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Endorsement of McCain alienates Palin supporters
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ^ | 2010-01-26 | Jay Bookman

Posted on 01/26/2010 2:17:50 PM PST by rabscuttle385

Sen. John McCain, the man who brought Sarah Palin to national prominence, is being challenged for re-election in the GOP primary by former U.S. Rep. J.D. Hayworth. Palin recently announced that she plans to travel to Arizona to campaign on McCain’s behalf, but posters on her Facebook page are not at all happy with their Sarah:

“Sarah, it was fun, but now you are done.”

“Sarah, your support of McCain shows bad judgment and brings into question the validity of your words. You can forget any political ambition if you support Amnesty – which John McCain does. Conservatives don’t forget.”

“You do know Senator McCain is a PROGRESSIVE? It is very disappointing that you are campaigning for him instead of J.D. Hayworth. McCain needs to go!”

“Sorry to hear that you are supporting McCain. Up to now, I thought you were part of the solution, but you’ve shown yourself to be part of the problem.”

“McCain!? Are you kidding me? Time to pick a side, Sarah– Are you with the people, or against them?”

“I agree with those who advise you not to campaign for Senator McCain. He really doesn’t represent the views of grassroot conservatives. He represents those in the GOP who have too often been willing to compromise on principle, or even worse, have failed to really understand basic conservative principles.”

“McCain used Palin like a cheap tool to keep from getting beat worse than Reagan did to Mondale. His staff mocked her and showed no respect. Now McCain is using her again like a cheap tool and this time she is willingly doing it under the guise of loyalty. As long as McCain is the face of the GOP, conservatives are irrelevant. Palin is playing politics and this goes against what she “supposedly” represents. She helps elect McCain, she’s done.”

“I respect your loyalty to McCain, Sarah, but he really is using you. You need to do what you are obligated to do for him, and then run as far away from him as possible. He’s widely despised in the Conservative movement, and you’ll be hurting yourself badly with your support base if you do more than offer your token support or speak on his behalf.”

“McCain is not a commonsense candidate. If you support him your future as a conservative candidate is over.”

“Another day ~ another appeal to our girl from Wasilla: PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE do not follow through with your plan to campaign for John McCain. In the insightful words of Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman: “Big mistake. Big. Huge.” To do so will destroy your credibility, have your enemies carping: “I told you so,” and leave your fans devastated.”

That’s just a small sampling of some 2,500 comments, and I have to admit to being surprised by the vehemence and near-unanimity of that sentiment. It makes me think that McCain might eventually have real trouble in the Arizona primary.


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Alaska; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: 2010midterms; az2010; mccain; mccainantihayworth; mccainantiteaparty; mcstain; onepercenters; palin; palin4mccain; palinselfsabotage; realconservative; rinomccain; senoritasarah; squattersupportsquad; trolls
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To: Bob J

“I also had nice things to say about Thompson, Hunter and others. I’ve said bad things about them as well. When they do something good I praise them and when they so something bad I criticize them.”

“It’s called objective balance”


Another lie, you have not had much of anything negative to say about any of them other than a few little nothings, but for Palin, you are obsessed, posting vanities, suffering embarassing dressing downs from Jim Robinson himself, you are out of control, another example of your mad excess.
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To: Bob J
Today you mock Sarah Palin’s Down Syndrome child as the liberals do.

A couple days ago you mocked our “slave holding” Founding Fathers just like the liberals do:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2412450/posts?page=133#133

Daily you mock Free Republic and conservative FReepers.

How low will you go in defending big “R” liberalism?

It appears we “in the neighborhood” are a big embarrassment to you?

55 posted on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 6:28:28 PM by Jim Robinson (Join the TEA Party Rebellion!! May God and TEA save the Republic!!)


201 posted on 01/26/2010 5:07:20 PM PST by ansel12 (anti SoCon. Earl Warren's court 1953-1969, libertarian hero, anti social conservative loser.)
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To: mnehring

“No, I’m pointing out that there is a movement underway by the left to find any way to divide us over small points. They won’t let us unify behind common principles, but instead, pick at the scabs of division.’

You mean like they’ve been doing for the last 50 years?

Assault from the left didn’t start with Sarah Palin. Those of you whose political memories begin with the 2008 GOP VP announcement should take a breather before you start spouting neopolitical gibberish.

Some of us have been around a while and know how the game has been played and we’re not particularly shocked at how they have treated Palin.

Can you spell potatoe?


202 posted on 01/26/2010 5:07:23 PM PST by Bob J
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To: jwalsh07

“I know Bob which is exactly why I don’t want you or folks like you deciding who will be the next nominee for the Republican Party.”

I got one vote, how many you got?


203 posted on 01/26/2010 5:08:33 PM PST by Bob J
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To: Man50D

You don’t even understand our posts, do you?

“You will not name the third party that you want people to vote for, you just want to make sure that the Republicans do not win.”


204 posted on 01/26/2010 5:10:17 PM PST by ansel12 (anti SoCon. Earl Warren's court 1953-1969, libertarian hero, anti social conservative loser.)
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To: Bob J
Some of us have been around a while and know how the game has been played...

..yep, and maybe unwittingly, you have been playing it. All you choose to do is push buttons. I have yet to see you encourage positive unification, instead, you constantly look for buttons to push and then keep on pushing those buttons. You were an avid McCain supporter but then decided to egg on Palin supporters if she supported McCain. If you were a McCain supporter, you would find this a positive thing. Instead, you just look to push Palin supporter's buttons. You claim to have played the game for a long time, but that is the problem, you play a game. Time to grow up buddy and offer something productive.

205 posted on 01/26/2010 5:11:19 PM PST by mnehring
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To: Three if by government
Thats BS she is making a mistake but thats all she is a staright down the line Conservative.

