Posted on 12/16/2009 4:38:39 PM PST by Al B.
Declaring that she “was honored and proud to run with him,” former Alaska governor Sarah Palin pushed back hard Wednesday against a report that she had disrespected Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) by blacking out his name on a sun visor she wore on vacation.
The website TMZ accused Palin of “a frontal attack on Sen. John McCain” during a Hawaii vacation this week: “Sarah chose to wear a visor from her campaign -- a visor that was emblazoned with the former presidential candidate's name ... that is, until Palin redacted McCain's name with a black marker.”
But Palin said in a statement to POLITICO that she was just trying to “be incognito” -- to go unrecognized and shield her children and husband, Todd, from paparazzi.
The hotel where she was staying had to chase away five photographers, a friend said.
Palin said in the statement to POLITICO: “I am so sorry if people took this silly incident the wrong way. I adore John McCain, support him 100 percent and will do everything I can to support his reelection. As everyone knows, I was honored and proud to run with him. And Todd and I were with him in D.C. just a week ago. So much for trying to be incognito."
The Palins were taking a break from a three-and-a-half-week book tour for her million-copy-selling memoir, “Going Rogue: An American Life.” Palin has signed more than 59,000 books -- an average of 1,750 per stop -- and has traveled more than 19,000 miles by plane and bus. She has spent 115 hours -- or 4.8 days -- signing books in 33 cities in 25 states. Her stops have included five military bases.
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And your "principles" amount to electing Republicans who act like Democrats until it's time to get re-elected by stirring the wealth redistribution pot again.
Or defending and apologizing for Republicans who openly defend Socialist schemes established by Democrats.
Talk about FAIL.
No wonder the United States is on the edge of a financial abyss.
Honestly, are you really this dense.
Your statement on What Palin said is factual.
Your Judgement on what she said is an opinion.
Your just digging deeper here and looking ignorant in the process.
I’m not trying to be condescending and I’m not a genius by any stretch. However, you can’t distinguish simple factual statements from statements of opinion.
That is 5th and 6th grade stuff.
Do a google on propaganda and they will cover these foundational principles.
By definition, this isn't anyone's opinion.
Unbelievable.
LOL, it is unbelievable.
But there it is.
1) Hayworth hasn't declared.
rabs: "Yet."
Should Palin, a Republican, have based her endorsement or non-endorsement of McCain, the de facto Republican Senate candidate from Arizona, on the as-of-yet non-declaration for the office by an as-of-yet non-candidate?
Or should she have supported the Democrat?
2) Palin is a Republican.
rabs: "So was Scozzafava.
And Specter, before he went home to the Democrat mother ship."
Are you insinuating that Palin is a liberal Republican akin to Dede and pre-GOP-defection Arlen?
3) Palin was asked by McCain to run for Vice President. Under these circumstances, a failure to support McCain would display ingratitude, lack of good political judgment and indecisiveness unbecoming of any conservative.
rabs: "Then she has put Party over principle."
It's an idiotic statement.
The woman has come out against Cap And Trade and Nationalized Health Care, she's for drilling, she's anti-abortion, pro-second amendment, she rejects the notion of man-made global warming, she's against gay marriage...but she's not worthy of your support...she backs a guy who asked her to be on his presidential ticket...and you can't "in good conscience support her."
I knew you'd come out against this woman, and I told you so. You're a predictable drone.
She should have stayed quiet.
Or should she have supported the Democrat?
The Democrats are running someone in Arizona?
Are you insinuating that Palin is a liberal Republican akin to Dede and pre-GOP-defection Arlen?
No, all I am doing is suggesting that the term "Republican" is meaningless.
The woman has come out against Cap And Trade and Nationalized Health Care, she's for drilling, she's anti-abortion, pro-second amendment, she rejects the notion of man-made global warming, she's against gay marriage...but she's not worthy of your support...
Will she downsize the Federal government?
Yes or no, Chunga.
You're a predictable drone.
"Drone"? LOL.
Says the old curmudgeon who runs around, to and fro, telling people they should always vote Republican.
