Beck to Palin: Why are you campaigning for McCain?
posted at 6:55 pm on January 21, 2010 by Allahpundit
Via the Right Scoop, skip ahead to 7:40 and go from there. The exchange on McCain is predictable, with Beck wondering how she can support a “progressive” and Palin playing up his statesmanship and noting how solid he’s been in opposing Obama this year (which is true). More interesting is their exchange on Scott Brown. On the surface they’re both critiquing the political culture of D.C. — Beck refers to it as being “assimilated into the Borg” — but my sense is that he’s more focused on making sure Brown votes the right way while she’s more focused on preserving his independence. (“I want him to stay pure,” she says, free and clear of any political machine.) The irony, of course, is that in Brown’s case those two goals conflict: The more independent he is, the more likely he is to represent the majority in his state by breaking with the GOP and voting as a McCainian centrist “progressive.” Is Sarahcuda satisfied with that outcome in the interests of independence or have I misunderstood her and Beck here?
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I love Glenn Beck, but I think he needs to back off on politics at this point. He’s energized our nation and for that he deserves credit.
His criticism of Scott Brown over a joke was, well.. uncalled for and unexpected.
His call for a third party is unwelcome.
Glenn, stick to what you do best: Educating us, Enlightening us, Energizing us, and Entertaining us. This is why we love you. Don’t let us down.
Key West Reader on January 21, 2010 at 7:45 PM
Exactly. People need to relax.
rrpjr on January 21, 2010 at 7:45 PM
What is it with Alaskans and Hawaii? My sis will travel and go on a week-long cruise to AK in July. She is trying to convince Mr. PPF-goshdarnit it’s so expensive!
ProudPalinFan on January 21, 2010 at 7:45 PM
She should be doing whatever she thinks might help get more GOP elected. The day may come when she is not in the public eye so much especially if she never seeks public office again. Should this happen she needs to help raise money while she’s still a drawing card. I don’t think she’ll ever run for President. Don’t think she wants to or needs to.
jeanie on January 21, 2010 at 7:46 PM
Betcha it is much lower if only considering the last 10 years. Besides, anybody who co-sponsors CFR with Russ Feingold and attempted to launch no-questions-asked amnesty with Teddy Kennedy is a zero in my book no matter what the ACU says.
highhopes on January 21, 2010 at 7:46 PM
this move is total genius on Palin’s part. schmidt and wallace can continue to bash her and call her a liar on every show that will let them. put the people will see that mccain asked Palin to come back and help him, not schmidt/wallace. that alone shows who is lying and who is not.
chasdal on January 21, 2010 at 7:46 PM
but having said that i hope mccain gets his rino a$$ booted out of office.
chasdal on January 21, 2010 at 7:47 PM
I’m with Sarah on this issue.
terryannonline on January 21, 2010 at 7:48 PM
Damn you highhopes, you’ve convinced me! (although his wife’s stand on overturning prop 8 was the last straw)
Sorry, thomasaur, you wrong here. I have two “best of friends” I’ve known since H.S. that I would almost give my life for. They have kids that are grown up and call me uncle. We’ve been face to face in some of the most heated arguments, the neighbors thought we were killing each other, yet at the end of the day, we still part friends. I love these guys even if they’re stupid frikken liberals.
Rovin on January 21, 2010 at 7:51 PM
you are kidding right? Think 6 months of winter, 4 hours of daylight for 3 months and tell me you wouldn’t go postal?
upinak on January 21, 2010 at 7:51 PM
I’m Shocked, OlympiaAnn. Shocked.
HornetSting on January 21, 2010 at 7:52 PM
I’m surprised Beck didn’t ask Palin why she wasn’t campaigning with MeggyMacs and Mum in Cali…
I JOKE!
MeatHeadinCA on January 21, 2010 at 7:53 PM
oh. I get it. The confusion is that Sarah Palin is supporting McCain. Nonononononono. Sarah Palin is supporting Sarah Palin. It’s how the self-serving hoochie rolls.
happyfeet on January 21, 2010 at 7:53 PM
Record this somewhere… an actual ISSUE…
MeatHeadinCA on January 21, 2010 at 7:54 PM
Stay classy.
terryannonline on January 21, 2010 at 7:55 PM
I saw that H8 ad with Cindy’s mouth duct taped shut~could we leave it there and put some on maverick and MeggyMac too?
