New Democratic attack ad: Hey, Doug Hoffman’s rich
posted at 3:44 pm on October 26, 2009 by Allahpundit
Clear evidence of who the Dems are really worried about in NY-23, brought to you by a party that now represents most of the country’s richest districts and which you’ll find here wringing its hands about debt while its congressional leaders are busy crafting the federal boondoggle to end all boondoggles. Kudos on not letting shame stand in the way of victory, guys. What’s next? Attack ads against Snowe and Collins for supporting the stimulus?
Speaking of which, guess who turned up at a Scozzafava rally over the weekend. She’s a dastardly RINO, you say? Tell it to the NRCC, which is prepared to shower Team Dede with another $300,000 in cash:
Two party officials tell POLITICO that the NRCC will continue to air TV ads propping up Scozzafava in the days leading up to the Nov. 3 contest and plans to keep
up a near relentless barrage of press releases slamming Hoffman…The NRCC plans to spend between $200,000 and $300,000 on TV ads in the final week-and-a-half of the campaign. The ads will focus on Owens and Scozzafava and will not mention Hoffman…
[A GOP] official also noted that, as a Republican, Scozzafava would have a far larger base of support to tap into. As of April 1, voter registration in the district was 43 percent Republican, 31 percent Democrat and just 1 percent Conservative Party.
“I have yet to see a poll that shows a path to victory for the Conservative,” the official said. “They have no base.”
Conservatives have no base … among registered Republicans? Or does this unnamed idiot seriously believe Republicans are unwilling to cross over and vote third-party if the other options are two de facto Democrats, especially with names as big as Palin urging them to do so?
Actually, there is a viable line of attack raised in that Politico piece: Hoffman’s from outside the district, which not only leaves him open to carpetbagger attacks but which makes his apparent ignorance of local issues that much more potentially damaging. So why didn’t the Dems hit him on that instead of on this dopey class-warfare point?
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You do love to invent irrelevant examples, don’t you.
More evidence of the fact that you don’t have a real argument to support your long discredited position, and you know it.
Adam Smith, over 200 years ago proved that free trade always creates wealth. That is the position taken by almost every economist in the world. The only ones who disagree work for unions and the DNC, because they are paid to try and find reasons to support what is otherwise an unsupportable position.
Adam Smith’s proofs have never been challenged, much less disproven.
MarkTheGreat on October 26, 2009 at 5:41 PM
He has a classic car collection. This is a line of political attack, and from the party that just finished lionizing Ted Kennedy, that monument to corpulence and unearned wealth?
Truly strange and disturbing times.
rrpjr on October 26, 2009 at 5:42 PM
I’m young, so maybe I missed something, but did products from those countries kill children?
Esthier on October 26, 2009 at 5:42 PM
They will never make another care like that Nash Rambler…
right2bright on October 26, 2009 at 5:45 PM
Maybe the liberals don’t get it…having a cool car collection is cool…
right2bright on October 26, 2009 at 5:46 PM
They were accused of being unsafe, but for different reasons.
I don’t believe any products from China have killed anyone. There were products with excessive lead content, but those were caught by the existing regulatory agencies. Just as products from US manufacturers would have been.
Some pets were killed, but similar accidents have happened with US manufactured products as well.
MarkTheGreat on October 26, 2009 at 5:47 PM
I don’t believe the lead levels in the Chinese products were enough to kill. They were similar to the level that many US products used 40-50 years ago.
MarkTheGreat on October 26, 2009 at 5:48 PM
They are currently being disprooven, here in America.
Free Trade works IF you have a level playing field… but it does NOT work if you self limit yourself with your own regulations, laws, and taxes.
We have exported wealth for many years (especialy in Petrodollars)… and we are now seeing the results of one side of “Free” trade overregulating…
Romeo13 on October 26, 2009 at 5:49 PM
mike_NC9 on October 26, 2009 at 5:53 PM
Again, I’m young. I prefer our current standards, and plenty of China products have killed people. I didn’t just start paying attention when they put lead in kids’ toys. There were a series of issues, one after another, add to that the fact that I personally dislike China and its oppressive government, and I see no reason to trust them with my nieces and nephews.
