John McCain Censured by Arizona GOP for Being Too ‘Liberal’

Mediaite ^ | by Matt Wilstein | 5:25 pm, January 25th, 2014

[lbryce]

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has received a formal censure from his home state’s Republican Party for what they say is his insufficiently conservative record, according to a report from the Associated Press. The measure was approved by a voice-vote after gaining signatures from at least 20 percent of state committee members.

Immigration reform and the Affordable Care Act were among the issues “associated with liberal Democrats” that the party criticized McCain for supporting. “We would gladly embrace Sen. McCain if he stood behind us and represented us,” Timothy Schwartz, the Legislative District 30 Republican chairman who helped write the resolution, said.

McCain has clashed with the tea party wing of the Republican Party over the last year, most notably when he referred to Senators Rand Paul (R-KY), Ted Cruz (R-TX) and others as “wacko birds” last spring.

[Carry_Okie]

This bunch had to be dragged by their armpit hairs to do this.

That's getting pretty graphic. :-)

[Cyber Liberty]

Sorry! It was the second analogy I thought of....

[Carry_Okie]

It was the second analogy I thought of....

lmao

Now that's double entendre.

[ConservativeMind]

It wasn’t the Arizona legislature that did this. It was the state’s GOP.

Still, it was nice that it happened.

[Slambat]

Wow, so the Arizona GOP is just now figuring out that
Jon McCain is a closet liberal. Talk about slow, what is
their IQ? 10? Sorta like Nevada. Arizona, go figure.

[ponygirl]

Former "Republican" AZ governor Fife Symington (you know, the one who was convicted of bank and wire fraud and then was pardoned by Bill Clinton?) came out and made a statement for his friend John McCain yesterday. Said this censure was an "embarrassment" for the GOP and that they were being run by a "small minority." (Heard that one before?)

All was hilarious, until last night I signed on to Faceplant and saw that Sarah Palin had also released a statement supporting her friend and "hero" John McCain. That was when I realized that McCain was really concerned and was calling in favors and/or threats. For the life of me, I cannot figure out why Sarah keeps doing the bidding of this man.

[Carry_Okie]

For the life of me, I cannot figure out why Sarah keeps doing the bidding of this man.

She knows that she would be nothing on the national stage without him. She makes a very good living as a cheerleader.

[ek_hornbeck]

Once again, why did it take AZ conservatives a quarter of a century to figure this out?

[ek_hornbeck]

If McCain wants to switch parties then the Arizona GOP should gladly open the door and let that fool out.

McCain would do a much better job as an elected official in Mexico. He certainly cares more about the interest of Mexican nationals in the US than he does for the interests of his constituents.