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NYT columnist Frank Rich has the heebie-jeebies

By Michelle Malkin • October 31, 2009 10:35 PM

Aw, poor Frank Rich. The far Left columnist for the New York Times is spooked by mainstream conservatives asserting themselves in the NY-23 congressional race.

Limited government activists rising up against the GOP elite?

Horrors!

The New York fracas was ignited by the routine decision of 11 local Republican county chairmen to anoint an assemblywoman, Dede Scozzafava, as their party’s nominee for the vacant seat. The 23rd is in safe Republican territory that hasn’t sent a Democrat to Congress in decades. And Scozzafava is a mainstream conservative by New York standards; one statistical measure found her voting record slightly to the right of her fellow Republicans in the Assembly. But she has occasionally strayed from orthodoxy on social issues (abortion, same-sex marriage) and endorsed the Obama stimulus package. To the right’s Jacobins, that’s cause to send her to the guillotine.

Sure enough, bloggers trashed her as a radical leftist and ditched her for a third-party candidate they deem a “true” conservative, an accountant and businessman named Doug Hoffman. When Gingrich dared endorse Scozzafava anyway — as did other party potentates like John Boehner and Michael Steele — he too was slimed. Mocking Newt’s presumed 2012 presidential ambitions, Michelle Malkin imagined him appointing Al Sharpton as secretary of education and Al Gore as “global warming czar.” She’s quite the wit.

The wrecking crew of Kristol, Fred Thompson, Dick Armey, Michele Bachmann, The Wall Street Journal editorial page and the government-bashing Club for Growth all joined the Hoffman putsch. Then came the big enchilada: a Hoffman endorsement from Palin on her Facebook page. Such is Palin’s clout that Steve Forbes, Rick Santorum and Tim Pawlenty, the Minnesota governor (and presidential aspirant), promptly fell over one another in their Pavlovian rush to second her motion. They were joined by far-flung Republican congressmen from Kansas, Georgia, Oklahoma and California, not to mention a gaggle of state legislators from Colorado. On Fox News, Beck took up the charge, insinuating that Hoffman’s Republican opponent might be a fan of Karl Marx. Some $3 million has now been dumped into this race by outside groups.

Political groups other than MoveOn spending money to sway the electorate? Why, it’s Stalinism.

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#101

On November 1st, 2009 at 5:27 pm, sbw999 said:

That picture of his smug elitist face gives me the heebee-geebies.
#102

On November 1st, 2009 at 9:35 pm, Marc said:

Frank Rich would have some credibility if he complained when the far left wing of the Democratic Party poured millions into the effort to destroy Joe Lieberman. Joe Lieberman had been Al Gore’s running mate and was proLabor, prochoice on abortion, supported the Clinton 1993 massive tax increase and agreed with Al Gore on global warning. But because he did not favor leaving Saddam Hussein in power, he was banished from the Democratic Party. And in place of Joe, the left wing Hollywood crowd selected a nonentity called Ned Lamont, whose two biggest supporters were Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. Where was Frank Rich back then? BTW, Lamont, backed by his wife’s millions from investment banking in New York, is planning a 2012 run? Will Frank Rich complain about Lamont being funded by Wall Street? Somehow I doubt it.
#103

On November 2nd, 2009 at 12:00 am, Flyoverman said:

More to come Frank. Fasten your seat belt.
#104

On November 2nd, 2009 at 8:24 am, itzWicks said:

Can you smell the fear tonight? I can’t wait to see the results Wednesday morning..
#105

On November 2nd, 2009 at 12:36 pm, FirstSkirt said:

You can bet millions are now being poured into Owens’ TV ads by the DNC to sway the DeeDee voters. You never hear Rich talking about the money that Dems spend on elections. IMO, Rich is nothing but an elitist snob writer from NY (you know, where the real influential people are). H–l with him.
#106

On November 2nd, 2009 at 1:52 pm, AlohaGuy said:

NYT columnist Frank Rich has the heebie-jeebies

Well he is their Theatre Critic isn’t he?
#107

On November 2nd, 2009 at 1:53 pm, AlohaGuy said:

Interestingly his odds on Intrade have dropped precipitously since Dede dropped out.

Probably right after Newt endorsed him.
#108

On November 2nd, 2009 at 4:52 pm, Winghunter said:

Rich thinks he’s spooked now….