Posted on 05/07/2010 10:02:26 PM PDT by pissant
This might upset some people.
I am a rock solid conservative. But if I was elected to office. and I had a friend I could trust who was smart, loyal, had the ability, the talent and the intrest. I don’t care if they were a Republican, RINO or Democrat. I would hire them if they wanted to help out.
There are a lot of people in this world who would screw you over. One friend who disagrees with you on a few things is better than someone who may agree with you, but you can’t trust them.
Because we are also in the people business here. Mutual trust means more than political spin and 15 second sound bites.
I do believe Sarah got it wrong on this one. But then again, she did support McCain.
What does it look like if she turns on McCain ? shes not like that..
She could have remained silent.
Amen.
If you want to be taken seriously tone it down. If you want others to look at you as the idiot you claim they are you’ll continue slinging pejoratives. It’s your call.
Have a nice evening.
Both Palin and Romney chose to support the people who have the best chance of knocking off the democrats in CA, Fiorina and Whitman. And, they were both swayed by, among other things, personal friendship and loyalty.
Palin did have a debt to McCain. I can overlook that. I won’t overlook this (FioRINO)
John McCain and Carly Fiorina asked for her endorsement
Let me give you a case and point..
Howard Cosell was so frustrated with the direction of sports broadcasting. He wrote a book. He trashed the establishment. But the problem was, he also turned on his friends because they worked for ABC. People who built him up and gave him the microphone for all those years, he turned on the people who gave him a chance. He even turned on Al Michaels.
It is a shame.
Howard Cosell then died a lonely man.
some things are more important than your political agenda. there is no perfect candidate or person.
Snicker. :-)
Chuck Devore needs to read the writing on the wall, drop out and support Fiorina.
Chuck DeVore has every reason to be hurt by Sarah's endorsement of Carly Fiorina, but this message today is a postive response and one that will help him immensely. Voters decide, not endorsements.
Sarah Palin waited until four weeks before the primary to endorse. Sarah selected Carly for her stated reasons and Sarah is doing what she thinks is the best way to advance policies and candidates she believes in. Sarah has earned her voice on the national stage and she commands media attention like no other.
I am solid supporter of Sarah, but that doesn't mean I applaud all of her endorsements, but I do sure do applaud her for all the work she is doing.
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Update by Sarah on her Facebook page:
Update: I’d like to add a few things about my Carly endorsement because some reaction right out of the chute calls for more information:
Carly has been endorsed by the National Right to Life, the California Pro-Life Council, and the Susan B. Anthony List. She is pro-life, pro-traditional marriage, pro-military, and pro-strict border security and against amnesty.She is against Obamacare and will vote to repeal it and prevent the government takeover of private companies and industries. Carly is also a strong supporter of the Second Amendment. Like me, she is a member of the NRA, has a 100% NRA rating, and she and her husband are gun owners.
She is pro-energy development and believes as I do in an all-of-the-above approach to energy independence. She is against cap and tax. And most importantly, Carly is the only conservative in the race who can beat Barbara Boxer. That’s no RINO. That’s a winner.
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There is no need to get DU-esque with fellow Freepers who may disagree with you.
Why would he drop out of a primary?
If you want to find out about Carly, listen to the people who worked for her. I was one of them (I retired from HP in 2001).
Any conservative who would vote for her is a damn idiot... She’s not a conservative! She damn near destroyed HP by outsourcing jobs overseas. She also destroyed DEC and Compaq by buying them out and shutting them down. She systematically laid off the older employees, and rescinded the “HP Way”.
I was one of the lucky ones who were of retirement age, but I had a number of younger friends that were “excessed” with only months until they would have been eligible to retire.
If this is the best we can do for a candidate, we deserve to loose. Is she better than Boxer? NO. She’s the same... She’s not a conservative, nor is she a republican in the true sense.
No serious person would touch Chucky with a ten foot pole
Sybil’s endorsement of Gnarly is the equivalent of me saying that McCain is pro-border security, Romney is a lifetime member of the NRA and anti-abortion, Huckabee is pro-small government, Rudy wants only strict constructionists on the court and Fred is against global warming legislation.
All huge, preposterous, galling flip flops from their horrendous records on said subjects.
I like sarah, I'm OK with her endorsing McCain. I am OK with her endorsing Fiorina. It is her decision. Maybe Carly made promises, maybe Carly has better name recognition. Whatever. I still support Sarah Palin as the best possible Presidential candidate that I can see right now, and I love the way she lathers up the libs just by being alive. But I am going to vote for Chuck DeVore, just because the primaries are the time that we can make our mark on the whole electoral process. If it comes down to Fiorina v. Boxer, I will vote Fiorina. ABB! But having DeVore would be a much better prospect.
What it looks like is that the proabortion, Tom Campbell is going to stroll into the win at this point, unless that endorsement can boost Fiorina by a few points.
It’s politics, pissant, and worse yet, it’s CA politics. The last Republican to win a US senate seat was pro-abortion Pete Wilson who won his second term in ‘88. He went on to win the CA governorship, so John Seymour finished his US senate term and since then it’s been Boxer and Feinstein.
SARAH endorsed Carly because she wants to stop Campbell and steal the seat from Boxer and SARAH THINKS Carly has the best chance.
It’s SARAH’S call and she has earned the voice to make her own endorsements. It’s that simple.
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