Posted on 05/07/2010 10:02:26 PM PDT by pissant
I just finished strong in a one hour debate with Tom Campbell and Carly Fiorina (to be broadcast Sunday morning — we’ll send you the media analysis when it comes in).
But before I went to bed tonight I wanted to take a moment to type out some of my thoughts on the day’s news and provide you with an update on my campaign.
If you didn’t hear, Sarah Palin posted a Facebook message earlier today about the California Republican primary.
She bashed Tom Campbell.
She tried to ignore me.
And she announced her support of Carly Fiorina.
She called Fiorina a “commonsense conservative” and said Fiorina is “the only conservative in the race who can beat Barbara Boxer.”
I like Sarah Palin. I think highly of her. But she got this dead wrong.
Carly Fiornia is NOT a conservative.
And she is certainly NOT the only candidate in the race who can beat Barbara Boxer.
Let me address each of those issues with some cold, hard facts.
Is Carly Fiorina a conservative?
* She supported the Wall Street bailouts.
* She supported Cap and Trade.
* She supported the confirmation of Sonia Sotomayer.
* She has criticized the new Arizona immigration law.
* Before she was fired as the CEO of Hewlett-Packard, she allowed the company to sell technology to Iran.
* And last year when liberal Democrats and moderate Republicans were trying to push through a massive tax increase in a California referendum, Carly Fiorina had “no comment.”
I call her a “John McCain Republican” – she talks the talk from time to time and says she’s a conservative but she has a “never with us when it counts” record just like McCain.
Don’t get me wrong, if a liberal Republican like Tom Campbell or a moderate Republican like Carly Fiorina win the primary instead of me, I will support them against Barbara Boxer.
But there’s no need to make a compromise like that.
This is not a primary election where electability needs to be a factor.
Again, let me offer the cold hard facts.
Here’s the most recent polling numbers from the independent Rasmussen poll.
* Fiorina 38% – Boxer 42%
* DeVore 39% – Boxer 42%
* Campbell 41% – Boxer 43%
The margin of error in the poll was 4.5%.
That means Fiornia is statistically tied with Boxer.
So am I (actually one point better than Fiorina).
And so is Tom Campbell.
There is literally no difference at all in how we are performing against Boxer.
The fact is Boxer has been mired in the mid-to-low 40s for more than a year.
Whether it’s her abrasive politics, her leading role in Cap and Trade, the way California Democrats have run the state into the ground, the way Washington Democrats are running the country into the ground, the “Can you call me Senator?” episode, or something else, the fact is Barbara Boxer is going to have a very difficult time winning re-election this year.
So the choice before the California primary voters isn’t who can beat Boxer…
…it’s which Republican candidate best represents your values.
* Is it Tom Campbell, the “Nelson Rockefeller Republican” who supported the largest tax increase in history at the state level, a 32-cent gas tax increase, and is liberal on social issues? * Is it Carly Fiorina, the “John McCain Republican” who claims she is a conservative but has a never with us when it counts record of support for the bailouts, for cap and trade, and for the confirmation of liberal Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor? * Or is it me, Chuck DeVore, a “Ronald Reagan Republican” who has a proven, conservative record on taxes, on spending, on social issues, and on defense?
I believe it’s vitally important to California and America’s future that we get Barbara Boxer out of the Senate…
…but I also believe it’s just as important we replace her with a true conservative who will faithfully hold strong to the Founding Father’s vision of a limited government
My record is clear.
I have a proven voting record in the California State Assembly that has earned me several “Legislator of the Year” awards from conservative organizations.
I was a Reagan White House appointee in the Pentagon and I’m a Lt. Col. in the U.S. Army Reserve.
And I was against the bailouts, against cap and trade, and against the confirmation of Sonia Sotomayer. I support the Arizona immigration law. And when California Republican moderates tried to raise taxes I resigned my leadership position in protest.
My record has earned me support from conservatives like:
*** Senator Jim DeMint’s “Senate Conservative Fund” *** Governor Mike Huckabee’s “HuckPAC” *** Congressman Tom McClintock (R-CA) *** Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) *** Congressman Jeff Flake (R-AZ) *** The Tea Party Express *** Citizens United PAC *** Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association PAC *** And more than 60% of California’s Republican elected officials.
