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Minuteman founder Simcox to run against McCain [AZ 2010] [the end of McCain?]
The Arizona Capitol Times ^ | 2009-04-21 | Jim Small

Posted on 04/21/2009 11:51:46 AM PDT by rabscuttle385

Sen. John McCain will face a challenge from the right in next year's Republican primary, as one of the country's most prominent border hawks will announce his candidacy for Arizona's Senate seat on April 22.

Chris Simcox, who founded the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, will file campaign paperwork today to formalize his challenge of McCain, who has angered conservative Republicans for his stances on a variety of issues - most prominently, illegal immigration and border security.

Simcox will represent a stark contrast in Republican ideology compared to that of McCain, said Eric Johnson, a senior advisor to Simcox and former staffer for Don Goldwater's gubernatorial campaign in 2006.

"He is a true, conservative Republican. His platform is what it should be," Johnson said.

Some of McCain's clashes with conservatives in the Republican Party include his sponsoring 2006 effort in Congress to reform American immigration policies and allow a "pathway to citizenship" for millions of immigrants in the country illegally. He also spearheaded campaign finance reform in 2002 and has supported efforts to limit sales of firearms at gun shows.

Johnson said Simcox's proven ability to organize a grassroots campaign will give him an advantage over McCain. And Robert Kiley, a California political consultant who will manage the campaign, said Simcox's national profile will allow him to raise the $10 million to $15 million needed to take on the entrenched senator.

"We don't think there's going to be an issue raising money," Kiley said. "There's a lot of anger out there."

Although Kiley and Johnson touted Simcox's stances on other GOP issues, such as abortion and gun control, they said immigration will play a larger role in the campaign. Simcox will push to secure the border immediately by using the National Guard. But unlike in President Bush's 2006 Operation Jump Start, in which thousands of guardsmen were sent to the border to support the Border Patrol, Simcox wants the soldiers to take an active role in stopping illegal activity and detaining people who are trying to enter the country illegally.

Johnson said the campaign also will target voters who have left the Republican Party in recent years because of dissatisfaction with elected officials whom they believe abandoned the party's principles.

"There are a lot of people who left Republicans and became independent because of McCain," Johnson said.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona
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To: Kimberly GG
Univision: Do you then favor an amnesty for the 12 or 13 million undocumented immigrants?

Sarah Palin: No, I do not.

So, she favors following current immigration law. NOT AMNESTY!!!!

You can't smear her. You will have to just call her a pretty airhead like the libs. She embodies everything in which conservatives believe.

181 posted on 04/22/2009 9:11:41 AM PDT by America_Right (The best thing about the Obama Presidency: McCain isn't the President!)
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To: NautiNurse
I followed the Simcox saga a couple of years ago, when a whole lotta Minuteman donations evaporated.

OK, thanks. I'll dig a little deeper. Surely the opposition will trot this out if he gets far.

182 posted on 04/22/2009 10:31:48 AM PDT by Oatka ("A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves." –Bertrand de Jouvenel)
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To: lady lawyer

You mean like someone that just won the presidency! This guy should run on change you can believe in!


183 posted on 04/22/2009 10:43:15 AM PDT by red irish (Gods Children in the womb are to be loved too!)
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To: cripplecreek

If he does online contributions, it’s over.

Hey, this Simcox guy doesn’t have a braindead daughter who can’t decide whether she craves potato chips or her father’s affection and feels compelled to work out her affection substitution issues by lashing out against heterosexuals in a blog, right?


184 posted on 04/22/2009 11:18:10 AM PDT by ameribbean expat
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To: red irish

Except he won’t get away with it. The press will excoriate his lack of experience because he is a conservative.


185 posted on 04/22/2009 11:32:36 AM PDT by lady lawyer
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To: America_Right
You left out the rest of the interview.

Univision: To clarify, so you support a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants?

Sarah Palin: I do because I understand why people would want to be in America. To seek the safety and prosperity, the opportunities, the health that is here. It is so important that yes, people follow the rules so that people can be treated equally and fairly in this country.”

I don't know what you call it, but I call a "path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants" Amnesty. In fact, I can't think of another word for it. Can you?

