After conceding, then unconceding, then conceding, then unconceding, Hoffman now concedes.
After conceding, then unconceding, then conceding, then unconceding, Hoffman now concedes.
On Nov. 16, ThinkProgress reported that failed Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman told Glenn Beck that he was unconceding the NY-23 special election, even though the winner, Democrat Bill Owens, was already in office. Shortly thereafter, however, Hoffman’s spokesman said that they weren’t unconceding the race. But then on Nov. 19, Hoffman posted a statement on his website, this time making clear that he was actually unconceding the race, citing concerns about voter fraud at the hands of ACORN and labor unions. Today, Hoffman has put out another statement, this time saying that he is conceding:
Yesterday, the remaining ballots were counted in the 23rd Congressional District special election. The results re-affirm the fact that Bill Owens won.
Since, the morning of November 4th, many of my supporters have asked me to challenge the outcome of this race. Their concerns centered on the veracity of the new voting machines used, for the first time, in the majority of the eleven counties that make up the Congressional District. Over the past three weeks, we nearly cut Bill Owens’ lead in half. Sadly, that is not enough.
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He will be back tommorrow with another story.
November 24th, 2009 at 4:31 pmYour typical Republican:
Not very adept at this whole “government” thing.
November 24th, 2009 at 4:31 pmMy guess is Beck is going to claim SEIU threatened Hoffman.
November 24th, 2009 at 4:31 pm.
Damn,
Doug Hoffman is more on and off than a wall street hooker on C street.
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November 24th, 2009 at 4:33 pmFish can only flip flop for so long. Then they begin to stink.
November 24th, 2009 at 4:34 pmThese are the people who are always nattering about “liberal hypocrisy.”
November 24th, 2009 at 4:37 pmYesterday, the remaining ballots were counted in the 23rd Congressional District special election. The results re-affirm the fact that Bill Owens won.
I thought the whole point was that ACORN had tampered with the ballots and that the results were therefore invalid? Keep fighting, Doug! Get all the networks to interview you about your war against the ACORN/Reptoid alliance! Make sure to remind us that Sarah Palin implicitly supports everything your campaign says and does!
November 24th, 2009 at 4:37 pm“After conceding, then unconceding, then conceding, then unconceding, Hoffman now concedes.”
Good! The carpet bagger and yo yo candidate was the definition of insanity. Don’t let the door hit you on the butt on your way out.
November 24th, 2009 at 4:40 pmIs he UnCarpetbagging as well?
November 24th, 2009 at 4:43 pmYou can’t say you’re still in the race when the other guy is wearing the medal you idiot! Damn, how do the repugs ever expect to get anywhere with this sort of stupidity?
November 24th, 2009 at 4:43 pmHe gives the term ‘flipflopper’ a whole new meaning.
November 24th, 2009 at 4:45 pmif you don’t like his current decision?….wait five minutes
November 24th, 2009 at 4:45 pmIs he blaming ACORN again?
November 24th, 2009 at 4:45 pmI am psychotic, I am not psychotic, I am psychotic, I am not psychotic……
November 24th, 2009 at 4:46 pmAfter conceding, then unconceding, then conceding, then unconceding, Hoffman now concedes.
– - Geeze he’s conceited.
November 24th, 2009 at 4:47 pmThe only reason why he “unconceded” was because he was soliciting campaign contributions (hence the mention of ACORN).
He probably made a bundle off of that one. Can he spend money that was given to him for a campaign that is over?
November 24th, 2009 at 4:48 pmSee, this is what happens when your head stays up your ass for too long, eventually you forget which end you’re supposed to be speaking out of.
November 24th, 2009 at 4:48 pmBut has Dick Armey conceded?
November 24th, 2009 at 4:49 pmDon’t you find it amusing? Repug can NEVER admit they lost. They will blame ACORN, voting machines. Everything except themselves. It’s like Liddy Dole. She wouldn’t even concede. And of course Coleman who let it drag on for months. What a bunch of losers!
November 24th, 2009 at 4:53 pmSo he’s a flip-flop, flip-flop, flop of a re=thug.
I imagine that district knows EXACTLY how lucky they are.
Numb-nuts’ biggest mistake was his arrogance in assuming to represent a district he knew nothing about.
November 24th, 2009 at 4:57 pm*
It would take a MIRACLE to elect a Democrat, in a district that had gone Republican since the Civil War.
How about that Doug….you’re doing
November 24th, 2009 at 5:03 pmGod’s Work .
When I see eyes like the ones Hoffman has I cant help but think that one side of his brain completely rules the other.
November 24th, 2009 at 5:09 pmAnd yet they accuse Obama of dithering.
Can you imagine how many times he would have changed his
November 24th, 2009 at 5:13 pmcongressional votes ?
