{"id":15363,"date":"2009-10-31T10:51:18","date_gmt":"2009-10-31T15:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=15363"},"modified":"2009-10-31T10:51:18","modified_gmt":"2009-10-31T15:51:18","slug":"a-blow-struck-for-conservatism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=15363","title":{"rendered":"A blow struck for conservatism"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dede Scozzafava dropped out of New York’s 23rd District race for John McHugh’s vacated seat, according to the Watertown Times<\/a> (found at Ace<\/a> with flaming skull);<\/p>\n

“It is increasingly clear that pressure is mounting on many of my supporters to shift their support. Consequently, I hereby release those individuals who have endorsed and supported my campaign to transfer their support as they see fit to do so. I am and have always been a proud Republican. It is my hope that with my actions today, my party will emerge stronger and our district and our nation can take an important step towards restoring the enduring strength and economic prosperity that has defined us for generations.<\/p>\n

“On Election Day my name will appear on the ballot, but victory is unlikely. To those who support me \u2013 and to those who choose not to \u2013 I offer my sincerest thanks. Dede.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So with Joe Biden making an appearance in Watertown with Democrat Bill Owens on Monday<\/a>, victory is all but assured for Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman.<\/p>\n

I think that was the bravest thing Scozzafava could have done and I commend her…braver still would be the Republican Party supporting Hoffman unconditionally like the Conservative Party of New York has unconditionally supported countless Republican candidates since the Conservative Party was founded in 1962. Since their founding, no Republican has won the governorship of New York without the endorsement of the Conservative party. Now it’s time to return the favor. I’m sure that’s what influenced George Pataki to endorse Hoffman yesterday<\/a> – now for the rest of the GOP to follow suit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dede Scozzafava dropped out of New York’s 23rd District race for John McHugh’s vacated seat, according … A blow struck for conservatism<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,83,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-barack-obama","category-breaking-news","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15363\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}