I never said her motives were corrupt - I said her loyalty to him is misplaced. There is a big difference. You are correct - she will never get anything from Juan McAmnesty. He will use her & throw her to the dogs when it suits his purposes.
Hayworth is going to need all the help he can get to beat McCain - how is Sarah supporting his opposition going to help a conservative get elected? Everyone says they will vote for Hayworth, but still support Sarah in 2012. I may still support her then, but no one can convince me that she just might gain some votes for the old creep that she could have sent Hayworth's way.
We finally have a small chance to unseat this man - who has stabbed us in the back so many times - and our number one conservative gal is not onboard with it. That blows my mind.
I don't think saying "what Reagan would be doing" is appropriate in this situation. Times are vastly different now. Obama has changed all the rules. This ain't our parent's politics anymore. Conservatives had better get that through their heads if they truly want to defeat these liberals. They play dirty to win - we've got to play smarter.
“I don’t think saying “what Reagan would be doing” is appropriate in this situation. Times are vastly different now.”
That is where I think you are wrong. During Reagan’s era, Soviet communism was on the march and big government was the future. The Dems were just as dirty then as Obama is now. In the context of this McCain issue, recourse to Reagan is appropriate. You and I will not agree with Sarah Palin on everything. I didn’t agree with Reagan on everything. I thought some of his choices were bad, but I TRUSTED him, because he was trustworthy. On those rare occasions when he screwed up, it was a mistake of the head or the heart, but not of the soul (e.g.-malice, ambition, treachery). Palin has that, and it is oh so rare. she lives by the slogan WWJD I pray God that He will protect her.
I don’t know if you saw Jim Robinson’s take on this. His judgment is always sound and, like me, he is old enough to remember Reagan before he was President. He disagrees vehemently with McCain on many, many issues, as I do, but he does not hold this McCain endorsement against Palin. He puts it very well:
“I love Palin’s conservatism and patriotism! She may very well support McCain out of loyalty and I have no problem with that. And I have no problem with whom she supports with her PAC. There is nothing written that says she has to do everything (or anything at all) according to JIM.
Sarah is unabashedly pro-God, pro-Life, pro-Liberty, pro-family, pro-America, pro-constitution, pro-gun, pro-limited government and so am I. And she’s wildly popular among the God-loving, Liberty-loving folks with whom I choose to associate. In short, she’s a refreshing breath of clean fresh air in an otherwise putrid failure of a RINO infested party.”
She represents my interests better than any other viable wannabe at this point and if she decides to run, she will have my undivided support!!”
All I can add to that is dittos.