Posted on 09/04/2010 2:05:05 PM PDT by proxima
The old saying that all politics are local certainly seems true in the case of John McCain, a notorious RINO incumbent who has again obfuscated his true colors and seduced the voters of Arizona with his recent primary victory over J.D. Hayworth.
John McCain, backed by a 21 million dollar war chest (possibly with RNC funds? to keep conservative elements at bay?) viciously attacked J.D. Hayworth as a “late-night infomercial huckster” in a series of devastating ads. Senator McCain apparently had no problem conveniently forgetting McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform when it comes to his own political survival. Sadly, Senator McCain muted his aggressiveness to the then Senator from the State of Illinois in the 2008 Presidential Election while reserving it for challengers from his own party.
Unfortunately, Mr. Hayworth, a talk-radio host and former six-term congressman from Scottsdale could not tap into the organic conservative voter angst in Arizona that recently toppled Republican Bob Bennett of Utah. J.D. could only raise 2.1 million for his campaign. Too bad. Mr. Hayworth is a true conservative that deserved better from the voters of Arizona and would have been an effective conservative stalwart in the Senate had he prevailed in the general election.
While I respect Senator McCains military service, even that no longer gains traction with me. My father served this nation honorably for 30 years in the United States Navy, serving during World War II, Korea and Vietnam he witnessed firsthand the horrors of war. My older brother joined the United States Army in 1967, went Special Forces and by age 18, was serving in the 101st. Airborne. Wounded by 19 years of age, decorated with the Bronze and Silver Stars for heroism and the Purple Heart for his wounds, returning to a country deeply divided by the war, he (among thousands of other returning young men and women) were, at times treated shabbily by the American public. The saying “ we support our troops, but not the war” had yet to become part of the daily political lexicon. Neither my father or brother ever used their military service to gain advantage in their civilian lives. Indeed, they seldom spoke of their war time experiences and only in the briefest of passages and in private settings. So Senator McCain, in the interest of the millions of others that have served this country faithfully, please refrain from capitalizing on your military service as you campaign in the upcoming general election.
Senator McCain revels in his self branded moniker as “a maverick.” Websters Dictionary defines a maverick as “ an independent individual who does not go along with a group or party.” That would be fine in a situation of life or death, where groupthink or situational panic eclipses rational thought. Think Donner Party.
However, Senator McCain has demonstrated a history of not merely being a “maverick”, but rather of an individual that has devolved into self-serving, political schizophrenia. The darling of the Republican moderate establishment, he is antagonistic to conservative elements within the Republican party and sneers at conservative and independent voices outside of well defined party lines. Often joining hands with the most liberal of Democrats (Kennedy-McCain immigration reform) in the interest of “ compromise” Senator McCain acts in manner consistent with one who hears distant, internal voices of his own making while lashing out at those who question his motives having elected him to office. Senator McCains win is particularly puzzling given the recent events regarding illegal immigration in his home state. Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, showing more political testosterone than many of her male Republican colleagues in Congress, bravely tackled the incendiary issue of illegal immigration. Her approval ratings and overwhelming support for SB1070 reflects the anxiety the average Arizonan feels regarding this issue and a necessary state level cure to a problem the federal government has chosen to ignore. Senator McCains’ record on illegal immigration is well known: willful ignorance, reluctant acknowledgment, then finally, when forced to confront the issue attempts to foist a “comprehensive” bill onto the country in the dark of night, without public debate and when illuminated by public concern, angrily denounces any that opposes him as racist, bigoted and small minded. We saw much of the same tactics and language by Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and other Democrat leaders during the national healthcare debate. Not surprising.
During the primary, Senator McCain ran to the center on illegal immigration. Much of his narrative reflect a common sense, conservative approach mainly that border security must come before any legislative fix to the complex issue of immigration in toto. Hopefully the threat that Mr. Hayworth posed will resonate with Senator McCain for some time, that he will remember his stance on illegal immigration and he can shed the label of “maverick.” for sake of the nation.
