Hoffman ‘Un-Concedes’ The NY-23 Election After Prodding From His ‘Mentor’ Glenn Beck
Hoffman ‘Un-Concedes’ The NY-23 Election After Prodding From His ‘Mentor’ Glenn Beck
On Nov. 3, Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman conceded the special election in New York’s 23rd district after finding out that he was losing considerably to Democrat Bill Owens, who has already been sworn in and cast an important vote for health care reform. However, “a standard process of correcting human errors in election night spreadsheets” has narrowed Owens’ lead over Hoffman from more than 5,000 votes to about 3,000, and the New York Board of Elections is counting around 10,000 absentee ballots.
A Hoffman win is still a longshot, but on Glenn Beck’s radio show today, he said he was feeling hopeful. He even told Beck that he was un-conceding the race:
BECK: Alright, so let me ask you two questions. Are you currently bowing to me at the waist? (LAUGHTER) Have you bowed, or will you bow, to anyone, at the waist? No? Okay, good. Second question for you, are you officially un-conceding at this moment?
HOFFMAN: Yes, if I knew this information at the election night, I would not have conceded.
BECK: So are you un-conceding?
HOFFMAN: If that’s possible, yes.
BECK: If the President can bow to an emperor and nobody says anything, yeah, I think you can unconcede.
Listen here:
If anyone could get Hoffman to unconcede the race, it would be Beck, whom Hoffman has called his “mentor.” Hoffman has signed a pledge to uphold Beck’s 9/12 Project principles in Congress and lurched to the right to curry favor with the right-wing host.
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BECK: If the President can bow to an emperor and nobody says anything, yeah, I think you can unconcede.
Well you just said something about Obama bowing ….Oh, yeah , that’s right ; your are NOTHING , Glenn Speck …..
My bad
November 16th, 2009 at 4:53 pmPfftttt! Next act in the game of political theater please. This one sucks.
November 16th, 2009 at 4:54 pmSomeone needs to inform Mr. Hoffman that he can’t un-concede an election. If he had that much of a hard-on for the seat, he should’ve waited a few days and called for a recount.
Owens has been sworn in and he’ll remain there until at least 2011 (quite a bit longer if the GOP is intent on running the schmuck who tried to unconcede an election)
November 16th, 2009 at 4:56 pmI love how we’re to the point where we count how many handshakes someone has made to make some sort of statement. Japanese people bow all the time as it is… I don’t recall anyone getting all huffy if someone bowed to some European monarch. It’s kind of just the etiquette.
They essentially want Obama to be some sort of Western hero. I hope this country is finished electing cowboy presidents, honestly. Respect no one, shoot first and never ask questions.
Ignoring Beck in general, this guy conceded. Sorry buddy!
November 16th, 2009 at 4:57 pmIn an equal IQ contest 1 + 1 still equals 1..In this case, 1 + 1 EQUALS ZERO…..
Two more stupid individuals sharing airwaves actually broadcast over public spectrum has never before been achieved….fitting for these two…….
November 16th, 2009 at 4:57 pm“If the President can bow to an emperor and nobody says anything, yeah, I think you can unconcede”
November 16th, 2009 at 4:59 pm—
Does this even make sense since plenty of people have said something?
caption…
“Beck? Me?!! An interview?!!! Oh goody goody goody!!!
November 16th, 2009 at 4:59 pm*groan*
Oh, for the love of…
Are we going to start hearing Franken v. Coleman false equivalencies?
November 16th, 2009 at 5:00 pmWhat lesson have we learned? Hoffman’s mentor was Glenn Beck and it proved having an alcoholic drug addict and an insane mentor will make you lose everytime.
November 16th, 2009 at 5:00 pmSore loser-man!
November 16th, 2009 at 5:02 pmIf the President can bow to an emperor…
Uh, that’s quite the (il)logical leap, Beck.
What does Pres Obama’s bow have to do with this election at all?
Beck: Always looking for an excuse to say stupid things.
