Posted on 03/23/2010 8:12:27 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
Campaign staff and volunteers of Sen. John McCain and his former vice presidential running mate Sarah Palin are preparing for the pair’s appearance at Mesa’s Dobson High School on Saturday.
A spokesman for the camp offered a bit of advice for those wanting to get in: “Folks should get there early,” said Brian Rogers, McCain’s communications director.The event is free, on a first-come, first-served basis and does not require a ticket.
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Also speaking at a rally in Tucson on Friday, the appearances are McCain and Palin’s first ones together at a public event since their concession speech in the 2008 presidential race.
Their appearance comes just four days after President Barack Obama signed a $938 billion health care reform bill. McCain has been an outspoken critic of the bill and plans to lead an effort to repeal it.
Palin, the former governor of Alaska, is stumping for McCain. She will speak about McCain’s values and what she learned from him during their 2008 presidential campaign and through his battles against his own party line, Rogers said.
McCain will speak about what he appreciates in Palin’s leadership, and speak out against what he believes are misguided priorities in the White House including government overspending, his concerns for the 17 percent unemployment rate in Arizona and the state’s home foreclosure problem as 48 percent of homeowners in Arizona are under water, according to Rogers.
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Yes, you will not make a statement in regards to my post to you about JR's acceptance of Palin endorsing McCain.
I'm not aware that Rush was a sportscaster, President Reagan was but I don't know why you find that significant.
Which long time conservative commentators do you rank as more insightful, influential, and helpful to conservatism in America than Rush Limbaugh that has carried so much of the conservative movement for almost a quarter century?
“You are either lying, or are lazy, or stupid.
Turds can float too.”
Lots of Lefty name-calling going on here.
Pretty sad to see, actually.
And I don’t know what whoever called me a newbie considers a newbie, but I’ve been here over a year - so that off-subject insult holds no water.
In fact, I take heart with Margaret Thatcher at all this irrelevant name-calling, who was happy when people started to resort to name-calling because it meant they had no further arguments of substance. They were basically just having an emotional, foot-stomping tantrum at someone who disagrees with them.
“Yes, you will not make a statement in regards to my post to you about JR’s acceptance of Palin endorsing McCain.”
Does that mean that we all are to accept Palin endorsing McCain? Is that what you are trying to imply?
“I’m not aware that Rush was a sportscaster, President Reagan was but I don’t know why you find that significant.”
On ESPN. Limbaugh got his start as DJ. You aren’t trying to equate Limbaugh with Reagan, are you?
“Which long time conservative commentators do you rank as more insightful, influential, and helpful to conservatism in America than Rush Limbaugh that has carried so much of the conservative movement for almost a quarter century?”
If it has to be a commentator, probably WFB. I don’t base my opinions on whatever Buckley used to write, either.
You hold up others as an appeal to authority.
I would like to see you argue with the top freeper here about his view that is in opposition to yours, but you are unwilling to challenge him.
So it is the dead WFB and then Rush Limbaugh, yet you mocked Rush as a mere celebrity earlier, and now you do that childish thing of wanting to claim that I “equat[ed]” Rush with Reagan, one thing that always gets exposed when someone talks to you guys, is that your minds are all over the place, and that you will bend anything to stay with your conclusions.
You know it!
I'm not arguing with him, I'm arguing with you. Do you always use other people as clubs to try to beat down your opposition?
“So it is the dead WFB and then Rush Limbaugh, yet you mocked Rush as a mere celebrity earlier, “
There's that expecting others to do as you do - look to other people for your opinions, since you can't produce your own. I can look at the same world as Limbaugh and draw my own conclusions. Just because Limbaugh is seen by some as some sort of great political analyst, does not mean I or anyone should just ignore our own instincts, experience, and views and blindly follow. That's what Democrats do.
“and that you will bend anything to stay with your conclusions.”
Actually, that's what the spin defending Palin regarding McCain is....
A few thoughts.
1) McCain owes Palin big time, as Palin kept McCain from possibly the worst Presidential political defeat in American history. She owes him nothing.
2) Palin was mistreated by McCain operatives. McCain had to know of this, and did nothing.
3) Palin is either unable to stand up to McCain, or is playing both ends(RINOS & conservatives) to maintain her political viability......all at the expense of the United States. The only other possibility is that she agrees with most of McCain’s positions.
"To: Bob J
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!!
Romney, the draft-dodging, Big Government, lying statist political whore can KMA!!
