"I'm a maverick conservative, dammit!"
Posted on 02/18/2010 11:06:41 AM PST by rabscuttle385
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“When the tea partiers take a close look at Mr. Hayworth’s record and see all of his earmarks and all of his ties to Jack Abramoff, they’ll find a record that demands scrutiny,” McCain says. “We have the letters and legislative records to prove it. And we will. At the same time, I’m proud of my record as a conservative and for taking on my party on spending and earmarks. When tea partiers examine my fiscal record, they’ll find a friend. We may have disagreement on some issues, but I’m confident that we will get significant support.” McCain adds that the tea-party movement is “part of a groundswell of frustration” with which he identifies. “A majority of Americans are angry about their economic situation and the failure of Congress and the president to act on their behalf. I want to keep fighting for their interests,” he says.
McCain also frowns on Hayworth’s getting mired in the debate over President Obama’s birth certificate. “With unemployment at 10 percent, our country engaged in two wars, and Arizona hurting more than ever, Mr. Hayworth obviously has his priorities upside down,” McCain says.
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To counter Hayworth’s growing support, McCain has enlisted Sen. Scott Brown (R., Mass.) and former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, his running mate during the 2008 presidential campaign, to stump for him in the Grand Canyon State. He would also like to bring in Mitt Romney, his former opponent for the GOP presidential nomination. “I’d really appreciate it if Mitt Romney came,” McCain says. “We’d really like to have him. We haven’t made any specific arrangement yet, but I’d like to see that. He is a man I respect.”
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I am with Mark Levine. “I back J.D. Come hat may. I am backing and pushing Conservatives.” These are perilous times. We must back Conservative candidates as often as possible, and John McCain has proved himself to be a reliable foil to Conservatives over and over again.
No one in the Arizona media is asking whether McCain still opposes drilling in ANWAR, or supports “immigration reform.” Thus far, he is getting a free pass on the difficult issues. However, his radio adverts are brooding and nasty, just like McCain himself. It now appears that JD is holding his funding for the final month of the campaign and may indeed go after McCain’s character, including his sulfurous personality and his gambling habit.
You make it sound like an affair.
Sounds like nothing more than wishful thinking by McQueeg. The two aren’t close like McPalin and McQueeq.
I wonder if God would consider making McCain hiccup every time he lies, and cough every time he calls himself a conservative...
“No one in the Arizona media is asking whether McCain still opposes drilling in ANWAR, or supports “immigration reform.” Thus far, he is getting a free pass on the difficult issues. However, his radio adverts are brooding and nasty, just like McCain himself. It now appears that JD is holding his funding for the final month of the campaign and may indeed go after McCain’s character, including his sulfurous personality and his gambling habit.”
I appreciate the information about McInsane’s ads. You are right—if the real nature of McInsane’s character (mean and vicious) can be put in issue, it will be a big boost to Hayworth.
JDforSenate.com
Go JD - send the RINO packing!"
She had better slide very quickly. No more contributions to SarahPAC from me while there is any chance some of it might go to McCain and I suspect that I am not alone.
Hmmmmm, looks like I need to send some more money to JD.
He still believes that it’s his turn to be the Republican Presidential Candidate next time out.
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I seriously doubt that he will drop this. He not only believes it is ‘his turn’ but I would bet he also believes that him becoming POTUS is the will of God (the prophet told him so).
Mitt is too arrogant to actually think he might fail.
Just like Sarah!
The article doesn’t say Romney will campaign for McCain. The only mention of Romney is McCain saying that he “would like” to have Romney campaign for him. I am sure McCain would LIKE to have Duncan Hunter, Fred Thompson, Rudy Giuliani..the Pope...Bill Cosby... pick your list campaign for him. Whether Romney does campaign for him will be an interesting insight into whether he is running in 12. Palin has a genuine obligation to campaign for McCain, and most conservatives will give a pass. Romney owes nothing to McCain and McCain doesn’t bring much to anyones 2012 campaign. My guess is Romney will avoid the race if he is still thinking of running. If he helps McCain then is probably angling for some other role in the GOP.
