Hoffman Gets His Teabags Dunked by Democrat Owens in New York's 23rd!

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By Mark Karlin

Forget about the two GOP govenor pick-ups in VA and NJ. The splash heard 'round the country was Right Wing Nut Job (RWNJ) Doug Hoffman getting his teabags dunked by Democrat Bill Owens in New York's 23rd Congressional District, which borders the "socialist" nation of Canada.

Oh, Beck, Pawlenty, the Club for Growth and Dick Armey's gang of Tea Party propagandists thought that this would be the shot that officially started the Civil War in the GOP. But add this to Sarah Palin's ever downward trend in political forays (she prominently endorsed Hoffman, who was running on the New York Conservative Party ticket -- New York has a number of long-standing independent parties -- over the official GOP candidate, one Dierdre Scozzafava); Sarah's going rogue by chronically being on the losing side. 

Hoffman was defeated in a district that hasn't been represented by a Democrat as long as anyone living -- or dead -- can remember.  The next Republican who gets Palin's endorsement should remember that the pit bull from Alaska is the kiss of death.  You definitely don't want her lipstick on your collar if you are running for office (except for maybe South Carolina, where they still think that they can win the Civil War.)

Money flowed into Hoffman's campaign, who had all the charisma of a molding cauliflower, but he still lost by just under (4%) -- in divine justice -- because of the margin of vote garnered by Scozzafava, who received 6% of the vote because her name was still on the ballot after she withdrew just days before the election, as she was teabagged out of the race. 

So Republican Candidate Scozzafava proved Hoffman's undoing, even though she was no longer officially a candidate. (Her withdrawal came too late for her name to be removed from the voting machines). Let that be a lesson to "going rogue."

What's more, although there were allegedly 10,000 absentee and military ballots still unopened, Hoffman conceded last night. Why? Because all those ballots were cast before Scozzafava withdrew and Hoffman was embraced by the "let's put America in reverse" crowd, so Scozzafava would probably be the biggest beneficiary of the absentee ballots, decreasing Hoffman's percentage of the vote even further.

BuzzFlash is deeply disappointed that the voters of Maine narrowly chose to overturn the first state legislature passed legislation allowing gay marriage.  The LGBT advocates put up a tremendous campaign and should be a model for other progressive groups.  But in the end, gay marriage and civil rights were the losers, as they were in California last year.

But we'll fight with the LGBT community who will prevail across the land in the next few years; we're near the tipping point now on gay marriage.

In the meantime, we'll savor the victory of Congressman-elect Owens in the NY 23rd.

Hoffman's teabags got dunked, and we're the ones reaping the pleasure of the moment.

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