Let’s have Sarah go out and campaign for more of these guys… ending in running with Beck. Dream team to run against, maybe we could pound them into the ground once and for all… for awhile, anyway…
Unless it was all unsaid, I don’t remember the repugs being this bad in the fifties-sixties-seventies. This started with Ronnie baby, that perfect example of ignorant self-righteousness who gave encouragement to all the rest of these nabobs who before had the sense to be quieter or whose contemporaries kept them so…
How can we get them back into the box?
November 24th, 2009 at 5:15 pmXis@22, He’s got that whole wide eye stare that Michelle Bachman has. It makes them look demented. And creepy.
November 24th, 2009 at 5:18 pmhe’s once,
twice,
threee times a looo-ser…
November 24th, 2009 at 5:18 pmNewsflash: Dennis Kucinich on “MSNBC – Hardball with Chris Matthews”
tonight 5pm / 7pm ET
And Hoffman always acts like such a doofus!
November 24th, 2009 at 5:20 pmThis man represents nobody.
This man represents corporate interests.
Republicans represent no one.
Republicans represent corporate interests.
Republicans represent circus-governance.
November 24th, 2009 at 5:20 pmOver the past three weeks, we nearly cut Bill Owens’ lead in half. Sadly, that is not enough.
Yeah, he’s right — it usually takes a cut of about 2/3 in an opponent’s lead for a Repuke to win an election; just ask Al Gore…
November 24th, 2009 at 5:22 pmThis guy needs to discover a tooth brush and tooth paste. What a scumbag…literally.
November 24th, 2009 at 5:23 pmOh, subject for Kucinich is AFGHANISTAN.
November 24th, 2009 at 5:23 pmOff Topic.. Damn it. Chris Matthews is gong on and on again about the terror trials. I, myself, think Americans are made of tougher stuff. These guys are whining like children. If Bush and Cheney didn’t screw everything up and TRY these people when THEY wetre in office, we wouldn’t be in this mess.
November 24th, 2009 at 5:23 pmAs popularized on Who Wants to be a Millionaire:
Is that your final answer ?
November 24th, 2009 at 5:24 pmHoffman is a total flake.
November 24th, 2009 at 5:24 pmXis@22, He’s got that whole wide eye stare that Michelle Bachman has. It makes them look demented. And creepy.
I have this theory that when they have the weird eye, like Delay, they are very deceptive/dishonest people.
November 24th, 2009 at 5:27 pmSarah>? See what you’ve done? Now Douggie’s a quitter!
November 24th, 2009 at 5:28 pm“voting machines”?
But what about ACORN and the unions and the “tampering with democracy”?
November 24th, 2009 at 5:28 pmDoes this mean that this fracking Hoffman ditz/troll has finally made up it’s mind? Sorry, didn’t mean to imply that it was capable of mental activity…
Has the rock in it’s head fallen back to it’s usual position?
November 24th, 2009 at 5:29 pmRUC@36, LOL! I guess she is rubbing off on people. Only Repugs can make a loser AND a quitter into their next star. More power to them.
November 24th, 2009 at 5:31 pmHas the rock in it’s head fallen back to it’s usual position?
Heh.
Made me visualize a cranially trapped rock falling over and covering the sinus cavitiy causing mouth-breathing.
November 24th, 2009 at 5:31 pmDoug? Central Casting called. They want their little panty-sniffing pervert back.
November 24th, 2009 at 5:31 pmOff Topic… NOW Chris(Tweety)Matthews will talk about the GOOD things Obama has done since in office. Lately MSM has found nothing but critism.
November 24th, 2009 at 5:33 pmSeems there ought to be a Palin/Hoffman submissive joke in here somewhere, I just can’t seem to pull one together…
November 24th, 2009 at 5:39 pmdbadass,
They are eager to aggressively submit in any situation?
November 24th, 2009 at 5:45 pmDougie is upset because he won’t be attending the next House Nuts Christmas Party hosted by Boehner, Bachmann, and Cantor and their special guests Dick and Lizzie Cheney.
November 24th, 2009 at 5:49 pmlol, WHAT A JOKE. THIS GUY IS CLEARLY DUMB (AND IN ALL LIKELYHOOD CORRUPT) AS THE DAY IS LONG!
jESS
November 24th, 2009 at 5:54 pmWhos watching you??
Their concerns centered on the veracity of the new voting machines used, for the first time, in the majority of the eleven counties that make up the Congressional District.
Yes, I heard George W. Bush got several thousand votes.
November 24th, 2009 at 6:05 pmHoffman was against conceding, before he was for it, before he was against it again, before…
November 24th, 2009 at 6:07 pmWow!! Talk about dithering!!
November 24th, 2009 at 6:18 pmTheir concerns centered on the veracity of the new voting machines used, for the first time, in the majority of the eleven counties that make up the Congressional District.
