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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: rintense

Your comparing her to Reagan is an insult to Reagan.


401 posted on 01/27/2010 6:02:05 AM PST by sickoflibs ( "It's not the taxes, the redistribution is spending you demand stupid")
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To: All

More fabricated news from the left.

All Palin supporters are 100% behind her.


402 posted on 01/27/2010 6:02:46 AM PST by MaxCUA
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To: deport

marking


403 posted on 01/27/2010 6:04:03 AM PST by deport (34 DAYS UNTIL THE TEXAS PRIMARY....... MARCH 2, 2010)
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To: rintense

RE :”Ok, so now she’s a plagiarist and copies Rush’s stuff?”

I will back off that statement. Rush probably gave her permission to use his ideas so that is not plagiarism exactly. Rush is more like her ghost writer.


404 posted on 01/27/2010 6:06:26 AM PST by sickoflibs ( "It's not the taxes, the redistribution is spending you demand stupid")
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To: sickoflibs; rintense
Your comparing her to Reagan is an insult to Reagan.

Actually it's not as Obama ran against Palin and not McCain. The WH also answers her FB comments.

405 posted on 01/27/2010 6:09:57 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (Make yourselves sheep and the wolves will eat you. Ben Franklin)
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To: sickoflibs
Oh freeper of little sense. If you look at my posting history, I'm one of the few Sarah supporters who does not like the Reagan comparison. Reagan was one of a kind, though not perfect.

Got any other deflections?

406 posted on 01/27/2010 6:22:25 AM PST by rintense (Only dead fish go with the flow, which explains why Congress stinks.)
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To: DJ MacWoW

RE :”The WH also answers her FB comments”

Really? How about AZ voters? Do they follow her comments on who to vote for?


407 posted on 01/27/2010 6:22:59 AM PST by sickoflibs ( "It's not the taxes, the redistribution is spending you demand stupid")
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To: rintense

Then why did you just use Reagan’s name to promote her?


408 posted on 01/27/2010 6:25:31 AM PST by sickoflibs ( "It's not the taxes, the redistribution is spending you demand stupid")
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To: sickoflibs

I addressed a specific issue. If you choose not to respond, and you didn’t, that’s your choice.


409 posted on 01/27/2010 6:26:46 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (Make yourselves sheep and the wolves will eat you. Ben Franklin)
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To: sickoflibs

Honey, you must not have a good memory of what you posted. It was you who invoked Reagan in your crazy rant. Go back and read what you posted.


410 posted on 01/27/2010 6:27:42 AM PST by rintense (Only dead fish go with the flow, which explains why Congress stinks.)
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To: sickoflibs; All

Hey everyone! Rush gave Sarah Palin his permission to use HIS ideas in her book!!!!


411 posted on 01/27/2010 6:28:35 AM PST by rintense (Only dead fish go with the flow, which explains why Congress stinks.)
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To: rintense

RE:”Honey, you ..”

LOL


412 posted on 01/27/2010 6:29:06 AM PST by sickoflibs ( "It's not the taxes, the redistribution is spending you demand stupid")
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To: rabscuttle385
I'm glad that Sarah Palin hasn't lost her sense of loyalty.
It adds to the long list of things I admire about her.

On the other hand, some political animals are going to be soundly beaten, because they never understood the meaning of the word.
413 posted on 01/27/2010 6:33:30 AM PST by novemberslady
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To: rabscuttle385

I can see why she’s doing it. Moderate voters are allergic to Palin. McCain is a conservative who appeals to moderate voters. Hayworth is radioactive to a national audience. If McCain wins, he can help Palin with a presidential run. And if Palin’s endorsement defuses this primary challenge, McCain will owe Palin big-time. I see Palin running in 2012. She will need the endorsements of Republicans who appeal to moderates to win in the general. And if she gets the nomination, it’s a sure bet that she’ll choose someone with moderate appeal as her running mate. And that is going to spell disappointment to a lot of conservatives who have pinned their hopes on Palin as a no-compromises conservative.


414 posted on 01/27/2010 6:49:51 AM PST by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always)
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To: Man50D

You people. No, I don’t mean conservatives, I mean people like you.

Sitting around rubbing your purity while losing all perspective on reality.

You probably were too pure to vote for McCain, thus electing the nightmare on K street we have now.

You’re probably too pure for marriage as everyone has faults which you couldn’t tolerate.

I ask who would be your choice for a candidate next time. You said Sarah hasn’t declared. Has anybody? I hadn’t heard.

You are either a troll or playing into the hands of the democrats.


415 posted on 01/27/2010 6:50:26 AM PST by altura
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To: sickoflibs

Correct.


416 posted on 01/27/2010 6:55:30 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (Support our troops, and vote out the RINO's!)
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To: Zhang Fei; All

“McCain is a conservative who appeals to moderate voters”

....?....??....

R O T F L M A O


417 posted on 01/27/2010 6:58:18 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (Support our troops, and vote out the RINO's!)
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To: pray4liberty
BS. I posted a similar comment on her Facebook page and I'm a lifelong conservative and member here since 1998. Wake up and smell the coffee.

I like Sarah but am sick of "business as usual".

418 posted on 01/27/2010 7:12:52 AM PST by Dr. Thorne (Buy Gold and Guns Now!)
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To: DoughtyOne

Holy crap, did you compile that yourself?


419 posted on 01/27/2010 7:18:46 AM PST by sickoflibs ( "It's not the taxes, the redistribution is spending you demand stupid")
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To: sickoflibs
. Your hero is a failed governor and a plagiarist.

These are two new charges your partial birth abortion posse, failed Governor and plagiarism.

Palin was the most popular Governor and elected official in America and even after she became the subject of the most vicious onslaught by the media that we have ever seen, she resigned with 56% approval (and climbing) with her numbers never having dropped lower than 54%, even at the peak of the onslaught and attacks, and her reelection was guaranteed.

We are all waiting for the new charge of plagiarism to be explained.

Even the media has not driven as far off the cliff as you.

420 posted on 01/27/2010 7:55:43 AM PST by ansel12 (anti SoCon. Earl Warren's court 1953-1969, libertarian hero, anti social conservative loser.)
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