WTF?!? Sarah Palin endorses Texas Gov. Rick Perry

BigBadBossyDog said:

I didn't say he wasn't speaking. I said he's not lighting any fires. He's speaking to the same sad bunch he spoke to before the election. He's got to do something to get the attention of the masses.

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The same sad bunch.....

You don't get out much, do you.

sassy said:

Sarah endorsed Perry BEFORE Medina entered the race.

Also, before Medina entered the race - Perry would be the most conservative.


I'm voting for Medina as well as all of my family members but I will not hold Sarah's feet to the fire for the Perry endorsement that was done prior to Medina entering the race for Gov of Texas.

Medina is coming up in the polls rapidly and her donations are really picking up.

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Just a question and thanks in advance for helping me out here: Can she retract an endorsement now that a more conservative candidate is running or would this be considered inappropriate in US politics (forgive my ignorance I am not totally aware of US protocols)

sassy said:

Sarah endorsed Perry BEFORE Medina entered the race.

Also, before Medina entered the race - Perry would be the most conservative.


I'm voting for Medina as well as all of my family members but I will not hold Sarah's feet to the fire for the Perry endorsement that was done prior to Medina entering the race for Gov of Texas.

Medina is coming up in the polls rapidly and her donations are really picking up.

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Thanks, if she had already endorsed Perry then she would have been called out for changing her endorsement to Medina when he entered. (it would be considered inappropriate in US politics, making her look weak and indecisive) She will learn to wait with her endorsements, she is not yet a polished political person, which is part of her charm.

It's interesting that some of the board liberals are the shrillest voices complaining she did not endorse Medina.

SarahLynn said:

Just a question and thanks in advance for helping me out here: Can she retract an endorsement now that a more conservative candidate is running or would this be considered inappropriate in US politics (forgive my ignorance I am not totally aware of US protocols)

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I said that when she endorsed Perry that Medina was not in the race BUT
I should have pointed out as well that Sarah and Perry are longtime friends.
Professionally and Personally.

Perry is a conservative - he has made some mistakes but to his credit he does listen to the people of Texas and he stands firmly against Wash DC.


Medina is more conservative but you can ask most anyone on this board who are voting for her if she does not get in the primaries then they will be voting for Perry over Hutchinson (a true RINO) or White (Dem).

Hutchinson or the Democrat White would be the worst for TX.

I have donated to Medina's campaign, have her signs up, have put out flyers and will be voting for her. But it will take a miracle for her to win over Perry.
That's just the plain simple truth.

And Texas will be just fine with Perry as Gov if thats what plays out.

If conservatives look at the issues Medina wins.

She is obviously not what she appears to be. She is just another typical politician who says what people want to hear (tea party) and the joins forces with the devil (Perry). This is a disapointment for me. Someone like her is what the country needs, but it's just not her. That's too bad for our country. I wanted to believe she was different, but she's not.

Palin's support for Perry is just more proof for me that the whole thing is a show. It's like WWE wrestling; It looks pretty real on TV, but it's not. Even though some of them are great athletes it's all staged from the very start. And everyone knows it's fake but they cheer for their favorite fake wrestler. And now I think people are starting to realize the same about politics. Sadly, I think voters know it's not real, they are just cheering for their favorite fake politician. I am not one of those people. I am only going to vote for who is real and in this election it is Medina.

After hearing the information about Sarah Palin that Texe Marrs gave, as a guest on a radio program I just heard, I couldn't back her, either. I don't recall all the points he gave about her background, showing she has been bought out (one was that she has met with Henry Kissinger), but there were enough more to knock her off a pedestal. Another was that she went to Israel to meet with one of TPB, there. Sounds like she's being bought off.

I'm sorry to learn that she and Rand Paul have teamed up, because I highly respect the Pauls, but if she is pushing for Perry, that does it! He sold out the Texas highway to make it a tollway owned by foreigners. How can Texans forgive him for that????

He also has been for the NAFTA highway, now saying he was not, according to what I read.

Not the least, he told parents that it was the law that they had to have their daughters immunized with the Gardasil vaccine to (supposedly) protect them from uterine cancer (I am having a senior moment as to which kind that is), when it was NOT the law, and as a result, many young girls have either died or been adversely affected by the vaccine. I have heard two highly respected M.D.'s warn against giving that vaccine.

I don't even live in Texas, and I can't stand that man for what he has done, but I guess Texans have a short memory! (Isn't that what these scumbag politicians count on?)

I also agree with a writer, above, who questioned having a mom with young children being President. It's a very demanding job, and how can a woman who really cares about her family be flitting all over the country (and world), with the cares of the nation constantly on her mind, do justice to nurturing and guiding her growing children? I may be showing my chauvenism, but I'm agin a young mother taking on that weighty a job!

I wish she would STOP endorsing anyone and stick to the "patriotic American" theme. Tons of people can rally around that. Push constituion, constitution, constitution & push back on ANYTHING that doesn't support that. Just Say No. Loudly.

