Audio: Scozzafava’s robocall for Owens
posted at 5:29 pm on November 2, 2009 by Allahpundit
Listen here. This isn’t all she’s done for him, either: He asked her to swing by an event at the VFW and she merrily obliged. A forlorn John Boehner wonders where it all went wrong:
The top-ranking House Republican told reporters on Monday that he regrets having supported former GOP House candidate Dede Scozzafava…
“This lady clearly has as agenda that’s different than most Republicans; she was out there promoting herself,” House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) said, noting that he has encouraged all members of the GOP conference to support Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman.
Way to piece it together, JB. The irony here is that it’s moderate Republicans who’ll end up being the big losers from Scozzafava’s betrayal. Not only does she make them look untrustworthy (or rather, more untrustworthy than before) but increasingly it seems like they’re not even going to get Hoffman’s scalp as a consolation prize. Check out this eye-popper from the crosstabs to today’s new Siena poll:
Hoffman’s favorable rating among Scozzafava voters is now 35/41, a 20-point gain in just two days (it was 15/57 on Saturday). By comparison, Owens’s favorable rating among them has shifted from 19/50 on Saturday to … 20/52 now. Clearly her supporters are breaking towards the conservative — or were. The question is what her stumping for Owens will do to those relative support levels.
Here’s the RNC’s new ad for Hoffman, by the way. The word “conservative” figures prominently.
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Oh really. YA THINK?
TheQuestion on November 2, 2009 at 5:32 PM
AllahPundit = Scozzafava. Oh yeah!
Apologetic California on November 2, 2009 at 5:32 PM
Why don’t they mention his name?
Punditpawn on November 2, 2009 at 5:33 PM
Terrific.
Allahpundit on November 2, 2009 at 5:33 PM
I think her supporters are pissed, and she is making them even more pissed by stumping for the guy.
deidre on November 2, 2009 at 5:34 PM
WRONG.
deidre on November 2, 2009 at 5:35 PM
I haven’t seen him in a pink dress … yet.
AP’s been pushing Hoffman for weeks now. Come on.
lorien1973 on November 2, 2009 at 5:35 PM
I love it when Allah says “Terrific.” Well, not always.
fiatboomer on November 2, 2009 at 5:35 PM
As Rush Limbaugh said… she’s guilty of wide-spread bestiality. She has screwed all RINOs, current and future.
And that’s a good thing.
Enoxo on November 2, 2009 at 5:36 PM
Big of him , will we hear newt say the same thing.
the_nile on November 2, 2009 at 5:36 PM
It was inevitable.
TheUnrepentantGeek on November 2, 2009 at 5:36 PM
Dang! 86 point favorables?
I guess scuzziflavah is burning every GOP bridge she was ever given. Good luck, lady, in any future elections being believed — by either side!
Tennman on November 2, 2009 at 5:37 PM
It is clear, no matter how delusional the moderates are, the voters will not be duped by a RINO again. I find it funny that the Dems and moderates are still giving the big tent advice. The picking of John McCain as the GOP nominee is 2008 hopefully will be last time the right will let the left and left center pick their nominee.
Actually, I hope Scuzzy is the last.
ORconservative on November 2, 2009 at 5:38 PM
Perfect , she just made every rino aware whats out there hunting them.
the_nile on November 2, 2009 at 5:39 PM
My guess is that they want to avoid running afoul of any campaign finance laws.
JohnGalt23 on November 2, 2009 at 5:39 PM
Everyone lower their voices as The Pink Rino speaks
Does she always wear that Barbie suit or only uses photos of her in Pink? What gives with that?
yes, as there is no real surprise or issue here, where a lib supports a Fellow Lib, I’m reduced to fashion critiques…..
Janos Hunyadi on November 2, 2009 at 5:39 PM
Thank goodness the GOP leaders have enormous grasp of the obscenely obvious, er, in hindsight.