HornetSting on January 21, 2010 at 7:55 PM
Hate to say this, but nobody’s perfect. All of us are doing the best we can in our own ways to stop this headlong rush to socialism and get our country back. Unite or die, folks.
indypat on January 21, 2010 at 7:55 PM
Why are shocked? I agree with Sarah a lot.
terryannonline on January 21, 2010 at 7:56 PM
Yes, please. Then auction off that part of California to China or something… oh wait…
MeatHeadinCA on January 21, 2010 at 7:56 PM
But the rank hypocrisy of Sarah drillbabydrill Palin supporting the man what has done more than anyone anyone anyone in history to limit oil production in our little country is fairly stunning.
happyfeet on January 21, 2010 at 7:57 PM
Same here.
Spirit of 1776 on January 21, 2010 at 7:57 PM
I’m with you Rovin it’s just that all of my lifelong friends areconservative, some more so than others. Now the screaming arguments are with family members but just the 2 older siblings. I love my sister and brother dearly and would die for them but are they ever politically naive.
thomasaur on January 21, 2010 at 7:57 PM
Just the part you DON’T live in, Meat.
HornetSting on January 21, 2010 at 7:58 PM
Hehehe… Meaty could move if that’s what it took to get rid of Maverick.
MeatHeadinCA on January 21, 2010 at 7:59 PM
Completely agree, well said. In a word, he needs to chill. Nothing is perfect.
TXUS on January 21, 2010 at 7:59 PM
I wish that Palin had said that she would campaign for McCain only in the general election, rather than in the primary.
mydh12 on January 21, 2010 at 8:00 PM
oh. I get it. The confusion is that Sarah Palin is supporting McCain. Nonononononono. Sarah Palin is supporting Sarah Palin. It’s how the self-serving hoochie rolls.
happyfeet on January 21, 2010 at 7:53 PM
No. You. Don’t.
lovingmyUSA on January 21, 2010 at 8:01 PM
She’s supporting the person who recognized her unique existence and gave her the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to become a star. There’s nothing petty about her. And there’s something much more deeper than politics going on here. Big whoop he’s a moderate. He chose a female conservative for good reason.
Sarahcuda’s gonna die a rich woman that history will not ever forget. Thank you, Johnny.
RepubChica on January 21, 2010 at 8:02 PM
Yes, yes, yes! That would have been a forgivable sin… but this!?!
MeatHeadinCA on January 21, 2010 at 8:03 PM
I think she did a great job this time around.
paul1149 on January 21, 2010 at 8:04 PM
Thread spammer.
ddrintn on January 21, 2010 at 8:05 PM
I AM going postal with cabin fever thanks to your pal Al Gore. I left a year-long summer island, for Pete’s sake! Hawaii? You bet, you win hands down! Whenever I plow I am wondering why I am not basking in the sun, going to the beach w/my kids. Think-dart-thoughts.
BTW Alaskans rocked with that Al Gore ice sculpture. Make some more please!!
ProudPalinFan on January 21, 2010 at 8:05 PM
Get the feeling that Sarah is waiting for a ‘sign’ or something like that, that she should run for President. Don’t think her heart’s in it and she’s waiting for some outside force to tell her ‘do it’ or not. Maybe I’m projecting though, since that’s how I would feel if I were her.
jeanie on January 21, 2010 at 8:05 PM
Yes, for the short memories, McCain did want Gitmo closed, and he did consider switching parties to run with Kerry. Now, that is a true Maverick!!!!
mobydutch on January 21, 2010 at 8:06 PM
Tragic loyalty, like Starbuck to Ahab.
Fletch54 on January 21, 2010 at 8:08 PM
Is that the type of snack cake you od’d on during obama’s inauguration last year?
