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Scozzafava says she'd fare OK on GOP test

By Eric Zimmermann - 11/29/09 11:54 AM ET

Dede Scozzafava, the Republican candidate in NY-23 who eventually dropped out after incurring the wrath of conservative acvists, says she would have fared pretty well on the so-called GOP "purity test."

"I would have been at seven out of 10 on the list," Scozzafava told CBS's Face the Nation.

She continued:

"If people looked at my record and understood how I felt about a lot of the federal issues, I think they could see that I was for lower taxes, lower government spending. I was not in favor of repeal of the 2003 tax cuts. I am not in favor of an estate tax. There were many things in that platform that I would be OK with."

[...]

"I would have been a no on cap and trade. I would have been a no on the health care bill as it's currently presented."

Scozzafava's support for the stimulus, card-check and same-sex marriage accounts for the three strikes against her.

Source:
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/69645-scozzafava-says-shes-fare-ok-on-purity-test
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Comments (32)

Dede's ego is as big as the bags under her eyes. My God!!BY Amazingoly on 11/29/2009 at 12:11
Easy for her to say so now. It is interesting that she backed the democratic party that would say yes to tax increases, yes to bigger government, yes to health care, yes to cap and trade. So, who is she trying to fool. Politicians all think that the rest of us are to stupid to notice.BY papawolff on 11/29/2009 at 13:02
Dede who?BY Ummm on 11/29/2009 at 14:03
Dede Scozzafava could well be back in national politics however any new candidate for the House must rally substantial support among their district’s party base. That's effectively what she's trying to do now. Also she needs to talk about her marriage because some national conservatives backing Doug Hoffman viciously attacked Scozzafava because of who she was married to. Although those attacks were effectively an direct assault on institution of marriage, it was notable that not one prominent religious conservative dared complain.BY Chris Baker on 11/29/2009 at 14:08
Seriously. There is nothing Republican about her. After giving the Democratic agenda vote after vote in the NYS assembly, she believes she would pass a conservative "purity" test. Since she endorsed a Democrat who voted for a government takeover of healthcare, she will be lucky to survive a Republican primary next year. There is no room in the Republican tent for a Democrat with an R after their name.BY Rob on 11/29/2009 at 16:25
Someone should check whether this woman is taking her daily medications or if they counteract with each other.BY Gordie on 11/29/2009 at 16:40
Dede Scozzafava, you are incredible. Thank you for sticking up to the Republican establishment that is prohibiting any originality in its constituents.BY DG on 11/29/2009 at 17:08
So basically you're a RINO.BY kansasgirl on 11/29/2009 at 18:12
She conveniently left out card check and the fact that she endorsed a Dem in the election over a true conservative. And that weasley wording "As it is now written" on the health care bill. I think her future is with ACORN posing as a prostitute looking for work.BY inspectorudy on 11/29/2009 at 21:55
She's no Rino. Been a Democrat all my life and she is even more liberal than any local candidate I have ever see nin 25 years.Give it up Dodo, your out as any kind of Republican candidate. You will now have to compete with your fellow Democrats just to get on the ticket and just exactly why do they need you now? They have their own hand picked candidate. No, you were only useful as long as you could pretend to be a Republican while actually being a true blue liberal.You outed yourself in a big way and there is no going back into hiding in plain site. You Spectered yourselfBY Ashley on 11/29/2009 at 21:56

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