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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(Excerpt) Read more at article.nationalreview.com ...
I have a feeling (and I hope for her sake) that Sarah will come to Arizona some time this spring and do a campaign event for McCain where she stands up on a stage and says nice things about McCain, doesn’t say a word about JD and the go homes (or better yet across town to a tea party event.) When JD wins the primary in August she comes back and endorses him and actively campaigns and fundraises for him.
so long as he takes his daughter with him
(McCain attacks Birthers)
Um....why? Hasn’t that been done to death?
"When tea partiers examine my fiscal record, they’ll find a friend.You will get NO support from the Tea Party Movement McCain.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.
We will NOT find you as a "friend."
If you identify with the TPM, then swing to the right and MEAN it John.
Sorry McCain, "want to keep fighting" for our interests doesn't cut it. We know you better.
Start fighting for the interests of Conservatives and tea partiers and stop all your lies then get back to us.
What IS IT with these idiots???????????
How many times do they have to be slapped, insulted, attacked, and savaged by this imbecile RINO before they get the message????
My opinion of BOTH Palin and Romney is suffering because of their support for this insufferable Boor!!!!!
AT LEAST WE GET TO SEE WHERE PRETTY MITT STANDS ON THE CONSERVATIVE METER BY HIS COZYING UP TO PROGRESSIVE MCQUEEG. IT’S TIME TO DONATE AGAIN TO JD!
well my opinion of Mitt was never high from the beginning
There is something very Manchurian about all of it.
“He would also like to bring in Mitt Romney, his former opponent for the GOP presidential nomination. “
The fact that McCain thinks this will help shows how far he has moved away from his conservative base.
Maybe even MASOCHISTIC about it.
John McCain is the Jack E. Leonard of Republican Politics. Every GOP candidate seems to enjoy being insulted by him.
At least Leonard was funny.
Here, I'll save you the effort:
"...I think that's a question best left to the courts, and to my understanding they have addressed that question and we have a working solution. Thank you; next question..."
Two RINOS laughing at who they think the suckers are.
Romney and McCain...two world class Rinos.
I want to keep fighting for their interests,” he says
Juan, the teaparty corresponding secretary is one Helen Fry. If you want the support of conservatives, go to Helen Fry. (stolen from Dilbert)
McCain got hundreds of thousands more out of Indian lobbyists, who are also his gambling buddies, while gambling in Indian casinos, than Hayworth ever got from Abramoff. And McCain was head of senate Indian affairs forming policy! But the media won’t report it.
Indians, Lobbyists and Arizona Politics...OH MY!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2440173/posts
[snip]The scene is the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut . The year 2000. The congressman has $100 chips stacked high, having a grand time at the crap table. He likes to gamble and isn’t afraid to show some temper when he loses. Along for the ride are his campaign manager and one of the two biggest lobbyist handing out campaign money from various Indian tribes who was also a 20 year friend of the legislator.
By now we’ve all heard about the money J.D. Hayworth received from an Indian tribe by way of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who was one of the two big boys in Indian tribe money lobbying.
Pot, meet Kettle....
However, it was not J.D. Hayworth, nor Jack Abramoff at the crap table. It was Senator John McCain, campaign manager and Indian lobbyist in his own right, Rick Davis, along with Scott Reed, now the one remaining big time lobbyist handling the tribes and their money.
National Review wrote:
“That would be this New York Times story, describing McCain playing the craps table with Rick Davis and Scott Reed. Davis is a longtime McCain friend and associate, currently his campaign manager, who runs a lobbying firm that represented Indian tribes with casino interests. Reed also worked as a lobbyist for Indian tribes, but he was also Bob Dole’s campaign manager in 1996, where McCain is a top surrogate”
Another article further describes the scene.
” McCain was betting at a casino he oversaw as a member of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, and he was doing so with the lobbyist who represents that casino.
The visit had been arranged by the lobbyist, Scott Reed, who works for the Mashantucket Pequots, a tribe that has contributed heavily to McCain’s campaigns and built Foxwoods into the world’s second-largest casino. Joining them was Rick Davis, McCain’s campaign manager. Their night of good fortune epitomized not just McCain’s affection for gambling, but also the close relationship he has built with the gambling industry and its lobbyists during his 25-year career in Congress.
As a two-time chairman of the Indian Affairs Committee, McCain has done more than any other member of Congress to shape the laws governing America’s casinos, helping to transform the once-sleepy Indian gambling business into a $26-billion-a-year behemoth with 423 casinos across the country.
As factions of the ferociously competitive gambling industry have vied for an edge, they have found it advantageous to cultivate a relationship with McCain or hire someone who has one, according to an examination based on more than 70 interviews and thousands of pages of documents.
McCain portrays himself as a Washington maverick unswayed by special interests, referring recently to lobbyists as “birds of prey.” Yet in his current campaign, more than 40 fund-raisers and top advisers have lobbied or worked for an array of gambling interests - including tribal and Las Vegas casinos, lottery companies, and online poker purveyors.
When rules being considered by Congress threatened a California tribe’s planned casino in 2005, McCain helped spare the tribe. Its lobbyist, who had no prior experience in the gambling industry, had a nearly 20-year friendship with McCain.”
Hayworth’s explanation of the Abramoff contribution is spelled out by him here. Hayworth got direct contributions of $2,250 from Abramoff, which was donated to charity, Hurricane Katrina relief. The Indian tribe in question insisted the money they gave by way of Abramoff be kept by Hayworth.
Hayworth’s exoneration of any criminal charges, by the US Dept. of Justice is in a letter from them here.
The McCain campaign is trying to use this non issue to destroy Hayworth, while indulging in bigger tribe money and underhanded backroom deals far surpassing anything Jack Abramoff pulled.
McCain has been chair of the Indian affairs committee since 2005, having served on it for many years prior. He used this position to bring down Abramoff, who was second only to handing out tribe dollars to McCain’s man Scott Reed. Some have speculated the move was not so much to rid politics of the likes of Abramoff, but to gain a monopoly on tribe campaign dollars. There’s even a book, ‘The Perfect Villain: John McCain and the Demonization of Jack Abramoff’ speculating McCain’s motives.
I support Sarah either way btw...I`m just saying she could now say it`s getting to nasty with attacks against JD etc
Another gov’t agency to defund - Bureau of Indian Affairs
I think the white man is safe nowadays from renegade Indians. Sheesh!
I think McCain is just trying to make us FReepers CRAZY! Wonder if McCain is encouraging donations to JD?
This guy needs to go.
Well, McCain has Sarah Palin and Fred Thompson endorsing him. So what does that say about your “birds of a feather” theory?
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