Subject: [big campaign] Hoffman Praises Beck As His "Mentor"
From: "Adam Jentleson (CAPAF)" <[email-masked]>
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Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 14:40:17 -0500
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Doug Hoffman Praises Glenn Beck As His 'Mentor' <http://thinkprogress.org/2009/11/02/hoffman-beck-candidate/>

Conservative blogger Charles Johnson of the site Little Green Footballs reported<http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/35051_Doug_Hoffman-_The_Glenn_Beck_Candidate> yesterday that Doug Hoffman, the Conservative Party candidate in the NY-23 special election, signed a pledge to uphold<http://912candidates.org/ny/2009/10/26/912-profile-doug-hoffman/> Glenn Beck's 9/12 Project principles in Congress. The signed pledge is available online<http://912candidates.org/ny/files/2009/09/doughoffman.jpg>, and Hoffman touts<http://74.125.155.132/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=cache:http://www.doughoffmanforcongress.com/endorsements.html&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8> his endorsement from the 9/12 organization on his website. Like the lobbyist-planned tea parties, the 9/12 Project is a creation of Beck, used to go after Beck's liberal enemies and to organize hateful anti-Obama rallies.
Although there is a groundswell of far right<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125564976279388879.html> tea party and Beck-inspired candidates running for office in 2010, very few<http://74.125.155.132/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=cache:http://912candidates.org/gold-list/&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8> Republicans running for Congress or Governor have signed the 9/12 pledge. Noting that he signed a document pledging his "sacred honor"<http://912candidates.org/ny/files/2009/09/doughoffman.jpg> to uphold Beck's list of values and principles, Johnson aptly deems Hoffman "The Glenn Beck candidate<http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/35051_Doug_Hoffman-_The_Glenn_Beck_Candidate>."
Right-wing<http://americanpowerblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/charles-johnson-attacks-doug-hoffman-as.html> bloggers<http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/199438.php> have<http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2009/11/01/excitable-chucky-now-has-a-problem-with-america-is-good/> been apoplectic<http://www.memeorandum.com/091101/p19> at Johnson for daring to observe the fact that Hoffman has been bowing to an extremist like Beck. They have written that Johnson must "hate America" and is "infused with Derangement Syndrome."
But the 9/12 pledge isn't the only pandering Hoffman has done to secure Beck's enthusiastic support. Today on his radio program, Beck continued to nudge Hoffman to be more conservative. After being prodded by Beck to say climate change is not caused by human activity, Hoffman announced, "Well, I think there's a lot of debate on there. I don't believe that it's totally manmade<http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/32657/>." Beck cohost Pat Gray praised Hoffman's lurch to the right, noting "he's getting stronger every second." Beck chimed in, agreeing, "He's getting stronger, there it is, every second." Hoffman then groveled:

PAT: Every second. What about
HOFFMAN: I have good mentors here.
GLENN: Wait, wait. Wait, wait. Are they mentors that will show
HOFFMAN: I'm talking about you, Glenn.
GLENN: Oh, okay. I was going to say all right, as long as they are standing out from the shadows. [...]
HOFFMAN: No. Yeah, well, I'm going to keep in touch with people like you so I don't get infected with that disease.

Listen here:

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/11/02/hoffman-beck-candidate/

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Adam Jentleson
Communications Director, Progressive Media
Center for American Progress Action Fund
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