He said that conservative opposition to Scozzafava was tantamount to letting "Rush Limbaugh hand-pick" the successor to former Rep. John McHugh (R-N.Y.), who resigned to become Army secretary. "This nonsensical opposition to American domestic energy development continues to this day. "There’s one way to tell Vice President Biden that we’re tired of folks in Washington distorting our message and hampering our nation’s progress: Hoffman, Baby, Hoffman!" “Why don’t you grow up and reacquaint yourself with our constitution,” he continued. Mr. Biden said Mr. Hoffman’s views are consistent with those of Mr. Limbaugh, former House Majority Leader Dick Armey and former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, who he lumped together as right-wing neoconservatives who “will not tolerate” dissenting views.
– Joe Biden took aim at a variety of GOP and conservative opponents today at a rally for New York congressional candidate Bill Owens. The VP said Conservative candidate Douglas Hoffman was “handpicked” by Rush Limbaugh, adding that Hoffman is in line with conservatives like Sarah Palin who “will not tolerate” dissenting views, the Watertown Daily Times reports. Stand back! Biden’s charge that Limbaugh enabled Hoffman’s candidacy by forcing out GOP candidate Dede Scozzafava set the conservative talk show host off, Mediaite reports. “Grow up and reacquaint yourself with our constitution,” Limbaugh said, before suggesting cryptically that the VP thinks American “colonists should have negotiated some deal with the King.” Palin shot back on Facebook, notes the Hill, suggesting “one way to tell Vice President Biden that we’re tired of folks in Washington distorting our message and hampering our nation’s progress: Hoffman, Baby, Hoffman!”