{"id":1064,"date":"2009-09-16T16:20:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-16T20:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2009\/09\/16\/hoffman-brings-the-negative\/"},"modified":"2009-09-16T16:20:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-16T20:20:00","slug":"hoffman-brings-the-negative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2009\/09\/16\/hoffman-brings-the-negative\/","title":{"rendered":"Hoffman brings the negative"},"content":{"rendered":"

Conservative Doug Hoffman’s campaign has released a press release demanding that Republican House candidate (and GOP Assemblywoman) Dede Scozzafava “explain her relationship” with Acorn and the Working Family Party.<\/p>\n

Acorn is the community organizing group that many conservatives – especially in the Fox News and talk radio world – accuse of nefarious dealings.<\/p>\n

WFP is a party that generally backs progressive politicians. Scozzafava won their support for her generally pro-labor, pro-choice and pro-same-sex marriage views.<\/p>\n

In his statement, Hoffman accuses of Scozzafava of working with the “radical left.”<\/p>\n

“I am calling Dede Scozzafava to disavow her relationship with the WFP, condemn ACORN for its actions and come clean on her and her husband\u2019s dealings with the two entities.”<\/p>\n

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The release goes on to describe Scozzafava’s husband as “an organizer for Big Labor.”<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


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I could be wrong, but I’m skeptical about how this kind of thing plays in the North Country. Sure we have hard-fought elections here.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


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But this is a small town culture, not a Fox News vs. MSNBC smackdown.
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Even a lot of the people who plan to vote against Dede Scozzafava know her personally as a veteran Republican.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


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GOP leaders across the region — especially Assemblywomen Janet Duprey and Teresa Sayward – argue with her on specific issues, but they know her and respect her.<\/p>\n

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Is she too liberal for some on the social stuff? Sure, that label might stick.
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But in cahoots with Acorn? Complicit in a scheme to “radicalize” New York politics?
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Voters might see that as a stretch. For the record, there’s no evidence that Scozzafava has had any dealings of any sort with ACORN.
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For Hoffman, tossing this kind of firecracker stuff could be risky, especially at a time when he’s still establishing his own electability cred. (Always tough for a third-party candidate.)
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The vast majority of voters in the district have no idea who Doug Hoffman is.<\/p>\n

If their first taste of him comes in the form of go-negative-early broadsides, it could be a tough impression to live down.<\/p>\n

What do you think? Is Hoffman landing some good early punches or swinging wild?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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