HornetSting on January 21, 2010 at 8:09 PM
Palin is a RINO, just like McCain, just like Brown. If you put the three of them together, you don’t get one right-wing politician.
keep the change on January 21, 2010 at 8:10 PM
QOTD
John the Libertarian on January 21, 2010 at 8:10 PM
Allahpundit’s two biggest troll targets–Beck and Palin. Better than humpbots for the trollmeister.
james23 on January 21, 2010 at 8:11 PM
The reason Palin is supporting McCain is the same reason that, even when dumping on the campaign staffers, she hasn’t said a bad word about McCain himself. The reason is gratitude, or at the very least, an image of it. If she turned on McCain, everyone, including those bitching about her supporting him, would rip her to shreds over it.
She would get permanently labeled as an ungrateful back-stabber would would betray her allies just for a few political points. ie a typical politician.
She won’t do that, because it be toxic to her reputation for good, traditional values.
Dhael on January 21, 2010 at 8:12 PM
Beck had better chill out. H’s ruining a beautiful moment–Brown’s victory–by acting like he has something to say about Brown’s sense of family.
What he is doing is shining the spotlight on himself. Not cool. People don’t forget.
patrick neid on January 21, 2010 at 8:13 PM
Quite right. Look, Sarah understood that the moaning that would come from conservative circle would be pronounced, especially given the activities of Cindy and MegMeg. However, in any Republican Party I want to be a part of, loyalty counts!
There isn’t a Republican in the country who doesn’t know what she is doing, or why she is doing it.
Bless her heart.
victor82 on January 21, 2010 at 8:15 PM
jeez, read the comments here folks. AP set up another one of his classic circular firing squads, and you all jumped right in. Good times at HA!
james23 on January 21, 2010 at 8:17 PM
Oh, Jesus, Sting. That was good.
I genuflect in your general direction.
victor82 on January 21, 2010 at 8:17 PM
I am done with Sarah, she has proven to be a RINO for supporting McCain over JD Hayworth. Illegal immigration is coming and McCain will support AMNESTY like before and so will Sarah. She is really making a bad decision, like that is unusuall.
livermush on January 21, 2010 at 8:19 PM
Why is Beck going ballistic over his 5 o’clock time slot?
What has it to do with Sarah?
dragondrop on January 21, 2010 at 8:19 PM
Allah will do anything to smear Beck. Allah thinks he is a big buddy of Levin, too. Whats really funny is the fact that Levin would slap Allah around in a minute.
mobydutch on January 21, 2010 at 8:19 PM
Oh, crap, Beck and Palin were laughing together today on Becks show about losing his time slot to Palin. It was a total joke, and now,someone chooses to accuse Beck of going ballistic. Dont tell Levin, he will go to pieces.
mobydutch on January 21, 2010 at 8:24 PM
There you go Allah! (a new topic about Beck)
mobydutch on January 21, 2010 at 8:25 PM
OK moby, thats all I wanted to know. It was a joke.
dragondrop on January 21, 2010 at 8:28 PM
McCain may have been the wrong candidate. But, Beck needs to stop with this Progressive nonsense. John McCain is a war hero and has been one of the most vocal opponents of the Obama agenda.
JCred on January 21, 2010 at 8:28 PM
….People do things that are not in their nature when they NEED TO GET RE-ELECTED.
HornetSting on January 21, 2010 at 8:30 PM
He’s still a progressive whether you care to admit it or not.
thomasaur on January 21, 2010 at 8:31 PM
I sure wouldn’t advise Sarah Palin to support McCane but Palin goes her own way. I think it will hurt her standing with allot of Tea Party people and staunch conservatives.
MCGIRV on January 21, 2010 at 8:32 PM
A bit O/T but I have to finish wasting anyone who missed it in last night’s Beck/Brown’s daughters thread:
After some DVR catchup, and I feel the need to gloat even more. Even the Red Eye panel largely agreed with me!!!
RightWinged on January 21, 2010 at 8:34 PM
Are you guys too stupid or short minded to remember that Palin ran for VP on the McCain ticket? She would not be in the position she is in if it weren’t for McCain. If you thought she wouldn’t endorse him than you are a MORON.
