Kris Lorelli
Kristofer Lorelli Location Toronto, Ontario
Bio Kris is a writer for www.race42012.com. He is an avid fan of imported beer, soccer, live theatre, foreign-language cinema and the BBC world service.
Posted on 01/27/2010 10:26:47 AM PST by pissant
Grassroots conservatives are jumping for joy at the prospect of a challenge to Senator McCain in the 2010 Arizona Republican primary. Leading this charge is controversial talk-show host and former Congressman, JD Hayworth.
Although Hayworth is on the correct side of most economic and security issues facing America in 2010, the roots of his ideological views are disturbing, even to the most conservative and libertarian activist.
Hayworth is one of America’s most vocal supporters of the ‘Americanization’ doctrine. This doctrine goes beyond the policies of English only and immigrant assimilation into the American culture. The re-birth of this movement in the early 20th century was deeply-rooted in an anti-Semitic, anti-immigrant and anti-black/brown philosophy.
Throughout Hayworth’s career, he has cited Henry Ford (the father of 20th century Americanization doctrine) as the model for American government and industry to follow. On the surface, Ford’s Americanization policy appeared to fall within the mainstream of American society, which included such programs as English language training for immigrants hired to work on his assembly lines. In his 2006 book, “Whatever It Takes: Illegal Immigration, Border Security, and the War on Terror,”, Hayworth wrote;
the ever-so-successful process that used to be called ‘Americanization’ was a major movement in the early 1900s … Henry Ford, a leader in this movement,
These men of many nations must be taught American ways, the English language, and the right way to live.’ Talk like that today and our liberal elites will brand you a cultural imperialist, or worse. But if you ask me, Ford had a better idea.
What the former Congressman failed to mention was that ‘Ford’s idea’‘ was based on xenophobic and anti-Jewish beliefs. Aside from being one of America’s great industrial innovators, Henry Ford was also a media baron. One of his publications, the Dearborn Independent, promoted Ford’s belief in the Jewish world conspiracy. Hayworth also failed to mention that Ford was one of the German Nazi parties earliest foreign supporters. In Hitler, Ford saw an individual who was willing to adopt many of the same Americanization policies towards “Jewish bankers”, non-whites and immigrants in Germany and the axis occupied countries.
As a reward for his support and a recognition of their shared beliefs, Adolph Hitler awarded Henry Ford the Grand Cross of the German Eagle in 1938, a Nazi decoration for distinguished foreigners. Other winners included; Benito Mussolini, Heinrich Himmler, Jozef Tiso and Charles Lindbergh.
I am not suggesting JD Hayworth is promoting Nazism in Arizona and America, (as I am sure the liberal media will have plenty to say about this if Hayworth were to win the nomination), but for the former Congressman not have not found a better example than Ford’s Americanization doctrine, when suggesting solutions for America’s cultural and security issues, should be troubling for all republicans.
I know for many of my fellow conservative and libertarian republicans it can be frustrating when the liberal media is quick to brand us as racist when we push for policies that promote enhanced security at our southern border and legislation that recognizes English as the official language of the Unites States, but to offer them a candidate who has the ability to brand each one of us as anti-Semitic and xenophobic, is not a risk I am willing to take in a year that may allow the GOP to regain control of the House and Senate.
Go away, JD Hayworth.
“There is a subset of palinistas who live in world where the princess can do no wrong, so they are left having to pimp for McCain.”
And not strangely, they just happen to be Amnesty fans.
Many of them don’t care about Palin, they care about illegal aliens, so support McCain.
But they’ll tell us we are the minority...talk about delusional.
I figure Palin is doing it out of a sense of obligation to McCain. Doesn’t mean that anyone has to listen to her advice on this race.
“Getting antagonistic and insulting is a choice. It does not win friends and influence people for your friend/candidate. MO”
You just described John McCain.
Capitol Hill staffers rate their bosses.
McCain got no glory from those who work with him.