The Democrats must vote McCain into office. AZ Republicans just can’t be as stupid as it appears.
You signed up today to post this drivel??
It is kind of difficult to take Hayworth seriously when he supported McCain for about ten years and said the country would have been worse off with McCain than 0bama.
McCain will knife us all in the back again.....
If We take the House again I hope the others will stick McCain in a closet someplace for the duration...
the time to stop cutting this creatin slack has come
the “War Hero” extra credit has run out for this self serving Rino.
I don’t care how any one cuts it, shapes it or repackages it;
John McShame has been nothing more than a failure and stooge since the 1970s!
Voting for McCain is a vote for failure…the citizenry even voted for a Marxist to make sure McShame could not do any worse.
“It is kind of difficult to take Hayworth seriously when he supported McCain for about ten years and said the country would have been worse off with McCain than 0bama.”
It’s kind of difficult taking you seriously with propagandized sound bites like that one.
This way everyone can hate Obama for Amnesty instead of McCain. Might get the republicans somewhere...THAT would be a change.
propagandized? That’s reality.
Tell us, oh wise one, just who would you have picked in Arizona besides Hayworth (the ONLY one that had the cajones, because the PUBLIC begged him to!)to oppose John McCain???
McCain is the worst of the bunch. But I think we could do well to steer clear of accusing good, hardworking people who worked hard for Hayworth of being heat-stroked. Especially by a freaking nOOb.
If you are spamming, you'll drift away in another day or two anyway.
So, welcome to FR. Watch the thorns. And it is my personal observation that McShame had to outspend his opponent 6 to 1 in a primary because he knows he has been stabbing Republicans in the back since he took office. Now that he has passed the bitter clingers, he will revert to type. His wife and daughter are examples of his true political leanings. To suddenly have faith with Arizona and America isn't going to happen.
If you have something to say to me, little one, do it on forum. I will post any further private emails from you to me on forum if I receive any more from you. This is a rare offer.
Dude your from Nevada, the state that keeps giving us Harry Reid. If your gonna throw bombs at us in Az you need to look at the clown act you call voters in your own back yard.
I will tell you this, I stepped into the voting booth on Aug 28th holding my nose, because niether McCain or Hayworth are what we need. Hayworth was the earmark king while in Congress, and we know what we get with McCain. It was a no win situation for us. I did vote for Hayworth, but I had to talk myself into it.
The sad fact is that McCain has two resources: unlimited money from his heiress wife, and bitter, burning hatred. If you stand up against John McCain, you know that he will spend the next six years trying to destroy you.
That is why so many who would have thrown in their hat with J.D. refrained. Not out of love of McCain, but out of fear.
When W. Bush mopped the floor with him early in the primary, McCain swore revenge, and tried to undermine his policies at every turn, and the country be damned.
McCain is not an Arizonan. He just runs in Arizona because it is an easier senate seat to get and hold, if a candidate has money. But he and his wife are at ease on the east coast, on the cocktail party circuit. That is their milieu.
And if he didn’t have that senate seat, nobody would invite them to cocktail parties anymore.
The cross over votes in an open primary election is what made the difference. That stupid system must be eliminated. Now way should a Demoncrat be allow to vote to put in a Repub of their choice. IMHO.
Man move on...
I agree with you. Reid however is a Democrat. We know what to expect from him. The same RINO virus AZ suffers from, we have here in Nevada. Pity
What was that? "All politics are loco"? "yokel"?
Several factors, I think. Yes, the primary is open. The state party was pursuing a court case to close it, and they shelved it till after the primary, presumably after being strongarmed by McCain. Also, even though AZ is majority Republican, a lot of people don't follow politics as closely as we do, and every election year McCain pretends loudly to be a conservative, in contrast to the stealth with which he stabs conservatives the other 5 years. And finally, I think there are some who can't bring themselves to vote against a veteran, even this aisle-reaching, ankle-grabbing appeasing statist commie.
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