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Watertown Mayor Endorses Hoffman |
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Written by Mayor Jeff Graham
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Monday, 02 November 2009 05:57 |
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 In the winter, we in Northern New York are fond of saying, "If you
don't like the weather, just wait a minute....it will all change."
So
it is with the race for the 23rd Congressional District, as Republican
Diedre Scozzafava stood down in the face of a campaign gone awry and
fading in the polls.
Rather than ride the GOP ticket to a third
place finish, she has freed up her voters to support Conservative Party
candidate Doug Hoffman.
With all the hype of a liberal-conservative schism, Scozzafava and Hoffman did agree on some principles.
Opposition
to government run health care...opposition to the onerous cap and trade
policy....a commitment to private sector job creation and a strong
support of the military and in particular Fort Drum.
These are all things I heard DeDe articulate in the last two weeks and they are in sync with Doug Hoffman.
Peering
through the fog of attack ads, the central issue of the Hoffman
campaign is fiscal responsibility. America is on the verge of an
economic calamity.
Doug Hoffman wants to advocate for less
spending and an end to the insane policies of stimulus and bailout that
are the equivalent of generational theft we will live with for years to
come.
I know many of the people who are supporting Doug Hoffman.
They are people of substance , some from here in Jefferson County who
will help maintain the quality constituent work we have come to expect.
I am confident the Congressional staff will be consistent with what we
have received in the past.
Doug Hoffman's surging campaign is
the result of a free people's desire to preserve the America they grew
up with....A land of immense opportunity that allows people like Doug
Hoffman to live the American Dream.
There is a misguided attempt
to label him an ideologue. I have met and talked to all three
candidates. None of them are extremists. Doug Hoffman has stressed the
issue of fiscal responsibility, and has not attempted to make hay over
issues he would never have to vote on.
The other option in this
race is a surrogate candidate for the current House and Senate
leadership and their policies of spend and tax and borrow and then
spend some more. This I feel is a wrong course for my country.
What
was most reassuring about the Scozzafava candidacy was her knowledge of
our area. I am convinced Doug Hoffman will learn about and care about
us.
He will represent us well in Congress and I will support him on Tuesday.
I ask you consider doing the same.
JG.
Jeff Graham is the Mayor of Watertown, NY, a local business owner, and talk show host.
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