I almost wish the Tea Party movement had not landed on that name. If people in this country were educated anymore, they would understand that is American history & doesn't mean it is a new "party", it's as in The Boston Tea Party to overthrow the British rule. Perhaps then people would appreciate what that means ... Government Rule is bad ... just like having a King.

For those outside of Texas, here is the honest to goodness truth regarding Texas Government:

The Governor has very little power. The Lt Governor has the power.

Here is the MAN with the power (Lt. Governor David Dewhurst)

A 6 1/2 ' tall 62 year old Texas Rancher. Republican. Made a fortune building and selling cogeneration plants.

Very popular and is running uncontested.

sassy said:

Perry is a conservative

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would a conservative try to push through the super highway deal without legislative approval?

would a REAL TRUE conservative do the same with a mandatory shot for all 6th grade girls?

He is not a true conservative. AND you must be kidding about being opposed to Washington. He want to GO TO Washington. He will be part of it. Check out this months Texas Monthly. He'll say anything to get elected. Perry is a fraud. "Slick Rick"

Burt Gummer said:

would a conservative try to push through the super highway deal without legislative approval?

would a REAL TRUE conservative do the same with a mandatory shot for all 6th grade girls?

He is not a true conservative. AND you must be kidding about being opposed to Washington. He want to GO TO Washington. He will be part of it. Check out this months Texas Monthly. He'll say anything to get elected. Perry is a fraud. "Slick Rick"

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"true conservative" he is not - I will agree

But more conservative than White or Hutchinson.

I am voting for Medina but I wish that I could have more hope that she would actually win.

I have a thread that I started on Feb 2nd dealing with this exact issue over at Team Sarah. I used to be a fan of this woman but she either needs to fire her advisor or she is really that clueless as to who is running.

But I used to be a die hard fan of Palin until after I saw her endorse Palin. Too bad I couldn't convince the people over there.

http://www.teamsarah.org/forum/topics/growing-concern-over

Just got this in my email.

Independent Texans Proudly Endorses Debra Medina for Texas Governor

Independent Texans, the only voter association seeking representation and political rights for approximately 5 million non-aligned Texas voters, proudly endorses Debra Medina for Texas Governor in the Republican primary. Early voting begins February 16th. Mrs. Medina met the 60% support threshold of Independent Texans' members to receive our endorsement. Congratulations to Debra Medina and her supporters!

http://www.runmedina.com/debra-medi...y-Endorses-Debra-Medina-for-Texas-Governor-34

sassy said:

I am voting for Medina but I wish that I could have more hope that she would actually win.

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http://publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com/2010/02/medina-coming-on-strong.html

Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Medina coming on strong

Could the Republican primary for Governor in Texas end up in a runoff between Rick Perry...and Debra Medina? Medina is coming on strong and polls now at 24%, just four points behind Kay Bailey Hutchison's 28%. Perry continues to hold a double digit advantage at 39%.

Medina is clearly riding the wave of discontent with the Republican establishment. Among primary voters who disapprove of the job the GOP in Congress is doing she actually leads with 37% to 32% for Perry and 22% for Hutchison. The problem for Medina is those folks only account for a third of the electorate and among the majority who are happy with the Republicans in Washington she's in a distant third at 17% to 48% for Perry and 27% for Hutchison. There may not end up being enough discontented Republican voters for her to move into the top two but she is nevertheless exceeding expectations.

Hutchison's issues are twofold: voters trust Washington politicians even less than usual right now and she's simply not connecting with the conservative voters who dominate a GOP primary electorate. Asked whether they have more faith in Washington politicians or Austin politicians to solve Texas' problems 78% said the state level ones to just 3% picking the national level. And while Hutchison has a commanding 49-29 lead over Perry with moderate voters, she is in last place with conservatives. Perry leads the pack at 42% followed by Medina at 25% and Hutchison at 23%. 76% of likely primary voters are conservatives to only 20% who are moderates.

Medina supporters say their second choice is Perry by a 43-39 margin over Hutchison, suggesting that if Perry does win by ten points but still end up in a runoff Hutchison's prospects for gaining ground on him are not that strong.

Hutchison actually has better approval numbers than Perry, pulling a 51/28 spread to his 50/36. But with Medina in the race the anti-Perry vote is splitting almost evenly with 46% going to Hutchison and 43% going to Medina. And in a huge shift from when PPP polled this race last February Perry is leading Hutchison 61-15 among voters who like both of them. A year ago Hutchison led 49-33 with those voters. At this point they seem to be sending a message that they'd like for both Perry and Hutchison to stay right where they are.

It'll be interesting to see if Medina continues to gain over these final three weeks- even getting to a runoff would have to be seen as a pretty big victory for the Tea Party crowd.

On the Democratic side Bill White leads with 49% to 19% for Farouk Shami and a total of 8% for the other five candidates.
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The more Texans get to hear her, the higher she polls. She gets in the
run-off with Perry, knocking out a sitting Senator to do so, she will get
a whole lot more attention and another month to climb up past Perry.