JoeinTX on November 2, 2009 at 5:40 PM
I think this race has perfectly illustrated the problem.
ronsfi on November 2, 2009 at 5:41 PM
She’s much too supportive of Owens for her efforts to be merely the result of a women scorned. I’m thinking her deal with the Dems (which has to be some bureaucratic or union job ’cause she’ll not be representing 122nd come 2010) hinges on her bringing in an Owens win.
Dusty on November 2, 2009 at 5:41 PM
RINO? Not even. More like:
Democratic
Operative,
Gilded
Jim Treacher on November 2, 2009 at 5:42 PM
She’ll never run again and why should she?
What Czar position is Barry going to give her?
Knucklehead on November 2, 2009 at 5:42 PM
How irrelevant is Boehner that no one knew he supported the Obamunist candidate while everyone focused on Newt’s career ending implosion over his support of scozzzawhatever.
elduende on November 2, 2009 at 5:43 PM
Hmmmmmmmmmm
WashJeff on November 2, 2009 at 5:43 PM
I think Hoffman should have been more conciliatory when reacting to her concession speech. He should have known this idiot would take things personally.
Speedwagon82 on November 2, 2009 at 5:43 PM
So far the analysis of Scozzafava’s supporters has missed a crucial angle: What do her supporters do when they are confronted with powerful evidence that she is a liar and a fraud? Do they then choose the candidate that she is suddenly endorsing, across party lines?
No. I don’t think they do.
Jaibones on November 2, 2009 at 5:43 PM
Yup, she got promised something.
deidre on November 2, 2009 at 5:44 PM
thomasaur on November 2, 2009 at 5:44 PM
Poor Newt…. Seems he was the last to know. Maybe he’ll stay away from the Coolaid now.
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BTW… Aren’t Scozza-fava beans what a cannibal eats with a cirrhosised liver? Don’t waste the onions.
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RalphyBoy on November 2, 2009 at 5:44 PM
I couldn’t be better, an overreach firing up the base , and victory.
the_nile on November 2, 2009 at 5:44 PM
Boehner and Newt are neck and neck in the race to look idiotic. Steele is catching up to them though. Good lord.
Big Orange on November 2, 2009 at 5:45 PM
The RNC and Boehner in a CYA moment.
Boehner is lucky Sarah Palin gave him a little boost this past weekend.
cubachi on November 2, 2009 at 5:45 PM
Schumer personally asked her to endorse Owens. She probably wants to run as a Democrat next time so she’s helping them now.
Whoever is willing to pay the big bucks.
Spathi on November 2, 2009 at 5:45 PM
Gee… ya think?!?!
crazy_legs on November 2, 2009 at 5:45 PM
Apologetic California = Someone who can’t handle when someone doesn’t agree with 100 percent.
terryannonline on November 2, 2009 at 5:45 PM
This lady makes Benedict Arlen look trustworthy….
Rogue on November 2, 2009 at 5:46 PM
If the people lead, the leaders will follow.
Carry on.
turfmann on November 2, 2009 at 5:46 PM
Oh noes…AP has started on Boehner already… :)
It’s not like John Boehner was out campaigning for Scozzy…he admits she was a mistake, and acknowledges that Hoffman is the real deal.
This shouldn’t weigh heavily on Boehner…who is anything but a “moderate”. Just sayin’.
JetBoy on November 2, 2009 at 5:47 PM
Kind of like you.
Knucklehead on November 2, 2009 at 5:47 PM
Ask Arlen how that works out for him.
the_nile on November 2, 2009 at 5:48 PM
They couldn’t see what was obvious for just about everyone else. Welcome to the party.
JellyToast on November 2, 2009 at 5:49 PM
Probably something like a seat on one of the 111 commissions or boards to be created by PelosiCare. I have no doubt those positions are in there to be pay-offs to their various supporters.
But like I said, I figure the deal is contingent on Owens winning, thus her extra efforts now. Otherwise, it’s mopping the floor in Cuomo’s office for her.