Even though the Republican Party of the past eighty years is a large part of the reason as to why the United States is teetering on the edge of a financial abyss today.
Are you sure you aren't projecting again, Chunga?
Cause it seems that you are.
Considering Jim Thompson and lots of other good conservatives (me included) don't think it is of any consequence, why is this such a big deal breaker in your eyes?
It is NOT "polit[i]cally savvy and wise" to openly coddle your opponent, or anyone who does so.
McCain's political record of coddling leftists is crystal clear.
You know what, 30 years from now some will hold the opinion that McCain was the nominee in 2008, and some will hold the opinion that he was not the nominee in 2008.
One group will have an opinion that is true and factual.
And if that can be said of a situation thirty years from today, it can be said in the same terms today.
You folks are not being intellectually honest. You’ll do anything you can to try to diffuse Palin’s mistake.
So what we have here is a 500 plus post thread, going on for a full day, drawing in folks who would never have even notice the issues in it, if it weren’t for Palin’s ‘Knights in Shining armor”. So good job folks.
You sure know how to minimize someone’s negatives.
A corrolary, do you think supporting a third party will do anything but elect demcrats?
“I have stated that Palin made a mistake. You have stated that she has been politcally savvy and wise.”
“One of us is correct. One of our opinions is true and a fact”
LOL, NO,they are statements of opinion. You are an uneducated dunce.
“McCain was the Republican nominee. Palin did make a mistake. Neither is just an opinion.”
The first statement is factual and true. The second statement is an opinion. The third statement proves, as I said above, that you are an uneducated dunce.
Find one post here where I said I could no longer support Palin from here on out.
What I object to, is the idea that backing a man with McCain’s baggage, is in any way shape or form a Conservative concept.
If Palin supporters would have said, “Oh, I wish she hadn’t said that.”, this thread would have been about thirty posts long, and we would be participating on other threads that are supportive of wholesome things she has done.
I cannot believe this hasn’t occurred to folks who think they are being supportive of her here.
Is that a fact? (!!)
“I have stated that Palin made a mistake. You have stated that she has been politically savvy and wise.”
If you wish to state, that one of these statements is not true, then be my guest.
Otherwise, one of these opinions is true, and once again you have not been able to avoid reality.
If you’re having a hard time comprehending the posts, I suggest you have someone on your side explain it to you.
Is that a fact?!!
lol.
So your comprehension skills are just as flawed.
I’m beginning to see a pattern. No wonder...
My first post on this thread spoke of her character being such as she is going to support the man who brought her into the limelight, plus I think it's not the worst thing politically to keep her channels open with a left leaning moderate.
She is clearly a conservative, doesn't hold to a lot of McCain's opinions, and as much as I wish he would go away, he's not going to. I don't think anyone need to say they wish she hadn't said that as long as she holds to most of the conservative positions we care about.
Working to retake the Republican Party is only worthwhile if you have another Calvin Coolidge and like-minded libertarian conservatives who are willing to cut the Federal government.
Palin is no Coolidge, unfortunately.
Her statement--on the record--, when combined with her PAC's support of Graham, McCain, and Murkowski, is sufficient grounds to support such an assertion.
She has allied herself with the present Republican establishment, which *IS* the problem.
So what is your answer, what should we do in your opinion
Determine what our "certain fundamental beliefs"--our core principles--are, and publicly declare them to be true and worthy of our support.
These should be beliefs which, to paraphrase Reagan, "must not be compromised to political expediency, or simply to swell [a party's, or a faction's] numbers."
It is important to note that obtaining agreement on a number of principles is increasingly harder to do as the number of principles increase; so, at the Federal level, I would suggest that there only be two or three "fundamental beliefs," namely adherence to the Declaration and to the Constitution, adherence to the rule of law, and a willingness and an eagerness to reduce the Federal government to a minimal size, thereby restoring the rights and the freedoms of the States and the People.
When I find Republican candidates who support such things, I will support them; otherwise, I will feel free to look outside the Republican Party for candidates who support such things.
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