November 16th, 2009 at 5:03 pmBECK: If the President can bow to an emperor and nobody says anything, yeah, I think you can unconcede.
If an idiot falls at Fox News, does it make a sound at the White House? ‘Cause there was a hell of a lot of squawking about this one, pal.
If I ever meet Beck? I will not shake his hand, bow to him…nothing. I will just stand there, cross my arms nice and slow, and give him a death-stare.
November 16th, 2009 at 5:06 pmIf there are only 10,000 votes to count and he is 3,000 votes behind he would have to get like 70% of the 10,000.
November 16th, 2009 at 5:06 pmYou can only un-concede if you’re not afraid of looking like a jerk. A settled question with regard to Hoffman.
November 16th, 2009 at 5:06 pmI hope the people of NY23 are paying attention. The guy they had a chance of electing to represent them is taking legal advice from a rodeo clown.
November 16th, 2009 at 5:07 pmTP, I believe that 10,000 figure is incorrect.
That number is the amount of absentee ballots that were applied for, not the number returned.
And Hoffman would need at least a 2 to 1 advantage from those
November 16th, 2009 at 5:09 pmballots to come close. Not gonna happen.
There’s no part of that headline I didn’t like.
November 16th, 2009 at 5:10 pmCaption: What do you mean you can’t uncount the votes?
November 16th, 2009 at 5:10 pmBECK: If the President can bow to an emperor and nobody says anything, yeah, I think you can unconcede.
If GW Bush can suk Saudi TERRORIST FINANCIER dik, then yeah,
Obama can bow to an emperor.
November 16th, 2009 at 5:11 pmIts amazing how repugs listen to beck. By the time the 2012 election rolls around beck will probably be in a mental ward where he belongs.
November 16th, 2009 at 5:12 pmmccain unconcedes at 4pm
November 16th, 2009 at 5:13 pmIs that like becoming a virgin again?
November 16th, 2009 at 5:13 pmThis is getting more ridiculous all the time. there’s an AP story on the web, and just to give an idea of the BS that’s going on, I thought I’d enclose the whole thing – try not to throw up
November 16th, 2009 at 5:13 pm
You can’t un-concede!
(pssst… can you un-concede??)
November 16th, 2009 at 5:15 pmHOFFMAN: Yes, if I knew this information at the election night, I would not have conceded.
If you DIDN’T know this on election night, you are clueless but, nonetheless, have to accept the consequences of your conceding. Oh, wait, you are a teabagger-loving, “conservative”. I stand corrected as you don’t have to take responsibility as it is in direct opposition to your political philosophy. Stupid on, then!
November 16th, 2009 at 5:16 pmmuzz, anything Obama does is going to be fodder for these idiots to criticize.
November 16th, 2009 at 5:17 pmEspecially being respectful of other cultures, instead of bombing the shit out of them.
Does the pope shit in the woods?
sorry… I just like saying that.
November 16th, 2009 at 5:17 pmHe already works in one.
November 16th, 2009 at 5:18 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
These same people howled because President Obama touched the Queen. They’re all concerned about proper protocol regarding the Queen but think he should snub the Emperor. Well our Revolutionary War was against the Queen’s throne so why were they all worried that he didn’t treat her with enough respect?
November 16th, 2009 at 5:20 pmCaption: “The Metamucil is working!”
November 16th, 2009 at 5:21 pmBECK: Alright, so let me ask you two questions. Are you currently bowing to me at the waist? (LAUGHTER) Have you bowed, or will you bow, to anyone, at the waist? No? Okay, good.
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Because everybody know the best position for proper b*tt-kissing is on one’s knees. Bowing at the waist to perform this task puts a lot of strain on the lower back muscles.
November 16th, 2009 at 5:21 pmI really like Hoffman.
AAAAHHHHHH
Unsubmit, unsubmit dammit!
November 16th, 2009 at 5:21 pmwhip that tired pony, al-Ehandro…
November 16th, 2009 at 5:22 pm@3. Land of a 1000 Dances says: It’s all so bold and fresh! November 16th, 2009 at 4:55 pm
Please, that’s Bald & Feckless (bald-faced lies and feckless bs). There’s nought bold or fresh about Beck by his very own self or in conjunction with O’Liarly. Maybe as bold as a limburger fart, but about as fresh as refrigarator mold.
November 16th, 2009 at 5:22 pmIt’s long been common knowledge that most wingnut candidates get their marching orders from the extreme right radio/teevee pundits.
But Hoffman is the first guy I’ve seen who actually goes through this ritual on the air.
November 16th, 2009 at 5:22 pmMuzz @ 24, It doesnt matter what obama does the repugs will find fault with everything he does. The repugs and the wingnut talkingheads are pathetic. These are the same idiots who said if you critisized bush then you were a traitor.
November 16th, 2009 at 5:22 pmWe had Republicans in the 18th century, but they were called Tories.
November 16th, 2009 at 5:22 pmMy god.. look at that picture!
is that their figure of ‘moral fiber’?
I can’t even express how I feel about the fact that this guy was a shoe in for the Republicans.. I didn’t think they could find a more miserable looking sorry sap than Dubya..
They were going to elect him!! They tried! Because he has ‘values’… what kind of values can he have? I look at that picture.. I think maybe he masturbates with kittens in his pants.. he’s a rare specimen.. a fully functional invalid.. he most likely has the nastiest most immoral abominable sick skeletons in his closet known to man! And this is their ‘values’ guy!
Guys.. this is about protecting humanity. They like him – what does that even say about them…. ??
November 16th, 2009 at 5:25 pmrepublicans are always getting un married.
palen un governered
mccain un everthing he said and then did it again.
November 16th, 2009 at 5:25 pmBeckerhead bows alot…at least it keeps him from talking with his mouth full.
Beckerhead is his mentor? Wow, not very high standards there.
November 16th, 2009 at 5:26 pmAnd Alejandro comes in for the first SQUIRREL! call of the entry.
November 16th, 2009 at 5:27 pmUm, okay… who is the biggest moron here?
The candidate who doesn’t understand election law, or the commentator who thinks he knows everything? But, doesn’t know election law. Sheesh…
November 16th, 2009 at 5:30 pmHayne, you beat me to it (almost):
“Why didn’t Obama pinch the Queen’s ass when he met her? What’s he afraid of?”
November 16th, 2009 at 5:30 pmAlejandro says:
Did Alejandra ever say anything relevant to the topic?
Not that I recall.. I just see him walk into a room of people laughing at Republican imbeciles.. and then he points and says ‘uhhh.. quick..look over there!’
November 16th, 2009 at 5:30 pm@ 31. Alejandro says: Did Hoffman promise to end the wars if he were elected? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LsSppYxSHk November 16th, 2009 at 5:20 pm
Alehandjob, what you doin’ over here? Where your bromance bud, Roofus Leaky? You wash your hands before you come back here like you were told?
November 16th, 2009 at 5:31 pmThanks for the replys – I usually don’t get many. What really pissed me off is that stories like the one I posted at #24 are just put out there by the MSM without comparisons to what other president’s may have done (real comparisons – not what the scum-bag repukes say about it), or without some thought on how it just might possibly be a good idea to have some mutual respect in the world with our neighbors. If people keep listening to complete dickheads little becky and limpballs, and falling all over themselves over ms barbie doll palin – this country is doomed, doomed I tell ya’
November 16th, 2009 at 5:31 pmI thought Sarah Palin was his mentor, not that she would be much of an improvement.
November 16th, 2009 at 5:36 pmThis is good. Let the guy make an even bigger ass of himself than people know him to be now.
