatso.
lonestar1 on October 21, 2009 at 4:51 PM
What I can’t figure out is why AP isn’t blowing the lady kisses.
notagool on October 21, 2009 at 4:52 PM
Sympathy? what for? She’s a lying sack of sh*t that sold out her constituents and the American people for 2 bits and acts like a tyrant. She thought this was going to be a cake walk and let her true colors show. Now it’s time to pay the piper. Screw her and the horse she rode in on.
I do love the cosmic balance sheets and “Dodo” Scozzafava is getting what she deserves. I hope it gets much worse for her
Niteowl45 on October 21, 2009 at 4:52 PM
Stop.
Abby Adams on October 21, 2009 at 4:53 PM
Wow! I am speechless. That was terrible, embarrassing, and funny all rolled into one.
BetseyRoss on October 21, 2009 at 4:54 PM
and you wonder why their funds are low…no one is giving them a dime based on these types of decisions…
cmsinaz on October 21, 2009 at 4:49 PM
clear as glass why the GOP lost in 2006 and 2008. The only reason they won in 2004 was fear and Kerry was an idiot. If the GOP wants to win again it must disown the liberals and fight for freedom and liberty. Sure it will lose them personal power to control every aspect of our lifes but if they don’t they will have no power just fat government perks and pay. The choice is in the GOP elites hands. Do they choose to go the way of the whigs or do they embrace REAGANISM and the defeat of nanny/daddy statism
unseen on October 21, 2009 at 4:54 PM
OK, that one was funny.
notropis on October 21, 2009 at 4:55 PM
The brains at the NRCC and Newt (I know I’m right)… Now they think they are the brains and the future of the Republican party. LMAO. Good for Doug Hoffman. We need to support him and Marco Rubio in Florida.
suzyk on October 21, 2009 at 4:40 PM
—–
fortunatly the public is smarter than both parties and backing someone else. I don’t think that fact will be lost on Democrats OR Republicans. It’s obvious We the People have had enough of the politicians crap.
Niteowl45 on October 21, 2009 at 4:55 PM
Scuzzy fever is all wee weed up, for sure.
Now where is that mop?
Dhuka on October 21, 2009 at 4:56 PM
Man, did you see her photo? I hope she flies Southwest, cause she’d be broke from baggage charges having to pay for those samsonite bags under her eyes.
viviliberoomuori on October 21, 2009 at 4:56 PM
It’s funny, but if you look closely at the Hoffman supporters in the background … don’t they look like they find the whole episode a bit embarrassing as well?
You can almost feel a little sorry for Scozzafava … almost.
PoliTech on October 21, 2009 at 4:57 PM
No
Its only the men in Somalia who don’t want women wearing bras.
How about Scuzzyfatso?
lonestar1 on October 21, 2009 at 4:57 PM
On a serious note, Miss Scozzafava should bow out of the race at this point! Not just for the good of the people in her district, but for the good of the state.
JeffVader on October 21, 2009 at 4:48 PM
but…but…but that would show that if a lib lite can not win in NY state they will be destroyed in a state like FL or NC thus the GOP elite must protect their RINO’S in other states like FL, CO, and CA. Their whole belief system would came unglued and the biohazard teams would be hard press to clean up all the exploding heads in DC
unseen on October 21, 2009 at 4:58 PM
well said
cmsinaz on October 21, 2009 at 4:59 PM
“residents that live here”???? Ohhh, the inhabitants that live there, also in that district, and in the vicinity of this area.
hoosiermama on October 21, 2009 at 4:59 PM
Did she work on the McCain campaign?
SnowSun on October 21, 2009 at 4:59 PM
This is just a strange race here. It really is.
Terrye on October 21, 2009 at 4:59 PM
To some of the above posters, I implore you not to attack this woman personally. We can and should mock her ineptitude and politics but steer clear of the personal attacks. It brings you down to the level of those who we rail against on the left.
I’m just sayin…
glennbo on October 21, 2009 at 4:59 PM
Any more recommendations, Newt?
rrpjr on October 21, 2009 at 5:00 PM
The problem is … where do they find these idiots? Does anyone doubt that your beer-guzzling redneck neighbor with 12 engine blocks strewn in his front yard has better political instincts than this gal?
HondaV65 on October 21, 2009 at 4:34 PM
do you have a high-mileage, pre-1970 small block with a 4 bolt main? just askin ;)
viviliberoomuori on October 21, 2009 at 5:01 PM
“I’m glad for the supporters on many many sides”
Too funny. Surreal. Bizarre. What was she thinking?
daddio on October 21, 2009 at 5:01 PM
Political roadkill.
Slick move there, Newt.
JammieWearingFool on October 21, 2009 at 5:01 PM
Did she work on the McCain campaign?
SnowSun on October 21, 2009 at 4:59 PM
thanks for the laugh i needed it. The truth is always funny
unseen on October 21, 2009 at 5:01 PM
I don’t comment often, but these are the funniest comments I have seen in a long time. You folks rock! BTW, I don’t have any engine blocks, just a rusty old tractor. Does that qualify me for the U.S. Senate?
hml65 on October 21, 2009 at 5:02 PM
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