Election Day is tomorrow. Bookeristas weigh in on the 23rd Congressional District race, which has drawn national attention as Doug Hoffman under the Conservative Party banner might win the seat vacated by former Rep. John McHugh (R-N.Y.):
Alan Keyes: "NY-23: Orgy Of Self-Seeking Reveals GOP Void Of Statesmanship"
Asserts the conservative activist and America's Independent Party member: "With the withdrawal of Dede Scozzafava from contention in the special election in NY's 23rd Congressional District, we see a clear result of implementing Michael Steele's infamous 80/20 approach to candidate selection. Grassroots conservatives still hampered by their allegiance to the Republican Party need to consider the lessons to be drawn from the Republican [P]arty's disappearance from that race. Scozzafava was a candidate typical of the predilections of GOP Party bosses and the majority of its big money fundraisers. They believe that the Party's formula for political victory requires people who oppose or just give lip service to conservative stands on the issues of moral principle, like respect for the unalienable right to life and defense of the natural family, but embrace conservative positions on other fronts, especially when it comes to money issues."
After arguing that Ms. Scozzafava has more in common with leftist Democrats and that leading Republican figures views issues of money and power as all that matters, Mr. Keyes continues his commentary: "The battle with the Obama faction is in the end a struggle to determine whether this moral concept of humanity will continue to be the basis for American government, or whether it will be replaced by a moral vision that discards the whole idea of a distinctive human nature so that human beings can be treated simply as objects for manipulation by an all powerful administrative state. At the grassroots many Americans, regardless of political labels, instinctively grasp what is at stake. They long for leaders who also understand, and will rise to defend the moral idea of America, from which so many have gained inspiration and hope, and for which so many have risked or given their lives. An appreciation for this longing has been a hallmark of American statesmanship when leaders arose in response to the crises of the past. The Republican Party's founding President, Abraham Lincoln, understood and spoke to it as he represented and articulated the moral causes of the American Civil War. But GOP leaders today not only lack the depth for such statesmanship, they appear utterly devoid of any sense of the compassionate concern for humanity from which it arises. Their preference for so-called 'moderates' proves the point. What is moderate about rejecting the natural right of human family life in order to accept a paradigm of human sexuality freed from the responsible discipline of human procreation? What is moderate about rejecting the idea of natural, and therefore inherent, human rights in order to accept a so-called 'right' to murder our offspring?"
Final thoughts: "By accepting an idea of right that limited and disciplined our choice, we became a people capable of doing what the scoffing philosophers thought impossible - establishing a government of, by and for the people that promotes order and prosperous decency rather than licentious self-destruction. This is true moderation. Real moderates, therefore, will not support people like Scozzafava, or the covert Scozzafavas the cynical, self-seeking GOP leadership insists on foisting off as 'conservatives.' They will instead seek out representatives who work to conserve the American idea of right. This is the heart and soul of the conservative cause, which in the end is just the cause of lasting liberty."
Kenneth Durden: "Republican Meltdown Or Hope For Real Change"The libertarian-conservative blogger hopes that major parties get a shellacking tomorrow: "The Bloomberg headline reads: 'Republican Scozzafava Backs Democrat in New York Congress Race'. Many are speculating about whether this one New York congressional race says something about the future of the GOP and perhaps the nation. This race and Scozzafava's move definitely say something about the GOP. Scozzafava's action reinforces the belief that there's not much difference between the two major parties. This is particularly scary since we have the most extreme far-left Congress and White House in the nation's history. There is no way a conservative could have made such a move if they understood the danger we face with our country in the hands of Nancy Pelosi. Scozzafava should have the decency to put country before party or her ego and hurt feelings. She could have gracefully bowed out and kept silent even if she didn't want to support Hoffman. Like many people who are fed up with the current crew in Washington, I don't see the Republicans as the solution. The Republicans are just as responsible for the mess in our government as the Democrats. It's time for some people who respect and appreciate individual rights, personal property, less intrusive government and the Constitution! If the New York race goes to Hoffman, it doesn't mean that there's a new political party on the horizon. Hopefully it means that there is a chance for real change."
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