Posted on 05/07/2010 12:08:46 PM PDT by FTJM
Many Sarah Palin devotees seem shocked that Sarah Palin endorsed Carly Fiorina for Senator. They believed Sarah Palin to be representative of the Tea Party–who all endorse Chuck DeVore.
Sarah Palin is first, a Republican.
Sarah Palin has shown loyalty to John McCain and Carly Fiorina is a friend to John. Perhaps she feels it’s only right.
Sarah Palin speaks at Tea Party events and likes certain principles, but by her own admission she does not represent the Tea Party. In fact, she arrived late to the Tea Party–it had been growing and thriving for months before her first speech at an event. She then signed on with Tea Party Express, whom many Tea Party activists view as a Republican organization (as opposed to a grassroots organization) to speak at the anchoring events.
Was it a good political move to endorse Carly Fiorina? Not for Sarah…and maybe not for Carly. This is California, after all, and Chuck DeVore has the Tea Party and serious conservative vote wrapped up. Some have speculated that this endorsement was a desperate move to shore up a failing campaign. Although, it looks like many big donors are going to move in to help Carly because they believe she has the best chance against Barbara Boxer.
Once more, I believe the establishment is wrong. First, they’re misjudging the grassroots sentiment. A Sarah Palin endorsement won’t win Carly Fiorina votes. It just won’t. And it’s condescending and tone-deaf to believe it will. Second, Carly Fiorina is not the best candidate–in the primary or the general.
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So, it hasn’t really “given back to the cause.”
I mean, SarahPAC gave $9.500 to candidates, mostly RINOs, after getting $100,000 from Tea Partiers and an extra $300,000 from others?
It sounds like Sarah’s not exactly being “conservative” with anything, except her own money.
And just who is their guy???
Palin is trying to play both ends against the middle just like her mentor Juan McAmnesty.
Sarah McPalin proved to me just who she is when she supported McCain.
My 2¢
She is pretty close to those she is endorsing on social issues. Seems more fiscally Conservative than them though.
I’d like to believe if she did end up being the GOP candidate she’d follow the will of the majority that gets her elected.
LOl
let’s see the mittbots’ guy is Mitt
the paulnuts’ guy is Ron Paul.
I know that was a tough one for you.
All I know is it didn't go to her personal money stash
It was all brought out her on FR at the time of the convention.
If you need to know the details, some research should bring the results you desire
LOL...you can’t copyright a phrase, and Spiro Agnew (or William Saffire) certainly didn’t try to.
Ya just can't win... no matter what you say, someone else has said it first ... [sorry, William Safire ... ] ... :-)
sure she is.....
I haven’t seen her positions change. she is simply picking those she thinks can win and help her advance her agenda in 2013 once she is sworn in.
Pence/DeMint or DeMint/Pence, I'm not too picky about the order.
Everyone needs to quit looking for the PERFECT candidate because it doesn’t exist. Look at the entirety and vote for the best...not the perfect. It’s pretty simple actually.
LOL...NO ONE can copyright a phrase, esp Jim Cramer who was using a phrase created by Saffire.
No, I just didn’t think anyone would really be so superficial as to believe that the republican party would nominate either the originator of obamacare or a guy that would be near 78 before he would ever take office. I really expected you to have given it more thought than that.
Spin it any way you wish, you were given stats from SarahPAC not money Sarah earned (or didn’t earn)
LOL. Do you write for Leno?
Post #36 shows she gave out $9,500 of $400,000 she brought in since January.
We know the vast majority of that money (the $9,500) went to RINOs she’s been endorsing, including Carly, I’m sure.
As for the rest, well, she’s keeping it bottled up for now. So, we know she endorses and gives to RINOs, why should that change with the other monies she’s collecting?
Don’t get me wrong here. We bought her book and I gave to her campaign with McCain, only when she came on board. I think she means very well.
But, honestly, there are a ton of issues she’s been silent on, and too many “conservatives” have taken that opportunity to “imprint” their hopes and positions on her, even when they have no reason to have done so.
So, when she endorses a ton of RINOs, she may actually be giving us much more insight on her beliefs than she’s ever publicly implied or stated.
Palin knows full well that she is FAR from a favorite of the liberal, republican party elites. So if she has ANY hope of getting the 2012 nomination, she’ll have to play the political game to at least some extent.
It was a nice quip for me to use... LOL ...
The fact of the matter is that it’s used both ways ... :-)
Yes, settle. Part of the reason I say that is I keep running across Palin supporters who want to excuse what she says and does as if what she says and does aren’t to be believed because she has some ‘other’ motive for doing them. I said it before and I’ll say it again...I’m not going to support a candidate in hopes that he is NOT who he presents himself to be.
So, what’s your Plan B...who are you going to support IF Sarah doesn’t run?
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