If I could boycott China altogether, I would, though I wouldn’t outlaw selling their products and wouldn’t even organize a boycott.
Esthier on October 26, 2009 at 5:53 PM
Oooh! There are eeevil car collections in small towns and cities all across America! I was going to support Hoffman, but now that I know the truth, I’m outraged!
Buy Danish on October 26, 2009 at 5:57 PM
I think that’s true. The deaths were from small magnets, if I recall, which were not secured properly to the toys. However, they also caught several toys that had lead levels which could have caused serious harm or death to children.
BadgerHawk on October 26, 2009 at 5:58 PM
No it isn’t.
Free trade always works. By definition, if I trade with you, it’s because you have something I want, and I have something that you want. I value what you have more than I value what I have, and vis-versa. Both parties benefit from free trade.
The buying of oil has not made us poor. We used that oil to better our lifestyles and to build products that we sold to the rest of the world.
If you want to worry about the balance of trade, put the blame where it actually belongs, the fact that the US govt has been running a deficit for decades, a deficit that has to be paid for some how.
You look for a scapegoat in the wrong place. It’s not the boardroom that’s to blame, it’s the halls of congress.
MarkTheGreat on October 26, 2009 at 5:59 PM
UH OH !!! Another true conservative is emerging !!
Let the vicious attacks from the kindly, compassionate warm-hearted lovey-dovey libtards begin!!!!!
cableguy615 on October 26, 2009 at 5:59 PM
Liberal hypocrisy on display.
Dave R. on October 26, 2009 at 6:02 PM
A successful business man running for a seat? Oh, the HORROR of it all! I’ll bet that awful Doug Hoffman even created JOBS with those successful businesses that got him that nice house and those fancy cars. WHAT was he THINKING???
/sarc
SouperConservative on October 26, 2009 at 6:11 PM
So, by Dem standards, it’s fine for leftists to own football teams but you dare not elect a Congresscritter with a few cars?
JEM on October 26, 2009 at 6:11 PM
Hmmmm… bother to read? Is there anyplace I was blaming BUSINESS?
Lets see, three reasons why we are hosed…
And my POINT is that Free trade WILL work, UNLESS the Government mucks it up… as they are.
HUH????? IF that oil had come from domestic sources, that wealth would still be here in America, working inside our economy…. it would have created jobs HERE, and profits HERE, instead of THERE…
Yes, for some years it saved some money, but NOW we could easily produce oil domesticly at the current price. But its our GOVERNMENT who is standing in the way.
Free Trade is NOT a panecea for all economic ills… especialy when its your own government who is creating the non level field on which you have to compete.
Romeo13 on October 26, 2009 at 6:15 PM
Ever seen someone mowed down by a Toyota?
jimmy2shoes on October 26, 2009 at 6:19 PM
Maybe he worked hard and earned it dammit.
gooddad on October 26, 2009 at 6:19 PM
Just talked to a guy today with the coolest Nova station wagon I’ve ever seen. Sweet ride! Not rich.
jimmy2shoes on October 26, 2009 at 6:21 PM
No. Did they go Christine on Americans?
Esthier on October 26, 2009 at 6:21 PM
I like classic cars.
I’d vote for Hoffman for that alone if I were from this NY district.
It shows a sense of history, pride in American workmanship, savvy investing, and good taste.
Go Doug!
profitsbeard on October 26, 2009 at 6:23 PM
No tariffs is still better than tariffs, even when the other side has them. It isn’t as good as the other side not having them, but it is still better than both having them.
Count to 10 on October 26, 2009 at 6:25 PM
I imagine Sarah Palin’s dog eats Purina. She should make that a campaign ad; “I support free markets, small government, low taxes, and American exceptionalism. Oh, yeah, and MY dog eats Purina!”
jimmy2shoes on October 26, 2009 at 6:30 PM
Yep, usually at the hands of drunks or text messagers.
jimmy2shoes on October 26, 2009 at 6:32 PM
I’d vote for him BECAUSE he has a classic car collection…any gear head gets my vote.