For all you that talk about Reagan you sure don’t listen to him. He welcomed people who he often didn’t agree with and he would support McCain b/c of his belief that someone who votes with you 80% of the time is a friend. All of you MORONS saying that you hate McCain b/c of amnesty rememeber Reagan was the first President to support amnesty.
So all the McCain hater here STFU!
lavell12 on January 21, 2010 at 8:45 PM
You are obviously an imbecilic brain dead troll.
GO GLENN GO !!!
Mr. Arrogant on January 21, 2010 at 8:47 PM
Hayworth is not in the primary. He has been d!cking around about it for a year now. Dude needed to sh!t or get off the pot… he didn’t. Besides, from what I hear, he’s not all that conservative. So… Palin endorses her former running mate, who is not being primaried… OH THE HORRORS!!!!!
This Mccain thing is to be expected. Her real mistake, imo, was endorsing Perry back in early 2009. I understand that he was her friend from before her Governor days, but you don’t endorse anyone almost 2 years out… any number of things could happen (by him) that could make her endorsement look embarrassing. That was her mistake…. not endorsing Mccain. Now, if she starts endorsing Olympia Snowe and pals, all bets are off.
BPD on January 21, 2010 at 8:47 PM
Don’t always know if “progressive” means what Beck thinks it means
DarkKnight3565 on January 21, 2010 at 8:48 PM
ya Beck is starting to go over the edge, he needs to realize that anyone who isn’t a complete right winger isn’t a progressive. I myself am a far righty but have no problem with McCain, sure I disagree with him but he has done more for this nation than any post here.
lavell12 on January 21, 2010 at 8:48 PM
Is that the type of snack cake you od’d on during obama’s inauguration last year?
no Mr. Sting those ones were Little Debbie’s strawberry shortcake rolls… I remember cause I fried a couple when I was doing those egg rolls I got from JD.
you have a crazy good memory though
happyfeet on January 21, 2010 at 8:49 PM
Sarah is doing the right thing personally.
I hope McCain loses the primary
bill30097 on January 21, 2010 at 8:51 PM
If you want to know why Palin is still supporting McCain go to Texas4Palin.com. Josh Painter does a very good job of explaining that McCain is the same person today that he was on the day in 2008 when he asked Palin to be his running mate. She said yes to him then knowing who he was (and we were happy) so why would she not support him now?
CCRWM on January 21, 2010 at 8:55 PM
McCain’s a RINO … but Palin SHOULD campaign for him.
Why?
Many reasons. First, there could be no Luke Skywalker without Darth Vader … and in this case, “Darth McCain” is the man who gave us “Sarah Skywalker”. John McCain did a couple of things right in his life … serving his country and finding and throwing Sarah Palin onto the national scene are two of them. For these – he at least deserves our respect.
Second, it shows a LOT of maturity on the part of Sarah Palin and displays her traits of LOYALTY – one of her most admirable qualities.
Third, it makes political sense. John McCain is the king of the RINO’s … and he’s also the most “palatable” one due to his military service. She can campaign for him and she’s “punched” the “big tent” ticket – and then she can tell twerps like Grahamnesty and Snowe to go stuff it.
Forth, it makes political sense (yes this is a duplicate) … because, since McCain is KING of the RINO’s – he can control the other RINOs to a certain extent – and tell them to STFU if they go after Sarah.
In short – it makes sense to have a friend in the RINO tent – and McCain is the most tasteful one you could associate with.
HondaV65 on January 21, 2010 at 8:57 PM
Hmm. I had no idea the tea party folks supported liberals. Brown said the other day he supports a system where everyone receives healthcare, but disagrees with this current bill. I’m *pretty* sure that’s what most Democrats agree with as well. So you’re saying the tea party now supports socialism lite?
And if you tea party folks are upset about this, just wait until you see PalinPac’s FEC filing and what candidates she’s donated to…
NoStoppingUs on January 21, 2010 at 8:57 PM
Did anyone actually play the clip? These two just babble on and on like tacos.
I get a tasty orange stoli martini for listening to that.
happyfeet on January 21, 2010 at 9:14 PM
Meh.
Palin rocks.
Beck is so-so.
