McCain’s attack email from today-
“My Friend,
I’ve spent my career fighting against pork barrel spending in Washington. And when I see your tax dollars wasted on unnecessary projects such as sprucing up blueberry farms in Maine and researching French fruit flies, I’m not afraid to speak out and cast my vote against such wasteful spending.
My job as your representative is to fight for fiscal responsibility in Washington - not to cut corrupt deals behind closed doors at the expense of future generations.
I’ve always been one to call things like I see them, and the egregious amount of earmark spending in Congress is a complete rip-off of American taxpayers. I want to continue fighting on your behalf to do away with wasteful spending, and I can only do so if I am reelected to the United States Senate. However, if I am going to win this campaign, I will need your immediate help and support.
I ask that you follow this link to make a generous contribution of $25, $50 $100, $250 or more to help us reach our goal by the end of the month.
It is essential that my campaign reaches its fund raising goal in the next 7 days. We must have the funds to get my conservative record out all across Arizona and make sure the voters know the difference between me and my opponents who support pork barrel spending - especially now that former Arizona Congressman J.D. Hayworth is actively making moves to challenge me.
I’m confident the majority of voters will agree that this is not the time to send a defeated Congressman back to Washington. During his time in office as one of Tom Delay’s leadership team, J.D. Hayworth cast countless votes for earmarks and pork barrel projects that helped balloon our government deficit by billions of dollars. His election would be a substantial setback for the true conservative principles that you and I stand for.
Unfortunately, J.D. Hayworth has a record of talking like a conservative, but voting like a liberal on fiscal issues. As a Member of Congress, he voted for millions of dollars in earmarks at your expense including sprucing up blueberry farms in Maine and researching French fruit flies.
Congress has too many Democrats making sweetheart deals on health care legislation. We can’t afford to send someone like J.D. Hayworth who will say one thing to get elected, and turn around to vote for budget-busting pork barrel legislation....”
The destruction of politicians like McCain is what this grass roots organization is all about.
Thanks Jim for bringing up the Palin supporting McCain issue. I don’t hate Sarah either, but I am incredibly disappointed in her. I know she probaly feels she owes McCain for putting her in national spotlight. BUT...McCain and his people also threw her to the wolves. McCain never came out and backed her up when his “people” (i.e. Steve Schmidt, Nicholl Wallace) bash her on the network news shows. McCain only saught her support becuase he knew he was in trouble with Hayworth throwing his hat in the ring and again would need Sarahs suppot to get some conservative support.
I’ve taken some hits for encouraging people to not donate to SarahPac becuase the money would go to support the McCain campaign. I know how much Sarah is love by conservatives, but I can’t take her Conservative credentials seriously if she is going to back the re-election of someone like John McCain.
McCain, like Obama, is toxic. If Sarah continues to support him, McCain will only take her down with him, which just might be his intention.
Jim ,YOU ARE THE MAN!! You are dead on. God Bless America and God Bless you and Freerepublic!! I think we have moved the ball here!! Keep it up . Victory is OURS!!!!
Oh yeah! Right on Jim. Getting rid of McPain has to be one of the major tasks this election cycle. Getting rid of as many of the enemy within actually, but getting rid of McPain is every bit as important in my mind as the plucking of Massachusetts from the Leftist quiver was last week.
Getting every Leftist RINO the “H” out of the system has to be priority as their existance is redefining Conservatism (They claim to be Conservatives) in the eyes of many. This is dangerous to our cause. They have to go, therefore McPain has to be taken out as he is the Poster Boy for the Liberal RINO’s.
Excellent post and I concur on all points.
Bravo, Jim. McCain is bad, and long past retirement. Just not quite as bad, though, as the current occupant in chief of our WH. Yes, just hope Aunt Sarah’s recent ‘respectful’ support to him won’t be a setback.
Jim, great article about why NOT to support McLame and to support J.D. Hayworth instead. And great comment about Sarah Palin as well. Her support for McLame is misguided although perhaps somewhat understandable as she was on the Repub ticket with McLame.
Folks, remember the force for good and for the truth that Free Republic is!! Whatever amount you can spare for the FReepathon, NO MATTER HOW SMALL .. will
What a right on article!! McLame has been allowed to perform his iniquity for faaaar too long. Time to send him packing!!!! CO
Your the Jim, Fight for Freedom!!
Pray for America’s Freedom
I sure do wish all the Palin and Scott Brown bashing threads would stop, though. It's gotten pretty crazy lately.
Palin provides one hell of a boost to McCain's chances for re-election. And there are few greater obstacles to the conservative agenda than McShame himself. If she doesn't wake up in a timely manner and we end up saddled with the bozo for another 6 years, assuming he lives that long, I will commence to despising her. She will surely lose a lot of support come 2012.
“She just hasn’t realized yet that the primary reason Joe Biden is sitting in her office in D.C. is JOHN MCCAIN himself!!”
Sarah as VP? Is this what you’re implying? or am I just not getting it?
How novel, old FRiend!
;^)
“Now thatchs not vewy niche...” Sorry John, Jim was too kind to you IMO.
I heartily agree with your assessment here Jim. Thanks for making it so clear why this guy is an untouchable for conservatives.
Paraphrasing Ronald Reagan, John McCain is not the answer to our problems. John McCain is the problem.
Look out RINOs, hunting season is definitely open. Good hunting folks.
Wee need to rally. Miss Slippy is thinking about it.....
Thought you would like it.