New York-23: Conservative Doug Hoffman in straight fight with Democrat Bill Owens as Scozzafava withdraws from race

Victory for New York Republican Party grassroots and the GOP base over the leadership

Today Republican Dede Scozzafava suspended her campaign in a special election for the U.S Senate. Campaign spokesman Matt Burns said Scozzafava was withdrawing from the race, although her name will remain on Tuesday's ballot. As the campaign developed it became increasingly obvious that Scozzafava lacked the support of the overwhelmingly conservative Republican Party grassroots. Her support in public opinion polls had plummeted to 20%. This support had shifted to Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman.

Hoffman has won the backing of key GOP conservatives such as Sarah Palin, Sean Hannity, Steve Forbes, Dick Armey, Fred Thompson, Jeri Thompson, Michelle Bachmann, Mark Levin, Susan B Anthony List (Pro Life Group), Club For Growth, Bill Kristol (Weekly Standard), Red State Blog, 9/12 Project and Gov George Pataki. Scozzafava voted for 190 taxes increases and has a strong record of voting for increased spending. She is a pro-abortion extremist. She had the support of Acorn and the Daily Kos. In short she has little in common with most Republican Party supporters and is even to the left of the Democratic Party candidate Bill Owens.

The Republican Party establishment, which foisted Scozzafava on the grassroots has been taught a salutary lesson. It must listen to the base or face a plethora of conservative third party candidates in the 2010 mid term elections.

Doug Hoffman is now odds on favourite to take the seat in this conservative bastion.

New York-23 Video: Gov George Pataki Endorses Doug Hoffman For Congress

Statement from Governor George E. Pataki supporting Doug Hoffman

As someone personally engaged in the way of life in the Adirondacks and Northern New York, I’m deeply concerned about the course of our nation and the outcome of the election in the 23rd Congressional District.

Simply put, we cannot afford to give another vote to Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid we cannot afford another vote for higher taxes, we cannot afford another vote for government run health care and we absolutely cannot afford another vote to take away from hard working men and women the right to secret ballot.

That is why tonight, I’m proud to endorse Doug Hoffman, a Republican, running on the Conservative line for Congress in the 23rd Congressional District.

Doug Hoffman will stand up to Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid. He will fight for all the residents of northern New York. He will fight for our proud servicemen and women at Fort Drum, our dairy farmers in Lowville and our manufacturers in Plattsburgh.

As a businessman, and as a life-long resident of the North Country Doug Hoffman understands the need to lower taxes on working families, the need to stand tall against terror and he won’t back phony stimulus programs that fail to create the jobs we need and leaves a mountain of debt to our children.

When elected to Congress Doug will work to reduce our taxes, he will stand tall against those who despise our freedoms and he will be a vigilant stalwart against those who would substitute government programs for individual initiative.

And Doug Hoffman can win.

I urge all the voters of the 23rd Congressional District – Republican Democrat, Independent and Conservative to come out and vote for Doug Hoffman for Congress.

Video: No Government Funded Abortions! Period-Put it in the US Senate Bill

Stop Obama/Pelosi Senate Bill which supports taxpayer- funded abortion

Most Americans are strongly opposed to taxpayer- funded abortion. This Bill would undo the Hyde Amendment which prohibits taxpayer-funded abortion. The current Senate Bill would ensure that federal dollars would fund abortions through the use of loopholes and fuzzy language. In this video SBA List President Marjorie Dannenfelser outlines the reality. Stop the Obama/Pelosi plan to introduce taxpayer-funded abortions. Call your senators today and tell them to put a Clear Abortion Exclusion in the Bill.

New York-23 Newt Gingrich Supports Taxaholic Spendaholic candidate Scozzafava

Gingrich Support for Dede Scozzafava a massive own goal

A taxaholic is a politician who consistently resorts to tax increases to fund services with scant regard for efficiencies. A spendaholic is a politician addicted to massive and unsustainable increases in public expenditure.

Newt Gingrich hero of the Republican Revolution in 1994 has severely damaged his conservative credentials in recent days. He has come out strongly in favour of an extreme liberal Republican Dede Scozzafava. He is very much in a minority. No other conservative Republican of note supports Scozzafava. Key Republican Party conservatives such as Sarah Palin, Sean Hannity, Fred Thompson, Jeri Thompson, Michelle Bachmann, Bill Kristol, Pro-Life groups, Michelle Malkin, Steve Forbes, Marilyn Musgrave (amongst others) all strongly support Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman.

