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Daddyo wrote:

You bet, one vote coming right up.

There are two of those votes that cannot be cast for Hoffman: he and his wife do not live in the NY 23rd but in the NY 20th congressional district.

Republicans only hate NY "carpetbaggers" when they're Hillary.

You guys south of the border have all the fun.

bedstuy wrote:

Evidently teabaggers are intimidating voters in NY-23 today.  So much for yelping about Black Panthers.

Heh,
If one of those C'tards got in my way they'd end up flat on their ass like the operation rescue dude who once thought it would be a good idea to grab my arm as I was trying to get past him.

Still it's a case of assualt, the words used to incite a feeling of intimidation, and battery, the act of laying hands upon your person.

I can hear Pariah's defense now!

They were yelling awful things which made me fear for my safety. And when one of them grabbed my arm, I thought I was being attacked, so I moved to protect myself.

I hear that New Jersey and Virginia went Republican.

Also, ACORN!

NY-23: [UPDATE] Hoffman Accuses Democrats of ‘Stealing the Election’
  By DAVID WEIGEL 11/3/09 4:27 PM

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. — At a short press availability in his campaign office here, NY-23 Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman said that a GOTV volunteer’s tires had been slashed, and all but blamed Democrats for the dirty trick.

“There are reports that they’re bringing in the troops and they’re bringing in ACORN,” said Hoffman. “I think the Democrats are doing anything they possibly can to steal this election away from the 23rd district.”

The campaign gave reporters the name and phone number of Jeremy Kain, the volunteer who claimed to have his tires slashed, but asked to confirm whether he was accusing the Democrats of supressing the vote, Hoffman started to backtrack: ‘We’ve called in the police and the police will be investigating.”

The campaign is pushing this story hard after a wave of morning reports that Hoffman’s grassroots supporters were misbehaving. Attacks on ACORN, and allegations that Democrats are trying to steal this election, have been striking components Hoffman’s hard-edged late-game messaging.

Update: Anton Troianovski of the Wall Street Journal followed up with the Plattsburgh police on this, and was told that the volunteer actually damaged his tire on a broken bottle. I asked Hoffman campaign manager Dan Tripp about this–he said he had no comment because the campaign had not heard this yet.

It’s not unheard of for a candidate to make an accusation like this without having all the facts, but it’s a strange sideshow in the final hours.

bedstuy wrote:

Update: Anton Troianovski of the Wall Street Journal followed up with the Plattsburgh police on this, and was told that the volunteer actually damaged his tire on a broken bottle.

A broken bottle supplied by George Soros and placed by ACORN, obviously.

Last edited by iSeamas (2009-11-04 11:25 am)