Dusty on November 2, 2009 at 5:49 PM
Where is Mike Leach when you need him?
tetriskid on November 2, 2009 at 5:49 PM
This is truly a watershed event (pretty much win or lose in the 23rd) for those of us painfully conservative at heart. It’s been so long in coming.
I’ve tried to evaluate as much of the past as my bong resign clogged mind can recall and I struggle to come up with the event(s) that led the national Republican party to embrace “Compassionate Conservatism” – the embracing of which led us here.
All snarkiness aside, you’d think the embarrassment of Bush the elders one term defeat would have taught the RNC something.
oldfiveanddimer on November 2, 2009 at 5:49 PM
resin
oldfiveanddimer on November 2, 2009 at 5:50 PM
If only the RNC leadership will follow it’s own advice.
farright on November 2, 2009 at 5:50 PM
Translation: “This lady clearly is the living breathing walking talking epitome of what a RINO really is all about!”
pilamaye on November 2, 2009 at 5:50 PM
John,you disappointed me greatly.As a fellow-ohioan,I expected so much more from you than following the crowd!
ohiobabe on November 2, 2009 at 5:51 PM
Boehner is just as guilty as Newt on this. They chose party over principles.
Big Orange on November 2, 2009 at 5:51 PM
touche!
wow I laughed out loud on that one.
upinak on November 2, 2009 at 5:52 PM
There are times and places for moderate, even somewhat liberal GOP candidates. But “right now” and “NY-23″ are definitely not the time and place.
BuzzCrutcher on November 2, 2009 at 5:53 PM
Gingrich in the L.A. Times today:
Why are the grassroots so much smarter than the “professionals” in the GOP? They say the Democrats are the evil party and the Republicans are the stupid party, but Gingrich’s obvious befuddlement really confirms the “stupid” part.
Cicero43 on November 2, 2009 at 5:54 PM
Neither was Palin, but she got it right, and she saw it all the way from Wasilla.
Ronnie on November 2, 2009 at 5:55 PM
Hmmm….
Allah in a pink dress
….has a nice ring to it.
ElectricPhase on November 2, 2009 at 5:55 PM
p.s. I predict a Hoffman/Scuzzo rematch in November 2010.
BuzzCrutcher on November 2, 2009 at 5:55 PM
Why does that song “We’re not going to take it” pop in my head everytime someone asks this question?
upinak on November 2, 2009 at 5:56 PM
No way…not even close. How often did you hear Newt defend Scozzy vs. Boehner doing the same? Newt’s name was synonymous with Scozzofava. No one mentioned Boehner’s name through this debacle.
JetBoy on November 2, 2009 at 5:56 PM
And from the Invisible Mitt – still no endorsement for Hoffman.
Terry_Dyne on November 2, 2009 at 5:56 PM
I wouldn’t be surprised if Dede’s husband hadn’t planned this “conversion” out for months. They were just going to do it after she got elected.
Speedwagon82 on November 2, 2009 at 5:56 PM
No, Allah’s a Lost Soul whose Pen is mightier that his Sword ( wink wink nudge nudge ), not a Big RINO in Pink.
Cruel but true. Schadenfreude….
Janos Hunyadi on November 2, 2009 at 5:56 PM
The only cross-support Owens was getting was from Republicans who had bought the line that Hoffman was trying to knife the Party in the back.
If Scuzzy had merely given Hoffman a pro-forma endorsement, a lot of Republican voters wouldn’t have bought it. Her turncoat move will make voters flock to Hoffman like crazy.
For the hardcore Party voters who weren’t soured by Scuzzy’s meltdown, this is pretty much the ONLY thing that could cause a massive migration in the short time left before the vote.
As I said before: Karl Rove, evem in a moonbat’s wildest wet dream, could not have planned this better.
logis on November 2, 2009 at 5:57 PM
IHOP Czar.
TXUS on November 2, 2009 at 5:57 PM
She and Arlen Specter can sit in Political Purgatory asking what went wrong?
