Sarah Palin endorses Carly Fiorina for U.S. Senate – UPDATE: Palin responds to critics

From her Facebook page:

Her name is Carly Fiorina, and I’m proud to endorse her for U.S. Senate.

Carly is the Commonsense Conservative that California needs and our country could sure use in these trying times. Most importantly, she’s running for the right reasons. She has an understanding that is sorely lacking in D.C. She’s not a career politician. She’s a businesswoman who has run a major corporation. She knows how to really incentivize job creation. Her fiscal conservatism is rooted in real life experience. She knows that when government grows, the private sector shrinks under the burden of debt and deficits. We can trust Carly to do the right thing for America’s economy and to make the principled decisions she has throughout her professional career.

I think this will come as a surprise to most of you. I can’t figure out why in the world Sarah would support Fiorina over Chuck Devore. I’ve seen both her and Chuck Devore in interviews and I always come away believing that Chuck Devore is a much better candidate. He gets it. And to boot, I believe Fiorina supports Cap-n-Trade as well as the bank bailouts. I get the feeling she is a liberal in conservative clothing.

So what do you think?


Update: Sarah Palin responds to critics (thanks to commentator James Jacobsen):

I’d like to add a few things about my Carly endorsement because some reaction right out of the chute calls for more information:

Carly has been endorsed by the National Right to Life, the California Pro-Life Council, and the Susan B. Anthony List. She is pro-life, pro-traditional marriage, pro-military, and pro-strict border security and against amnesty. She is against Obamacare and will vote to repeal it and prevent the government takeover of private companies and industries. Carly is also a strong supporter of the Second Amendment. Like me, she is a member of the NRA, has a 100% NRA rating, and she and her husband are gun owners. She is pro-energy development and believes as I do in an all-of-the-above approach to energy independence. She is against cap and tax. And most importantly, Carly is the only conservative in the race who can beat Barbara Boxer. That’s no RINO. That’s a winner.


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