A mistake? She knows exactly what she is doing. Rationalizing she is a staunch conservative while supporting a candidate who agrees with socialists on amnesty, abortion, socialist bailout, drilling in ANWR just to name a few couldn't be more of a self contradiction or more disingenuous.
206 posted on 01/26/2010 5:11:30 PM PST by Man50D (Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it! www.FairTaxNation.com)
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To: ansel12
You don’t even understand our posts, do you?

“You will not name the third party that you want people to vote for, you just want to make sure that the Republicans do not win.”


I understand you are trying to avert attention from Palin's faux conservatism with the pretense we have a two party system.
207 posted on 01/26/2010 5:13:24 PM PST by Man50D (Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it! www.FairTaxNation.com)
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To: Bob J
Well let's put it this way. We are a family of Irish Catholic conservatives. Lot's of votes Bob. None for pro abortion, gun grabbing, jihadist appeasing, statist pukes.

Does that answer your question? Because I can be a bit more specific if it doesn't.

208 posted on 01/26/2010 5:14:09 PM PST by jwalsh07
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To: ansel12

How about youput those accusations in context so all FReepers can decide for themselves whether they agree with the sentiment?

Unless you’re saying that everyone must think as JimRob does or they’re not welcome on the forum. Which I think is your purpose, besides intimidation, for posting it.

I got a suggestion, how about you defend your comments here on your own without calling on the spectre or past comments of Jim.

You know, stand on your own like a man instead of a chicken shiite who runs to the hall monitor whenever they get into a scrap they can’t extricate themselves from.

Just a suggestion, no offense intended.


209 posted on 01/26/2010 5:15:39 PM PST by Bob J
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To: Bob J; SoCalPol
scatalogical, scatalogical, masterbatory manner

Bob J you used that word twice in 9 minutes, and the second time you combined it with masturbatory, what is going on at your house?

210 posted on 01/26/2010 5:15:58 PM PST by ansel12 (anti SoCon. Earl Warren's court 1953-1969, libertarian hero, anti social conservative loser.)
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To: Gondring

Ron Paul is closer to Obama than to a conservative.


211 posted on 01/26/2010 5:17:33 PM PST by rbmillerjr (I'm praying for Palin....if not I'll support Romney : He sucks but he's better than Obama.)
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To: Man50D

Really, this is a non-story. Nobody cares except the Huckleberrys, Paulists and Mittsters who weren’t going to support her anyway.


212 posted on 01/26/2010 5:17:53 PM PST by Bearcat7
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To: All; Bob J
Unbelievable.

All observe the M.O. of Bob J.

213 posted on 01/26/2010 5:18:06 PM PST by FreeReign
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To: Gondring

Ron Paul is not a Conservative.
His views are in line with the Code Pinkos
Anti War, 9/11 Truther

RINO Ron Paul

Voted NO on restricting interstate transport of minors to get abortions. (Apr 2005)

* Voted NO on making it a crime to harm a fetus during another crime. (Feb 2004)

* Voted NO on forbidding human cloning for reproduction & medical research. (Feb 2003)

* Voted NO on federal crime to harm fetus while committing other crimes. (Apr 2001)

* Voted NO on barring transporting minors to get an abortion. (Jun 1999)

* Rated 56% by the NRLC, indicating a mixed record on abortion. (Dec 2006)

Voted NO on military border patrols to battle drugs & terrorism. (Sep 2001)

Against ID for immigrants; it leads to national ID card. (Dec 2007)
Against Tamper-proof I.D. for immigrants is a bad idea. (Jan 2006)

Opposes death penalty at state and federal level. (Jan 2008)

No legislation to counteract the homosexual agenda. (Sep 2007)

Don’t ask, don’t tell is a decent policy for gays in army. (Jun 2007

Voted against condemning Ahmadinejad

Ron Paul believs we deserved 9/11 because he calls America occupiers and Imperial America


214 posted on 01/26/2010 5:19:18 PM PST by SoCalPol (Reagan Republican for Palin 2012)
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To: jwalsh07

So you speak for everyone in your family or do you just put a thumb on them when they don’t get in line?

From one Irish Catholic Conservative to another, don’t pull that bullshit on me because I’ll crush you like a bug.

Rhetorically speaking.


215 posted on 01/26/2010 5:19:30 PM PST by Bob J
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To: Bob J

I think it is useful for freepers to know that they are not alone when they see you as a liberal republican that despises them, freerepublic, conservatism, and Governor Palin.

To quote JR.

“Daily you mock Free Republic and conservative FReepers.
How low will you go in defending big “R” liberalism?
It appears we “in the neighborhood” are a big embarrassment to you?”


216 posted on 01/26/2010 5:21:09 PM PST by ansel12 (anti SoCon. Earl Warren's court 1953-1969, libertarian hero, anti social conservative loser.)
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To: ansel12

“Bob J you used that word twice in 9 minutes, and the second time you combined it with masturbatory, what is going on at your house?”

Would you like me to pull up the threads where the good, chaste, Christian supporters of Palin used them to intimidate me?


217 posted on 01/26/2010 5:21:44 PM PST by Bob J
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To: FreeReign

He hasn’t run before for POTUS.


218 posted on 01/26/2010 5:22:00 PM PST by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: FreeReign

That is the norm with her. Bobbie just pushes buttons, I’m not sure she has principles other than playing the game.


219 posted on 01/26/2010 5:22:09 PM PST by mnehring
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To: ansel12

“Bob J you used that word twice in 9 minutes, and the second time you combined it with masturbatory, what is going on at your house?”

I’m guessing it is pretty much required.


220 posted on 01/26/2010 5:23:01 PM PST by rbmillerjr (I'm praying for Palin....if not I'll support Romney : He sucks but he's better than Obama.)
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