November 16th, 2009 at 5:39 pm*
@ 34. missmolly says: “BECK: Alright, so let me ask you two questions. Are you currently bowing to me at the waist? (LAUGHTER) Have you bowed, or will you bow, to anyone, at the waist? No? Okay, good.” Because everybody know the best position for proper b*tt-kissing is on one’s knees. Bowing at the waist to perform this task puts a lot of strain on the lower back muscles. November 16th, 2009 at 5:21 pm
Ha-rumph (and other serious throat-clearing noises). A bow to bumkiss is recommended when the (host) is standing on his head, or laid face down on his desk. And everyone knows that proper form is to pivot through the hips rather than at the waist. Attempts to bow at the waist by political novices bumkissing a DJ have been known to not only cause lower back muscle strain, but to result in one or more herniated discs.
Aw hell, go ahead and bow at the waist, Hoffman.
November 16th, 2009 at 5:40 pmShayne…
I thought it was Michelle Obama that “touched” the Queen..(Put her arm around her,actually)
I’m hoping this “Bowgate” is a tempest in a teapot(no pun intended)….
With all the Critical Important issues facing America which Involve those on the other side of the Pacific Ocean…Iran,Korea, Afghanistan, Climate Change,National Debt, Globalization, to name but a few….
Grow up America.
November 16th, 2009 at 5:42 pmBadger @ 53
Amen to that
November 16th, 2009 at 5:43 pmIt’s not a good idea to take advise from someone who just makes words up, whether it be election advise or etiquette.
After eight years of the most uncouth president in modern history, suddenly manners are so important? Funny how they want him to bow, just not to any ‘feriners’.
Ooo, bowed at the waist. Add that to your list of impeachment charges then stick it back where you pulled it from.
November 16th, 2009 at 5:45 pmAlejandro says: Did Hoffman promise to end the wars if he were elected?
Said Mr. Bush in 2000: “I would be very careful about using our troops as nation-builders.”
BUSH: “The arrogance, inconsistency, and unreliability of the [Clinton] administration’s diplomacy have undermined American alliances, alienated friends, and emboldened our adversaries.”
BUSH: “The current administration has casually sent American armed forces on dozens of missions without clear goals, realizable objectives, favorable rules of engagement, or defined exit strategies.”
BUSH: “I think the president ought to get on the phone with the OPEC cartel and say: ‘We expect you to open your spigots’ …The president of the United States must jawbone OPEC members to lower the price.”
You see Alejandro, there’s this thing called the internet, and Google, and they’ve been around since like 1995, and what they do see, is they let you find things that people said or did, or said they did but didn’t, or said they didn’t but actually did, and stuff like that see?
November 16th, 2009 at 5:49 pmLet the Reichwhiners rave about what they don’y understand. It seems to work pretty well.
President Obama, as a man of the world of wide experience, is very well aware of the social, political, religious, and diplomatic significance of bowing. This is particularly true of Eastern cultures.
Short version? It is appropriate for heads of state to exchange bows, as representatives of their people, to show mutual respect and honor.
November 16th, 2009 at 5:50 pmWhich is worse.. Bowing at the waist or Ducking Shoes??
November 16th, 2009 at 5:50 pmHoffman must have learned this trick from Larry Craig. Republicans seem to want mulligans for every dumb move. There’s no do-overs morons.
November 16th, 2009 at 5:51 pmCaption contest:
Glenn!!!
November 16th, 2009 at 5:51 pmOh, puh-lease!! What a couple of freaking drama queens.
And Doug? Central Casting called – they want their ‘neighborhood geek/panty-sniffing pervert’ back.
November 16th, 2009 at 5:52 pmHey, Hoffman, look on the bright side of your defeat – you won’t have to move to the district you ran in! Holy Birther, Hoffman!
November 16th, 2009 at 5:53 pmMaybe Hoffman can hire Normy Coleman to challenge the results in court? I don’t think he has a full-time gig until he’s cleared to legally lobby.
November 16th, 2009 at 6:02 pmCoincidentally, it was Hoffman’s unbirthday today.
