Doug Hoffman's detested federal government is his district's lifeline

[NNN0LHI]

http://voices.kansascity.com/node/6435

By Barb Shelly, Kansas City Star editorial page columnist

"Deficits are wrong, high taxes are wrong, federal stimulus is wrong."

So says Doug Hoffman, the conservative candidate who just might get elected to Congress tomorrow after a special election in New York's 23rd District.

That outcome would thrill tea partiers and Sarah Palin, among others. And the upstate New York district is one that embraces the "traditional" Republican values -- small government, free markets -- that Hoffman espouses.

Except when it doesn't.

Like a lot of rural areas, upstate New York is barely hanging on. The 23rd Congressional District pretty much survives on three sources of jobs: dairy (government subsidized); the Fort Drum Army base (government dependent); and the St. Lawrence Seaway lock system (government run).

[imdjh]

1. I would love for Hoffman to lose. It would be such a blow to the righties.

[Arctic Dave]

2. No wonder Failin likes him.

"Like a lot of rural areas, upstate New York is barely hanging on. The 23rd Congressional District pretty much survives on three sources of jobs: dairy (government subsidized); the Fort Drum Army base (government dependent); and the St. Lawrence Seaway lock system (government run)."
This place sounds just like Alaska.

[katanalori]

3. Teabag people will vote against their own best interests

even if it kills them. More important to be "right" than be healthy, alive, and thriving.

[Kingofalldems]

4. I want the government to stay out of my Medicare