{"id":1167,"date":"2009-10-22T06:36:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-22T10:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2009\/10\/22\/a-portrait-of-dede-scozzafava\/"},"modified":"2009-10-22T06:36:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-22T10:36:00","slug":"a-portrait-of-dede-scozzafava","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2009\/10\/22\/a-portrait-of-dede-scozzafava\/","title":{"rendered":"A portrait of Dede Scozzafava"},"content":{"rendered":"

I produced a profile of Republican candidate Dede Scozzafava<\/a> for this morning’s 8 O’Clock Hour. It’s an effort to push past some of the more hysterical attack-ad rhetoric of the last few weeks.<\/p>\n

We’re also profiling Doug Hoffman (available tomorrow) and Bill Owens<\/a>. <\/p>\n

As I listened back through piles of tape that we’d recorded with Scozzafava, I had a couple of thoughts that didn’t quite fit in my story.<\/p>\n

First, it’s amazing how much this woman’s professional accomplisment has been eclipsed by the conservative firestorm against her. <\/p>\n

At a time when she (I’m assuming) wanted to tell the story of her family, her values, her accomplisments in Albany, she’s been pinned down by issues such as abortion and same-sex marriage.<\/p>\n

Secondly, it’s remarkable the dichotomy between the North Country’s political culture (tolerant, flexible, reasonably nonpartisan) and the hyper-aggressive tone of the national discussion.<\/p>\n

Here in the region, people who know Scozzafava view her as a nuanced, complicated figure. They agree with her some, they disagree with her some. <\/p>\n

But she’s a real person, thoughtful and solid. <\/p>\n

The caricature that’s appeared in the attack ads (and in the conservative national media) is nearly unrecognizable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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