Posted on 02/10/2011 6:25:57 AM PST by Notary Sojac
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) said Wednesday evening she has no objection to the participation of gay Republicans at this weekend's gathering of conservatives in Washington.
Palin said she didn't see anything wrong with the participation of GOProud, a group of gay Republicans, at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), which runs Thursday through Saturday.
"I don't have a problem with different, diverse groups that are involved in political discourse, and having a convention to talk about what the answers are to their problems that face America," Palin said Wednesday on Fox News when asked about GOProud.
Palin isn't participating in the conference, and she's declined previous invitations, despite CPAC's role as a cattle call for possible Republican presidential candidates.
But other prominent conservatives have said they're skipping the conference. The conservative Heritage Foundation and other socially conservative groups withdrew due to the inclusion of GOProud. And with those groups out, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) followed suit. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) also declined participation, though it's unclear if that decision is linked to GOProud.
Aside from DeMint, though, the other Republicans mulling a run for president are slated to speak or participate at the conference, hoping in part to boost their standing in the closely watched straw poll of attendees.
Palin suggested that conservatives had more important issues to worry about than which groups were attending the conference.
"People are losing their jobs; they're losing homes. We're still engaged in a war," she said. "There are so many life-changing, life-and-death issues out there in front of us. You know, we'd better be concentrating on what is really important here and not going kind of tit-for-tat as people are positioning themselves for 2012."
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Sarah Palin is a Constitutionalist but also a libertarian and a social conservative.
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Right. And Obama is a good Muslim man with strong Christian values.
You need a basic refresher course in Politics 101.
Agreed if this is her stand. She has no problem letting a sick camel into the tent. That's what got this country into the mess it's in today. She's trying to stay in a "safe" zone rather than stand up to political correctness (propaganda designed to silence people from speaking out against any left wing special interest group).
goproud is just a cover for the log cabin sex group. And the name was changed after it was revealed the homosexuals were being funded by democrats. This CPAC infestation in nothing more than a confrontation tactice to divide conservative into a mythical social and fiscal.
the homosexual leaders of these groups have admitted this. Any presence of these moles is a distraction and creates the ILLUSION that CPAC is dominated by homosexuals and their enablers.
Hey Yaelle, no Freeper has a duty to be fair. If John Q. Freeper wants to devote a three page post to the topic "God hates sodomites" that's pretty much the way it is.
Intersting thread. Pro-gay and pro-abort comments everywhere.
Subtle comments. But obvious none-the-less.
the only way to solve this issue is to allow freedom of association, to get rid of the thoughtcrimes
Amen...
Absolutely correct, sir!!
However, participation in CPAC is a form of "speech". You DO support freedom of speech, right?
Seattle Christian, just a real quick question....If Jesus was here today,would he most likely be at a pot luck at your church or hanging out with friends at a HIV clinic in Seattle? Not mocking you but a sincere question? Tell me, if you were in Palin’s position, how would you specifically address a group of homosexuals (which anyone that defines their identities by how they use their sexual organs is rather odd) that are wanting to be involved in the political process. I am curious how you answer that?
See the last line of post 58. Thanks for saving me the work!
Who reads FR? How many accounts on FR? What does FR stand for? Where is FR going?
As an organization, we cannot be both for and against homosexuality, abortion, big government, border and national security, etc. I don't know about others, but if we must choose, I choose to be on the right side of each and every issue. Why should FR use its limited resources to allow liberals, homosexualists, abortionists, big spenders, big taxers, big government solutions advocates, gun grabbers, pacifists, isolationists, environmentalists, open-borders lobbyists, etc, ply their trade on FR? Well, more and more lately, we don't. And, apparently, that has pissed off a lot of big tent, true blue RINO types and the herd is stampeding. Let them go.
You have no idea what a can of worms you’ve just opened.
Some people really make me laugh - they scream that they are for smaller govt - yet are all too eager to get the govt involved in our personal lives.
How about the Govt get out of our personal lives, our wallets, our tv, our radio etc altogether?
FEDERALISM!!!!!!!!!
Long live the FEDERALISTS!!!!!!!!!
If you want Church of The United States led by Pastor/President Huckleberry, go for it. We will be the same level as religious regimes in the Islamic world. I will write in palin and push for my state to secede.
http://www.goproud.org.php5-12.dfw1-2.websitetestlink.com/federal-legislative-priorities/
Cops, unions, just to name two more, there are others. It's fine to voice an opinion but you are right, certain people do get obsessive on certain subjects.
4 or 5 years ago, I noticed a poster, I don't remember his name, haven't seen his singular comment in a long time. Every thread that had the word union in it, he would comment, " I hate unions". I checked his posting history back then and about 80% of his comments consisted of, "I hate unions". Now it's just fine if someone "hates unions" but when one has a need to make that same comment day in and day out, that's an obsession.
Another posts every anti cop article he can find, he is sporadic about it though, he'll go for days without posting one and then several more days plastering the place with them. Again, allow me to say, if you have a thing against cops, that's cool. Must one be so obsessive about it?
Yes, I'm aware that I don't have to click on the articles and I can assure you that I don't. Just pointing out to you that there are obsessive/compulsives here.
Some posters are "anti", they live to post negative answers, no matter what someone else says. 'It's colder than a well diggers butt here in central Illinois today". Answer - "Well, define, well diggers butt!", Whatta ya mean cold? what the heck do you call cold?"
It’s a wonderful word, isn’t it? It’s been around for a long time. A perfect description of how politicians talk.
No she isn’t moving to the Left. She’s always held a more libertarian view on some of these matters. It’s just she’s been branded the ULTIMATE RIGHT WING EXTEMIST by the media so people unaware of her record prior to selection as McCain’s VEEP mate are surprised. It’s one of the reasons she’s never been fully embraced by the social conservative wing and why they have always favored Huckabee. Although I don’t know if his view is substantially different then hers, he does talk a better social conservative game.
It doesn’t affect my view of her since I knew this about her previously. Just as I knew her position on drugs. My issue with her statement is that CPAC should be a debating club with conservatives okay with entering hostile territory. I thought it was to be a likeminded re-affirmation of conservative values. She is 100% wrong on what it’s intended purpose was to be. That’s okay though, Keene has been running into the ground for several years and the exodus of conservative groups from the forum will evnentually collapse it’s import.
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