this is more proof, of the Rhinoism of many of the so called conservatives, only at election time. They attack those who do hold the real values, that make this country great. Those who do serve, prepared to give up everything, to preserve this great nation. Devore
doesn’t have to prove what he is , his record shows it.
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down. The hole they are digging is getting too deep.
I can overlook her lack of service to country. But I, along with many other patriots, cannot overlook her denegrating the service of others. They should join all of us in showing our appreciation to DeVore for his service.

Honestly, what more needs to be said? Fiorina is an embarrassment and I hope the Republicans in California wake-up to that fact.

I see a socialist government of 1960s radicals (I knew these mental thugs back then, they haven’t changed a bit). I see a “post American” (remember that book he was photographed holding in the campaign?) America-hating President who is already playing race cards right and left (are you African American — and by the way, is that what you are called this week? — poor you! Whitey will pay for you. Are you a miserable economic migrant from south of the border? We OWE you — come on, march openly in American streets, wave foreign flags, call for revolution against the rule of law — we’ll shelter and feed and heal you!)

There is truly a megahistoric moment upon us. The left cannot be allowed to stay in power, fattening on our life blood and the blood of our nation — because its tentacles are spreading into every corner of our lives. If you think the 2nd amendment is in danger, just wait. All in good time.

And meanwhile, back at the ranch,…we the center-right of the political spectrum are at each other’s throat, tearing it out. I love passion for your favorite candidate, I applaud it, and I say go for it, if you think you have a chance. But we now have four and five and six people fighting for the “GOLD RING” (and our behavior suggests it still is seen as a gold ring, not a grave responsiblity). If you can’t get elected, or get your favorite elected, without destroying the vehicle he is going to ride on to power, you’re in a mess.

If you think the Tea Party is the vehicle, you are going to ride it right into the world’s newest civil war, because if the GOP does not win control of at least one of the houses of Congress this fall, I predict that militia organizing will become a national rage and confrontation is inevitable. The left does not willingly cede power, not if you are being funded and manipulated by George Soros. He’s been waitng a long time. He maybe could arrange to have the Constitution rewritten to allow foreign-born presidents). Here’s a challenge: try and find out through the internet HOW MANY oganizations are funded by Soros. Figure out what their bottom-line goals are. Then you will see where we are headed.

Stop tearing apart people in the right you don’t agree with. I love the Tea Party candidates, by and large, they are full of fire. And the GOP, the ONLY vehicle to power, has to stop picking and start watching to see which candidate actually has a message that resonates with the voters of center right persuasion. I hope the loss in PA will wake them up and, how about this, that all of us will fight with our ideas and convictions, not on the basis of back-biting and denigration.

I will vote straight-ticket GOP in the fall. Numbers are everything. Don’t split our vote!

Why do we forget that the nasty things we say about one another always comes back in Democrat (aka Socialist Internationalist Party of America) sound bites?

Do you have a quote or link for this? All I have seen is a twitter comment from someone on the campaign calling his ballot description ‘deceptive’.

Just curious.

That is why most of us want nothing to do with it. If she is not factual then he needs to fight it now and clear it up. Maybe he needs to bring up the cancer thing…, I mean not to be cruel, but she may need treatment again that could affect her job performance. All is fair game in politics..Have we not learned anything from what the left tried to do with Palin?

If Carly is not telling the truth, or distorting it, DeVore needs to stand up and bury her with it. Shout it from the rooftops. God bless us, I wish the GOP had the fight in them that the Dem’s do.

Tacky, if true, but “publicly attacks” isn’t quite accurate IMO.

If Fiorina was denigrating Palin, why would she endorse her? Has Sarah gone to the dark side already?

Carly doesn’t, and has never had any class at all. It’s always been about her. Why anyone would want to support a candidate that’s all about themselves in this political climate is beyond my ability to comprehend. But then, we are talking about California. The longer I’m gone, the more I don’t miss that place.

that CA might want to elect someone who has worked her way up to her own level of incompetence at a printer/computer company (HP), fostering one of the worst customer service reputations in the industry, and then pushing through a merger with another weak player (Compaq) in a deal that made both players weaker. Oh, and got fired for doing it. Her ballot descriptor should read “failed business executive”.

She’ll fit right in at the US Senate.

and FioRINO just doesn’t seem to get it…or perhaps this is her final despirate strategy before she goes up in smoke. Fortunately for REAL CONSERVATIVES, like DEVORE, the political climate has changed. Old school RINOs are “so last week”. We see through their nasty tactics and empty suits. This one will back-fire on her just like the Palin thing!
If FioRINO had even the least concern for the Nation or the State of California, she would pass the baton to DeVore to “bring it home”. The job ahead is going to take PRINCIPLED LEADERSHIP and STRENTH OF STEEL. She has neither.

Mark went way out of his way, endorsing and praising Chuck DeVore. Mark knows a Reagan conservative when he meets one.