When Democrats suggested that voting machines had been tampered with, or that the ballots were confusing, Republicans laughed it off. Huh.
November 24th, 2009 at 6:29 pmBeck manipulated this guy into acting like a jerk. If he stuck with his original concession he might have had a chance in some future race, now he looks weak and stupid.
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This guy Hoffman acts like a methhead.
November 24th, 2009 at 7:31 pmHis wife should keep a close eye on him.
Is that a dear in the fcking headlights or what!
November 24th, 2009 at 7:36 pmHey, Hoffman! That bad taste in your mouth isn’t just the bitter taste of defeat… Its the aftertaste of Glen Beck. Enjoy!
November 24th, 2009 at 8:07 pmAnd this clown wanted to be a member of Congress?
Does he realize he has to make decisive decisions when he votes and can’t continue to go up to the clerk and ask to have his vote changed from YES to NO to YES to NO?
November 24th, 2009 at 8:29 pmThe people of NY23 dodged the bullet with that one. They need to purge their communities of the crazies Take a warning
November 24th, 2009 at 9:35 pmThis guy is a laughing stock — people in NY should be greatly relieved that he isn’t in office.
November 24th, 2009 at 9:43 pmDoug Hoffman: ‘Full speed ahead to 2010′
USA Today – 1 hour ago
The Conservative Party candidate who drove the Republican nominee out of a House special election in upstate New York last month only to lose to the Democrat says he will run again in 2010. In an email to supporters, Doug Hoffman officially conceded …
with any luck he will live up to his creepy sex-abuser looks
and get caught before doing any more harm…
i know – i’m bad…
the guy just creeps me out.
November 24th, 2009 at 9:51 pmgooglenews page link
November 24th, 2009 at 9:54 pmMarie,
I am. I don’t live that far upstate, so I didn’t get to vote for Owens. Sadly, I have to admit that we have our share of ignorant crazies in New York. (And I’m not talking about The City. They aren’t ignorant.) I am embarrassed about them, as they indicate a failure of our once excellent Regents System.
November 24th, 2009 at 10:04 pmHe’ll go on Glenn Beck who’ll tell him to re-unconcede and fight this all the way to the supreme court. Dougie will slavishly agree with his master. Good boy, Dougie, here’s a treat.
November 24th, 2009 at 10:06 pmchandu11 says:
He’ll go on Glenn Beck who’ll tell him to re-unconcede and fight this all the way to the supreme court. Dougie will slavishly agree with his master. Good boy, Dougie, here’s a treat.
And I would happily remind Mr Hoffman of what Glenn Beck himself, his mentor, said. “If you take what I say as gospel, you’re an idiot.”
November 24th, 2009 at 10:10 pmThird reversal of Hoffman concession in 3…2…1…
Give me a break already…this wishy-washy waffling on Hoffman’s part should prove beyond the shadow of a doubt that he didn’t deserve to win the seat in the first place. Why would the people of NY23 actually want someone this indecisive to be given the responsibility of representing them?
November 24th, 2009 at 10:10 pmgawd… so sorry… it just occurred to me how wrong i was to wish some sexual abuse on someone, as i unintentionally did above…
… maybe if he just got caught TRYING to diddle a little boy…
no, that’s not right either…
sorry… he can’t help what he looks like…
November 24th, 2009 at 10:24 pmIs this the same Doug Hoffman who called the police when his shorts caught on fire?
November 24th, 2009 at 11:34 pmSo let’s see… that puts us up to “ununununconceded”.
November 25th, 2009 at 12:16 am@ 59. katy…
Just to add to your quote from the USAToday “Full Speed…” story, Katy, Hoffman had this to say;
“So where to now?” he says in his email. “Full speed ahead to 2010.”
“Although I’m conceding an election today, I do it with the certainty that we will win back this seat a year from now.”
WTF? The Hoffman ditz/troll really is messed up; How do you win back a seat you never held in the first place? Unfortunately, even though Hoffman is nutz, there will probably be money and names behind him again, so Bill Owens does have his work cut out.
November 25th, 2009 at 1:04 amHoffman/Beck…the Washington Generals of politics.
November 25th, 2009 at 2:31 amWas he in the district when actually decided to concede?
November 25th, 2009 at 9:40 amFinally, a conservative who can take a position, then change it again and again until it’s right.
He should lead seminars on making the right choice… eventually.
November 25th, 2009 at 3:44 pmLibs, just look at my preferred candidate; he’s a robot. Maybe RC Cola makes batteries or something and he’s emitting sparks. He’ll concede fur real once I slip in some Duracells.
November 25th, 2009 at 6:00 pmOwens is voting on things in congress, while googly eyed FOX “news” surrogate Hoffman is conceding/unconceding/etc…
November 27th, 2009 at 11:59 pmI don’t think he’s certain whether he’s conceded or not.
November 28th, 2009 at 12:01 am