Posted on 10/06/2009 11:01:55 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
Meg Whitman, the 2010 GOP gubernatorial candidate already on the defensive for her embarrassingly poor voting record, once endorsed and actively supported Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer, one of the most proudly liberal politicians in California.
Whitman not only endorsed Boxer and donated the maximum $4,000 to the junior California senator's 2004 re-election campaign, but the former eBay CEO also served on an exclusive committee of Technology Leaders for Boxer in her re-election battle against Republican California Secretary of State Bill Jones, according to election records obtained by The Chronicle.
Whitman, in a 2003 Boxer campaign statement, spoke strongly on Boxer's half, calling her "a courageous leader and friend of California's technology industry." She also signed an "open letter" appealing to Silicon Valley executives, calling Boxer a leader on issues such as her opposition to an Internet sales tax.
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The Republicans’ preferred candidate: A RINO!
Until california goes completly broke nothing will change.No conservative has a chance in hell of ever being able to straightening that mess out.
Absolutely guilty as charged. I vote for the death penalty. AND she’s a TRIPLE bagger, besides.
Sheesh.. If this doesn't get rid of that scumbag Whitman, nothing will.
Good pic of the Three Stooges.
At least it’s California; I expect Liberal Republicans there. Just as in New York, Delaware etc.. Places where I do not expect Liberal nominess are Florida, Colorado...yet the party attempts to nominate anyway.
Redstate had something about this maybe a week ago. She supported Boxer. The other guy claiming to be the conservative answer supported Gore’s recount I think. I’m unimpressed with either but if forced to choose I’d lean towards the other guy if only because some conservatives seem to favor him. I don’t think either one stand a chance but better the base be enthusiastic about a choice so they turn out for other races where a conservative candidate may stand a chance to win.
Whitman, RINO in a skirt.
Well, that’s frightening. Anyone who thinks that moron Boxer is a leader, let alone “courageous,” has got some serious problems with reality.
Bingo. And, given the contemporary economic climate and the likelihood that it will continue to deteriorate the next two years, I would prefer that when California does go belly-up, the Governor NOT have an (R) next to their name.
California is going insolvent. Given their financial obligations mandated by their crazy Constitution, it is inevitable. Just let it happen, and then a decent conservative can come clean up the mess.
No surprise.
Everyone was saying she’s a RINO. I said maybe, she’s pretty much a cypher, let’s give her a chance, wait and see.
We’ll I saw enough when I learned she’s crazy about that commie Van Jones and now we see she loves Babs too.
Governor Moonbeam 2.0 is gonna wreck up Cali even worse than it its now. It’s headed for third world status. But better a democrat does that than a “Republican” like the Austrian Kennedy or Whitman (or Steve Poizner or Tom Campbell for that matter).
Those 2 guys appear to be the only conservative Republicans running for the office. A prominent conservative or moderate conservative should be able to win in the RINO heavy field but none are running.
Boxer a “friend to High Tech”????
what a load of crap...heres why
Because of Boxer..California has strict rules for running Diesel Generators...
when we had rolling brown-outs in California under Democrat Grey Davis..Intel Corp asked California if they could run their Diesel Generators during the brown outs...so they wouldn’t loose Millions of dollars processing Computer chips....California said...”NO”
Intels CEO said Intel will never build another Factory in California....Boxer is no Friend of anyone but Her Commie Rat Fellow Travelers.
Whitman could win in CA.
I stopped beleiving these HIT PIECES BY Dem Party Newsletters like SF Chronicle. If these vile left wing rag is attacking her then I like her more since she is a threat to them .
The Sac Bee ran another completely fraudelent story about her voting record and was caught red handed lying about her real record by Hugh Hewitt !
So why does anyone beleive anything from the Obama state media ?
They lie and make stuff up !
We simply have to avoid this RINO. Californians, what say ye? Who can we talk into running against this yahoo in the primary? Has someone decent declared yet?
The Constitution Party has a serious chance for some political credibility here with their candidate for Governor, Chelene Nightingale, but I seriously don’t see a majority of conservative voters actually deciding to vote for her. Chelene Nightingale is one of the most conservative candidates running for Governor of California, if not the most conservative candidate running for governor.
"The Whitman campaign spokescritter chalks this endorsement of one of the Senate’s most liberal members all up to Boxer’s opposition to internet sales tax. That might be enough to perhaps explain a small donation, or for someone running for the State assembly. It is not enough to explain a max donation and a hearty endorsement from someone running for a position as prominent as the Governor of California."
"Furthermore, the gubernatorial nominee will be campaigning simultaneously with either Chuck Devore or Carly Fiorina to unseat Boxer herself - how will that look when Boxer starts running commercials using Whitman’s words?"
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Boxer manges to win reelection because she plays dirty and her opponent had better be ready and able to do the same. If Meg is the GOP nominee for Governor, Chuck or Carly had best stay far away from her.
Agreed. She, like Feinswine, needs to become GONE!!!
