Eyebrows Raised at Palin?
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Leading the way Right
By Peter Andrew
Former VP Candidate Sarah Palin’s political action committee is certain to “raise some conservative eyebrows” according to the Texas for Sarah Palin website. Should our eyebrows be raised?
From Texas for Palin and CQ politics…
SarahPAC has donated money to the campaigns of Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Orrin Hatch of Utah, as well as to Republican Ohio Senate candidate Rob Portman, according to a Friday filing with the Federal Election Commission.”
Lindsey Graham is anything but a Conservative American. He’s a DRINO (democrat or republican in name only). So why is Palin giving to him? Josh Painter has his own theory…
“Portman is a fairly solid conservative, but SarahPAC’s contributions to the campaigns of Graham and Hatch are certain to raise some conservative eyebrows. We can think of a couple of plausible explanations for those donations. Word on Scuttlebutt Street is that both Graham and Hatch had donated to SarahPAC when it was first rolled out, so the political favors have now been returned. It is also a fact of political life that Sarah Palin cannot realistically hope to capture the Republican presidential nomination — if she wants it — without the support of such insiders as Graham and Hatch. It’s simply a case of paying the political piper.”
Painter could be correct about that. We take only minor issue with his next point…
While some conservatives are sure to be disappointed by the donations to two pols they consider to be Vichy Republicans, the relative few who will be genuinely outraged probably weren’t that firmly entrenched in the Palin camp to begin with. On the other side of the coin, the donations will quite likely sit well with moderates and independents, two demographic groups which Sarah Palin knows she must improve her standing with in order to win a general election.
As our site name suggests, we are Conservative Americans first and foremost. We were Sarah Palin fans before Team Sarah, and before Texas for Sarah Palin and the numerous other sites supporting the former Alaska Governor. However, our fan loyalty is based on her loyalty to Conservative American values and beliefs. We are entrenched in the Palin camp as long as she stays in camp. If she starts to “Michael Steele” herself and consistently fish for John McCain centrist votes and the so-called, “moderates,” then we may have some reason for concern. As for now, we see none.
We are far from “outraged” about these donations. They probably don’t mean much of anything. What do you think? Should Conservative Americans have their eyebrows raised?
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