Supporting McPain, who is a major part of the REPUBLICAN problem is NOT something Palin should do. McPain certainly didn't do much to support her; nor should she compromise her principles as “pay back” for a failed RINO run as VP.
Are AZ conservatives going to let this influence them? I highly doubt it. They're going to see it for what it is and continue to support Hayworth nonetheless.
McPain certainly didn't do much to support her; nor should she compromise her principles as “pay back” for a failed RINO run as VP.
Where is she compromising her principles? Just the other day she endorsed a grassroots conservative to oust David Obey here in WI. I too, was initially upset that she said she was going to endorse McCain, but it is what it is and it's something not to linger over. As long as she doesn't support other McCain cronies.
You’re missing Rush’s point. It’s still a free country and SP is free to do as she chooses, no matter what you try and label her as.
I have to agree with you.
No, Rush you are wrong on this.
Rush is exactly right... the Tea Party needs to reclaim the GOP... go to it... :-) and Rush is explaining how it works... as he said, that's politics and that's how it works. And I don't want any of that "Mount Vernon group" either... those dolts! [we've got some of those here, too...]
Right on Rush! Preach it baby! :-)
You remember how upset everybody got at George W. Bush back when Specter was still a Republican, was running in the primary against Pat Toomey, and Specter was a Republican disaster, but Bush is out there endorsing him and raising money and I think he did a couple campaign appearances, and people: “What the hell is this? Why didn’t he get behind Toomey? Where are the conservatives?” It is a problem in a lot of people’s views. This is just how parties work.
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This is why, folks, the tea party movement must stay oriented on reclaiming the Republican Party and not going third party, but reclaiming it, and then establishing a new set of principles here that rewards conservatism first, foremost, and down the line.
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There’s this new group of Republicans called the Mount Vernon group, and they’re coming out with position papers on stuff. The Republican Party is fighting the tea party people now for control of the party, there’s a big battle going on. And I think personally four or five of these very prominent members of this Mount Vernon group said, “I’m not joining if the social issues are going to be part of our mission statement, I don’t want any part of it,” meaning they don’t want this party having a thing to say about any social issue, not just abortion, but anything else that’s cultural. They want it to remain fiscal and political only, not cultural. So the battle is going to be raging. And I hate to put words in Sarah Palin’s mouth because I’m just guessing and I’m neither defending nor criticizing, I’m just observing and I think I understand why she’s doing this. I don’t think in her mind she has a choice. She wouldn’t be who she is, she wouldn’t have all of this opportunity in front of her had McCain not chosen her. So this is the obligatory payback and I think after this it’s over.
Exactly. If it is alright for her to compromise her principles, including that she will only support "common sense conservatives", because of her need to "pay back" McCain, what other principles are we to expect she will compromise if she deems other "pay backs" necessary?