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About This Whole Nikki Haley Endorsing Mitt Romney Thing

I’m a Newt Gingrich supporter and of course think everyone should endorse him because my judgement is right and anyone who supports another candidate is wrong, hates America, isn’t a true conservative, and so on. That being said…

Nikki Haley endorsed Mitt Romney in 2007. Mitt Romney endorsed Nikki Haley in 2009 when she was running in the SC-GOV primary and was fourth in the polls. They obviously have a personal relationship, and there’s more than a good chance that Nikki Haley honestly believes  Romney is the best person for the job. Maybe if there was a viable conservative alternative who was the perfect candidate it may have been different, but that candidate isn’t running and it sure as hell isn’t Rick Perry.

Anyone seriously hurt by the Haley endorsement, thinking she did it for a job, or thinks that she’s “done” with conservatives needs to change their diapers, back away from talk radio and pick up a book or at least go for a walk. There are more important issues facing the country than people’s Arbitron ratings, and the Republic is not going to fall because [Governor X] endorsed [Candidate who less less conservative than I approve of Y].

What do Nikki Haley and Tim Scott have in Common?

It’s not that they have darker skin than me. It’s odd though because I swore that NBC News (which unlike Fox is a serious news organization) kept reporting that the Tea Party is anti-black and anti-woman. Hopefully one day journalists like Keith Olberman and Chris Mathews can learn to judge someone by the content of their character and not the color of their skin.

No, what Nikki Haley and Tim Scott represent are a new crop of Republicans who are getting back to their small government conservative roots, which unless you’re bathing in Kool Aid, you know we’ve strayed from. And if that means running against the establishment of their own party as hard as they would the Democrats, so be it.

Who knew South Carolina would be such a hotbed for this “progressive conservatism?” So sayeth the Washington Examiner…
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Sarah Palin has a Nice Rack

To the reader who wasn’t happy I compared Sarah Palin to Tim Tebow and that I had to bash her just to “establish my credentials,” this one’s for you Slapnuts. And no, it’s not actually aboot her “rack.” It’s aboot how she won Super-ish Tuesday.

Republicans in various states all nominated female candidates this past week to run for Governor and the Senate, which isn’t surprising for those of us who pay attention because after Sarah Palin was named as John McCain’s running mate, more and more women have been getting more vocal and more involved in both the Republican Party and the conservative movement. Mrs. Palin, to her credit, is more than happy to shine the spotlight on these candidates.

She also seems to have a golden touch because, just looking at last Tuesday, candidates she endorsed in both Nevada and South Carolina went from last place to winning the nomination, and in the case of Nikki Haley in South Carolina, with almost 50% of the vote.

While her endorsing conservative candidates isn’t all that surprising, it was her endorsement of Carly Fiorina that stood out, if not for it’s pragmatism for her showing that she can in fact think for her own and doesn’t just blindly follow the tea party.

It also helped Fiorina immencely…

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Random Thoughts: Nikki Haley and Identity Politics

The latest with South Carolina Gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley was someone else accusing her of having an affair with him (she still denies), someone calling her a “whore” in so many words, and someone calling her a “raghead” in exactly those words (she’s an Indian-American). It got me to thinking how conservatives are accused of being racist, sexists, and being the old white guys club, and while I don’t do “identity politics” and irresponsibly play race and gender cards against people who disagree with me like open minded and tolerant liberal progressives have a habit of doing, there are two things I’d like to point out:

1.  It’s been CONSERVATIVES who have gotten behind candidates like Nikki Haley, Marco Rubio, Michael L. Williams, Jan Brewer, etc.

2.  It’s been establishment Republicans and GOP strategists speaking under the condition of anonymity who haven’t, and in some case have actively tried to derail them.

Sarah Palin and Why Democrats Hate Women

“You don’t want to mess with moms who are rising up. If you thought pit bulls were tough, you don’t want to mess with mama grizzlies.” - Sarah Palin

The Republican Party hates women…is what the Democrats and their followers in the media keep telling us. Because we tend to be on different sides on the issue of abortion and Democrats think women are all single issue voters who share the same brain and can’t survive on their own without the Democrats help…Republicans are the ones who “hate” women. This may or may not be why they are so intent on destroying Sarah Palin.

Yes, the same Sarah Palin who was ill served by the mind numbing incompetence of the McCain Campaign in 2008 and the same Sarah Palin who is such a useless idiot and a moron and a big dummy…that the media can’t stop giving her tons of media attention for everything she does. That Sarah Palin. You betcha.

The same Sarah Palin who believes the Republican Party hates women so much…that she’s amassing an army of future Republican leaders, all of which are of the female persuasion. Don’t believe me? Just ask the extreme right-wing Palin apologists from…The Daily Beast? Hmmm…

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Random Thoughts: Nikki Haley

I’m sure most of you have heard the rumours concerning South Carolina Gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley right now. If not, I’m not going to repeat them. I just want to add a few thoughts:

1. As much as I would like to believe that Nikki Haley would be interested in an overweight political blogger in the first place, let alone risk her family and career over him…let’s be serious now.

2. If for some reason the rumours are true…I’m never trusting another South Carolina conservative ever again. My heart can’t take the pain.

3. This is obviously an attack just because she was endorse by Sarah Palin and is now the front runner in the primary (and the general election as well). Redstate.com has her back. Click the link to see how you can as well.