As for John Boehner: give up your so-called ‘leadership’ position and let the adults run the Party. Personally, I’d go with Sarah and this gang before I’d want to keep the current ‘leadership’.
michaelo on November 2, 2009 at 5:58 PM
Allah is a rebellious something or other.
mobydutch on November 2, 2009 at 5:58 PM
Just guessing but a possible election bid as a democrat in the 2010 campaign. Might not be true but it fits the circumstances the best.
Opportunity Costs on November 2, 2009 at 5:58 PM
My guess is that once they figured out who the real DeDe was, most of them (but not all) were done with her. Some will shift to Owens, some will stay home, some will vote for her anyway. But I think most were already moving to Hoffman and her quitting/endorsing Owens cemented the deal.
Missy on November 2, 2009 at 5:59 PM
This Sherlock Holmes-like intuitiveness — figruing out two days after the fact what most conservatives knew 2 1/2 weeks ago — does not bode well for 2011 if the Republicans do regain control of the House, because Boehner would then be the highest-profile elected Republican in Washington.
jon1979 on November 2, 2009 at 5:59 PM
in re Arnold
Everybody’s talking in Code now…..
Janos Hunyadi on November 2, 2009 at 6:00 PM
The fact that the Republicans chose her over Hoffman says volumes about what Boehner and other party leaders thought. He has no spine at all. He is a perfect example of what is wrong. He could have gotten behind Hoffman from the start but he went with Gingrich and Steele.
Big Orange on November 2, 2009 at 6:00 PM
Dede Scozzafava – DIABLO
Democrat In All But Label Only
Stole DIABLO from someone, but can’t remember who it was…
patch on November 2, 2009 at 6:00 PM
Corizine has a Obama robocall?
upinak on November 2, 2009 at 6:00 PM
I think she planned to stay rino/diablo as long as possible. She could do more damage that way.
the_nile on November 2, 2009 at 6:01 PM
GAH!!!!!!
Anyone want to bet when Ded will realize her 15 minutes are up?
FontanaConservative on November 2, 2009 at 6:01 PM
Infiltration Czar
uknowmorethanme on November 2, 2009 at 6:01 PM
Democrats admit to buying robocall slamming Chris Christie and promoting Independent spoiler Dagget.
Enoxo on November 2, 2009 at 6:03 PM
Oh snap!
Man, Scuzzy dressed-up as a bottle of Pepto for Halloween? Better than her ‘woman’ costume.
Apologetic California on November 2, 2009 at 6:04 PM
Olympia Snowe redux.
Johan Klaus on November 2, 2009 at 6:06 PM
NRCC Campaigning cash spent for a Rino :$900,000+
Rino drops out & endorses the Liberal: Priceless.
What has the GOP learned from the NY-23 district race?
…”We better have all our RINO candidates sign a pledge of loyalty before we shove them out on stage….”
portlandon on November 2, 2009 at 6:07 PM
Your assessment is spot-on.
Bob's Kid on November 2, 2009 at 6:07 PM
National leaders did not pick Dede, local leaders did. The problem is that the national players did not vet her. I don’t think even Newt was fully aware of her nonsense, he was just toeing the party line. That is the problem with Republicans, this “Big Tent” crap prohibits the concept of central values and principles. I’m willing to bet the most people do not vote for Democrats because of their policies and agenda, they vote for Democrats because it’s the only alternative to the moronic state of the GOP.
I don’t know anyone that won’t get on board a message of limiting the size and scope of both government and its budget. Run with it GOP, screw the social stuff and focus on that.
uknowmorethanme on November 2, 2009 at 6:09 PM
I always feel bad. I think Allahpundit is Charlie Brown & Lucy just pulled the football away.
portlandon on November 2, 2009 at 6:10 PM
Over the last several years the GOP elite has supported the RINO whenever there has been a choice. This weak defense has never worked but they have kept at it because otherwise they might lose a seat (which they usually lost anyway). I hope that NY23 is a wake up call that in the long run you are better off going with policy than with wishful thinking.
duff65 on November 2, 2009 at 6:12 PM
So, in 2012 when Obama runs I’ll guess he’ll say he’s a Republican and everyone will just believe him. The GOP leaders, anyways.
