Sarah Palin urges conservatives to rally around Pat Roberts

Los Angeles Times ^ | September 25, 2014 | By MICHAEL A. MEMOLI

[Oldeconomybuyer]

When Pat Roberts faced a conservative primary challenge this summer, he did what most Republican senators have learned to do: turn hard right. Now, facing an unexpectedly strong independent challenge, Roberts is doubling down.

On Thursday, the three-term Kansas senator turned to tea party darling Sarah Palin to rally voters behind his flagging campaign. The former Alaska governor praised Roberts for standing with Sen. Ted Cruz a year ago during his marathon floor speech against President Obama's healthcare law, which preceded a strategy that resulted in a government shutdown.

"He [was] one of the few senators fulfilling campaign promises, doing what the American people asked him to do, standing there on the floor with Sen. Ted Cruz to do what they could to get rid of Obamacare," Palin said.

[Jane Long]

Linky no worky....all I get is this....

[deport]

Sorry for the messed up link.

Palin Roberts Photos

[Jane Long]

Thanks. I posted some of these, upthread.

(Thought maybe the site had added more.)

There’s also a FB link, upthread, with more great pics.

Thanks for posting this link ;-)

[greene66]

I don’t know. Roberts is an awfully decrepit, out-of-touch, tired-blood, career politician (and it was more than exasperating that he wasn’t successfully primaried), but ‘unlike’ all of the other noxious and commonly-cited RINO’s, he seems pretty dependably anti-amnesty and is solid on social issues. Adding the factor of the Dems’ duplicitous effort pushing an “independent” candidate, it’s probably just enough to push me over in Roberts favor. Unless some Kansans can come up with some really egregious transgressions I don’t know about. Which I’m entirely open to hearing.

In essence, I don’t think Roberts is quite in the same rancid league as McConnell, Cochran, Graham, Alexander, and such. Those backstabbing bastards aren’t worth the powder to blow them up. Ditto for Cornyn in my own state, who will NOT be getting my vote this November.

[Norm Lenhart]

Oh I agree there are worse. But he is what he is and situational ethics are what they are. If we keep excusing open rino crap at every level, we may just as well get behind Romney now and embrace our inner liberal. Why lie to ourselves about what we are? If we are willing to bend over lets just admit it and move on together as open moderates.

[Resettozero]

Allow me to suggest you stop over thinking this, and stop thinking the universe is run in smoke filled rooms by a small cadre of dark shady power brokers. The idea that Romney was in on it with the McCain campaign? Sorry, with due respect, that doesn’t fly.

Not the McCain campaign; I said the McCain/Palin campaign. Wallace and Schmidt (and probably another one or two Veep assignees) were defacto Romney operatives at that time and later, regardless who signed their paychecks. Because of what they did and which Republican Presidential contender benefitted most from what they did. Anyway, SP has indicated in the past that she thinks she was torpedoed by them.

[Resettozero]

But it doesn’t mean that McConnell, Graham, Cochran, Alexander and other RINO’s are deserving of our support...

I've learned somethings about Roberts and recent Kansas politics from this and similar threads. Were I in Kansas Toto, I'd probably be able to vote for Roberts this November, on the basis of what I've learned today.

As for the incumbants you mentioned above, they get none of my money and no moral support. They will win or lose on their own.

[laplata]

You are exactly right. This could be our very last chance.

[Resettozero]

In her endorsement of Hatch, in particular, she made specific reference to his decades-long fight for a balanced budget amendment.

Palin is a very specific endorser. With Roberts, she mentions him standing with Cruz against Obamacare.

There is always a specific reason when Palin endorses.

I would advise always reading her entire endorsement, because she will usually lay the reasons right out with precision.

Yes to all that you said in your post. Still, I'm scratching my head over this Roberts endorsement...just a little perplexed. But I'm still with her...until and unless she tells me I ought to vote for LG in SC this November.

[C. Edmund Wright]

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I’ll accept your apology when you’re ready.

[greene66]

Oh, I definately agree. Maybe I’m just not versed well enough in the extent of Roberts’ actual RINO-ism, as opposed to him just being a tired old career-politician who is distant from his state and his constituents. Who also demonstrated both cluelessness and selfishness by not passing the torch and retiring.

I can ‘slightly’ forgive that level of doddering entitlement, if there’s truly a top-notch voting record behind it, and no other viable alternative. What I refuse to forgive are an slimey RINO’s who profess conservatism yet go back to DC, and constantly side with the agendas of the corrupt elites, and behind-the-scenes do everything they can to kneecap the grassroots. Generally, I’ve observed Roberts being more of the former than the latter. But I’m not a Kansan, and I could be totally wrong with this observation. I’m entirely open to hear examples of where Roberts may have a more negative track-record than I’m aware of.

[Norm Lenhart]

The problem is that everyone decries pols that spend eternity in office as the problem and decries pols who lie to retain their power as the problem and decry pols that support Bhoners various cave ins as the problem, then pretend the guy that is all those things is just A OK.

I have yet to see a logical argument from a single RINO excuser why it is that situational ethics is/are OK. Every time it becomes a choice of standing behind the words they spout every day on conservative sites or miraculously finding that one very extra super unique excuse to allow another RINO vote, they find it with no sense of shame or embarrassment for the hypocracy.

[Ron H.]

Sorry Sarah, no can do. Some compromises just aren’t worth the trouble!

[Ron H.]

Right, vote Republican it doesn’t matter if that Republican is leftist or a mush who has done nothing to advance Conservative principles!

Yup. No matter what. Keep sending America down that dark road.

[Ann Archy]

So you think Reid and Obama will fix everything in the country!!!! OMG...Only Democrats think that way!

[Starstruck]

Love ya Sarah ... no. Not gonna. He needs to go.

As a Kansan, I say no he doesn't. You Californians need to look at your crappy candidates and not look at the tiny mote in the eyes of ours.

[Ann Archy]

I wanna know when it turned into a DEMOCRAT place!!!

[Sirius Lee]

I wanna know when it turned into a DEMOCRAT place!!!

When all the pro-romneytards crawled out from under a rock? I have no say in Roberts as I don't live there, but I would probably vote for him because he is mostly Conservative according to my personal political barometer. I can't say the same for Cochran or turtleneck.

[VRWC For Truth]

I'm over the target taking flak, sweetie. This is FR. It's not RINO central. Talk to the site owner if ya have a problem with that. Good luck. Bonor and MCCornhole are as useless as DemocRats. You have NO argument.

[Ann Archy]

It'll be LOSER CENTRAL if we don't take back the Senate!!

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