Posted on 04/19/2010 9:16:08 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
When Arizona's bitter Republican primary election arrives in August, it is likely to be 102 degrees in the shade, of which there is little. It is the kind of weather in which only the hearty and highly motivated venture outdoors -- Gila monsters and Tea Party activists. Which may not be good news for Sen. John McCain, who is generally disliked by the latter.
A recent poll puts McCain just five points ahead of J.D. Hayworth, a former congressman and radio talk show host who aspires to be Arizona's Samuel Adams. McCain operatives dispute that the race is this close, but they cannot dispute that McCain is running in a political environment in which absolutely anything could happen to an incumbent.
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>>Gila monsters and Tea Party activists. Which may not be good news for Sen. John McCain, who is generally disliked by the latter. <<
That is an optimistic view. Gila Monsters also had to hold their nose to vote for him and despise him for being a RINO and wiping his butt with the 1st amendment and running the worst campaign since ever.
And I am pretty sure Gila Monsters don’t appreciate McCain’s support of amnesty for law-breakers who cross or borders and then demand services and recognition.
No way does McCain have the Gila Monster vote.
And let’s remember Gila Monsters, unlike our great leader, the fuhrer TOTUS-reader, are native born Americans.
Here’s a fellow-travelling Hayworth-hating comrade for the WaPo; it’s interesting how this clown masquerades as a “conservative” while he backs RINOs and attacks conservatives. Notice how he manages to inject an accusation of Nazism into his smear:
Thursday, February 18, 2010
What Is There About “Unelectable” That We Don’t Understand?
Posted by: Michael Medved at 3:52 PM
The scandal-scarred background of former Congressman J.D. Hayworth makes him an unworthy primary challenger to Senator John McCain. His deep involvement in the Abramoff lobbying disaster, and six-figure payments to his wife more through a political action committee, led voters to scorn Hayworth in 2006 – despite a GOP registration edge of more than 60% in his solidly Republican district. Hayworth’s controversial book on immigration quoted approvingly from racial theories of Henry Ford during his pro-Nazi phase; the publisher reported sales of less than a thousand. On the key issue of spending, McCain has always been a deficit hawk and never sponsored an earmark; Hayworth was a notorious pork barrel spender. In the unlikely event that Hayworth won the primary he’d be unelectable in the fall—just as in his last Congressional race—handing a crucial Senate seat to Democrats.”
http://townhall.com/blog/g/3373d2a0-9457-4e3d-9048-0afe358019b1
McCain’s Democrat backers are pulling out ALL the stops to try to save him. He is a Democrat.
They tried the BOGUS Daily Kos/Soros poll showing McCain leading.
McCain:
“....but but Mr. Soros - I have done everything you asked of me! I beat real Republicans to get the nomination in 2008 then took a dive so Obama could win...I am a team player...you have to save me from Hayworth!”
Hayworth is a moron... I will be embarrassed if he wins...
Ahh...Medved - the anti-birther. Amother one on Soros payrool trying to save his fellow Soros stooge McCain.
McCainiacs are desparate to save Johnny boy. Soros stooge McCain.
Dang, I hope McCain loses! When he won the GOP nomination for prez I had determined to write in John Galt and Hank Reardon on my presidential ballot. Then I ended up voting for Sarah Palin.
I agree with them. McCain is going to get clobbered in the primary. If the state run "media" claims McCain up by 5, then Hayworth is up by at least ten.
FREEDOM!
????? elaborate!
...If the [Tea Party] movement embraces politicians such as Hayworth, it will not only prove itself extreme; it will prove itself gullible.
The author proves that McCain is a liberal who attempts to fool conservatives every six years, but The Tea Party movement is gullible for choosing Hayworth?
The WP's hate is all the bona fides Hayworth needs.
Dork. 112 is much more likely.
I would be thrilled to see McKook go. But I do worry what he will do if he is defeated in the primary. Specifically will he throw a tantrum like he did when he lost to Bush in 2000 by moving to the left (thereby voting for every lefty bill he can before the end of the year, such as shamnesty and cap and tax).
Gerson is a former speech writer for Bush 43. The RINO establishment sticks together.
BS. If McCain wins, the GOP deserves to lose. We need to throw this RINO bastard out. He is pro-amnesty, pro cap and trade, against drilling ANWR, was one of two Rep senators who voted against the Bush tax cuts, wants to shut down Gitmo, was part of the gang of 14 and is against political free speech. He ran a dismal campaign against Obama.
Really? Do you live in Arizona? I will be voting for JD and I won’t be embarrassed.