Media commentators Glenn Beck, George Will, Andrew Breitbart, and Mark Levin have all identified me as the true conservative candidate in this race.
I’m not going to lie to you, I would have liked Sarah Palin’s endorsement, too (and I look forward to getting it after I win the primary).
But the support I most need and want is yours.
If you live in California, I need your vote on June 8th.
And no matter where you live, I urgently need your immediate financial support.
Based on the Facebook and Twitter comments, it seems a lot of Sarah’s supporters weren’t very happy about her decision to support Carly.
To those of you who are looking for a strong, tried-and-true conservative who can win in November, I invite you to join my team right now.
I need your help.
Click this link right now to make a donation and help me win this primary. Any amount you can give, even if it’s just $5, will make an immediate difference.
I am the REAL conservative who can win this primary and defeat Barbara Boxer.
But I can’t do it by myself.
I need the help of conservatives like you. And I need it right now.
Join my team today and together we can put this country back on track. It only takes a minute to make a donation. But the impact could last a lifetime.
So please don’t delay. Click this link right now and help me, the “Ronald Reagan Conservative,” win the Republican primary.
All the best,
Chuck DeVore
State Assemblyman (R-CA)
Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army Reserve
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I like what I just read....I am sad that Sarah has endorsed Carly..
I agree. Voters need to stick to stick to their guns and vote real conservatives.
Isn’t DeVore the one who thinks birthers are crazy?
Yes.
I don’t exactly why the GOP is trying to destroy America as is the Dems. I just know we should be voting our own people in.
Sarah Palin is backing McCain & Fiorina, backing Fiorina after she denounced the Arizona Law even when McCain said he supported it.
Chuck DeVore is the guy for Conservatives.
Being ignorant on a topic is not the same as being a RINO.
She and Carly formed a good friendship during the 2008 campaign.
Atleast Sarah Palin is loyal to her friends..
It was not in her nature to turn against John McCain. Or abandon a friend like Carly.
You campaign with someone. You get to know them. I am sure they have talked on the phone a lot. It would be rather low to turn on your friends when they need you.
DeVore has a communications director and a campaign manager, but apparently he doesn’t think it’s necessary for his campaign to pay them because California taxpayers are picking up the tab.
Both of his senior campaign aides are state employees. An independent group, California Citizens for Ethics in Government, has called on the California Attorney General and the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to investigate
I read that today.
Sarah Palin is not a flake or the kind of person that acts without thinking. She has connections on the ground. She knows what is going on.
Sheesh, don’t you know better than to use facts and logic against the Palin-Haters?
There’s probably some truth to that.
Where is this debate going to be shown on Sunday, I prefer to judge for myself if he kicked a$$ in the debate, if he came across in this debate as he did on the Hannity Reagan Library show then I’d say he is self-congratulating without real substance.
chuck who?
Read this article——this sums up my feelings on our argument the other day perfectly
De Vore does not and did not stand a hope in hell of beating Campbell… so all Tea Partiers line up to the left to leap off the cliff holding a copy of the Tea Party Death Wish Proclamation.
Latest polls…
Campbell 32
Carly 28
De Vore 14
Idiots… De Vore, with all that Tea Party support has gone no where in the last few months… are really that stupid? You want Campbell to win? Idiots.
The only smart one in this is Sarah Palin… as usual. She does not kiss anyone’s ass… not even the Tea Party. Either you support her or you don’t… she will not be swayed or blackmailed into doing something that does not make any sense to her. Get used to it. She is a true leader with the guts to make the hard decisions… not kiss 10 asses at the same time like most politicians.
DeVore is turning into a creep.
How Chucky baby you have to win the primary first.
Latest poll:
Campbell 32
Carly 28
De Vore 14
14 ain’t going to do it so do us all a favor and drop-out for the good of the country.
You don’t sound like a leader.
Sarah Palin did’t trash you so stop trashing her.
Sarah Palin ain’t the only one out there so go and get Romney’s endorsment.
Romney is next in line for POTUS.
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