"Maroons" at Free Republic Just Don't Get It

They like to call those they disagree with or feel superior to "maroons."  Sorta "geek-speak" for "morons," I suppose.

Looks like they are the "maroons" these days...

Jim Robinson and his band of intolerant right-wing Kool-Aid drinkers at Free Republic are at it again.

Two years ago, he and his over-zealous "moderators" were banning anyone who dared to post positively about Rudy Giuliani or Mitt Romney.  You see, "JimRob" didn't like Giuliani because he thought him too liberal and he didn't like Romney because... well... because... shhhhhh... he is a Mormon.

Now, it's Sarah Palin's turn to feel the wrath of these short-sighted ideologues.

The "Freepers" are now denouncing Palin as a "RINO" -- Republican In Name Only -- because she DARED to endorse Carly Fiorina in next month's California Republican primary race for the United States Senate.

The fight for the Republican nomination is between three people -- Carly Fiorina, Tom Campbell, and Chuck DeVore.  Of the three, while DeVore is arguably the most conservative candidate in the field, he is also the least known and therefore the least electable Republican in a Statewide race.

Robinson and his minions at Free Republic want their man, DeVore, to be the nominee.  Never mind the fact that DeVore has NO statewide name recognition, has no money, and in a recent Los Angeles Times/USC poll (Rasmussen, April 12), he had the support of only 9 percent of likely GOP primary voters. 

Tom Campbell is the true "RINO" in this race -- he's pro-partial birth abortion, pro-same sex marriage, anti-gun, anti-Israel, and pro-Islamist (Google Sami Al-Arian).  He supports higher taxes.  In short, he is about as much of a "Republican" as Arnold Schwarzenegger is.  Campbell has spent his entire career either as a bureaucrat or a politician or a professor.  He also failed in his previous Senate bid in 2000, when he was crushed by incumbent Dianne Feinstein 55.8% to 36.6%.

Carly Fiorina is pro-life, pro-marriage, and a moderate conservative.  She was recently endorsed by the pro-life Susan B. Anthony List.  The description, "moderate," is required these days for any Republican to win statewide elective office in California, given the 21st Century demographics of the Golden State.

If the "maroons" at FreeRepublic have their way, DeVore will pull just enough votes from Fiorina to give RINO Campbell the nomination.

Ultra-liberal Senator Barbara Boxer is very vulnerable this time around; if Fiorina wins the primary, she will most likely go on to defeat Boxer next November.  If Campbell wins the primary, Boxer will almost assuredly win a fourth term in the Senate.

Regarding Sarah Palin's endorsement of Carly Fiorina, Allahpundit at HotAir observes:

[Palin's] base loves her practically unconditionally. See this post at Conservatives 4 Palin defending her endorsement as a master stroke. Palin’s problem isn’t her base, it’s centrist Republicans and independents, and today’s curveball will help her (very marginally) with that. Frankly, I like the fact that she showed some balls and jumped in on behalf of a candidate who might irk the grassroots. The rap on her is that she’s a wingnut robot, mindlessly supporting whoever the truest “true conservative” in the race might be. Not so. This required some calculation and some risk, and she’s willing and able to undertake both. Good.

Carly Fiorina certainly isn’t the perfect Republican candidate (is there such a thing?), but... she will be the most conservative U.S. Senator from California we've had in generations and she can beat Barbara Boxer.  That might just explain why a very shrewd Sarah Palin endorsed her.  

Ya think?
     

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