“Every election year we survey top aides on both sides of the aisle—administrative assistants, press secretaries, legislative directors, and chiefs of committee staffs—to get their up-close and personal, and anonymous, views. While there may be lots of partisan backbiting among congress members, their staffers seem far more capable of putting politics aside and making honest judgments. It wasn’t unusual for aides in both parties to name one of their own as “spineless” or give the “workhorse” nod to someone across the aisle. “
Worst Follower 2. John McCain (R-Ariz.) Show Horse 2. John McCain (R-Ariz.) Hottest Temper 2. John McCain (R-Ariz.) known to snap at staff when the cameras are off
THE McCAIN WAY - ATTACK REPUBLICANS
Defending His Amnesty Bill, “Presidential hopeful John McCain - who has been dogged for years by questions about his volcanic temper - erupted in an angry, profanity-laced tirade at a fellow Republican senator, sources told The Post yesterday. In a heated dispute over immigration-law overhaul, McCain screamed, ‘F— you!’ at Texas Sen. John Cornyn, who had been raising concerns about the legislation. ‘This is chickens—stuff,’ McCain snapped at Cornyn, according to several people in the room off the Senate floor Thursday. ‘You’ve always been against this bill, and you’re just trying to derail it.’” (Charles Hurt, “Raising McCain,” New York Post, 5/19/07)
In 2000, Sen. McCain Ran An Attack Ad Comparing Then-Gov. George W. Bush To Bill Clinton. SEN. MCCAIN: “I guess it was bound to happen. Governor Bush’s campaign is getting desperate, with a negative ad about me. The fact is, I’ll use the surplus money to fix Social Security, cut your taxes and pay down the debt. Governor Bush uses all of the surplus for tax cuts, with not one new penny for Social Security or the debt. His ad twists the truth like Clinton. We’re all pretty tired of that. As president, I’ll be conservative and always tell you the truth. No matter what.” (McCain 2000, Campaign Ad, 2/9/00; www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHoXkCprdL4)
Sen. McCain Repeatedly Called Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM) nams. “Why can’t McCain win the votes of his own colleagues? To explain, a Republican senator tells this story: at a GOP meeting last fall, McCain erupted out of the blue at the respected Budget Committee chairman, Pete Domenici, saying, ‘Only an a–hole would put together a budget like this.’ Offended, Domenici stood up and gave a dignified, restrained speech about how in all his years in the Senate, through many heated debates, no one had ever called him that. Another senator might have taken the moment to check his temper. But McCain went on: ‘I wouldn’t call you an a–hole unless you really were an a–hole.’ The Republican senator witnessing the scene had considered supporting McCain for president, but changed his mind. ‘I decided,’ the senator told Newsweek, ‘I didn’t want this guy anywhere near a trigger.’” (Evan Thomas, et al., “Senator Hothead,” Newsweek, 2/21/00)
Sen. McCain Had A Heated Exchange With Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) And Called Him A “F*cking Jerk.” “Senators are not used to having their intelligence or integrity challenged by another senator. ‘Are you calling me stupid?’ Sen. Chuck Grassley once inquired during a debate with McCain over the fate of the Vietnam MIAs, according to a source who was present. ‘No,’ replied McCain, ‘I’m calling you a f—ing jerk!” (Evan Thomas, et al., “Senator Hothead,” Newsweek, 2/21/00)
In 1995, Sen. McCain Had A “Scuffle” With 92-Year-Old Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-SC) On The Senate Floor. “In January 1995, McCain was midway through an opening statement at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing when chairman Strom Thurmond asked, ‘Is the senator about through?’ McCain glared at Thurmond, thanked him for his ‘courtesy’ (translation: buzz off), and continued on. McCain later confronted Thurmond on the Senate floor. A scuffle ensued, and the two didn’t part friends.” (Harry Jaffe, “Senator Hothead,” The Washingtonian, 2/97)
Sen. McCain Attacked Christian Leaders And Republicans In A Blistering Speech During The 2000 Campaign. MCCAIN: “Unfortunately, Governor Bush is a Pat Robertson Republican who will lose to Al Gore. … The political tactics of division and slander are not our values… They are corrupting influences on religion and politics, and those who practice them in the name of religion or in the name of the Republican Party or in the name of America shame our faith, our party and our country. Neither party should be defined by pandering to the outer reaches of American politics and the agents of intolerance, whether they be Louis Farrakhan or Al Sharpton on the left, or Pat Robertson or Jerry Falwell on the right.” (Sen. John McCain, Remarks, Virginia Beach, VA, 2/28/00)
Celebrating His First Senate Election In 1986, Sen. McCain Screamed At And Harassed A Young Volunteer. “It was election night 1986, John McCain had just been elected to the U.S. Senate for the first time. Even so, he was not in a good mood. McCain was yelling at the top of his lungs and poking the chest of a young volunteer who had set up a lectern that was too tall for the 5-foot-9 politician to be seen to advantage, according to a witness to the outburst. ‘Here this poor guy is thinking he has done a good job, and he gets a new butt ripped because McCain didn’t look good on television,’ Jon Hinz told a reporter Thursday. At the time, Hinz was executive director of the Arizona Republican Party. … ‘There were an awful lot of people in the room,’ Hinz recalled. ‘You’d have to stick cotton in your ears not to hear it. He (McCain) was screaming at him, and he was red in the face.’” (Kris Mayes and Charles Kelly, “Stories Surface On Senator’s Demeanor,” The Arizona Republic, 11/5/99)
Sen. McCain “Publicly Abused” Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL). “[McCain] noted his propensity for passion but insisted that he doesn’t ‘insult anybody or fly off the handle or anything like that.’ This is, quite simply, hogwash. McCain often insults people and flies off the handle…. There have been the many times McCain has called reporters ‘liars’ and ‘idiots’ when they have had the audacity to ask him unpleasant, but pertinent, questions. ” (Editorial, “There’s Something About McCain,” The Austin American-Statesman, 1/24/07) http://www.bostonherald.com/blogs/news/presidential_briefing/?p=161
Is it any wonder McCain has few endorsements from his Congressional piers? http://thehill.com/endorsements-2008.html
http://towncriernews.blogspot.com/search?q=john+mccain+congressional+staffers
And what’s wrong with Americanization? This country is held together by its American culture, not by tied of blood or race. That’s the miracle of the United States and the genius of the founding fathers who set up this system where anyone can become an American if they drop their allegiance to their former countries. Yes, we can keep our family heritages but it has to be in the context of the greater American culture. Most of the ills of this country can be traced back to multiculturalism which leads to racial politics leading to the current fiasco in the White House.
