Some FReeper actually use the excuse that Al Gore was a "conservative" back then. lol. Which is the most ludicrous thing I have ever heard. He might have taken certain less lefty positions on a few issues (very few, and ones the Prez had no real input on) to make him different than other Dem primary candidates but he never had any intention of voting that way. Perry still defends his support of Gore. Can you believe that? He used SDI for a reason, although Al Gore had begun to oppose SDI before he kicked off that campaign. So even the excuse makes no sense. So did Perry quit the Democrat Party?? I don't know, they say he never quit anything, right? The Pay to Play Crony Capitalist Slick Rick Perry s not a conservative.
I cannot even believe that I have to remember that made up 'alpha male' and that manly photo shoot done to improve his poll numbers... What I would like to know is if, and how often Perry and algore keep in communication?
So..... Palin campaigned with McAmnesty as #2 and has said a thousand nice things about him.
Palin always threw out respect for Hillary Clinton and Geraldine Ferraro.
Using the same logic that you and tempest display.... she is not a conservative.
See what I did there? This has become ridiculous. Your Palin point man who won’t answer questions pulled out a 1993 letter today from Perry to Hillary on health care. Pathetic.
I love Palin but shame on you. You are so blinded by one candidate that you spew venom for another candidate who is light years better than what we had just a month ago.
I don’t know what Palin will do and neither do you but again... answer the question tempest refuses and use the same reasoning and logic you apply to every Perry thread.
Did Palin endorse Perry and call him conservative?
Did Palin endorse McCain?
March 26th of last year.... excerpted from CBS news -
Sarah Palin and John McCain appeared together on the campaign trail for the first time since the 2008 presidential campaign, with Palin traveling to Arizona to help McCain defend himself against a challenge from the right in the state’s Republican Senate primary.
“Arizona, would you send the maverick back to the United States Senate?” said Palin, who was greeted with massive applause — seemingly more than the man who she had come to support.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20001289-503544.html
Please defend this....... please. What does this say about her judgment using the mythical conservative purists standard you criticize Perry with for his support of Al Gore (when Perry was a southern blue dog democrat - longer than Reagans swap of parties by the way). What does this say about her judgement since it was a year ago compared to a letter that Perry wrote representing his constituency in 1993?
Answers?
From WayBackWhen Archives - http://web.archive.org/web/20081218155116/http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/democracy/gore/stories/gore/index2.html
"Gore's approach was that there needed to be a new approach for the Democratic Party, one that was more from the center, reflecting more the party's historic base in the South," says former White House press secretary Mike McCurry."
"Running as a Southern centrist, Gore opposed federal funding for abortion. He favored a moment of silence for prayer in the schools and voted against banning the interstate sale of handguns."