Ugly on January 21, 2010 at 9:15 PM
But it’s interesting how disingenuous Sarah is in not acknowledging the concerns people have about her bff. She has to know and we know she knows and she knows we know but she just burbles on and on like an altogether pedestrian politics-as-usual politician.
And common sense conservative is the gayest expression ever. But if cable news superstar Sarah Palin wants to explain how it’s not a tautology, I might would listen to that.
happyfeet on January 21, 2010 at 9:21 PM
No, it does. Beck has done a mind-boggling amount of research on the Progressive movement in the past few years. I dare say he knows the history and policy of the Progressives better than most Americans alive today.
Now, McCain has some definite Progressive tendencies. That said, I don’t think he’s a principled Progressive like Obama, Pelosi, or the Clintons; I think that, more than anything, his Progressivism is the result of a combination of soft core principles, historical ignorance, and too long spent in the culture of DC (which has been primarily Progressive for over a century now).
Which was precisely why he was supported by Tea Partiers — he promised the MA voters that he vote against the Obamacare bill that the Dems
wereare still trying to ram down the American public’s collective throat.In Massachusetts, for Kennedy’s Senate seat, at this time and in this situation, the Tea Partiers were right to support the lesser of two evils.
And Brown’s position on health care reform, while important, was hardly the only issue in play for the voters.
Harpazo on January 21, 2010 at 9:33 PM
Agree. For all the naysayers (including Beck) upset with Sarah, ask yourselves this- Shouldn’t Sarah have turned McCain down when he asked her to be the VP, because that’s basically the same argument.
redridinghood on January 21, 2010 at 9:35 PM
McCain is a Republican and often does side with conservatives. This stuff about RINOs is just divisive nonsense.
Narutoboy on January 21, 2010 at 9:36 PM
Sarah would still be taken seriously as a leader if she had turned McCain down I think. Now she’s just another media personality propped up by people trying to make a buck off her annoying and insipid babbling.
happyfeet on January 21, 2010 at 9:38 PM
When Beck teases her about taking his time slot is he contributing to a redefinition of her what’s at odds with the smarmy narrative she’s worked so hard to cultivate?
I think very much so.
happyfeet on January 21, 2010 at 9:43 PM
Agree. I think McCain is kind of unwittingly progressive.
He spouted off (I think they all did) about Teddy Roosevelt. That Square Deal specifically pushed “progressive” ideas.
By the way, I just got off of some phone townhall meeting with Mark Kirk. He was dodging gun questions like grenades in Iraq. The last idiot on the line asked him about torture. What a fool.
By the way, for what its worth, Kirk stated that Rangel and Murtha were likely gonna be charged with crimes (when some lady started crying about congressional corruption). Anyone heard anything.
chicagotrauma on January 21, 2010 at 9:44 PM
McCain isn’t progressive so much as he’s a weak man. A servile and ingratiating worm what prostrates himself before a media whose approval he needs needs needs far more than he needs his own self-respect.
happyfeet on January 21, 2010 at 9:48 PM
I like Sarah precisely because she’s very dedicated to states, to people representing the people in those states, and she’s not all caught up in purity tests, whether this or that is good or bad, or all that baloney.
All of it is good.
AnninCA on January 21, 2010 at 9:50 PM
Glenn Beck is seeing that his 3rd party mental masturbation is going nowhere. Sarah is being a good soldier and it makes him soil his diapers. He should just stick to taking credit for other peoples work.
Boxy_Brown on January 21, 2010 at 9:56 PM
Yep, it’s a shrewd political maneuver on Palin’s part and all she has to do is stab Arizona conservatives and Tea Partiers in the back. Palin and McCain really deserve each other, they’re two of a kind.
FloatingRock on January 21, 2010 at 10:02 PM
Mr. Rock is the perspicacious one I think.
happyfeet on January 21, 2010 at 10:09 PM
In a stupor of celebration I missed that one. Do you have a link?
Blacksmith8 on January 21, 2010 at 10:19 PM
Brown’s position is that issues like health care belong to each state. He is against a one-size-fits-all solution. I believe that this is position re abortion.
Actually Brown seems more like Fred Thompson in his respect for Amendment X, his fiscal conservatism, and his support for strong national security.
