Posted on 07/21/2010 3:47:17 PM PDT by neverdem
Sarah Palin got some push-back Wednesday, but not from one of her liberal critics in the "mainstream" media. No, it was a conservative -- and influential -- New Hampshire newspaper that tartly dismissed the former Alaska governor's recent endorsement of U.S. Senate candidate Kelly Ayotte.
In a front-page editorial, New Hampshire Union Leader Publisher Joseph W. McQuaid wrote that Palin's endorsement should "neither surprise nor upset the other campaigns" since voters in the state are "rarely impressed by what outsiders have to say."
Better pay attention: in a state that traditionally hosts the first presidential primary -- and will again in 2012 -- the Manchester newspaper wields considerable clout, particularly among Republican voters.
Palin, the 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate, "isn't making these endorsements because, as she claims, she had spent time in New Hampshire and thus knows that the people here are a lot like Alaskans. She spent a few hours here one day during the 2008 presidential election. That's still more time than she spent getting to know Ayotte, but it takes quite a lot longer to know New Hampshire," McQuaid said in the editorial. The publisher called Ayotte a formidable, legitimate contender in a four-person race for the GOP Senate nomination. But he advised other candidates: "Don't fret over what a 'Mama Grizzly' from Alaska does. Right now, Granite Staters have more to worry about in keeping bears away from bird feeders."
In a Facebook posting, Palin praised Ayotte as a "Mama Grizzly" and said she was the "strongest common-sense conservative who can win in the fall."
Ayotte, the former New Hampshire attorney general, is well financed and the front-runner in polls heading into the Sept. 14 Republican Senate primary. Rep. Paul Hodes (D-N.H.) is the likely Democratic nominee in a contest to succeed Sen. Judd Gregg, (R-N.H.), who chose not to seek a fourth term.
Call yourself ignorant. I am sick of the name calling to those who don’t always agree. It is losing its effect.
I don’t intend to be intimidated by your insults.
I did not personally insult you but you could not resist stooping to your last resort.
By the way, what is a common sense conservative anyway?
See last line in post #61.
Explain what that is. No one I have asked has answered that question.
As she did in California, Palin is endorsing the most conservative candidate who can win and is attempting to block a pro-choice liberal from being the GOP nominee.
“Immigrants like my parents who came here from Scotland when I was five years old have added greatly to America over the years. They came here the right way. They came here legally, they respected the laws. They gave my brothers and me the opportunity to live the American Dream. Thats why I support legal immigration.”
“As a former NH resident, I believe it lost its status way before 2000.”
Well, it may have been a kinder gentler Leader, but 2000 was the death of the real brains of the outfit...
“As she did in California, Palin is endorsing the most conservative candidate who can win and is attempting to block a pro-choice liberal from being the GOP nominee.”
I think she balances them well.
“No one I have asked has answered that question.”
I am...
“By the way, what is a common sense conservative anyway?”
I am.
A leftard rag posing as a conservative rag... kind like lindsy graham and trent lott. “We won’t get fooled again”.
LLS
A leftard rag posing as a conservative rag... kind like lindsey graham and trent lott. “We won’t get fooled again”.
LLS
Okay, that explains it in very few words.
Two times for affect. LOL
“By the way, what is a common sense conservative anyway?”
“”We will simply apply to government the common sense we all use in our daily lives.””
Ronaldo Magnus, July 17, 1980
Thank you Ronald. That was back in the days when many people had common sense. Before the left infected too many people.
The leftists are sure that their way is common sense.
ugh
I know some liberals... and to the person they are bat **** crazy... I mean insane crazy. No common sense and very little real world sense... they live in books and feed on each others lies.
LLS
Bet me!
This is EASY. TOO EASY.
All Republicans are NOT conservative, (duh)
BUT,
EVERY CONSERVATIVE IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE *IS* A REPUBLICAN.
I worked with a few of them. I used to get them crazy by saying “I just love George Bush”.
Watching them react was great for some good belly laughs.
Well, there you go, that is part of our problem. Anyone who is a republican is considered a conservative. The media always call them conservatives.
Couldn’t be farther from the truth.
When people call Linseed, Juan and Richard Lugar conservatives, I go nuts.
Palin is in the camp montra, ‘secure the border first and then we can have comprehensive immigration reform’. This claptrap is nothing more than AMNESTY!!!
We need to start our own montra, ‘Enforce current immigration laws and secure the border’. HELLLLOOOOO!!!
Thank you, Al B.!!!
“Common sense” is missing in judicial decisions and in almost all, if not all, legislation.
Sarah is right and very intelligent to insert “common sense” into her description of conservative. She also often says, “Constitutional” conservative.
Praise owed to all of you on this thread and I’m sure I’ve forgotten to cite others.
It's been pointed out to you by several posters including myself that a common sense conservative IS a conservative, they are one and the same.
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