186 posted on 04/22/2009 12:07:33 PM PDT by mountainbunny (Mitt Romney: Collect the whole set!)
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To: matthew fuller

Yes, Texans, call each of John Cornyn’s offices and tell them you will NOT support Cornyn with your $$ or your vote, if he continues to support Snarlin’ Arlen in PA. His senate offices will tell you to call the NRSC office. Don’t; they transfer you immediately to a recorded message. Just get your $$/vote message across quickly to the regional Senate offices.

contact info: www.cornyn.senate.gov

Then, send what ever amount you can to:

www.simcoxforsenate.com
www.JoinRobSimmons.com
www.toomeyforsenate.com

Help conservatives get into/stay in office!


187 posted on 04/22/2009 12:26:42 PM PDT by Jane Long (I see Term Limits in their futures.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

YEP.
How the H else did he win the Repub primary?
I still cannot believe we were stuck with him!


188 posted on 04/22/2009 1:35:33 PM PDT by a real Sheila (God bless us everyone.)
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To: mountainbunny
Well, yeah. To quote your quote...

It is so important that yes, people follow the rules so that people can be treated equally and fairly in this country.

This means that she believes that everyone that wants to come here should have the same chance as anyone else, so we have to follow the law. Nowhere does she say a "shorter" path to citizenship.

If you don't like Sarah, fine. I don't understand why any true conservative wouldn't, but you are entitled to your opinion. But, please, don't say she is for amnesty when she has stated plainly that she is not.

189 posted on 04/22/2009 7:48:37 PM PDT by America_Right (The best thing about the Obama Presidency: McCain isn't the President!)
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To: Jane Long

Thank you for the URL’s. I think Spector is the easiest to beat, but McCain is just as, or more, important. They are both cancers on the Conservative Cause! I have repeatedly praised Cornyn, but I think that he has lost his way with his support of spector.


190 posted on 04/22/2009 11:21:20 PM PDT by matthew fuller (BHO- The new Jim Jones. USA- The new Jonestown.)
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To: chuckles
"but to replace him with a shyster wouldn't help the cause."

Shyster? I was under the impression that "shyster" referred to lawyers, not kindergarden teachers.....

191 posted on 04/22/2009 11:44:04 PM PDT by matthew fuller (BHO- The new Jim Jones. USA- The new Jonestown.)
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To: MARTIAL MONK

So what do you think the over/under is on the percentage that Simcos gets. I think it is 4%.


192 posted on 04/23/2009 7:22:27 AM PDT by staytrue
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To: America_Right
It isn't "my quote". It's Sarah Palin's quote. You truncated the question, which I will restore below.

Univision: To clarify, so you support a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants?

Sarah Palin: I do because I understand why people would want to be in America.

That is amnesty. It gives people who break the law a leg up. It does not mean, as you say, that "everyone that wants to come here should have the same chance as anyone else, so we have to follow the law".

Here's why: The questioner specifically asked about "undocumented immigrants". The other term for "undocumented immigrants" is illegal aliens. So when she says she supports a "path to citizenship" for undocumented workers, she is supporting amnesty for illegals.

Amnesty means that we ignore the fact that they are illegal and allow them to become citizens. It is not in any way "have (ing) the same chance as anyone else" to use your words. No amnesty means we send them home, and refuse re-entry based on the undisputed fact that they've broken the law.

People all over the world wait their turn in line to legally immigrate to the United States. Illegals do not. I don't know how much clearer it can be made. Supporting "a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants", is not leveling the playing field. It is giving people who break the law a boost to the front of the line. Treating people who break the law the same as people who follow the law to the letter is not a level playing field.

If you don't like Sarah, fine. I don't understand why any true conservative wouldn't, but you are entitled to your opinion. But, please, don't say she is for amnesty when she has stated plainly that she is not.

She said she wasn't, then turned around and explained that she was in favor of just that. Her own words, and the words of her running mate John McCain who said the same thing (and more), affirm this.

I believe I'll take their words at face value.

193 posted on 04/23/2009 9:57:23 AM PDT by mountainbunny (Mitt Romney: Collect the whole set!)
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To: mountainbunny
I see your point. I still think, however, that she was tyring to say that the law should be followed in politician doublespeak. All of them talk out of both sides of their mouths, trying to please everyone by keeping them confused as to their true intentions.

No need to bring McPain into this. I cannot STAND him - check the tagline. I KNOW he wants amnesty.

194 posted on 04/23/2009 11:36:37 AM PDT by America_Right (The best thing about the Obama Presidency: McCain isn't the President!)
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