CA: Tom McClintock Ballot Recommendations (June 8, 2010 primary election)

tommcclintock.com ^ | 14 May 2010

[CounterCounterCulture]

I like Ken Miller. I’m definitely considering him.

[CounterCounterCulture]

There is no way I’m voting for scumbag Abel Maldonado, so I need a good alternative.

[SeattleBruce]

“But this meme(or theme) of calling Sarah a RINO because she endorsed McCain and Fiorina (sp?) and totally ignoring the other endorsements and her thoroughly conservative policy positions, are the actions of cowards and dishonest posters.”

Over time, Gov. Palin will and should rightly be judged primarily by her record. Her endorsements are part of that record and she’s probably running 80% (8 out of 10). I really think she could have stayed out of both AZ and CA races, but she was probably asked to come in, and she decided to do so.

[Rytwyng]

Poizner has shown a few RINO tendencies but Whitman is far, far, worse. There really is no perfect choice, but clearly Poizner is “the lesser of two weevils”. His support of the Arizona law goes far in atoning for his past mistakes.

And I can’t remember the last time McClintock was wrong....

[KTM rider]

YEP !

Whitman will probably get elected. She is just another clone of the Wilson machine. They will continue to rape the california taxpayer for profit, except for one thing, like Ahnold said, "the fruit is all gone" , or in other words "the parasites killed the host"

[WOSG]

“I find it rather disquieting — although darkly humorous, considering the state our nation and the world is in at this latter day — that some Conservatives find great sport in crucifying their fellows because they don’t agree with them on every single issue — or endorsement.”

RIGHT!

We lost 2006 and 2008 due the toxic mix of RINO-ism and disgruntled conservatives - a conservative ‘crackup’.

Now Obama came along and I would HOPE people see the seriousness of needing to stop Obama’s socialism.

We need a change in 2010 or America is lost. Life’s too short to quibble over Palin right now.

[Impy]

I criticized Palin for resigning. (I see the upside of it now but still think she would have been better served to finish the job in Alaska and run for reelection embarrassing the rats ala Jeb Bush in 2002)

Anyway since I didn’t immediately see how “wise” a decision it was (all I said was that I didn’t like it) 2 or 3 knuckleheads called me a “Mittbot” and wouldn’t back down despite proof to the contrary.

I say I’m leaning against voting for Mark Kirk and a couple geniuses called me a “purist”. (I’m not conformable with a less than 55/60 % or so “pure” Conservative, I can drink mud but not dirt)

I found both allegations highly curious. Some people.

To address this McClintock endorsement. If I lived in CA I’d also cast a vote for the one of the no-name no-money conservatives in the primary, I agree that the 2 frontrunners are not acceptable I couldn’t vote for either coming off of Ahnold. But 1 of them will sadly win the primary. Whitman is a least a little bity bit worse, so I can’t blame McClintock for endorsing Poinzer (who’s trying to pull a Romney “I’m conservative now (or always have been it was the wife’s idea to give to Gore”).

[Impy]

You should have seen the threads about "socialist" Mike Huckabee back in 2008. (Funny they didn't think he was a "socialist" four years earlier when he headlined the FR inaugural ball).

Maybe his "court-mandated" tax hike and his spending kick came after the ball. Or no one had taken notice before he ran for President.

I'll grant you he's a bit better than Mitt and McLame. Likely he would have been a reliable Senator. But as a Chief Exec I have to call fail. A bit hyperbolic to call him a 'socialist' I've done it myself I'm sure. But big government 'conservative', check.

[SoConPubbie]

Palin endorsed RINO mccain even though there is a solid conservative choice in JD.

She endorsed McCain BEFORE JD got into the race.

That coupled with loyalty and the fact McCain brought her onto the national stage may not be enough for you, but I understand her reasons, if I would still vote for JD if I were in AZ.

[BillyBoy]

Huck became Governor of Arkansas in '96. By 2004, he had already been governing the state for eight years. He had raised taxes and the time and was anti-tobacco. If he had really been an awful "socialist RINO nanny stater who is liberal on every issue but abortion", as some freepers alleged, you think SOMEONE would have loudly protested such an awful "RINO" being the star attraction at FR's big event.

Not one person complained at the time.

Had a truly awful sitting RINO governor been selected to headline a FR event at the time (Christie Todd Whitman, Tom Ridge. Bob Taft, George Ryan, etc.), I have no doubt freepers would have raised hell about it and complained loudly to the owner. Possibly boycotted the event. (I know I would if some socialist scumbag like George Ryan was the "attraction" at a FR event)

Of course Huck was a flawed Presidential candidate (my ideal choice was Duncan Hunter, but he was polling 1% and I believe wasn't even on the ballot by the time Illinois voted). But as you said, the alternatives at the time were Giuliani, McCain, and Romney. I would rank Huckabee as the most conservative of those four.

I don't question the fact Huck sucked on a handful of important issues. Huck was mostly conservative, but had some glaring problems in his record (like John Thune, except a bunch of freepers drool over Thune when he comes on TV and would NEVER question his "true conservative" beliefs, let alone call him a "socialist")

I question those who ranted and raved that Huck was an evil socialist Clintonite and insisted the "only" conservative position he had was pro-life (they refused to explain to me how Huck was "liberal" or had any kind of "socialist record" on guns, gay rights, isreal, the WOT, ANWR drilling, etc. etc.).

The thing Titan seems to have missed out on is there are plenty of "mostly conservative" candidates who freepers have demanded be purged from government and have been subject to far worse attacks than Sarah Palin ever has. Apparently he never noticed until he saw people trashing his gal.

[Theodore R.]

Because in part most women won’t vote for Palin, I see her getting hardly more than six states.

[ScottinSacto]

Brian FitzGerald is running for Insurance Commissioner against Villines and is NOT a RINO. He is a valid choice, who knows what he is doing at the Dept of Insurance. He knows there is a job to be done, and it is not run for other office. It is to make sure CA has an insurance marketplace left. With the two guys on the other side wanting universal health care for PETS, we can see where we are headed if they win. Please give him your vote. More here:

http://www.flashreport.org/featured-columns-library0b.php?faID=2010051111234322

[Blowtorch]

Most men won’t vote for Palin either if she’s the top of the ticket.

[Tensigh]

I like Tom McClintock on every subject except for one. He supports Indian casinos and their expansion in CA. He’s dead wrong on this, casinos need to be stopped.

But other than that, Tom’s my man. It’s hard to believe he’s a California Republican because he’s a genuine conservative. He’s like a Ronald Reagan for our day (again, minus his error on the casino issue)