How can Newt Gingrich justify his support for Dede Scozzafava a pro-abortion extremist? As a Catholic he is now going against the Catholic Church position on abortion. It is a grave sin for Catholics to vote for or urge support for a pro-abortion candidate. How can Newt justify his support for a candidate who has voted 190 times for tax increases? How can he justify his support for an extreme liberal supported by Acorn and the Daily Kos? Doug Hoffman is the only conservative candidate in the field. What is the point in having a Republican Party if its candidates are" taxaholics" and "spendaholics"? Vote for Doug Hoffman

US Pilot Scott O'Grady's Marian Apparition when shotdown over Bosnia in 1995

I am indebted to author Steve Brady for permission to use an excerpt from an article titled The Medjugorje Marian Apparitions
This is copyright and may not be used without his permission. The full article is compulsive reading.

On June 2, 1995 American pilot, Scott O'Grady was patrolling a no-fly zone in his F-16. He was shot down by a Bosnian Serb Army SA-6 surface-to-air missile near Mrkonjic Grad, Bosnia and Herzegovina. O'Grady ejected safely and survived for a full six days, eating leaves, grass and ants, and avoiding Serb patrols all while trying to contact NATO's airborne command center. He managed to evade capture and the U.S. Marines of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit rescued him on June 8, 1995.

This story, compelling as it is, has a spiritual dimension. According to Scott O'Grady himself, he experienced a vision of the Virgin Mary while praying for rescue.
"On the third day of my hiding out, thinking about how survival is first of all a spiritual test, I experienced something amazing and unrepeatable. All of a sudden, in the stillness of my hiding place, I remembered the accounts of my mother's friend who, before the war broke out in Bosnia, had visited Medjugorje," O'Grady explained.

He continued, "That afternoon I turned to Our Lady in prayer. Immediately I felt her presence. It became more and more clear and palpable right up to the moment that I saw her. It is hard to describe in words. The vision came through the strength of my feelings, and that feeling was indescribably warm, full of bliss and peace. Someone existed that prayed and kept watch over my return home. That vision was the most important thing that happened to me in Bosnia. It gave me the courage to hold out in the most difficult moments.....

Video: New York-23 Election Mark Levin discusses Sarah Palin's Hoffman Endorsement (22/10/2009)

Doug Hoffman is the only conservative candidate in the New York-23 race

Doug Hoffman is pro life and favours low spending and low taxes.

Doug Hoffman is supported by:

• Sarah Palin
• Sean Hannity
• Steve Forbes
• Dick Armey
• Fred Thompson
• Jeri Thompson
• Michelle Bachmann
• Mark Levin
• Susan B Anthony List (Pro Life Group)
• Club For Growth
• Bill Kristol (Weekly Standard)
• Red State Blog
• 9/12 Project

Dede Scozzafava is an extreme liberal who has voted to increase taxes 190 times.

Dede Scozzafava voted for ten years in a row for higher spending, higher taxes, for higher fees and penalties and is a pro abortion extremist.

Democrat Bill Owens is a liberal who favours abortion, high spending and high taxes. Mike Huckabee has not endorsed Doug Hoffman or Dede Scozzafava. However importantly he has endorsed Hoffmans views.

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Video: Italy on Two TV Interviews Mirjana and Jakov Medjugorje Visionaries (22/09/2009)

English Translation of Mirjana's Interview with Italian TV Channel Italy on Two on 22/09/2009 (10 seconds-59 seconds)

Mirjana: "As a girl of fifteen, who has grown up under communism in the former Yugoslavia I did not know it was "possible" that the Virgin could came to earth. For my Our Lady was in heaven and we prayed. The Christian life was in our homes. Once a week we could go to Mass, but everything else was in our homes. Our parents did not talk much because of fear so when I saw the Our Lady .... I felt all along fear and happiness and did not know if I were alive or dead. But when you see her once you do not mind anything else.There is only the Virgin Mary, her face and love in her eyes. Only this is what you want to see and the reason you want to live."