What I don’t understand is how rarely, if at all, the pro-amnesty/ open borders types DEBATE THE ISSUES instead of just name-call.
I HAVE had one open-borders-ey friend, a WSJ sort of guy (on this issue), calmly lay out why it would be good, long-term, for the USA to legalize illegals and admit (IMO) millions more largely unskilled, non-English-speaking, poorly-educated folks. (He thinks that raw population numbers are somehow very important in competing with China.)
He’s wrong, but, hey, at least he doesn’t engage in OMG YOU RACIST sorts of tactics.
1. a country without secure borders is not a secure country and will in time see its freedoms diminished and then threatened, and
2. if "citizenship" means anything at all, it refers to a common agreement to abide by the nation's laws and to accept the responsibilities that attend one's rights under those laws.
Illegal aliens fail on both counts and their continued presence in the US is harming the liberties of all. Accusing the opponents of open borders of prejudice and/or race hatred is a cheap way of avoiding argumentation and also, reality.
Bingo. I am confident that Palin has gotten word to Hayworth, in private, that “You understand I wouldn’t be where I am today if not for John McCain. I owe him this. I just want you to understand [wink wink].” And that is one honorable position for her to take, although there are others.
“I am not suggesting JD Hayworth is promoting Nazism in Arizona and America”
THAT is exactly what this slanderous author is attempting.
There is no other purpose for writing this piece of tripe.
JD approved part of Henry Ford’s message, NOT the entire life of the guy. Strange isn’t it? Sarah Palin can praise McCAin ALL over the place, but we’re not supposed to take that seriously???
WOW. JUST WOW.
BTT!!!
I believe that gravity points down.
Hitler did too.
Therefore, according to this writer, I approve Hitler’s approach. (OH BUT I’M NOT PROMOTING NAZISM; I’m just worth writing an article about, with lots of Hitler references.)
Kris Lorelli
Kristofer Lorelli Location Toronto, Ontario
Bio Kris is a writer for www.race42012.com. He is an avid fan of imported beer, soccer, live theatre, foreign-language cinema and the BBC world service.
My Princess is allowed to make mistakes, up until it no longer matters, and I would still vote for her, unless some one comes along that I could trust more, and I don't see that person yet, and doubt that I will.
That's exactly what you are suggesting, scumbag.
Sarah will not tolerate this. She knows what it’s like to be attacked!
I don’t have any problem with that. Or the occasional mis-step. My problem will be with the folks trying to sabotage a solid conservative like JD with cherry-picked “facts”. The guy is a superstar compared with McCain.
Hayworth wants strong border security, no amnesty and defense of US sovereignty. McCain will grant amnesty to millions and millions of illegals. Not to mention his continued attempts to stifle free speech. The choice is clear.
GO JD GO!
Holy Crap. That explains ALOT! LOL
Actually I am not a supporter of McCain unless forced into an untenable position. There are some worse than him.
He has been there too long. MO
If J. D. Is antisemitic, ... and Would not maintain support of our connection with Israel ... that is not a good candidate attitude either. The bad man I know is not as dangerous as the bad man I do not know usually. An unknown. MO
Tough choices. Between two evils.
see post 31. Explains everything
“And if we are honest we have to make a distinction between a democratic Israel that wants to live in peace and the terrorists who want Israel wiped out. The Israelis were told to give up land for peace; they gave up the land, but got no peace”.
JD Hayworth
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