Tom Campbell, conservative? Sorry truthguy, but abortion loving Tom Campbell was as much a "principled conservative" as Hitler was an orthodox Jew. Even if ignore the fact he had a lifetime ACU rating under 60% and he's more liberal than many Democrats on abortion and gay "rights", this guy was Ahnuld's budget director four years ago (I wish calcowgirl was still posting on FR regularly, she could decisively show that Arnold was ALWAYS a RINO and didn't "start off good and then drift leftward"). Let's not forget Campbell comes from a liberal Democrat family and lost his OWN district by 15 points the last time he ran for statewide office. He sucks as much as Whitman.
Now that it's blatantly obvious Whitman's a RINO, freepers are coming out of the woodwork to claim Campbell or Poizner would be better. Sorry. I wish it were true, but all three "major" GOP candidates for Governor are total RINOs and unacceptable.
Ahnuld's really shown the foible of "vote for any R who can win". What did we accomplish with six years of "Republican" rule under him? About the same as we'll accomplish with six years of "Republican" Mark Kirk in Obama's senate seat.
Tom Campbell, conservative? Sorry truthguy, but abortion loving Tom Campbell was as much a "principled conservative" as Hitler was an orthodox Jew. Even if ignore the fact he had a lifetime ACU rating under 60% and he's more liberal than many Democrats on abortion and gay "rights", this guy was Ahnuld's budget director four years ago (I wish calcowgirl was still posting on FR regularly, she could decisively show that Arnold was ALWAYS a RINO and didn't "start off good and then drift leftward"). Let's not forget Campbell comes from a liberal Democrat family and lost his OWN district by 15 points the last time he ran for statewide office. He sucks as much as Whitman.
Now that it's blatantly obvious Whitman's a RINO, freepers are coming out of the woodwork to claim Campbell or Poizner would be better. Sorry. I wish it were true, but all three "major" GOP candidates for Governor are total RINOs and unacceptable.
Ahnuld's really shown the foible of "vote for any R who can win". What did we accomplish with six years of "Republican" rule under him? About the same as we'll accomplish with six years of "Republican" Mark Kirk in Obama's senate seat.
She supported Boxer as recently as 2004??? She must be a scumbag. No Way.
If there’s not a chance now, there never will be.
But it would have to be a real conservative
Try McClintock.
Just another fact for Hugh Hewitt to ignore.
I was wondering why I haven’t seen Calcowgirl post, cause she hasn’t for several months.
Anyway Campbell, I thought he was a fiscon in congress but like most the alleged solib fiscons it’s a lie, he’s called for tax hikes. Useless RINO.
Poizner too, he has a long history of supporting and giving money to rats and rat causes. It’s too bad he was the Republican that ran against the only downballot Cali rat anyone was gonna beat (Bustamante).
I would not vote for any of those 3 for Governor.
As to Arnie he did support some good ballot initiatives way back when (they all failed) that’s about the only good thing he ever did in office. Given the goings on in Cali I would say he must at least be in the discussion for being one of the worst Governors in the history of the United States. I wish way back when that he had fallen for HHH’s spiel instead of Nixon’s and became a democrat. He may be so stupid he doesn’t even know he’s the very kind of socialist that he speaks against in speech’s to the GOP faithful.
Arnold vetoed Driver’s Licenses for illegal’s. I call that a good thing.
Okay then that’s 2, that qualifies him for broken clock status.
Schwarzenegger's welfare, health care cuts anger Democrats as he signs $85B California budget
He’s a RINO for sure, but a hell of a lot better than a CA democrat.
And the idiots in the California Republican Committee (or whatever the hell the name is of the local state RNC franchise) told Larry Elder NOT to run! California Repubs have a death wish and are on suicide watch.
My thoughts, too. She probably is a RINO POS but the MSM lies & tries to pick our candidates.
He is a great man but he has got to get elected and I dont see that happening just yet.
Agreed.
The problem with California is that it has the same mentality as the bigger cities.
When things go wrong, the majority asks, “What other liberal democrat can we elect to try to fix this? That liberal democrat or this liberal democrat?”
Calling a liberal Republican a change is like calling piss champagne and trying to convince everyone to smile while sipping.
The problem is not the party or the candidate.
The problem is the failed ideology that each candidate follows.
One more example of the RINO-led GOP has been coopted by the Demrats.
She is what passes for a conservative in California.
Is Tom Campbell RUNNING for Governor??
I do not understand how so many people see themselves as Presidential material? I take that back, the bar has been set pretty low in recent years. I am talking of Democrats, that is.
Put this Meg up against OUR Sarah, I mean what is she thinking!!!
Sarah or BUST
The libs hate her because of her stance against gay marriage and her vote to require parental notification by for abortion by minors.
CA is not a recipient state. Part of CA’s budget problem is the money spent on illegals thanks to failed federal policies. Although the CA govt’ may have to broke to save the state, people in other states should not be cheering for its demise b/c CA is a huge part of the national economy. Did our sub-prime crisis stop at the AZ and NV border?
Semper Fi,
Kelly
No wonder California is in trouble: no opposition party!
I now view Whitman as a capitalist who now wants to make her faction profit from government.
Everyone keeps asking how do we fix the party.
Next time the RNC calls, I’m going to tell them no more money until they close the primaries.
Maybe then we can purge the party of all these democrat operatives like Snow, Spector, Collins, McCain, Whitman, etc.
If so, this needs to be documented and properly presented on FR.
When did Hugh cover this?
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