Posted on 01/27/2010 10:26:47 AM PST by pissant
LOL!
B U M P
I’m supporting JD Hayworth in this race (or whoever has the best chance of retiring McCain). Perhaps you meant to reply to someone else.
Guy hasn’t even announced he is running yet.
“We will formally announce at a later time, but we’re moving forward to challenge John McCain.”
http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/01/27/mccain-challenger-j-d-hayworth-is-no-conservative-hero/
All these guys have “formal announcements” at some point. He just quit his job as a popular talk radio host. Ya think he’s not running?
Don’t fall for this ‘anti-semantic’ hype. It’s a lie.
Curiously, it’s usually calling him a Mexican Hater that the libs/McCain use.
Blast from the past, words from J.D. Hayworth:
“When you see the Mexican flags and other flags - rather than American flags - being hoisted at these demonstrations, you essentially are getting this message: ‘Yes, we are here illegally. No, we do not believe this to be your country. We do not believe in your laws . . . and we don’t believe you’re going to do anything about it.’” - Rep. J.D. Hayworth (AZ-R) -
However, Rep. J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ) has taken the lead in the fight to stop the U.S.-Mexico totalization agreement from taking effect. (Trying to stop giving illegal aliens social security benefits) He has introduced H. Res. 20, a resolution of disapproval in the House.
REP. J.D. HAYWORTH, (R) ARIZONA: If there are so-called good people overstaying their visas, there are really bad people too. And more than just your garden variety of criminal, probably in that group, sad to say, are those folks who belong to terrorist cells who mean to do us harm.
http://towncriernews.blogspot.com/2010/01/there-is-hope-jd-hayworth-challeges.html
Another poster said: “The former mayor lied like a rug, and scammed the populace by pretending to run to the right of Hayworth regarding illegal immigration.”
This is a good point to remember. The former mayor, Harry Mitchell did just that with lots of big democrat money, like Charlie Rangel.
“Former Tempe Mayor and state Sen. Harry Mitchell is also trying to use one of Hayworth’s signature issues — illegal immigration — against him, saying that after six terms in office, Hayworth and the Republican Party have done nothing to curb the problem, which affects Arizona more than most states. ....The results were initially so close that Hayworth would not concede for a week while early ballots were counted. “
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,214241,00.html
http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Harry_Mitchell
The biggest reason JD lost in Arizona was that he voted against HR 4437 (Immigration, ID, etc). His opponent used that vote to imply he wasn’t strong on border issues. JD issued a statement the day of the vote saying he was not voting for it because it didn’t go far enough and fix enough. And he was right.
Hayworth Efforts Stymied
In the spirit of his own bill, H.R. 3938, the Enforcement First Immigration Reform Act, Rep. J.D. Hayworth sought to strengthen H.R. 4437 on the House floor by offering a series of seven amendments. All of these amendments, taken together, were designed to demonstrate there is no need for an amnesty/guestworker plan. As a package these amendments would first give enforcement a chance to weed out scofflaw employers, limit the work incentives driving illegal immigration, and set the stage for U.S. workers to become more attractive as employees than illegal workers. These amendments required:
* IRS enforcement of laws fining employers filing false data on illegal employees.
* Information sharing between IRS and DHS.
* A ban on bank acceptance of matricula consular cards.
* Increase the number of DHS employees investigating illegal employment.
* Transfer family based visas to employment-based visas.
* Eliminate the visa lottery program and transfer those visas to employment-based visas.
* Express the sense of congress that no guestworker program should be enacted until enforcement of immigration law is accomplished.
Unfortunately only one of these amendments was made in order for debate during floor consideration of H.R. 4437. That was the amendment-the one least preferred by Rep. Hayworth-to demonstrate an alternative to a guestworker program by reducing family based visas and increasing employment-based visas by an equal amount. Ultimately, Rep. Hayworth withdrew this amendment, fearing its defeat would give encouragement to amnesty/guestworker supporters.
http://www.fairus.org/site/PageServer?pagename=leg_analysis_hr4437#hayworth
anti-semantic or anti-semitic? ;o)
It was more of a general reply to the posting, not to you personally. Sorry for any misunderstandings.
There is always flack that distracts from the main issues. McCain is not really a man I would vote for ... yet ... preferred before a progressive. We do not want to lose any seat in the Senate held by a conservative. Being from Texas, my knowledge of other potential candidates is mostly sketchy.
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