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Title: Palin Goes Rogue Against Tea Party Candidates
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Human Events
URL Source: http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=37279
Published: Jun 3, 2010
Author: Valerie Richardson
Post Date: 2010-06-03 23:26:24 by go65
Keywords: None
Views: 329
Comments: 27
Pop quiz: Which of the following Republican primary candidates is Sarah Palin most likely to endorse? (A) A solid conservative with the backing of local Tea Party groups and a track record of supporting limited government and lower taxes; (B) A pro-life woman; (C) Anyone remotely connected to John McCain. If you answered "A," you haven't been keeping up with Palin's recent rash of endorsements. Despite her image as the maverick queen of the Tea Party movement, Palin has passed on a number of conservative standard-bearers in favor of candidates with better connections to either McCain, the Republican Party or the Susan B. Anthony List. Her willingness to choose individuals over issues hasn't gone unnoticed by the Tea Party faithful. "The bloom's off the rose," said Shelby Blakely, a member of the national leadership council of Tea Party Patriots, the nation's largest such group. "She's a company girl. She's a Republican, and not in a good way." The expectation among many Tea Partiers was that Palin would use her star power to ignite the campaigns of principled but lesser-known conservatives. Even after she endorsed John McCain in his contested primary bid against Tea Party favorite J.D. Hayworth, few were worried, given that she owed McCain for making her his vice-presidential pick in 2008. Tougher to justify was her May 6 endorsement of Carly Fiorina in the California Republican Senate primary. The race has a proven conservative in state Assemblyman Chuck DeVore, who lacks money and name recognition but has the backing of local Tea Party organizations and Republican Sen. Jim DeMint. Too bad. Fiorina has the credentials that matter to Palin: She's a pro-life woman and she served as an advisor to the McCain presidential campaign. Fiorina may have waffled in the past on whether she was a Republican, and did not have voted for most of her adult life, but she says she's a conservative now, and that's good enough for Palin. DeVore, meanwhile, spent years in the trenches doing battle with the Democratic legislative majority. In her announcement, Palin added another caveat: She called Fiorina the "conservative who has the potential to beat California's liberal senator Barbara Boxer in November." The implication was that Fiorina, with her millions, has a better shot than DeVore of winning the general election against Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer. And it's probably true--but that's the sort of calculation that matters to the professional election-watchers of National Republican Senatorial Committee, not the political rogues who make up the Tea Party. Palin veered back into the Tea Party's corner with her backing of Rand Paul in the Kentucky Republican Senate primary over GOP establishment candidate Trey Grayson. She threw her support behind Nikki Haley, a Tea Party pick who's also one of Palin's pro-life "mama grizzlies," in the South Carolina Republican gubernatorial contest. She's backing former Washington Redskin and Tea Partisan Clint Didier in the Washington Senate primary, although her endorsement came before GOP favorite Dino Rossi entered the race. But she found herself at odds with Idaho Tea Partiers when she endorsed Vaughn Ward, the GOP establishment pick, over Raul Labrador in the 1st Congressional District primary. A state legislator with a staunchly conservative voting record, Labrador had the backing of Tea Party Boise--but Ward was Nevada state director of the McCain 2008 campaign. Again, Palin's debt to McCain trumped all other considerations. Labrador went on to defeat Ward in the May 25 primary. In some ways, Palin remains a political maverick, only now it's because nobody can predict which candidate she'll endorse next. The more she strays from her base, however, the less valuable her support becomes. As Blakely puts it, "If you keep endorsing the wrong people, after a while nobody's going to pay attention."
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#1. To: gnu no taxes, badeye, mudboy slim, war, fred mertz, skip intro, brian s, (#0)
She just endorsed the GOP establishment candidate in Idaho for GOV, who had been governor from 1983- 1999, instead of the Tea Party candidate.
Being a Republican means you get to choose your own reality.
==================================== MONEY - > MOUTH
Although, I will say how enjoyable it was in her lapsing moment while supporting Governor Jan Brewer's fight against Obama on SB1070.
Hmmmm..."HumanEvents.com" flips on her. This should be fun, indeed!
Never swear "allegiance" to anything other than the 'right to change your mind'!
You fookin dunce, she endorsed the former governor of Iowa from 1983- 1999, Terry Branstad, not Idaho! Sneakypete, have you ever been married? Said things you later regretted?
HAPPY2BME-ONLF=Fookin DUNCE Sneakypete, have you ever been married? Said things you later regretted?
She endorses a democrat...you bahs her. She endorses a Republican...you bash her. She endorses a Tea Party member...you bash her. Your opinion on Palin is 100% partisan. Not a problem, you're right to do so. But it also makes your commentary worthless on Palin.
For approximately 72K, BP Oil bought Owe-bama. And as President, he let them Spill, Baby, Spill! Its documented.
She endorses a Republican...you bash her. She endorses a Tea Party member...you bash her. Your opinion on Palin is 100% partisan. Not a problem, you're right to do so. But it also makes your commentary worthless on Palin. I'm not bashing her, the tea party is bashing her. You need to read more carefully.
Being a Republican means you get to choose your own reality.
Yes you are correct, Iowa, not Idaho. Idaho was where she endorsed a former McCain campaign staffer who lost to a tea party challenger. But again, she endorsed the establishment candidate over the tea party candidate, just as she did in California, Arizona, and Idaho.
Being a Republican means you get to choose your own reality.
He actually said said you, [er, ewe?] "BAHS" her... Funny how any time the name "Palin" is posted it's bashing her...funny how simply reporting what she is doing is "commentary".
