UPDATE FROM Floyd — Apparently Scozzafava has suspended her campaign in NY-23. Score one for the conservatives!
From Iowahawk – and for good reason.
Canuck reader Maryann Crabtree forwards this photo of the candidate posing proudly in front of his Two Lane Blacktop – worthy 1955 Chevy 210 2-door sedan. Note missing rear bumper. Note radiused rear wheel well. Note nose-up gasser stance. Note the all-bidness custom paint, which appears to be a blend of Hugger Orange and Riverside Red. An educated guess tells me that lurking under the hood is a high winding destroked 301 small block, mating a small journal 327 block with a 283 crank, with a set of Doug Thorley or Hooker headers huffing through glass packs. White ball Hurst shifter atop a Muncie 4-speed, natch. Visual cues indicate this photo was taken circa 1969; thus, while his Congressional cohort was tripping on brown acid in the mud at Max Yasgur’s farm, Mr. Hoffman was gearslamming down the quarter mile at Fulton Speedway.
Yessirree bob, this photo tells me everything I need to know about Mr. Hoffman, and I enthusiastically give him my full support. As it turns out Mr. Hoffman still loves cars, and his family is still involved in the classic car restoration business. This, I have learned, is now the basis of attack ads from his Democrat and Republican foes in the race.
Which tells me everything I need to know about them.
I’ve always been of mind that if more of my fellow gearheads ran for office we would be a much better country. Click the top link for a great photo of Hoffman’s old 50s Chevy, complete with hot rod orange paint and baby moons.
Yeah, Carol Shelby for President! Could he do any worse?
I associate love of classic cars with love of America. Hoffman’s knowledge of block engines means he understands the ingenuity and spirit of independence that made America great in the 20th century. And he probably would rather that car run on the fuel it was designed for not bio fuel or electricity.
Just one of the reasons I love Threedonia.
Outlaw-
Shelby would run government like a business. At this point, it’s probably the only way out of this current mess.
Guess that endorsement worked – Scozzafava is G-O-N-E! Withdrew, today. Principles win over pragmatism – who knew?
Yep she is. I just hope it wasn’t a leftist bid to get ACORN to help steal the election. APparently now Hoffman is one behind? He was ahead. WTF?
Different poll. He’s in a statistical dead heat (a finding seen in other polls), having 50% of Republicans and plurality of Independents at the time the poll was taken. With ScusemeImalib out of the race and Newt going in for Hoffman, his support should go up.
Hopefully the “one behind” means things just need to shake out a bit. The RNC better go into overdrive and jump on the Hoffman bandwagon – on second thought – maybe they should just stay away.