I dont think too many of us are shocked by the the title of this diary, because we know that most conservatives are about as phony as George Bush's attempts to keep down government spending, but this one really takes the cake.
For those of you who may not be familiar with Mr. Hoffman he is the New York Conservative Party candidate for congress from NY 23 in the upcoming special election next Tuesday. He will face the democratic choice, Bill Owens and the republican nominee Dede Scozzafava.
Since being nominated by the conservatives Mr. Hoffman has run a viscious campaign against the republican in an attempt to drain her support, and move it to him. However just 2 days after the republicans chose Scozzafava, Mr. Hoffman warmly endorsed that very same republican. More after the fold
http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/...
Doug Hoffman pledged to help Dede Scozzafava in an e-mail sent two days after the Republican Party passed over Hoffman, the Lake Placid accountant for the nomination. An e-mail, sent from Mr. Hoffman's business account on July 24 and provided by the Scozzafava campaign, states in full:
Hi Dede, Congratulations and the best of luck in your candidacy. Let me know if there is anything I can do to help. Doug."
Hoffman tries to get out of this by hoping people will believe that he had no idea that Scozzafava had liberal tendencies:
I never promised that I would support Dede Scozzafava," he said. "I did indicate that I would be happy to support a conservative Republican candidate, especially if it wasn't me. ... It never occurred to me that the party would pick the only liberal in the race.
However as Jude Seymour, a Watertown Daily Times staff writer indicates the whole thing sounds ridiculous:
To me, it doesn't add up. Mr. Hoffman was at multiple meetings with Ms. Scozzafava before she was picked, where he had ample opportunity to hear the candidate speak on a variety of issues and talk to her himself. Now he's suggesting he didn't learn about her record during those meetings and figured it out AFTER he sent the e-mail. There was plenty of media who suggested Ms. Scozzafava held "liberal" positions before July 24, but apparently Mr. Hoffman wasn't paying attention to any of them.
Ms. Seymour goes on to ask us all the key question:
What do you think? Does this apparent discrepancy suggest anything about Mr. Hoffman's character?
Any voter in NY 23 needs to think long and hard about Doug Hoffman. Is this the kind of unabashed fraud that you wish to have representing your interests in congress?