SouperConservative on November 2, 2009 at 6:12 PM
Obama doesn’t “owe” her. She’s not getting jacksh#t from Hussien.
Hog Wild on November 2, 2009 at 6:12 PM
OMG. Did Rush say that? Dang, I missed it. That is hilarious and so true.
Geochelone on November 2, 2009 at 6:13 PM
Sssssscozzafevah!
This lady’s name is way more fun than it has any right to be.
TheUnrepentantGeek on November 2, 2009 at 6:13 PM
Exactly right. Although, Newt continued to defend Scozzy even when her more liberal stances came to light. Which is why Boehner isn’t anywhere near as guilty as Newt is. Party leaders normally back who the party gets behind, even not knowing the candidate fully.
JetBoy on November 2, 2009 at 6:14 PM
FIFY :)
GinaE on November 2, 2009 at 6:15 PM
Yep, here’s the audio.
Enoxo on November 2, 2009 at 6:16 PM
I figured Hoffman’s favorables would jump on Dede going all out for the democrat. A bunch of people probably were pretty annoyed by the successful characterizing of her as a liberal which killed her campaign and held Hoffman as responsible. When the charges turned out to be true, some people changed their opinion of him.
That and people ultimately deciding that they can’t back the democrat in the race, now that their dog is out of it.
clement on November 2, 2009 at 6:16 PM
What makes you guys so sure she isn’t taking direction from the RNC or NRCC? If Hoffman wins, that shows that the party and its leadership is weak. If the Dem wins, the GOP get to beat up Hoffman saying he cost the Republican a victory.
The last thing Newt Gingrich, Michael Steele, or John Boehner wants is conservatives running against Republicans.
Blarg the Destroyer on November 2, 2009 at 6:17 PM
This was a true trojan horse canidate and I would almost bet that the White House’s fingerprints are all over Dede’s pick for this race? Jarrett has come out and said she looks forward to working with her and Dede was rumored to say she would change parties as soon as she was elected.
The folks in Washington, they all need to be replaced
bkm on November 2, 2009 at 6:18 PM
I’m with you on the “big tent” crap, you’re exactly right but Newt new exactly what she was, he told Greta why all of us are crazy and how we will be a permanent minority for not getting behind her. As for Boenher, he sit on his hands and voted “present”. If he had come out against it, it would have helped a sight.
As for the social issues, I’m not giving up on any of it.
Big Orange on November 2, 2009 at 6:18 PM
Yep its true. Its all over the net. I should have checked myself.
Media MadHatters and Rinos must have shat themselves. Now Owens is defending Dede because of Rush’s comment.
Dede is no Rino, she is a total Donk.
Geochelone on November 2, 2009 at 6:18 PM
ROVE you magnificent bastard!
jukin on November 2, 2009 at 6:19 PM
How is Boehner NOT a conservative himself?
JetBoy on November 2, 2009 at 6:21 PM
But that is what is wrong and just what I said. He (Boehner) chose party over principle.
Big Orange on November 2, 2009 at 6:21 PM
National leaders did not pick Dede, local leaders did. The problem is that the national players did not vet her.
You don’t think local leaders can be influenced, threatened or promised things ($$$) Everything/everyone has a price
bkm on November 2, 2009 at 6:21 PM
Boehner endorsed Scuzzyfever.
But he was redeemed by Sarah, and is now on the Sarah/Hoffman bandwagon.
I am willing to forgive Boehner, but not Newt.
Norwegian on November 2, 2009 at 6:23 PM
He is a weak, feckless leader that is incapable of articulating conservative principles. He supported Scuzzy from the beginning, not Hoffman.
Blarg the Destroyer on November 2, 2009 at 6:23 PM
In JetBoy’s eyes – It’s all Boehner
Americannodash on November 2, 2009 at 6:29 PM
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