As for McCain lame attacks on JD. He shot his was before JD even announced. Before JD was even in the race McCain was running negative ads about Abramoff and pork spending. That’s all he has against JD. The Abramoff stuff doesn’t stick at all. There was no wrongdoing. It doesn’t even come close to Keating 5 (want to talk about that John.) The pork spending charges are legitimate but half the bills McCain criticizes JD for are spending bills that McCain later voted for in the Senate. The anti-McCain sentiment here in AZ is strong. All McCain can do is bring in his out of state friends and cry to the MSM who will give him free press to defeat a real conservative.
Here’s a thought, Mac. Why don’t we look at YOUR record, instead. Shamnesty, Cap and Tax, reaching across the aisle, etc.
Oh, and be really careful about bringing up Abramoff...or do the words “Keating Five” ring a bell?
I think somebody suggested that the GOP get a restraining order against Romney for harassing the GOP... LOL... sounds like a good idea to me...
You lie down with dogs...
LLS
McCain Hayworth
ACU lifetime score 81.43 97.56
NJ 2006 composite score 56.7 85
NJ economic score 64 80
ACU ranking Top 32% Top 4%
NJ ranking Top 46% Top 11%
NJ economic ranking Top 36% Top 20%
Who do you think is better?
In other comparisons, Hayworth was more conservative than Duncan Hunter in 2006, according to the National Journal. He was more economically conservative than Hunter, Dan Burton, and Mike Pence. He was more conservative on foreign issues than Henry Hyde.
Here are some of John McCain’s major accomplishments in the Senate.
* He sponsored McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Reform, much of which has been ruled unconstitutional. Despite the bill’s attempt to limit the influence of moneyed interests in politics, Barack Obama was able to raise three quarters of a billion dollars in his presidential campaign.
* He sponsored the McCain-Lieberman Climate Stewardship Act, which would have capped CO2 emissions at the 2000 level. It lost in the Senate on a vote of 55-43 in 2003. It was reintroduced in 2005, when it lost on a vote of 60-38.
* He sponsored the McCain-Kennedy comprehensive immigration bill in 2005. The Senate did not vote on it. Its follow-on bill, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act, was sponsored by Arlen Specter in 2007 and cosponsored by McCain. It failed to pass committee.
* He voted in favor of the $850-billion TARP bailout one month prior to the 2008 presidential elections and influenced other Republicans to support it.
Here are some things McCain said in 2008 when he was running for president.
* “I think, frankly, the problem was with a Republican Congress.”
* “Look, I was for tax cuts; I wasn’t for those tax cuts.”
* His complaints about Bush’s policies: “Spending, the conduct of the war in Iraq for years, growth in the size of government, larger than any time since the Great Society, laying a $10-trillion debt on future generations of America, owing $500 billion to China, obviously, failure to both enforce and modernize the [financial] regulatory agencies that were designed for the 1930s and certainly not for the 21st century, failure to address the issue of climate change seriously. Those are just some of them.” He also complained about Bush’s use of signing statements and executive privilege.
* On Obama: “I have to tell you he is a decent person and a person that you do not have to be scared [of] as president of the United States ... I admire Senator Obama and his accomplishments.”
Here are things J. D. Hayworth has said that appear most contradictory to McCain’s stances.
* “The American people likewise want to see enforcement first — no tricks, no triggers, no amnesty, enforcing existing laws and closing loopholes to reaffirm that our great Republic is, in fact, a nation of laws.”
* “The tax relief package enacted in 2001 was central to pulling the economy out of the post 9-11 recession.”
McCain, the “maverick,” has been in Congress for 28 years, or since winning his first election in 1982. He is no longer fighting the establishment; he is the establishment. He personifies the compromise wing of the Republican Party, which has since become the dominant wing.
Hayworth represents the 1994 Contract With America Republicans. He first entered Congress in that historic turnaround, the first time Republicans took the majority of the House since 1952. He was voted out in 2006 when the House turned Democrat again on a referendum on Iraq, and the last time the unemployment rate was below 4.5%.
Iraq now seems to be behind us. And so does an unemployment rate below 9%...no thanks to the 2006 and 2008 elections.
This Arizona primary election can be put in simple terms. Do Republicans want more compromise with Democrats and “bipartisanship,” or would they rather take the Ronald Reagan approach: We win, they lose?
Romney and McCain are like old stink on each others worn out shoes. If some of the old trash gets thrown out, more will follow, and these old cronies know they are going out with the trash.
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