Some Palin Facebook fans unhappy with endorsement

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Ex-Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has outraged some of her fans with an endorsement of former Hewlett-Packard executive Carly Fiorina in the GOP’s U.S. Senate primary in California.

The former Republican vice presidential candidate made the endorsement on her Facebook page, saying Fiorina’s experience running a major corporation is sorely lacking in Washington.

In the Thursday posting, Palin called Fiorina a “Commonsense Conservative” who has the potential to beat “liberal” Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer in November.

Fiorina — an advisor on the McCain-Palin ticket in 2008 — got the endorsement over former congressman Tom Campbell, who is leading in most polls, and Chuck DeVore, a favorite of ‘tea party’ supporters. But it’s essentially a two-person race in a close match between Campbell and Fiorina, with DeVore far behind in the polls.

More than 7,400 Palin fans clicked the “like” button on the Facebook endorsement, but the snub of DeVore prompted the Facebook outcry.

There is no “dislike” button on Facebook. But scores of the nearly 1,800 comments from Palin’s 1.5 million-plus Facebook supporters — many among the tea party faithful — took the time to plead in Facebook comments for Palin to change her endorsement.

-- Associated Press