If McCain is elected, he will revert back to being the maverick, i.e, work with the Dems against conservatives. His butt boy, Lindsey Graham, is working on cap and trade and amnesty until McCain returns to his old ways. We can’t take another 6 years of this bastard.
Is that you Juan? I thought I heard you say something...
McCain's RINOs and RINAs will say anything.
It's like the North Dakota cold - keeps a lot of the riff raff out. :)
BOTTOM LINE: McCain is a RINO.....I’m in favor of voting out all RINOS and DEMS.
>> McCain’s Democrat backers are pulling out ALL the stops to try to save him.
Which means McCain will be indebted to the Left, not to mention his affinity for Leftist policies.
Residency requirements for voting ALL STATES
ARIZONA IS 29 DAYS Come on down! Every vote counts
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0781452.html
Better emarrassed then suffering 6 more years from the guy most responsible for the mess Republicans made of Congress. McCain was the one who rallied dissent among Republicans all as payback for not winning the nomination and to get on the good side of the liberal elite.
I don’t agree with your assssment of J.D. but even if I did it would be worth it to finally be rid of Maverick and make the Republican establishment break out in a cold sweat.
He's not much liked by the former, either.
“He (J.D.Hayworth.) is, I would bet, the only Tea Party candidate with a history of hosting fundraisers in lobbyist Jack Abramoff’s sports skyboxes....been enthusiastic legislative earmarkers, or voted for the Medicare prescription drug benefit, or supported the 2005 highway bill, which included the “bridge to nowhere”?
Is all of this true? “
No. Hayworth was cleared of ALL Abramoff charges...McCain is the one who got big bucks from the firm Abramoff headed.
This table lists the top donors to this candidate in the 2008 election cycle.
John McCain
Merrill Lynch $373,595
Citigroup Inc $322,051
Morgan Stanley $273,452
Goldman Sachs $230,095
Greenberg Traurig LLP $146,437 (Abramoff)[snip]
http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/contrib.php?cycle=2008&cid=n00006424
Start here. Read all my posts on that thread. McCain is the one with the corrupt past.
Indians, Lobbyists and Arizona Politics...OH MY!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2440173/posts
I hadn’t even noticed that Gerson is the writer. He’s an amnesty pushing POS who uses leftist smears to attack conservatives. From his wikipedia entry:
“Gerson, a conservative, has repeatedly criticized other conservatives in his column and conservatives have returned the favor. One of Gerson’s first columns was entitled “Letting Fear Rule”, in which he compared skeptics of President Bush’s immigration reform bill to nativist bigots of the 1880s.”
You obviously do not live in AZ. On the slim chance you do live here I am embarrassed that you feel this way.
Michael Medved’s first foray into politics was as an anti-Vietnam War protester. He went on to work for a Congressman whose politics can fairly be described as Stalinist, red Ron Dellums.
I think every once in awhile Medved gets in touch with his inner teenage communist self and just has to call someone a nazi, preferably someone to his right whom he wants to drive out of the public arena.
He’s a regular Grima Wormtongue, counseling conservatives to just give up and to get behind some open borders RINO of Medved’s choosing.
Imagine that: phony-con Michael Gerson caught lying about a conservative who wants illegal immigration stopped. Surprise, surprise. /sarc
You are an excellent resource!
I met a nice lady from AZ at a conference recently. She was quite enthusiastic about JD and his chances. I hope she was right.
At his best, McCain is precisely what a senator should be -- independent, passionate, unawed by power, unmoved by influence.
Oh, stop, you're killing me...
This contest is a test of the remaining power of the Oligarchy...
So how many citizens of Arizona base their voting choice upon what the Marxist Washington Post says?
The Propagandists on the Potomac are clearly delusional, much like their philosophical bretheren hiding in the German bunker in 1945.
Medved is lying through his teeth. He should join ACORN. SEIU wouldn’t take him, as he is too much of a wimp.
The Truth About Hayworth:
After 4 months of listening to lies and misleading innuendo put forth by the incumbent and his minions, its time to look at the questions being parroted by the masses. Some are speaking out of spite knowing that most will not or can’t verify the claims made. The vast majority of Arizonans don’t have a clue what happened 5 or 10 years ago. I intend to debunk some of the disinformation being spewed about. Lets start here-
If JD Hayworth was a good congressman , why was he voted out.? This is an excellent question although a bit rhetorical since the McCain campaign knows all too well what shenanigans were pulled. Also in this field are accusations that CD5 constituents got stuck with their current dem disaster because of Hayworth. Look through the liberal Wikipedia page on Hayworth, McCains talking points can be found there.
