Posted on 10/23/2014 2:26:12 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin spent the early part of the 2014 midterms traveling the country endorsing conservative candidates in Republican primary races, hoping to leave her mark on the future of the GOP.
But on Wednesday, Palin rebuked her Republican successor in her home state, endorsing independent gubernatorial candidate Bill Walker, who is running on a "unity ticket" with Democratic running mate Byron Mallott, instead. Palin's endorsement goes against her former lieutenant governor, Gov. Sean Parnell, who assumed office in 2009 when Palin abruptly resigned and is embroiled in a highly contested race for reelection to a second full term.
Palin offered the endorsement at a campaign reception in her Wasilla home, according to press release issued by Walker.
Parnell's 2013 restructuring of the state's oil and gas taxes dismantled a prior, Palin-championed program that she considered to be one of the greatest achievements of her tenure. That difference of opinion is at the heart of Palin's conflict with Parnell, which resulted in the two campaigning on opposite sides of a ballot measure in this year's primary.
Parnell dismantled Palin's oil-tax increase, called ACES (short for Alaska's Clear and Equitable Share), by signing a repeal of some oil taxes in 2013 that was intended to curb the state's production decline. But many fear the measure will severely diminish the revenue brought in by the state, where oil and gas taxes have accounted for as much as 90 percent of government funds.
Palin backed an initiative to repeal the new law, SB 21, when it appeared on the August primary ballot, which put her at odds with Parnell. (Palin accused Parnell of being "suckered" by "crony capitalists" at the time.) The referendum narrowly failed, garnering 47 percent of the vote as the state's Republican U.S. Senate primary attracted conservative voters
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Well, well, well.
The “Vote for a Repub or you may as well vote for Hillary’ crowd will be here in 5, 4, 3 ....
.... blasting Sarah for her being a loser.
Against him because he cut taxes? I’ll get the popcorn.
RE: The “Vote for a Repub or you may as well vote for Hillary’ crowd will be here in 5, 4, 3 ....
This is a STATE race, this is not a NATIONWIDE race.
Hmmm
So? Nitpicking on a STATE race is still nitpicking.
The anti-purists around here are gonna be strangely quiet on this story.
He cut taxes for the oil companies, not for the residents.
Ping.
For later
That’s bad?
THANK YOU GOD.
Let the PDS war begin anew.
As an independent voter, I applaud her. We never have an infinite number of choices, and it often comes down to “the lesser of two evils”.
Companies don’t pay taxes, their customers do. That’s the mantra, anyway.
Latest FReeper lingo. A purist will no longer hold their nose and vote for the lesser of two evils.
A purist will not vote for a RINO even though anti-purists sneer that “Obama thanks you for your support”.
A purist will vote their conscience and/or stay home if no conservative is on the ballot.
RE: So? Nitpicking on a STATE race is still nitpicking.
Just saying since you mentioned Hillary.
Still, she is wrong, wrong, wrong to do this. Who knows what damage this might cause down ticket, say for the Senate race?
She should have kept her mouth shut. I am done with Sarah.
RE: We never have an infinite number of choices, and it often comes down to “the lesser of two evils”.
So, in this case, why is the Independent-Democrat the lesser evil as opposed to the Republican?
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