Jelly Toast: You should email Glenn Beck to tell him where he should be focusing his laser-research and educating of the general public.
onlineanalyst on January 21, 2010 at 10:22 PM
CUDA
Metro on January 21, 2010 at 10:23 PM
no Mr. analyst I don’t think that is Scott Brown’s position on the abortions. This is…
happyfeet on January 21, 2010 at 10:28 PM
And the President who actually signed CFR?
TheAlamos on January 21, 2010 at 10:33 PM
Whatevah! I like the Conservative, Anti-Obamacare MCCAIN last year. I want that McCain to stay in the Senate.
By the way, McCain’s R challenger is not really from the grassroots. His challenger was also an old-time loser.
TheAlamos on January 21, 2010 at 10:42 PM
Good.
Think again. CFR, despite its flaws, is actually what constrains Soros and his gangs to do their full massacre of American politics.
Think again. Those provisions struck by the 5 Judges are actually good “antiseptics” to prevent dirty politics.
Schumer’s reaction is just an “act”.
Plus, the main issue here is First Amendment.
TheAlamos on January 21, 2010 at 10:54 PM
I enjoy greatly Glenn Beck’s show and particularly his expose of the radicals in the Obama White House. BUT, his call for a third party is a mistake, and his attacks on McCain are badly misconceived.
Sarah Palin has made clear her genuine respect for John McCain, and I would suggest to Glenn Beck to take note of that respect AND to look at John McCain’s overall record. McCain is NOT a progressive and NOT a RINO.
McCain has been and is a pro-life fiscal conservative. Historically, McCain’s voting record overall is rated moderately conservative, and he has been a consistent opponent of out-of-control federal spending and earmarks. More to the point, consider McCain’s voting record in 2009. He voted AGAINST every Obama bailout bill (and even voted against the second release of TARP monies when Bush was still President in late 2008). McCain voted AGAINST every Obama spending bill, denouncing Obama’s multi-trillion dollar deficit spending as “generational theft.” McCain voted AGAINST the confirmations of tax cheat Geithner, radical pro-abortion advocate Sibellius, leftist attorney Kagan and transnational advocate Koh to their respective positions in the Obama Administration. McCain voted AGAINST the confirmation of Sotomayer to the U.S. Supreme Court. McCain voted AGAINST ObamaCare and was attacked by the New York Times for throwing bombs on the subject. McCain has announced that he will vote AGAINST this year’s cap and trade bill. The foregoing is as conservative a voting record as you could ask for.
Further, McCain has been and is still is one of the more knowledgeable persons around concerning foreign policy, military matters and national security; significantly, McCain was one of the most qualified candidates in decades to be Commander in Chief. He was right about the Iraq War when even many Republicans went wobbly and fought off Democrat led efforts to cut off funding our troops in the field in Iraq; McCain could be right because he knows his stuff when it comes to Commander in Chief decisions. On top of it all, McCain was a combat naval aviator, the son and grandson of U.S. Navy Admirals and a genuine war hero; his campaign theme of “Country First” reflected a family tradition of military service continuing with one son who is a Marine who has served several tours of duty in Iraq and another son who serves in the Navy; his discussion of serving with a servant’s heart was genuine. In contrast, you have in Obama a narcissist President who is a radical socialist, a former community organizer and someone lacking in knowledge and experience in foreign policy, military matters and national security.
So, my sincere suggestion to Glenn Beck (and to other conservatives who share Beck’s attitude) is to shed the animosity to John McCain.
Phil Byler on January 21, 2010 at 10:56 PM
oh. I didn’t know about his grandfather. Nevermind then. He’s … he’s a wonderful man, our John McCain. And chock full of core principles!
happyfeet on January 21, 2010 at 11:01 PM
Beck/Huckabee 2012
Palin will make a great Sec of Interior with her vast experience with oil reserves
Romney will be Sec of Treasury
“The Patriot and the Preacher setting America straight!”
Bradky on January 21, 2010 at 11:01 PM
My only complaint about McCain is that he kept his silence when his campaign people trashed Palin. Did he come to her defence when they were beating her up (metaphorically speaking of course)?