November 16th, 2009 at 6:03 pmIs it just me, or did I see Mr. Hoffman as an extra in several of George Romero’s movies?
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Who cares what any of therepublicans/conservatives say?
I don’t. They can all take a dive into the Marianas Trench without wetsuits and without oxygen tanks.
I don’t listen or pay attention to anything they say because it’s all BS.
November 16th, 2009 at 7:53 pm–the republicans/conservatives—
Sorry about running words together, but I’ve had it with them.
November 16th, 2009 at 7:54 pmGreat idea. I think Al Gore should un-concede the 2000 election so we can honestly say that America has never had a dim-witted lunatic for a president.
November 16th, 2009 at 8:14 pmAnd tomorrow, Hoffman plans to celebrate his un-birthday with the Mad Hatter.
November 16th, 2009 at 8:32 pmBECK: If the President can bow to an emperor and nobody says anything, yeah, I think you can unconcede.
So this shows how really stupid & ignorant Beck is. Nobody says anything? Many a hate-filled, racist, idiot right-wing pundit has done nothing but “say everything” about Obama’s bow. That’s why they look so stupid, hate-filled, & racist. So Beck joins the others who think Bush’ kissing & holding hands with emperors/dictators/republicans (heads of republics) is simply fine & dandy. Beck & Hoffman both show themselves, once again, to be dishonest dolts.
Hmm– maybe “unconcede” can be in the running for next year’s word of the year?
November 16th, 2009 at 8:37 pmHoffman always appears to be such a doofus—I don’t see how he got as many votes as he did.
Mr. Duke,
November 16th, 2009 at 9:10 pm1)Gore actually got 550,000 more votes than W.
2)Exit polls (accurate to within 0.2% before 2000) said Gore won Florida by 300,000.
3)W’s brother and co-chair Katherine kicked 70,000 African-Americans off the rolls. 95% of them should not have been kicked off.
4)Software engineer Clint Curtis said he made the software for Republican Tom Feeney to flip the votes in 2000.
In addition to everything else, AlGore invented un-conceding in 2000. All we want is for every vote to be counted as many times as it takes to get the outcome we want.
November 16th, 2009 at 10:08 pmAll we want is for every vote to be counted as many times as it takes to get the outcome we want.
November 16th, 2009 at 11:36 pm—
Fine. And if you lose will you stand naked on the town common and allow us to make fun of you shrivelled pale genetalia?
You may want to check out Bradblog, who has some interesting comments on the recent special election in NY-23 in an article entitled, “Did Doug Hoffman actually win the NY-23 special election? If so, does it matter?”
Somehow, I doubt that an early “concession” has any legal standing in American election law.
November 17th, 2009 at 1:20 amLadies and Gentlemen…the next Larry Craig everyone.
November 17th, 2009 at 2:56 amRepublican president Richard Milhous Nixon bowed to Japanese emperor Hirohito (who was emperor when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor) when the two met in Alaska (!) in 1971.
Technically correct, Bill, not in the last 20 years, but in the last 38, yes.
November 17th, 2009 at 9:57 amMr Duke
No he didnt. My GOD you are a stupid brainwashed mountain of ignorance
November 17th, 2009 at 2:45 pmHivri you ignorant brainwashed PUNK. My GOD you are stupid. Gore did no such thing. He called BUSH and told him he would concede until the REAL numbers were reported to him and he told BUSH he wasnt going to concede. He NEVER formally conceded. You stupid hivemind lemming. Not even CLOSE to the same thing.
November 17th, 2009 at 2:47 pmTry to remember you ignorant trolls. When all valid votes were counted Gore WON Florida by ANY COUNTING SCENARIO
November 17th, 2009 at 2:47 pmBECK: So are you un-conceding?
HOFFMAN: If that’s possible, yes. Then to really test the boundaries of what’s possible I’m going to un-un-concede. They’ll never see it coming.
November 17th, 2009 at 3:48 pmwell, blah di blah
November 18th, 2009 at 10:29 am