Due to the 2000 census, Hayworth’s CD6 was reduced in size 80%. The remaining 20% (now CD5) had a slight majority of MODERATE Republicans, key word being MODERATE. Quote from the Wiki article- “During his first four terms, Hayworth represented a district that took in most of the northeastern portion of the state including Flagstaff. Most of its population was located in the Phoenix suburbs. After the 2000 census his district was renumbered the 5th District and was made a much more compact district centered more in the Phoenix area.”
Hayworth carried this area through the ‘00, ‘02, ‘04 elections. In ‘06 his chances were torpedoed by none other than McCain’s hit man Grant Woods. Woods led a MODERATE republican mutiny by backing Democrat Harry Mitchell. There’s several pages of names endorsing Mitchell at http://commongroundcommonsense.org/forums/lofiversion/index.php/t60520.html
Highlights of the list-
Janet Napolitano Gov
Grant Woods
Neil Guiliano (google this one)
Terry Goddard
Raul Grijalva
Ed Pastor
AFL-CIO
Assoc of Trial Lawyers
SEIU
UFCW
See anything out of place yet? All these left wing loons backing McCains guy? It gets worse-
Lets pull up some excerpts from the East Valley Tribune-
http://commongroundcommonsense.org/forums/lofiversion/index.php/t58218.html
Woods is quoted as saying- “His rhetoric (Hayworth’s) on immigration, in particular, is hurtful”. (scratches head, how long did murdered rancher Krentz complain about no border security?)
Also in the article is this quote by former mayor Guiliano- “As a moderate Republican, I would rather have a moderate Democrat in office than an extreme far right Republican”.
Well congratulations, you got a mod Dem who sold your keyster right up the socialist river. Speaking of selling , lets look at this gem from Open secrets-
http://opensecrets.org/indexp/summ.php?type=R&cycle=2006
Scroll down the list to Az dist 5. Looks like both parties spent about the same dissing each other, 1/4 mill each. Now note the amount spent FOR each party, R $61,326 D $622,083. Who’s got the political clout to turn off the support?
Lets look at what Harry M has accomplished thanks to the backing of Mr Woods and his master-
http://harrymitchellwatch.wordpress.com/
You can peruse the entire list at your own leisure
.
Now lets jump up to the present. Why is the McCain/ Woods machine still harassing Hayworth? Could it be that Hayworth represents the extreme far right? No, that can’t be, nobody could be more conservative than John McCain [eyes] .Character matters.
One last item for the night. Talk is that Hayworth’s lawyers have found a way for people to withdraw their signature from another candidates petition.
Why the outrage? I can honestly see people withdrawing their support from McCain for the untruthful garbage he’s spewing state wide. I’ll also add that I was asked to sign a 3rd candidates petition and was told it didn’t matter if I had signed for a previous candidate. Candidate 3 is standing in the shadows and pushing McCain’s agenda against Hayworth. This makes no sense unless he’s shooting for the #2 spot in the primary(LOL) or trying to play spoiler.
PING to post # 41
Janet Napolitano Gov
Grant Woods
Neil Guiliano (google this one)
Terry Goddard
Raul Grijalva
Ed Pastor
AFL-CIO
Assoc of Trial Lawyers
SEIU
UFCW
McCain's base.
Janet Napolitano Gov
Grant Woods
Neil Guiliano (google this one)
Terry Goddard
Raul Grijalva
Ed Pastor
AFL-CIO
Assoc of Trial Lawyers
SEIU
UFCW
“”McCain’s base. “”
EXACTLY.
Giggle. Thank you for the ping, SJB.
McCain is a RINO/Dem hybrid that is really more Democrat. He needs to go.
I sent it to JD’s office, with a suggestion Hayworth use it on McCain. Of course, Hayworth knows it all better than I do, but a reminder never hurts ;-)
“At his best, McCain is precisely what a senator should be — independent, passionate, unawed by power, unmoved by influence.”
That description is laughable, isn’t it?
Reality...
“The thought of his being president sends a cold chill down my spine”Sen. Thad Cochran/a> (R-Miss.), also a senior member of the Appropriations panel, told the Boston Globe recently. “He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and he worries me.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/03/AR2008020303242.html
Capitol Hill staffers rate their bosses.
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
http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/mediapolitics/1666.html
Thanks, AuntB—IMHO, this 2006 survey really needs to be redone! HRC voted the #1 “brainiest” (Frist #2) I’m pretty sure that McJerk could capture a couple of the #1 slots by now...
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