Doug Hoffman Tell Glenn Beck He's Hoping for Miracle
When Conservative Doug Hoffman conceded to Democratic Bill Owens on election night, even I thought it was a little too soon. Hoffman, who had been polling ahead of Owens in the race to represent New York's 23rd congressional district, declared the race over just after midnight when he was down in the count by around 5,000 with as many as 10,000 absentee votes still uncounted. Sure, chances were slim he could pull out a victory, but his concession still struck me as surprisingly swift and bloodless considering that the campaign had been rather contentious. Well, Hoffman is now having second thoughts.
Hoffman is reportedly down by around 3,200 votes with some 7,400 still to be counted. This is enough to make him wish he hadn't given up so easily. On Glenn Beck's radio show today, Hoffman took back his concession, saying, "If I knew this information at the election night, I would not have conceded." The gap between Hoffman and Owens has narrowed since election night as errors have been corrected and totals updated. Hoffman says he's counting on absentee ballots from soldiers based at the district's Fort Drum to put him over the top. "Hopefully, that'll be our edge," he told Beck. But those votes were cast when the race was still a three-way contest. (Moderate Republican Dede Scozzafava dropped out days before election day.) In other words, Hoffman would have to get some two-thirds of the absentee votes to pass Owens, which is highly unlikely. Owens was sworn in on Nov. 5 and has a crucial vote for the House Democrats' health care reform bill.
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Did Beck cry?
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Beck always cries, so like a girl. Sarah Palin has more testosterone than him, and she's still way better looking.
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She also looks far better in those naughty red monkey pumps.
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…definitely. Beck also does not have the figure to wear black pencil skirts.
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You know I hate to go off topic, but did Sarah really invite Levi to Thanksgiving dinner and ask him to bring the meat?
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Ha! Levi could even provide the whole spread. Then again, he might not want to be close to Sarah when she's holding a carving knife.
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If Levi goes, he'll probably be wearing a wire. Please God, make it so.
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At any palin function you can guarantee it won't be Levi doing the spreading.
Too much competition.
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Good evening, Kate. Thanks for this. Since Owens is already sworn in, is this all too late? Or with help from Sarah Palin's witch doctor, could Hoffman take the seat away if results changed? Or do the two face off (election do-over, MMA match, etc.)? What are NY's rules for this? And in any case, this is all temporary, right – vote again next year? and OT, is Lake Placid tourist biz picking up (recent figure skating contest, skiing coming up, etc.)? thx
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witchdoctor?
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witchdoctor
It's probably more accurate to describe him as a witch hunter.
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A former Kenyan witchhunter, converted to Christianity to be exact.
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A former Kenyan witchhunter, converted to Christianity to be exact.
Was he converted before or after he ran a woman out of town by accusing her of being a witch, supposedly causing traffic accidents with demonic spells? I forget.
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He's given up on the voters and wants god to put him in office.
But really, isn't there something a little less stupid and far-fetched to report on. I hear the Mayans predicted the world might end in 2012.-
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If Obama gets re-elected in 2012, some people will claim it has.
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Great, cuz here I was thinking there wasn't enough distraction.
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Obama bowed to a foreign leader again. Where's the outrage?
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Maybe most foreign leaders don't know how to do fist bumps.
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Obama has yet to go strolling hand-in-hand with a Saudi King...or has he?
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Bush bowed to the Saudi King but he was facing away from him. Got oil?
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If Hoffman does come out ahead, wouldn't it be a hoot if Owens draws it out in the courts as long as the Minnesota recount?
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Also, Obama put green horseradish on his sushi instead of homely, all-American ketchup. And he failed to vomit it up on the Prime Minister. Uppity, ignorant and lacking in class.
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Obama didn't do wasabi snooters like Steve-O?
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Wasn't Bush Sr. just demonstrating a food sharing ritual practiced by the New England branch of the family? The upper crust aren't like you and I.
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"Uppity, ignorant and lacking in class"
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And, "elitist", all in one package! How *does* he do it?
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I was going to complain about the post, but then we have President McCain and President Gingrich on the talk shows every week, so it's hardly Kate's fault that Republican losers are never recognized as such.
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It would have been Presidentess Palin by now. Some mysterious calamity would have befallen McCain and she would have ascended to the throne. Zod would be First Dude and Barack would have been banished to the Phantom Zone.
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[BECK, eyes squeezed tightly shut]
BECK: I wish I may, I wish I might, see Doug Hoffman catch and pass Owens tonight! Say it with me, Doug!
HOFFMAN: I really don't--
BECK: I said, SAY IT WITH ME, DOUG!
HOFFMAN: Um...
BECK: I wish I may...
HOFFMAN: I wish I may...
BECK & HOFFMAN: I wish I might...
BECK: ... see Doug Hoffman catch and pass...
[SILENCE]
BECK: ... SEE DOUG HOFFMAN CATCH AND PASS...
HOFFMAN: Look, I--
BECK: SEE DOUG HOFFMAN CATCH AND PASS!
HOFFMAN: Glenn, I think I have to go now...
BECK: SAY IT, HOFFMAN! SAY IT!
[CLICK of phone HANG-UP, DIALTONE]
BECK: I made you, Hoffman! I made you! Damn him!
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