Made my freakin' day!!
... may you have many more like it"
Posted on 06/15/2005 11:45:20 PM PDT by Spiff
GOP’s Legislative District 11 Latest Organization to Censure McCain
By Dennis Durband, Editor
June 15, 2005
Opponents of U.S. Senator John McCain have moved on from Phase I – a recall effort begun and discontinued in 2001 – to Phase II: censure. Following the lead of the Arizona Republican Assembly, the GOP’s Legislative District 11 on Tuesday night followed with a censure motion of its own which denies support to McCain’s presidential aspirations.
District 11 covers portions of Paradise Valley and Phoenix.
District 11 chairman Rob Haney introduced the censure motion, which passed 32-18. The censure language cites numerous grievances with Arizona’s Republican senior senator and states that the presidential hopeful has “repeatedly sought to weaken Republican strength by siding with liberals to lead the attack on Republican initiatives.”
The censure mentions the controversial and constitutionally-challenged McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform law, McCain’s alliance with liberal billionaire George Soros, opposition to drilling for oil in Alaska, an unpopular alliance with moderates and liberals to undermine efforts to change the Senate filibuster cloture rule and working with Democrat Senator Ted Kennedy to promote amnesty for border invaders.
Haney’s strongly-worded censure goes so far as to mention that District 11 is “ashamed” of McCain for undermining the conservative mandate of 2004 and betraying the trust of Republican voters.
The resolution says District 11 will support McCain’s future presidential candidacy “only under extremely extraordinary circumstances” and encourages other Republican legislative districts to act similarly.
A motion to table the censure failed by a vote of 41-20. As the meeting came to an end, Haney was on the receiving end of venting by angry liberals and McCain supporters.
The complete resolution follows below:
Resolution of Censure and Shame Over the Representation of Senator John McCain
WHEREAS, John McCain has allied himself with the extreme left-wing Democrat billionaire George Soros to attack our First and Second Amendment rights through McCain’s Campaign Finance Reform and McCain’s attempt to close down gun shows.
WHEREAS, John McCain has done great harm to our national defense and economy by twice voting against drilling in the Alaskan Oil Reserves.
WHEREAS, John McCain is opposed to amending the U.S. Constitution to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman as stated in the proposed federal marriage amendment act.
WHEREAS, John McCain has repeatedly sought to weaken Republican strength by siding with liberals to lead the attack on Republican initiatives:
He was the saboteur who led the derailment of Republican strategy to end the filibuster of Presidential judicial and ambassadorial appointments thereby undermining his own Republican leadership.
He allied with liberal Democrat Senator Ted Kennedy to introduce another immigration amnesty program for illegal aliens thus ignoring the cries of the vast majority of resident from his own State of Arizona to take strong action to stop the invasion of the United States.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That we, the Republican Precinct Committeemen of Senator John McCain’s own Legislative District 11, do hereby censure fellow Precinct Committeeman John McCain for undermining the conservative mandate of the 2004 election, and state that we are ashamed of John McCain’s betrayal of the trust Republican voters placed in him. We further state that only under extremely extraordinary circumstances will we support the candidacy of John McCain for President of the United States. We urge other Republican organizations to likewise convey to Senator McCain that they will not support his candidacy.
I'm impressed. There have been several moves lately showing some Republicans have cojones. I hope it's a trend that grows and not just a breeze that fades.
Lots of fluffy language there, but it does the job!
(I'd just call him a b@stard...)
McCain's hatred for the GOP base has turned him into dirt. Serves him right.
He could well have a deal with Hillary for a close postiton in her presidency. Maybe even VP.
That would explain why he endorsed so strongly Bush over Kerry (because a Kerry win would have killed Hillary's chance).
I got some bones to pick with Arizona District 11.
How's about you guys build a freakin' gas station.
Also, it should be possible to drive 41 miles per hour on your largest street without tripping that damn photo radar.
This echos my own feelings about McCain. I agree he must be stopped. He's a loose cannon.
That sounds like a more plausible motive than his own run in '08
Maybe we're feeding into it with this, just what he wants.
We should instead be painting him as a vicious conservative - unacceptable to the democrats as a running mate.
Right. McCrazy and Hitlery.
Can you imagine the landslide buttkicking they'd endure.
But I suppose "it could happen!"
Uh huh.
Made my freakin' day!!
Yep. There's been a lot of conservative constituents writing letters and making phone calls registering disgust with McCain.
Next, we need come cajones to grow in Nebraska, Ohio, Maine, Virginia, Pennsylvania...........purify the party of RINOs.
Whoa is that pic for real? That looks like the worst case of allergies I've ever seen lol.
BFD! As long as Arizona keeps electing him to the Senate how can sane people keep him off the stage?
The constituents speaking out is the only way anything will change. One side-effect of the thorough destruction of the medias credibility is that the only believable source of public opinion are individual initiatives--polls, internet "polls" and mass-mailings are just as full of it as CBS. But when real live people call and leave their names and numbers...it could lead to a whole new era of accountability, or at least of responsive representation.
You are 100% correct. Sticking to the thread, McCain may have suffered at the Hanoi Hilton, but that was a different life from where he's at now. One has to wonder how he has the gall to call himself a Republican with his actions as of late. John, you can't be had for treason, but we might come after you for sedition....He'd better sart listening to his base.
I concur. The man absolutely is a hero because of what he endured in VN. However, in a little more subtle fashion than sKerry, he touts this constantly. The media eats it up and portrays him as a hero. That is quite a contrast to how they treated Jim Stockdale (H. Ross Perot's running mate). Both men suffered as VN POWs. Both men are heroes of titanic proportions. Only one of the pair are respected by the media, though.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.