Wyznowski on October 26, 2009 at 6:35 PM
I bet even classic car fan Lib Jay Leno would have a hard time voting against this guy.
misslizzi on October 26, 2009 at 6:39 PM
The Republican party can bag it. Not another dime from me.
DrStock on October 26, 2009 at 6:44 PM
+1
liquidflorian on October 26, 2009 at 6:45 PM
To me, and I’ve been wrong before, this shows hope. If the Democrats are attacking Hoffman, they have no respect for the “RINO” candidate. Now Hoffman will get some free publicity from the Democrats and have more people trying to find out who he is.
I doubt the ad will change many votes, since it’s just another attack ad and, at least, Hoffman isn’t another politician taking money and buying cars, it’s his money.
Personally, I hope Hoffman wins this thing, it will shake things up really, really nice.
bflat879 on October 26, 2009 at 6:45 PM
He will win the vote of every alpha male in his district.
Philly on October 26, 2009 at 6:45 PM
I’m surprised simplesimon hasn’t shown up to claim that only ignorant hick Republican “race fans” have such collections.
Lots of Hollywood stars-and most of them are as we all know Democrats-have such collections. And one of them, Leftist Paul Newman, was also a major figure and team owner on the auto racing circuit.
Betcha didn’t know that, did ya simple?
Del Dolemonte on October 26, 2009 at 6:47 PM
Wow, never knew that Nova made a wagon.
Del Dolemonte on October 26, 2009 at 6:48 PM
“The NRCC plans to spend between $200,000 and $300,000 on TV ads ..”
Time to check the ownership of those TV stations… Hmmm??
CaveatEmpty on October 26, 2009 at 6:52 PM
If I was Mr. Hoffman. I would counter explaining to the libtards how many employees he employs. How much taxes he and they have contributed and then hammer them back showing how they mismanaged the tax dollars. Seems pretty simple to me.
Spinstra on October 26, 2009 at 6:54 PM
I’m surprised simplesimon hasn’t shown up to claim that only ignorant hick Republican “race fans” have such collections.
He probably got sent to bed early for not making his supper “all-gone”.
cableguy615 on October 26, 2009 at 6:55 PM
Dark-Star on October 26, 2009 at 6:55 PM
Started poor, earned money in our free market society. That QUALIFIES HIM. The libs have indoctrinated people into thinking wealth/success is a BAD thing. The hypocrites are lining their pockets every step of the way WHILE playing the class envy card. It’s comical.
marklmail on October 26, 2009 at 6:57 PM
We had a ’64 Nova S/W when I was a kid, barely held a family of 10.
thomasaur on October 26, 2009 at 7:03 PM
So does Jay Leno.
RobertInLexington on October 26, 2009 at 7:04 PM
The Nash Rambler was my first car, 1960 when I got out of the Navy. Wonderful auto. Put 150,000 miles on it before I traded it in. When the wacky left speak why is it always out of context to the subject at hand?
mixplix on October 26, 2009 at 7:10 PM
They prefer rich Dems who leave people to die in cars
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CWforFreedom on October 26, 2009 at 7:34 PM
Doug earned every cent. If he wants to preserve great cars, that’s his business, especially if he lets me drive one of them.
Sapwolf on October 26, 2009 at 8:19 PM
A car collection? Bastard!
Only the liberal elite hollywood crowd are allowed to have those.
caygeon on October 26, 2009 at 8:55 PM
Car collection = perfect
$500.00 stupid looking tennis shoes = I don’t think so.
I love this vid. It’s such a gem. I would love it so much more if it was mirrored with Obama dancing with the celbutards at his latest party at our WH while our men and woman are dying in a war he has no idea about.
