Democrat Obama Supporter Jari Askins Running for Oklahoma Governor Declares She is a Conservative

We saw this ad on TV and couldn't quit laughing. Jari Askins who is an Obama supporter declares she is an Oklahoma 'Conservative' -- yeah right. We have the same swampland for sale in Arizona that we offered Alex Sink in Florida. Would hate to be as dumb as these Democrats think we are.




Mary Fallin's campaign through her spokesman, Alex Weintz, was quick to respond to this ridiculous claim by Askins that she is conservative.

As Jari Askins' new commercial hit the airwaves, Mary Fallin's spokesman, Alex Weintz, responded with this statement: "Jari's new attack ad claims she's a conservative. We think we have a very different definition of ‘conservative’ than Jari does. A conservative is someone who opposes tax hikes, who supports gun rights, who speaks out against reckless spending and who does not sit on the sidelines while dangerous and wasteful big government policies are being forced on Oklahomans. Mary Fallin is a conservative, and she has spent her career as a state representative, lieutenant governor and a United States Congresswoman fighting for conservative policies. Jari Askins, on the other hand, has either fallen in lockstep with the Obama administration or has chosen to remain silent on issue after issue. She hasn't taken a position on the health care bill. She opposes simple gun ownership rights like conceal and carry permits. She won't stand up and fight illegal immigration here in Oklahoma. That's not conservative, and it's not leadership."

What's with these Democrats who are NOT conservative trying to pretend they are? Guess it was 2006 and 2008 when the Democrats under Rahm Emanuel decided to make their candidates more conservative in name only even though they were closer to liberal in voting. It worked then so candidates like Alex Sink and Jari Askins are trying the same thing in 2010. One slight problem -- voters have caught on to the bait and switch of the Democrats after this last Congress who strongly supported Obama after running as conservatives.

When Askins was running for Lt Governor, Barry Switzer, the OU Football Coach (who should stick to football) endorsed her opponent and now he gushes about Askins? What has she done to gush about? Very seldom has she taken a stand since she has been Lt Governor. In fact, we have a hard time remembering anything she has done to promote Oklahoma around the Country. She also spends a lot of her own money to win races. Are Democrats not contributing to her campaign?

In the latest primary her tactic was to reach out to women voters about what she is going to do for their equal pay plus other women's issues. She is somewhere between pro-life and pro-choice this year but when she was in House she voted against outlawing partial birth abortion (see below) which is as far from Conservative as you can get. Askins primary campaign was right out of the Democrat playbook -- take both sides of an issue or don't take a position.  Looks like she is doing the same thing in the general election except this time she is up against Mary Fallin who is a conservative. 

After we saw the ad, we decided to take a look at the 2006 campaign when she ran for Lt Governor and found this to show she is NO Conservative -- at least not by Oklahoma standards:

October 31, 2006
Askins’ Pro-Abortion Stance
Jari Askins’ liberal record continues to come to light in the final days of the campaign. Following close on the heels of Jari Askins’ liberal stance on gay marriage during a town hall meeting last week — there’s new information about Askins’pro-abortion stance.

Askins has repeatedly tried to represent herself as a conservative. However,last week during a KFOR town hall forum debate, she avoided making a clear statement on the gay marriage issue — now a more relevant issue than ever with last week’s New Jersey Supreme Court decision.

Now new information has come to light showing Askins’ pro-abortion stance. Records show clearly that Askins and other House Democrats rejected an attempt to pass a partial birth abortion ban in Oklahoma in 1997. In a floor vote on HB 2175 during the 1997 legislative session, amendments were offered to ban the barbaric practice of partial birth abortions in Oklahoma.

Democrats, who controlled the state House at the time, voted along party lines 59 to 41 to advance the bill without hearing the amendments. Askins was one of those Democrat votes — effectively supporting partial birth abortions and snubbing attempts to stop this heinous procedure.

Bottom Line: Jari Askins is no conservative no matter how much she says she is a conservative -- the FACTS say otherwise!  We are also wondering if our local media will go after Askins the way they went after an ad against Askins from the Republican Governor's Association?  We have our doubts.