Palin began to address this RINO hunt situation by saying that “There’s been a lot of talk about who’s the RINO and who isn’t… some of it isn’t always fair” to which someone in the audience yelled “Mark Kirk” to the applause of many hundreds in the audience. Palin didn’t address Kirk, but went on to address her own tete a tete with conservatives over her Fiorina endorsement.
I’ve been getting a lot of flak lately for endorsing a pro-life, NRA member, pro traditional marriage, pro business, anti-big government, anti tax and spend, anti cap and tax conservative who running in California — yes there is one in California… in California I think if you’re willing to call yourself unabashedly conservative in a deep blue state like California then how are you not the real deal when you are all these things that we just listed, it would be traditionally “yes,” a conservative, a Republican would stand for. I don’t want to see this candidate discredited just because some are more supportive of another in the candidate race. We want to elect principled candidates and principled conservatives, but the keyword is elect and in November, folks, that is what it’s all about. It’s about taking the gavel away from Harry and Nancy!
This is a perfect echo of the old William F. Buckley principle that, in Palin’s words, “the conservative with the best shot of winning” will get her support. Buckely is famous for having supported the most conservative candidate that had a chance of winning election as opposed to simply the most conservative candidate. Apparently, Palin is taking this page from Buckley’s playbook. It was also refreshing to see such a high profile person in the political world be so un-embarrassed by her belief in God. These days so many pols either sound cynical when they discuss their Christian beliefs or they refuse even to bring it up. But Palin seemed quite sincere in her beliefs and reveled in them.
Here, in this recent speech from Sarah Palin, she addresses the issue of endorsing Carly Fiorina in the California US Senatorial Primary Campaign.
I was initially a bit concerned over her endorsement of Fiorina until I recalled that, while not perfect, we got into this mess in stages. Until enough of the folks living here LEGALLY understand that the Constitution IS important, we’ll have to get OUT of the mess the same way — incrementally!
It’s akin to cranking the wheel on a 100,000 ton cruise liner and expecting it to respond in 50 yards.
Do you really think Fiorina is going to be any different than Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe?