Palin endorsement of Fiorina - you buying it?

The Radio Patriot ^ | May 15, 2010 | Andrea Shea King

[patriotgal1787]

It's something we've been mulling over for days... We've been wondering why Sarah Palin endorsed Carly Fiorina over Chuck DeVore in the battle to unseat California's Leftist Queen Imbecile "Don't call me ma'am" Barbara Boxer.

We interviewed DeVore on our program a couple of weeks ago. We liked him. He's got military cred. He has a strongly conservative voting record as a California State Assemblyman. He's been vetted and endorsed by Melanie Morgan's newly formed organization "Warriors for Congress", and he passed muster with flying colors.

I admit we're as disappointed as we are puzzled at why Palin would endorse Fiorina -- someone we don't believe is a true conservative. We question her record to fight hard to bring the Golden State back from the precipice of disaster (assuming it's not already too late to pull off that gigundo feat).

We want the Senate occupied with common sense conservatives who already have an established track record proving they're who they claim to be. We don't see that in Carly Fiorina. who said she would have voted to confirm Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. So we we're wondering what Sarah sees in her that we don't.

Now we know. It's about winnability. That's it?

During her remarks last week in Illinois, the Hillboyz reported that Palin said she believes Fiorina and DeVore are splitting the conservative vote, and that if she didn’t step in, Tom Campbell would win the nomination… and Campbell is a RINO who would lose to Barbara Boxer. Because Palin believes Fiorina has the best chance of beating Boxer, she sided with Fiorina (who was an economic advisor to McCain during his presidential campaign. That really worked out well, didn't it?) So Palin has thrown in with Fiorina so that Campbell wouldn’t be a spoiler who would force a loss to Boxer in what could be a winnable race.

That's IT???

Arrrrgh.... Sorry, I can't buy it. If Palin truly believed in backing the bonafide conservative, she'd have delivered it to DeVore and her endorsement would have carried tremendous firepower for him, bringing him even more endorsements and most importantly, CASH -- the lifeblood of any campaign. Instead of lending DeVore a hand up, she landed him a potentially fatal blow.

Yet, conservatives are rallying behind DeVore. The resulting blowback Palin's received from conservatives across the country has been stunning (just read the thousands of comments at her Facebook page), and DeVore's poll numbers have been climbing in the wake of Palin's controversial endorsement.

Melanie writes:

Palin fans, who gave her a pass when she endorsed her former running-mate Sen. John McCain, went ballistic when she gave Fiorina the nod.

The story has been covered, but the underlying turmoil caused by Palin’s endorsement is still roiling. It has HELPED DeVore as Palin’s followers tossed her under the bus to stand with DeVore. DeVore had one of his top fund-raising days ever after the endorsement. His Facebook Fan numbers have skyrocketed.

He’s a Tea Party favorite. More importantly, he’s a conservative whose star is rising in the S.F. Bay Area – of all places!! This says he CAN win one for the conservative movement.

In fact, conservative voters ARE deserting Carly Fiorina in droves - and there is data to prove it.

The base is coming home to DeVore:

DeVore Grabs 54% of State Tea Party Poll http://www.uncoverage.net/2010/05/devore-has-54-in-california-tea-party-poll/ Pleasanton Tea party poll final: 54% DeVore 21% Fiorina 12% Campbell

And this:

Sarah Palin astroturfing in California didn't work out so well for Carly.....Chuck DeVore is up 5 points after the Moose Madam endorsement, Fiorina is tanking... Are California conservatives getting ready to roar?

After studying the latest Rasmussen polling results showing DeVore gaining, Erick Erickson at RedState observed:

"... because Chuck DeVore outperforms Carly Fiorina against Barbara Boxer.

The logic we are supposed to pursue in this matter is this: Carly is outperforming Chuck in the primary and she is better than Tom Campbell, so go with Carly.

The logic we ought to pursue is this: Chuck outperforms Carly against Boxer and Campbell does better than them both against Boxer, so maybe we should be supporting Chuck instead of Carly to beat both Campbell and Boxer.

After all, say what you will about the primary, but please tell me how running a woman who has laid off half of California, sending their jobs to China, is really going to be competitive against Barbara Boxer.

If she makes it through the primary and general election, will Carly Fiorina be the clear-thinking conservative who'll make the right decisions in the Senate?

Here's the clip of Sarah explaining her rationale for blessing Fiorina with holy endorsement water. You buying it???

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[cardinal4]

Because the lovely Sarah has jumped the shark..

[jessduntno]

“you buying it?”

Are you?

[EternalVigilance]

No.

[mnehring]

Ping of interest.

Shrewd move? She isn’t exactly liked in California... hmmm...

If this was her plan, this is Ender Wiggin level strategy.

[Gaffer]

It is because Carly Fiorina looks and talks just like the kind of nut-flake job liberal that those stupid Californians would elect. As a so-called Republican she is a train wreck in the mode of Specter, Snowe and that other ditz Senator. As a business woman, she is a train-wreck; just ask former and current HP employees. If she is elected, the designation will be ‘R’ after her name, but her votes will side with Commander Zer0.

[AuntB]

“she sided with Fiorina (who was an economic advisor to McCain during his presidential campaign. That really worked out well, didn’t it?)”

Can you say the Fiorina, McCain, Palin backed...”TARP”????

[trisham]

I don’t understand it.

[HerrBlucher]

No, she had a pooch moment as we all do, the big picture for Sarah is still “ballsy conservative.” I am voting for Devore as I believe are most Palin supporters. She must have gotten chummy with Fiorina during the prez campaign and let that influence her.

[jwparkerjr]

One of the things that makes me consider someone a leader, at least for me, is that I don't find it difficult to go along with them when their opinion or decision differs from what mine is or was. This is one of those cases. Something deep down inside of me trusts Sarah Palin. And something makes her a leader in my humble opinion.

For me it's a long list of things, each with its own score. I add them all up and if the total is high enough to suit me then I will support that person. Right now Sarah Palin is way ahead of going negative.

This doesn't mean I won't change my mind and my opinion of her. I have a long history of changing horses, sometimes according to my Mom, in the middle of the stream.

Election day 2012 is a long way off, almost two eternities when it comes to politics. I am content to watch it roll along for the next two years or so and make a decision when I have more to go on.

Meanwhile, she's my man!

Sarah Palin must go . . . To the White House!

[GeronL]

iCarly was managing the 2008 campaign, such a swell job. lol.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

I've still got high hopes for Palin, but her endorsement of Fiorina means nothing to me. I'm voting for DeVore.

Political endorsements in general should be laughed at. Educated voters should study the issues and candidates and make up their own minds - anyone who waits for some politician to give them instructions on who to support is just volunteering to be chum for the sharks.

[Guyin4Os]

I will be voting for DeVore in the primary. And I do not support Palin for President. I like her views, but I do not like the fact that she has quit every elective office she has held rather than sticking it out until the end of the term.

But having said that, I do understand her strategy. She is endorsing an entire slate of candidates that she believes can win. If she endorses say 50 candidates for office and 47 or 48 of them win, it will create the perception that it was her endorsement that made the difference, thus strengthening her chances of gaining the nomination in 2012.

Her interest is not in California. Her interest is not in conservatism. Her interest is in winning. It is true that to be able to make a difference, one must first win the office. But in my humble opinion, one must also show a little principle here and there. Endorsing Fiorina does the opposite.

[jazminerose]

I think this is pretty close to the nub of it. If CA elects a Republican, it will be a CA Republican, not a conservative republican.

I’m not happy about it.

I will be voting for DeVore in the primary.

But if Carly is what we get in Nov, that’s what we get. I’ll support a piano playing chicken if it means being rid of Boxtard.

Oh hell, the chicken doesn’t even have to play the piano & it will still be a huge improvement. It can be taught to peck at the “no” button.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

I think Palin is bright enough to "tap" the conservative market. She says the right words and people pay her. Many people are truly wanting someone to stand up for America. Palin will speak well but acts at variance to her expressed views. Cynical but probably true.

[rob777]

Can you say the Fiorina, McCain, Palin backed...”TARP”????


I've always said that some of her positions on issues worry me more than her endorsements. She also stood fast in her support for the Law of the Sea Treaty when even McCain had the sense to back track on his earlier support for this abomination. I like Sarah and think that she would make a good media figure who rallies the conservative base, but do not see in her the consistent conservative leader she is protrayed as.

[Gaffer]

I sympathize with you. Of course, you realize that I wasn’t thinking about you or other Freepers as “one of those stupid Californians”....damn, it’s just that you guys are all just simply outnumbered by illegal invaders, idiot liberals and other leeches.....I also agree. A piano playing chicken would be more entertaining and put an end to her ‘legacy’....

[jazminerose]

Understood. We’re on out way out along with the rest of the productive citizenry.

I need to stay long enough to vote against Boxtard one last time for the fun of it.

And because we’ll still own real estate here and be stuck with it for decades to come if CA doesn’t turn it around.

[Gaffer]

Well, good luck to you when you leave....a word of warning. If you cash out, ‘cash’ out.....don’t put your faith in taking a check out of California from a California Bank. Take the cash with you. Cash it out right away and put it in an out-of-state bank, preferably one where you plan to move to...believe me....California Government will be looking for new and innovative ways to find new cash through fees, transfer taxes, processing fees, and just plain holding-of-funds for nebulous reasons. It will be bad......

[rob777]

"Palin will speak well but acts at variance to her expressed views. Cynical but probably true."


I am not so sure that it is a matter of calculated cynicism. In my opinion, she is basically a populist with conservatve instincts but not a consistent ideological compass. This means that it is hit or miss when it comes to issues. It also means that personal ties may at times outweigh ideological considerations when it comes to endorsements. She reminds me of former President Bush, a basically decent person who does not have a strong ideological compass.