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Much as I love her personally, someone had better have a talk with Sarah. She is doing America no good with her endorsements (although her endorsements may lead people to DeVore in California.) I don’t know how anyone could believe a woman with the hairdo Fiorina wears.

Better get Sarah off the stage. She’ll be the death of the movement.

Devore needs to find someone to edit whoever is writing his Bio. The Artillery had Batteries, Military Intelligence has Companies. He could not have been a Battery Commander in a Military Intelligence Battalion.

I could be wrong but wasn’t Carly let go by HP in part for purchasing Compaq at great cost to HP but little benefit ???

One can only wonder why she made that move . . . . I have my own ideas but I’ll leave that question to the rest of you.

At any rate, is that the sort of person you want making important decisions that will impact you?

……. I think not.

Since no one really wants a 3rd party yet & we need to remake the Republican party. Could it be that she is “infiltrating” the party to be more effective in changing it? Stay tuned.

Carly Fiorina is so self absorbed that she can’t see merit in anyone else. Mark Levin called DeVore “a Reaganite.” Reagan always respected the military. Neither BOXER “call me senator”, nor Carly Fiorina have respected for the military. She didn’t just try to dismiss or denigrated Chuck DeVore’s 27 yrs of service. She denigrated EVERY active reservist that has served their country. This woman is appalling. She would be no different than Boxer. No need to vote for Fiorina, should she win the primary, AND she won’t, Boxer and Fiorina are one and the same. SHAMEFUL ABSOLUTELY SHAMEFUL.

There is no evidence here that she disrespects the military or its members, and it is inflammatory and unjustified to say so.

The campaign pointed out that Chuck sometimes likes to imply by omission that he isn’t retired. Yes, technically the retired reserves can be called up in certain circumstances, but this is certainly not what people typically think of when they hear one is a military reservist. “Deceptive” does not necessarily or even usually(in contexts like this) imply outright false, but rather, misleading, which the Military Reservist title arguably is, because it gives readers the impression that his military involvement is more extensive than it presently is.

Of course, this minor issue is a bit of a distraction, compared to the recent revelations regarding Chuck’s bio, such as his being shot at in Lebanon (not part of his military service, he was out of range, and the Israelis present laughed at him and the other Americans for reacting at all), working in the private sector/aerospace industry (his company primarily worked on lobbying for other companies to get government contracts), and playing a pivotal role in the Arrow Missile Defense System (Congressman Hunter, whom he claims to have worked with to do this, says he did not).

…about the brain cells I’m losing to the stupid Whitman and Poizner ad campaigns. Don’t start. Really. Just don’t start.

Carly Fiorina is absolutely not denigrating military service. She is slamming Chuck DeVore for misrepresenting his own military service. It is UNHEARD of for a retired military reservist to put “Military Reservist” as his ongoing employment. It is deceitful, and it is a blatant attempt to drum up votes from people looking for the “pro-military” candidate. I have yet to meet a Republican primary voter or candidate who is anti-military. Carly Fiorina is calling out Chuck DeVore, and some of you can call them “talking points,” but they are talking points for a reason. They are true!

Honestly, some of you people sound like liberals with the utter lack of logic and reason that you display. Can you really not see the facts here? Also, the hatred for Carly displayed here is more representative of MoveOn.org or the Huffpo than a conservative blog site. You may not like her, and that’s fair. Attack her on the issues. Don’t get all hysterical and start screaming that she has attacked the military. It’s absurd. Erick, shame on you, boy! Shame on you!

I am a Texan, a Rick Perry guy, and have no dog in this fight whatsoever. I could honestly care less who wins the thing. Let’s let California figure out the primary, and then focus on taking out Boxer. That’s the real issue here.

When people on RedState start saying that Sarah Palin is toxic, and the “death of the movement” it’s pretty clear that some of you are cliff diving into a pile of you know what!!

All I can say is thank God for Texas!

This is just another one of those farfetched posts Erick does occassionally that are hard to take seriously – like the one he did about Dan Coats’ vote to deny Medicare patients the right to choose their own doctors, which was patently untrue.

I know we’d like to see DeVore win, but geez, does that mean we have to suspend our critical faculties when it comes to candidates we like (for another example, see Erick’s post from yesterday on Rand Paul’s comments on the Civil Rights Act)? I’m pretty astonished that of all the descriptors DeVore could use he puts down Assembleyman/military reservist. As has been pointed out, he’s a retired military reservist. Sure, he could be called up. So could pretty much anyone who retired from the active Army (see Individual Ready Reserve). Frankly, I think DeVore should be embarassed at so blatantly trying to magnify (some might say embellish) his honorable, but limited, military service in a bid for a few votes. No matter where you come down in the CA primary, I think Fiorina is right on this one – and after reading the item on DeVore over at the Weekly Standard you might feel the same. The headline: “Chuck DeVore’s misleading claim he was ‘shot at’ in Lebanon.”