And your picture does say a 1,000 words, but Bob, unfortunately they’re all about YOU and political whores like you and the results and likely outcome of your slavish, cultish RINOism!!
So you can shove your picture and your RINOs where the sun don’t shine.
Sarah has more guts, talent, ability, patriotism, and sheer determination and love for America and our God-given Liberty than you and Romney and a thousand other RINOS will ever have!
It’s been more than obvious for several years that our pro-Life & Liberty Free Republic has become an embarrassment for you, so why the hell don’t you just take a fricken hike already!!
Shove it, pal.
GET THE HELL OFF FR if you don’t like it, but whatever you do quit your damn whining and pestering good conservative FReepers about your hatred for Sarah Palin!! It’s beyond sickening.
394 posted on Saturday, January 09, 2010 12:05:07 PM by Jim Robinson"
I don't think so. The crowds are coming to see "her" this month. His primary is in August.
Go JD!
There’s nothing inherently wrong with someone ELSE saying they think that working to reelect McCain and supporting Graham due to personal loyalty - if that is the reason, but don’t expect everyone to agree.
You are judged by your actions. Supporting Graham and McCain is acting against the interests of the United States of America. Is personal loyalty is more important than country? You are free to disagree with my statement, but it isn’t a childish viewpoint.
(dang ineditable forum)
There’s nothing inherently wrong with someone ELSE saying they think that working to reelect McCain and supporting Graham due to personal loyalty - if that is the reason - is fine and dandy but don’t expect everyone to agree.
You are judged by your actions. Supporting Graham and McCain is acting against the interests of the United States of America. Is personal loyalty more important than country? You are free to disagree with my statement, but it isn’t a childish viewpoint.
BTW, "Game Change" mentioned that McCain is fanatically superstitious. He carries with him his lucky penny and lucky compass, and in New Hampshire he would sleep on the same side of the bed as he did in 2000.
Now we are back to politics, which top tier presidential candidates have succeeded in staying in play for winning the the primary and have been so pure that they would pass the criteria that you have created with this focus on the endorsement in the Arizona Senate race?
Give me a few names of your favorite leading front runners that did that. Without even looking at Reagan’s many endorsements, we know that he chose liberal Senator Richard Schweiker in 1976 and the despicable liberal HW Bush as running mate in 1980 and 1984.
No one can succeed and win an election between two people being voted on by 120 million strangers, without having given ammunition for 120 million different levels of acceptance and rejection and every degree of both, in between.
For crying our loud, D-1, get off the high horse and do not call me a libtard and assert that I am defending McCain. LOL.
I support and admire Sarah Palin and think she is a great voice for conservatives and I’m hardly alone. She attracts attention and crowds like no other. Her support of her former running mate, whom she calls a close friend, and her reasons for supporting him has been discussed ad nauseum here and “it is what it is.”
Do I have to agree with her? Certainly not, but I do not have to abandon her either. Do I think it hurts her? Actually, I don’t. Not on the national stage, should she decide to seek the nomination. I also do not agree with her endorsement of Rand Paul in Kentucky, but again, “it is what it is.” (Likely a shrewd political calculation and ditto for the McCain endorsement).
As to what you would appreciate me doing, let me tell you what I would appreciate you doing. Don’t worry about what I’m doing. I support conservative Republicans with my money and time and I do not support Ron Paul or people who throw in with Ron Paul and PAULTARD posters who seek to divide and conquer by posting threads with that purpose in mind.
I am a conservative Republican. This is likely where we part ways. No third parties for me. NO PAULTARD, NO BALDWIN.
Join the club ;-)
You know if you’re gonna keep hammering FReepers over the head with that post from JimRob, the least you could do would be to start paying him royalties, eh?
“Now we are back to politics, which top tier presidential candidates have succeeded in staying in play for winning the the primary and have been so pure that they would pass the criteria that you have created with this focus on the endorsement in the Arizona Senate race?”
This is McCain she’s endorsing. One of the conservative movement’s worst enemies. This is not much better than endorsing Obama.
“No one can succeed and win an election between two people being voted on by 120 million strangers, without having given ammunition for 120 million different levels of acceptance and rejection and every degree of both, in between.”
So, she has your vote. What would be your limit? Is there one?
LOL!
10 bucks per post?
You keep throwing in Graham, Graham isn’t running for anything, she hasn’t endorsed him for anything, she paid some money back from when she started her PAC is all.
You are a very slippery kind of poster, that determined to defend your internal belief at all costs commitment, may account for how you reach and cling to the conclusions that you do.
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