Such a fu***ing joke. I’m so voting third party. I can’t believe the RNC would support this idiot Scozzafava.
nwpammy on October 26, 2009 at 9:04 PM
I get tired of this old myth that cutting the tax rate is a tax break for wealthy. I say its a tax break for everyone who wants to climb the economic ladder. By leveling the tax rates it makes easier to improve ones economic situation.
lwssdd on October 26, 2009 at 9:11 PM
Hoffman is reported to live in the district but his business of outside of it. If he didn’t live within the district he could not run as a Rep. Wasn’t Mrs. Clinton a real carpet bagger who moved to the state just in time to run.
amr on October 26, 2009 at 9:33 PM
Poor people rarely get elected to anything beyond mosquito control board. Just makes sense in a way…why would you elect a loser to run things if they can’t be successful in the community? Or, I guess one can simply “organize” said community and that makes up for it?
I don’t trust any of these guys further than I can spit. However, it sends a great message to the Communists and RINOs alike.
Dr. ZhivBlago on October 26, 2009 at 10:04 PM
I’m sending $20 to Hoffman.
And not one red cent to the GOP. Screw ‘em…
JohnBG on October 26, 2009 at 10:40 PM
the NRC is going to have a real problem if he wins.
pgrossjr on October 26, 2009 at 10:40 PM
Leave it to liberals to attack ones success as evil. What a bunch of ass backward morons.
They scariest thing is that they win, and win, and win.
OSUBuciz1 on October 27, 2009 at 12:26 AM
Ummm. Because he’s a local boy, born and raised in the 23rd District? He never left the 23rd, the 23rd left him in the 2K redistricting. So hammer him on that and you promptly alienate everyone that understands Hoffman to be one of the locals.
Besides, have you seen how large the 23rd is? It’s bigger than New Hampshire; and NH put together with Vermont is barely larger than the 23rd. The Southside 23rd is about as local to the Northside, as the West side is to the East Side at 150+ miles away. Heck, Newark is more ‘local’ to NYC than the Hamptons.
C’mon AP, you have to do better than that. And I ain’t even from Yankeeland!
AH_C on October 27, 2009 at 1:23 AM
Maybe this link I saw on Insty’s site is more along the lines of what the ad’s creators would like:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kA2yBcFC0E&feature=player_embedded
It’s about the 1988 Yugo. Had a coworker with one of those. My 1980 Dodge Omni was a better car than that, and the Yugo was new!
cs89 on October 27, 2009 at 1:37 AM
You know your opponents have lost the war, when the only thing they can do is lie about what you have said.
Then again, DarkStar was never in the fight to begin with.
And there are people who wonder why so many people consider conservatives to be racist.
Just look at people like DarkStar, who claims (quite wrongly) to be conservative.
MarkTheGreat on October 27, 2009 at 8:08 AM
And for what it’s worth, more workers always equals more wealth. That’s another concept that has been proven over and over again.
Unfortunately there will always be those who believe that the govt owes them a job, and that they shouldn’t have to compete for what they want. Especially against people who don’t look like them.
As for people who believe that all imports are poisoned. I leave such thinking to the dark depths of the conspiracy crazed where it belongs.
MarkTheGreat on October 27, 2009 at 8:12 AM
To the nutroots, we aren’t buying your attacks anymore. We’re on to your tactics, and if all you can find on Hoffman is a $500,000 car collection, then he’s the man! That argument doesn’t work anymore since we know about Rangel’s vacation house in Ireland, Dodd’s special deal with Countrywide for ONE of his houses, Gore’s HUGE house and private plane. You guys are so screwed up!
hopefloats on October 27, 2009 at 10:51 AM
There goes my monitor again!!!
lovingmyUSA on October 27, 2009 at 11:28 AM
So is Barack Obama. So are most Democrat Senators. Should we throw them out because of that?
Paul_in_NJ on October 27, 2009 at 1:34 PM
Rich=evil. What does that make Pelosi?
Army Brat on October 27, 2009 at 2:15 PM
A few years ago, e-coli contaminated farm products killed a few people and made a lot of other people sick.
I guess this proves that American produce is not safe and we should stop importing all American products.
MarkTheGreat on October 27, 2009 at 3:29 PM
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