Do we have our own Blumenthal? See: http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/chuck-devore-republicans-dick-blumenthal

Entered the Navy as a Boot Recruit and through hard work, opportunity and diligence, left the Navy 31 years later as a Full Commander.

Once retired, he was on the Retired Reserve list.
Ready to be called back to active duty if needed.

If Carly had told Dad he couldn’t use Commander, USN Retired,
she would have received a dressing down which would have left her quaking and apologizing for her rudeness.

Chuck needs to call her on her rudeness.

What ever happened to truth in advertising….

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Chuck, and anyone who has been honorably discharged from the military, has earned the right to call himself a “military reservist”: it’s accurate and relevant to the campaign. Good on you for pointing out the problem with Fiorina’s statement. That said, “California to China Job Exporter” is a cheap shot that we would be better off allowing economic illiterates and protectionists (but I repeat myself) to keep for themselves. Ricardian comparative advantage allows us to increase our prosperity and that of other nations at no cost (and great benefit) to ourselves. There’s nothing unpatriotic about building one’s business model rationally, in much the same way that paying more taxes isn’t more “patriotic” (thanks for that gem of a line, Joe Biden).

This is what the standard is from the Department of Defense:

Military Titles and Rank

All retired personnel not on active duty are permitted to use their military titles socially and in connection with commercial enterprises. Such military titles must never be used in any manner, which may bring discredit to the Uniformed Services. The use of military titles is prohibited in connection with commercial enterprises when such use, with or without the intent to mislead, gives rise to any appearance of sponsorship or approval by the Uniformed Services or the Department of Defense.

Military titles will not be a part of the signature block of a retired servicemember when signing official correspondences as a civil service employee.

Retirees not on active duty will not use their military titles in connection with public appearances outside the United States unless such use is authorized by the appropriate overseas commander.

When military titles are used by members to sign their names to documents that pertain to them personally, they must show that they are in a retired status after the grade.

Social and business calling cards must reflect the retired status.

In a military office, retirees using military titles on the telephone could lead to confusion and unwitting misrepresentation, conveying the impression of active duty status. In any case, common sense is the guide when a retired servicemember works for the Government. No reasonable retired officer would invite awkwardness when employed in a military office by insisting on being called by military title, if such title outranks the retired servicemember’s active duty chief. The retired servicemember’s use of his rightful title in Government employment is guided by his acceptance of his civilian status and loyal conformance to the established channels of command. Local customs, practices, and conditions of employment are the primary influencing factors.

The difference between listing oneself as “military reservist” and “retired military” is significant and important. Most officers list their rank and then “(Ret)” after their names, as suggested and, in some instances, legally required.
Resume enhancement for political gain is not attractive and it is not honest.

Did Carly serve? Did Carly marry anyone who served? Did she have a son who she encouraged to server?

I doubt it. Carly reminds me of the rich elites who think military service is for the poor people who need the GI Bill to go to college.

Carly, IF the truth be told about YOUR title it would be FAILED CEO of a Fortune 500 company. It would be, FIRED CEO of a Fortune 500 company. Then hey, if DeVore has a spotless record as tested by liberal radio show host John Rothmann, let’s make up a few things and nit pick. So a Russian bribery scandal hanging over the head is just fine, sales to Iran is just fine, lying to ABC about internet taxes is just fine, (or she just forgot). WAIT, this a mispseak that the Democrats keep using. Radical gender statements caught on audio tape, could have been Boxer for all we know. BUT OH NO A “Military Reservist” title. HELP SOUND THE SIRENS he’s gone up in the polls. PANIC PANIC try to denigrate his service. Servicemen and women don’t like TRUST ME. Ms. Foxer, I mean Biorina, I mean Fiorina.

Carly Fiorina and her shills are an absolute joke. NO ONE can take these people serious as true conservatives.

If Schwarzenegger has not proved to be completely un-effing-reliable on fiscal issues, he would have the political capital to deal with immigration the way the majority of Californians want to. But now he’s just dead meat because he has squandered everything and can do nothing.

He can’t do what most Californians want to do and get in Barack Obama’s face on immigration because he’s on the hook for bailouts.

So where have his Hollywood friendly social positions gotten him?

of fiscal conservatives who accommodated the left on social issues? Rudy Giulliani? Came up way short on the national stage. Michael Bloomberg? A crackpot who only got re-elected because his opponent was an even bigger crackpot.

Who are they, Steve?

Republicans in California had the votes to stop the biggest tax increase ever, but they didn’t.

They’re not even on the hook on social issues like gay marriage, thanks to Referendum.

of fiscal conservatives who accommodated the left on social issues? Rudy Giulliani? Came up way short on the national stage. Michael Bloomberg? A crackpot who only got re-elected because his opponent was an even bigger crackpot.

Who are they, Steve?

Republicans in California had the votes to stop the biggest tax increase ever, but they didn’t.

They’re not even on the hook on social issues like gay marriage, thanks to Referendum.