Current Hemorrhoid

"...you [Republicans] have ideology that’s really not based on any sort of substance that can move an agenda forward, that can really help people in this country.”

Hmmm... I wonder who said that? 'Probably some left-wing ultra-liberal Democrat', you're probably thinking.

Wrong! Those are the words of Dede Scozzafava, the Republican who ran for the New York 23rd congressional district, but dropped out of the running and endorsed the Democrat candidate.

She continued, “I don’t think it’s good for the health of our party. Any party that just tries to purge members that might have any sort of independent thinking, I think, eventually will run itself to very much of a minority status..."

We tried to purge her... get a load of that!

I know little about her stances, although I do know she is anti-baby. When she dropped out, she endorsed the Democrat running in her race, Bill Owens, and not the conservative Independent, Doug Hoffman. Seems to me that she was not exercising "independent thinking", she was thinking like a liberal. Which means she should run like a liberal. You can't claim to be "purged" just because you don't get elected.

However, she says she plans to stay with the Republicans, even after getting ripped out of the New York State Assembly last Monday. Why would she stay in a place she feels like she's not wanted? Well, to explain, Scozzafava said: “You know, the original Republican Party was all about less government interference in the lives of individuals. It was about promoting self-sufficiency versus government dependency.”

I have no idea why that statement has anything to do with anything. Not to mention that what she just proclaimed the Republican party to be, in my view, still is the case. Hoffman, her Independent opponent in her failed election, supported that. Owens, the Democrat, almost certainly did not, as the Democrats are generally for big government.

Whatevs... Scozzafava is a weak Republican; a RINO, like Arlen Specter. If she departed for the Democrats, she would be no loss to the Republicans. Just as Specter was no loss, nor would senators Snowe (R-ME) and Collins (R-ME) if they switched.

Having somebody who votes consistently liberal in a party of conservatives truly is a Republican In Name Only. We could never count on a conservative vote from Specter, and I don't think we can from Scozzafava.

But Scozzafava seems to think differently about her own record, “...I voted 95 percent with my Republican leader in the State Assembly..."

Well, perhaps that is true. But that would only prove the Republican leader to also be a RINO. So, I think we'd all be better off if Scozzafava left the party, and left us all alone. At least she wouldn't be quite as annoying. Think of it as a hemorrhoidectemy.