Gingrich endorsed Dede Scozzafava. Was that the action of a grassroots, “true Conservative” political outsider? She, of course, went on to drop out of the primary in NY-23 and endorse the Democrat (Bill Owens) in order to sink the Tea Party candidate, Doug Hoffman. To quote Gingrich:
“The special election for the 23rd Congressional District is an important test leading up to the mid-term 2010 elections,” Gingrich said in a statement to supporters. “Our best chance to put responsible and principled leaders in Washington starts here, with Dede Scozzafava.”
That kind of stupidity is an example of why the claim that Gingrich is the “real Conservative alternative” is not only false but ludicrously false. A real Conservative would have to mistrust Gingrich’s judgment. Certainly at the time there were many Tea Partiers who did.
