AZ-Sen. 2010: Reception and Dinner with Governor Sarah Palin (raising money for RINO McCain!)

John McCain for U.S. Senate ^

[GLDNGUN]

LOL, and Palin is the perfect conservative????

Wow. How did you read all of that and still completely miss the point? Bravo!

The point is that Palin may very well not be a "perfect conservative". The point is also that there is NO SUCH THING. Not Reagan. Not Hayworth. Nobody. Get used to it and get over it.

[stephenjohnbanker]

“Why does McCain have $22 million left in his presidential campaign chest? Why does he have $5 million in his senatorial account and still need Sarah to fund raise for him? I don’t like what she is doing, I think it shows poor judgement (and don’t give me that “she owes him” crap, he owes HER)”

Correct! He owed her, not the other way around!

[McGavin999]

All you have to do is look at the mere 1000 people who showed up at the Scott Brown/McCain rally to understand that McCain can pull nobody if Sarah isn’t there.

[Mamzelle]

He have with good effect, even against the Media Matters 2004 Club among us.

[Mamzelle]

More of the 2004 Club

[bobjam]

“she would have waited through the primary, like Sen. DeMint is doing”

Senator DeMint wasn’t McCain’s running mate. He didn’t debate Joe Biden, give a keynote address, make countless appearances, and endure the worst of the leftist media all for the cause of getting McCain elected POTUS. How ridiculous would it look for Palin to do all that to send McCain to the White House and yet do nothing to for his Arizona Senate bid?

And as Limbaugh pointed out, were it not for McCain, Sarah Palin would be an unknown governor of Alaska.

[stephenjohnbanker]

Exactly.

[stephenjohnbanker]

“How ridiculous would it look for Palin to do all that to send McCain to the White House and yet do nothing to for his Arizona Senate bid?”

If she were a true conservative, she would have waited to back the winner. Spin it all you want, it won’t fly.

[proud_yank]

Get used to it and get over it.

I understand your point, and in addition to it tend to think there will never be a politician that I agree with on everything or will be, in my view, a 'true conservative'.

My point is that, based on her performance as governor, Palin is not a conservative, in particular her fiscal policy. Also, the conservative viewpoints she now expresses we did not see when she was governor here. Massive tax hikes on oil, blocking access to oil/gas development (both on the slope and in Cook Inlet), expanding Denali Kids Care (basically state-run kiddie healthcare). She did nothing to push back against the Fed Gov, which is the biggest landholder here. To top it off, her union husband was sending confidential e-mails to her right before her administration's tax hikes.

Her 'common sense, low tax, etc' views on energy development are hard to listen to, because she did the complete opposite when she was in Juneau. Though I do love listening to her preach about ANWR, because its a federal lease and if it were developed wouldn't be hit as hard by her state taxes. I don't think you understand or appreciate the irony in that.

[proud_yank]

Stop looking at what she has actually done, and start listening to what she says....talk is more important, yes?

True, true. We need to grow up and jump on the bandwagon. What do we know, we just live and work here...

[McGavin999]

I seem to remember McCain having to travel via commercial airlines and having to carry his own baggage (for a change). Hillary ended her primary challange with a $10 million dollar deficit, why did McCain end up with $22 million. That question keeps rattling around and around and never gets answered.

[nutmeg]

Yes..she was on THE VIEW and they asked her what she thought of Palin and she winked and said that they’d have to read it in her book coming out late August.

Ugh, I *hate* The View... Joy Behar must be licking her chops at the thought of Meghan's tell-all book.

McCain always thinks he’s smarter than everyone else...and that nobody is watching. We’ve got news for him though, and we’re going to let him know in August.

You go, Hildy! JD Hayworth is a good guy... we met him last month at CPAC, shook his hand and wished him well. There were swarms of people - particularly conservative college students - all around him - he was walking through the halls of the Marriott, going from one event to another. JD looked happily surprised at all of the well-wishers...

[BufordP]

Not only endorsing but raising the moolah! Just in case you're in the neighborhood.

[Arizona Carolyn]

I can’t for the life of me think what he was thinking do that.

[Arizona Carolyn]

I don’t think McCain will go anywhere near a tea party.. and notice — as many of us in Arizona have pointed out — she is doing a fundraising dinner for McCain, not a campaign rally for McCain.. huge difference, it allows here to fulfill her obligations to him without actually putting herself out there on a public stage with him.

[Arizona Carolyn]

Sorry given a choice between McCain for another six years and JD... I’ll take JD.

[Kimberly GG]

Sorry AC, I don’t want McCain re-elected, so I just don’t see there’s any difference. Besides...I blame her for ever putting herself in a position to be ‘obligated’ to the likes of a PROGRESSIVE. I’d have a lot more respect for her is she stood up and opposed him...it’s not like she doesn’t know what he stands for.

[FreeReign]

They are there for McCain, and Sarah is there for McCain. They are now married as far as I am concerned.

If she was a REAL conservative, she would have waited through the primary, like Sen. DeMint is doing.

Ironic.

DeMint was a ground floor supporter and fund raiser for Mitt, over a year before the Republican presidential primaries began back in late 2006.

[Arizona Carolyn]

Well then you are basically saying she never should have agreed to be on the 2008 ticket.

[walsh]

Everybody makes mistakes. Even Sarah. But I'm going to support her anyway. And vote for her.

She's not perfect, but she's the best we've got and we need the best to go up against Obama. The stakes are too high to settle for anything less.