It's also more time for all Texans to get to know better Gov Perry at...
www.slickrickperry.com


Got God, Grub, Guns & Gold?
Panic Early, Beat the Rush!

- Shane

Thanks for the update,Shane. Medina continues to improve and if Massachusetts can elect brown,I don't see why everyone seems to think Medina has no chance

CRodgers said:

I have a thread that I started on Feb 2nd dealing with this exact issue over at Team Sarah. I used to be a fan of this woman but she either needs to fire her advisor or she is really that clueless as to who is running.

But I used to be a die hard fan of Palin until after I saw her endorse Palin. Too bad I couldn't convince the people over there.

http://www.teamsarah.org/forum/topics/growing-concern-over

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Huh? She shouldn't have even endorsed Palin? Geez! This is getting a bit crazy!

MDINMT said:

Thanks for the update,Shane. Medina continues to improve and if Massachusetts can elect brown,I don't see why everyone seems to think Medina has no chance

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Medina is proving the pundits wrong every week. She will shortly be surpassing
KBH, a sitting Senator, then be in the run-off with Perry. Over 51% of the poll
respondents above had neither a favorable or un-favorable opinion of her, they
have not heard about her, yet. They surely will when she makes the run-off and
after every debate she has gone up in the polls, while her opponents lost %'s.
The contrast between her and the RINO's is stark and all who saw it say she
won both debates. She'll have the time and audience then, in the run-off, to
further erode Perry's current lead. This is exciting stuff here, history making.

- Shane

shane said:

Medina is proving the pundits wrong every week. She will shortly be surpassing
KBH, a sitting Senator, then be in the run-off with Perry. Over 51% of the poll
respondents above had neither a favorable or un-favorable opinion of her, they
have not heard about her, yet. They surely will when she makes the run-off and
after every debate she has gone up in the polls, while her opponents lost %'s.
The contrast between her and the RINO's is stark and all who saw it say she
won both debates. She'll have the time and audience then, in the run-off, to
further erode Perry's current lead. This is exciting stuff here, history making.

- Shane

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So school me,Shane.At her current rise rate in the polls,if Medina were to pull 50.1%,would there still be a run off?And please elaborate on how badly Palin and the other RINO's would feel

MDINMT said:

So school me,Shane.At her current rise rate in the polls,if Medina were to pull 50.1%,would there still be a run off?And please elaborate on how badly Palin and the other RINO's would feel

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If none of the contenders get over 50% on March 2nd, then the top two go
onto the run-off which will be held on April 13th.

Odds are now, the way it's going, is that Medina will at least catch-up and beat
KBH and get into the run-off with Perry, who just dropped from 43% to 39%.

At...
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2010/governor/tx/texas_governor_republican_primary-1082.html
...you'll see there that Medina poll numbers went from...
3, 4, 12, 16, 24
While KBH's went from...
40, 35, 33, 29, 28

And, we have three more weeks.

Of course, anything weird can happen before then, that might have Medina
win outright, if super good coverage of Medina, especially if Perry and/or KBH
have major screw-up. Or, on the other hand, if KBH cuts deal with Perry and
drops out and throws all support to Perry, it could go bad for Medina then.

It's gotta be scary for the RINO's and the Bush's supporting KBH and Palin
supporting Perry, I just hope they all stay their course, being delusionally
arrogant and slow to recognize they can't just out-spend Medina in the end.

This is really a big deal way beyond the Texas Governorship, with much wider
and farther reaching national implications. IMO, it deserves all of our support,
regardless of where we live. Even those outside Texas can help via e-mailing
and calling everybody you know to let them know what's going on here, and
then commenting on political forums, voting in on-line polls, and sending in
whatever $ you can afford to the campaign here www.medinafortexas.com
and checking http://www.ronpaulforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=51&order=desc
for more ideas. Those in Texas can and should obviously do even much more.

Just three weeks of concerted effort and you could have helped unleash a
shake-up here that'll far eclipse Brown having won the liberal seat in Mass.
If the Texas bastion of established RINO's can be defeated here, they can
be beaten anywhere and everywhere. Remember Medina in Texas will then
become the rallying call of patriots and TeaParties from coast-to-coast!

Especially true with it happening so early now before the fall elections, to
where all patriots then will be emboldened and encouraged and energized
to get their own local long shots fully supported while still having plenty of
time remaining then to do so with good effect.

I don't think we are going to get too many more unique opportunities like
this here & now to spark the re-taking of our country and Constitution with
the ballot box and not the cartridge box.

- Shane

"If the Texas bastion of established RINO's can be defeated here, they can
be beaten anywhere and everywhere"

This what I hope for

Thanks Shane,very good info.

Garf said:

Huh? She shouldn't have even endorsed Palin? Geez! This is getting a bit crazy!

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Endorse Perry. Sorry I had a Freudian slip there. Too many P's got me finger tied.