Perry is endorsed by Sarah? Are you saying she is wrong?
She endorsed Perry for purely political reasons because in the state he will beat White. Kathie is far more the conservative and deserves such endorsements, but because of the reasons articulated by Texans on this very thread, she has gone with Perry.
They are afraid that endorsing a third party candidate like Kathie...who BTW is not mixed up in the 911 craze at all...is of course because they are afraid to split the vote and hand the election to White.
As a native Texan myself, I understand this sentiment...but it ends up getting you someone like Perry who is on the record with an immigration policy and others far outside what Palin herself talked about in her interviews with Greta and O’Reilly. And the better candidates never see the light of day.
So politically I understand full well the endorsement of Perry. Since Kathie is in the libertarian party and Palin in the GOP, there is no real expectation that she would endorse Kathie. But I do, because I know her. My endorsement of her is nor likely to make a difference...I simply hope it will cause a few more of my fellow Texans down there to look at her and perhaps in larger numbers encourage her to run differently in the primaries next time.
Until high level people with the visibility and large following like Sarah begin voting and supporting principle over party, these candidates will not get the exposure or chance they need. But in the current overwhelming two party system I do nit expect that to happen any time soon.
Perhaps Kathie should have tried the GOP ticket in the primady like Ron Paul does...that is also a potential answer that gives someone like her a chance in the current political environment, and makes it easier for someone like Palin to notice her and potentially endorse her.
So...if I had been Palin I would have earlier urged someone like Kathie to run on the GOP primary where I could safely endorse her. that’s because I know Kathie and her husband personally. Sarah doesn’t, so she would have had to come to her attention to do so.