#67. To: war (#48) Keep hiding behind the bozo, bozo. (laughing) You've always been a world class pussy. Badeye posted on 2010-01-14 16:12:48 ET Reply Trace
I'm not going to get hung up on typos, we all make them. With Badeye there's plenty in the actual content of his posts to bahs [sic]. :-)
Being a Republican means you get to choose your own reality.
You bash her all the time. Own it.
For approximately 72K, BP Oil bought Owe-bama. And as President, he let them Spill, Baby, Spill! Its documented.
I was being whimsical and, as you see, there is further commentary.
#67. To: war (#48) Keep hiding behind the bozo, bozo. (laughing) You've always been a world class pussy. Badeye posted on 2010-01-14 16:12:48 ET Reply Trace
Glad to hear it...(laughing) But then again you don't have the fixation the anti groupie has with me. hell, that dumb fuck has 7,000 posts to me I've never seen from LP alone....rotflmao.
For approximately 72K, BP Oil bought Owe-bama. And as President, he let them Spill, Baby, Spill! Its documented.
I have 7000 posts to you that you've never seen. Hmmmm... You've somehow managed to count the posts but you've never seen them. Interesting. PS: Just because go65 pinged me, how do you know it was in response to me?
#67. To: war (#48) Keep hiding behind the bozo, bozo. (laughing) You've always been a world class pussy. Badeye posted on 2010-01-14 16:12:48 ET Reply Trace
Given how often you comment about him, and that for a while your tag line referred to him, perhaps you have more of a fixation than he does?
Being a Republican means you get to choose your own reality.
Not as much as the tea party lately. :-)
Being a Republican means you get to choose your own reality.
Chuckles... BTW, I never realized that you had Boof on Bozo at LP until I was reviewing an employment thread from there this past week.
#67. To: war (#48) Keep hiding behind the bozo, bozo. (laughing) You've always been a world class pussy. Badeye posted on 2010-01-14 16:12:48 ET Reply Trace
Clowns like you cut and paste his fixation based comments for my view all the time. Yep, one out of twenty I offer a remark about how ate up with the goofies he is. It amuses you. No big deal, the database here and in other forums speaks for itself. As to 'for a while your tag line referred to him'...yep. Whats his tag line? Game, set, and match.
For approximately 72K, BP Oil bought Owe-bama. And as President, he let them Spill, Baby, Spill! Its documented.
For approximately 72K, BP Oil bought Owe-bama. And as President, he let them Spill, Baby, Spill! Its documented.
A quote from you regarding what people who use the filter are. GAMESETMATCH [snicker]
#67. To: war (#48) Keep hiding behind the bozo, bozo. (laughing) You've always been a world class pussy. Badeye posted on 2010-01-14 16:12:48 ET Reply Trace
#67. To: war (#48) Keep hiding behind the bozo, bozo. (laughing) You've always been a world class pussy. Badeye posted on 2010-01-14 16:12:48 ET Reply Trace
The irony being, that tagline went up when he claimed to have me on filter. How would he know? Boofer just can never keep his lies straight.
#67. To: war (#48) Keep hiding behind the bozo, bozo. (laughing) You've always been a world class pussy. Badeye posted on 2010-01-14 16:12:48 ET Reply Trace
It was rhetorical, Fred...but thanks for making my point.
For approximately 72K, BP Oil bought Owe-bama. And as President, he let them Spill, Baby, Spill! Its documented.
What is your point, Boofer? That you know what my tagline is even though I'm on filter and you cannot see my posts?
#67. To: war (#48) Keep hiding behind the bozo, bozo. (laughing) You've always been a world class pussy. Badeye posted on 2010-01-14 16:12:48 ET Reply Trace
I think she would endorse anybody so long as their check clears.
She took a big risk here by endorsing the person already leading in the polls. It's just Palin's attempt to get her winning percentages up.
#2. To: go65 (#1)
She just endorsed the GOP establishment candidate in Idaho for GOV, who had been governor from 1983- 1999, instead of the Tea Party candidate.
#3. To: go65 (#1)
#4. To: go65 (#1)
#5. To: go65 (#1)
She just endorsed the GOP establishment candidate in Idaho for GOV, who had been governor from 1983- 1999, instead of the Tea Party candidate.
#6. To: HAPPY2BME-ONLF (#2)
MONEY - > MOUTH
#7. To: go65 (#1)
#8. To: Badeye (#7)
She endorses a democrat...you bahs her.
#9. To: Ibluafartsky (#5)
You fookin dunce, she endorsed the former governor of Iowa from 1983- 1999, Terry Branstad, not Idaho!
#10. To: go65 (#8)
(Edited)
#11. To: war (#10)
He actually said said you, [er, ewe?] "BAHS" her...
#12. To: go65 (#8)
I'm not bashing her, the tea party is bashing her. You need to read more carefully.
#13. To: go65 (#11)
#14. To: go65 (#11)
I'm not going to get hung up on typos, we all make them.
#15. To: Badeye (#14)
(Edited)
#16. To: Badeye (#14)
But then again you don't have the fixation the anti groupie has with me. hell, that dumb fuck has 7,000 posts to me I've never seen from LP alone....rotflmao.
#17. To: Badeye (#12)
You bash her all the time. Own it.
#18. To: go65 (#16)
#19. To: go65 (#16)
#20. To: go65 (#17)
You bash her all the time. Own it.
#21. To: Badeye (#19)
(Edited)
Whats his tag line?
#22. To: Badeye (#19)
Whats his tag line?
#23. To: Fred Mertz (#22)
#24. To: Fred Mertz (#22)
#25. To: Badeye, Fred Mertz (#24)
It was rhetorical, Fred...but thanks for making my point.
#26. To: go65 (#0)
#27. To: go65 (#1)
She just endorsed the GOP establishment candidate in Idaho for GOV
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