Crux Australis on January 21, 2010 at 11:09 PM
It would show extremely poor judgment on her part if she didn’t support the candidate whom she trumpeted through a presidential campaign. What are you thinking?
*shaking my head*
AnninCA on January 21, 2010 at 11:15 PM
Ditto for me.
AnninCA on January 21, 2010 at 11:15 PM
Well, the “outside force” might be internal polls. I don’t think decisions like these are made by “feelings”. Sigh.
atheling on January 21, 2010 at 11:36 PM
So would Rush, lol.
atheling on January 21, 2010 at 11:37 PM
What I’m thinking that she should fight with the Tea Partiers and conservatives of Arizona rather than against them. That her political debt to McCain is hers alone and that she shouldn’t repay them at the expense of the people she claims to represent.
Arizona conservatives have been wanting to get rid of McCain for years and are on the verge of finally accomplishing the task, and now Palin is going to waltz into their state and try her best to destroy all of their hard work because it suits her personal interests?
Cronyism is inexcusable and lame.
Those who’ve criticized the NRSC for supporting Crist over Rubio in the Florida primary that are now defending Palin for doing the same in Arizona are hypocrites.
FloatingRock on January 21, 2010 at 11:46 PM
Didn’t anybody read her book? Draw this line there with respect to her party loyalty and personal loyalty. She talked about the time where she really blew it in her life, and that was when she let party loyalty lead her to support someone else instead of her mother-in-law.
She learned her lesson, guys. Personal loyalty lets you sleep at night.
Tennman on January 21, 2010 at 11:47 PM
No — they are the REAL Republicans. Go back to Lincoln, and you find that Republicans were for unrestricted immigration. The plaque on the side of the Statue of Liberty (“Give me your tired, your poor huddled masses yearning to breath free…”) is a Republican position — not a Democratic one. Look at all the anti-immigration bills and whose fingerprints do you see on them? Certainly not Republican fingerprints!
Sorry, I stand with them on this matter.
unclesmrgol on January 21, 2010 at 11:50 PM
If that’s acceptable, then it should also be acceptable for members of the NRSC with personal loyalties to Crist to interfere in Florida’s Republican primary against Rubio. Yet, I’m sure there were many Palin fans here that were critical of the NRSC in that instance.
It’s a transparent double standard.
FloatingRock on January 22, 2010 at 12:02 AM
Here it starts, the second day of Scotty’s term. What is wrong with some people?? There is nobody that is acceptable to the far right. Now it is time to “eat our own” again. We are criticizing Sarah whose presence in our midst has added so much. We think Brown is a disguised “progressive”(whatever the heck that is). Is that like a sneaky burglar or someone who smacks his wife around when no one is looking? I used to call myself a conservative republican but no more. I am a fiscally conservative and socially moderate republican who accepts and unites with others working toward common goals and I plan to work like h*** for the party. Would God himself be acceptable to any of you??????? Last rant, Scott Brown is his own man, is from Wrentham, and drives a truck. Good enough for me!
AReadyRepub on January 22, 2010 at 12:05 AM
I think it’s mostly loyalty, but I also think that Palin sees John as an honest man, she might not agree with him on everything, but he’s not entrenched in corruption, and that’s the main thing. Even if there is some ideological differences, we are looking for people who aren’t corrupt or taking advantage of the citizens. Also, he has really stood up this past year in regards to a lot of this shit that they’re trying to push through. I disagree a whole hell of a lot with McCain, but I have a lot of respect for him – his service to our country, his firm stance on earmarks, and of course his wise choice of picking Palin as his running mate. ;)If she didn’t stump for him it wouldn’t be right – it would be the next controversy the news media spins. Geeze, I just got into an argument the other day with a guy who doesn’t like Palin because he thinks she through McCain under the bus. I thought you have got to be kidding me?! “She threw him under the bus?” Ok..right. The point is that McCain is a good man, an honest man, and he gave Palin her start. Loyalty definitely looks a whole lot better here and despite what most of you want, Palin is not going to say anything bad about McCain.
repalincan on January 22, 2010 at 12:49 AM
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