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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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.
Unfortunately, as even Sarah herself pointed out in her own book, the local pro-life group in Alaska affiliated with National Right To Life is part of the “machine.”
The National Right To Life, its California affiliate, and the Susan B. Anthony List that have endorsed Fiorina are all part of the insider “machine” as well.
Voters decide, not endorsements.
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This is true and Sarah may have helped DeVore by calling attention to the race. The more people think about it and consider the candidates, the better Chuck looks.
Do you think if she had endorsed Chuck that people would be complaining that she should have picked Carly? The complaints are really from the Tea Party people who have for the past year been looking at candidates and had decided on DeVore. Some feel that the establishment Republicans are taking over now and pushing another moderate on them and it’s not a message that’s being well received.