Posted on 01/26/2010 2:17:50 PM PST by rabscuttle385
Sen. John McCain, the man who brought Sarah Palin to national prominence, is being challenged for re-election in the GOP primary by former U.S. Rep. J.D. Hayworth. Palin recently announced that she plans to travel to Arizona to campaign on McCain’s behalf, but posters on her Facebook page are not at all happy with their Sarah:
“Sarah, it was fun, but now you are done.”
“Sarah, your support of McCain shows bad judgment and brings into question the validity of your words. You can forget any political ambition if you support Amnesty – which John McCain does. Conservatives don’t forget.”
“You do know Senator McCain is a PROGRESSIVE? It is very disappointing that you are campaigning for him instead of J.D. Hayworth. McCain needs to go!”
“Sorry to hear that you are supporting McCain. Up to now, I thought you were part of the solution, but you’ve shown yourself to be part of the problem.”
“McCain!? Are you kidding me? Time to pick a side, Sarah– Are you with the people, or against them?”
“I agree with those who advise you not to campaign for Senator McCain. He really doesn’t represent the views of grassroot conservatives. He represents those in the GOP who have too often been willing to compromise on principle, or even worse, have failed to really understand basic conservative principles.”
“McCain used Palin like a cheap tool to keep from getting beat worse than Reagan did to Mondale. His staff mocked her and showed no respect. Now McCain is using her again like a cheap tool and this time she is willingly doing it under the guise of loyalty. As long as McCain is the face of the GOP, conservatives are irrelevant. Palin is playing politics and this goes against what she “supposedly” represents. She helps elect McCain, she’s done.”
“I respect your loyalty to McCain, Sarah, but he really is using you. You need to do what you are obligated to do for him, and then run as far away from him as possible. He’s widely despised in the Conservative movement, and you’ll be hurting yourself badly with your support base if you do more than offer your token support or speak on his behalf.”
“McCain is not a commonsense candidate. If you support him your future as a conservative candidate is over.”
“Another day ~ another appeal to our girl from Wasilla: PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE do not follow through with your plan to campaign for John McCain. In the insightful words of Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman: “Big mistake. Big. Huge.” To do so will destroy your credibility, have your enemies carping: “I told you so,” and leave your fans devastated.”
That’s just a small sampling of some 2,500 comments, and I have to admit to being surprised by the vehemence and near-unanimity of that sentiment. It makes me think that McCain might eventually have real trouble in the Arizona primary.
Medina's position on the borders situation (from her website):
Failing to address the issue by developing specific and just interventions to insure the protection of Texas and limit the flagrant violation of our laws has created a volatile situation in our state. We desire cooperation from Mexico to resolve these problems, but Mexico should not shoulder all the blame. Our elected officials have been essentially ignoring our border for more than a decade.
Sounds pretty realistic to me. Do you know something else?
When? We all knew this was going to happen.
If you're going to use this standard, then all Republicans are RINOs then, because all the conservatives endorsed or campaigned for RINOs.
“I swear, if Jesus Christ Himself were running some people would be damning him for having a tax collector on staff.”
If Jesus Christ endorsed Satan for Arizona Senator a few eyebrows would be raised.
Why foes Sarah get a pass when Jesus doesn’t?
LOL. Still repeating this pathetic meme, eh?
That excerpt said nothing, last week I read the entire statement several times and still could not figure out what her position was, I finally decided that if she wasn’t pro immigration, then I would have learned that by reading the statement, rather than not be able to unravel it.
At this point, she seems to be pro immigration.
And if she isn't the conservative, the leader of my dreams, well... She is still wonderful...and I would wish her the very best and start looking elsewhere.
Look up her statements in op eds like “Latinos and the GOP” and an interview she did back in December. She is good at forming her position to the audience she is speaking to.
She actually scolded KBH for voting against Sotomayor because it would hurt the GOP with the Latino vote.
I guess with the way she twists and changes her position to the audience, she would be a good politician. (and I don’t say that as a compliment).
“Actually Palin was already becoming a conservative/republican star, when McCain chose her...”
Palins approval ratings in Alaska went from 90% to 54% in 2 years. I’m not sure what your definition of “rising” is based upon.
Must be a souffle.
Using your analogy, if Jesus endorsed Satan, wouldn’t you possibly consider that there is a reasoning for that endorsement beyond your understanding or would you just damn Jesus?
I am.
I suppose anything short of machine gun nests along the border could be interpreted as being pro immigration.
“Sarah is not an elected official right now though. She’s a private citizen.”
Only because she resigned her office and threw her supporters under the bus.
You definitely aren’t thinking of Medina then. In an interview with Peter Morrison in December she said that it wasn’t the State’s jurisdiction to secure the border. Perry is the only one of the three who actually tried to move the Texas National Guard (Operation Linebacker) to the border but was stopped by the feds with the exact same reasoning- it was out of their jurisdiction.
Of course, her website (ie marketing) says otherwise now. She is good at changing her message to fit the audience.
“Instead of complaining about Palin, they need to support McCains opposition.”
I see. So attacking McCains command and control is OFF LIMITS because it happens to be Palin?
Nice dichotomy.
“In Sarah Palin, conservatives have about as strong a voice and as hardened an advocate as they’re ever likely to have.’
Excpt for that McCain thingy...
” But now I’m sure I am closer to the possibility of supporting her without having moved any closer to her than many of her so called fans...”
Now that she supports McCain you support her?
Cool...
LOL all you like, it won’t change her history of quitting when things got too hot.
Who be that?
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