Posted on 07/05/2010 11:37:17 PM PDT by tlb
First, it was Sarah Palin. Then it was Arizona Right to Life and the National Rifle Association. Most recently, the revered National Review gave its imprimatur to McCain.
When Hayworth entered the race in January, McCain was at his most vulnerable point in decades. Polling showed McCain had a lead within the margin of error and was struggling to redefine himself as a Republican loyalist. But polls now show McCain with a solid lead.
Baker said the McCain campaign may have engineered a sort of domino effect: Each endorsement shows the next group that backing McCain is a safer bet than it may have first appeared, and Republican voters seem to be following the same trend.
McCain has focused Hayworths reputation in Congress as a pork-barrel spender, a serious offense to many conservatives. And the senator has run an undeniably negative campaign against Hayworth, openly mocking him and attacking his credibility.
The McCain campaign has posted videos online poking fun at Hayworth for questioning the authenticity of President Barack Obamas birth certificate, suggesting that allowing gay marriage could pave the way for men to wed horses, and especially for appearing in a 2007 infomercial urging people to take advantage of free money from government grants.
The infomercial for the National Grants Conferences has been the most damning revelation yet, combining the promotion of government spending with a host of informercial stereotypes. It prompted the popular FOX News personality Glenn Beck to declare that Hayworths campaign is over.
If McCain had a more conservative challenger, National Review wrote, the endorsement might have gone elsewhere. But while Hayworths record is conservative, the article read, it isnt conservative enough to make a compelling case against McCain.
He may not be Marco Rubio, but hes not Arlen Specter either, the editorial said of McCain.
(Excerpt) Read more at azcapitoltimes.com ...
I didn’t compare McCain to Reagan. J Edgar commented that McCain’s push for Amnesty was treasonous. I asked if he felt the same about Reagan’s actions in signing the Immigration Reform and Control Act. He said yes.
More and more each day I lose hope for this country. When people like McCain keep getting re-elected it’s one more nail in the coffin. It will take more than a bunch of rino’s to pull this nation from the abyss.
And with islamabama’s promise to keep Israel “secure” today just “secured” the American Jew votes this November.
I am not from this fine, fine state, and I don’t know much about Hayworth (vague impression that is mostly favorable). I would say leave this to the Arizonans. It cannot be too surprising when D.C. droids endorse the quintessential “Senator from Russell-Hart-Dirksen”
And give Palin a break. In life sometimes you have to return a compliment
Who are you yelling at? Hell, I’d probably vote for J.D. But it’s not my call.
Where did they dig up this Napolitano freak, is what I want to know
None of that matters!
All that matters is that McShame has continuously voted against the best interests of the USA, and does not deserve re-election!
None of that matters!
All that matters is that McShame has continuously voted against the best interests of the USA, and does not deserve re-election!
“He’s not a traitor. He may be many other things, but he’s not a traitor.”
Read my post again! I would never call McCain a traitor, and didn’t in my post to you....McCain is merely a huge disappointment....
“McCain had a choice to come home early because of his family’s military status. He didn’t.”
Yes, I know about the NV offer, but for him to have accepted that offer would have ruined him in the Navy careerwise. He would have been forever shunned by his fellow officers for not keeping faith with his fellow POWs. McCain knew that. As I said no real choice........You/we give him too much credit.
Too bad the tea party didn’t decide to support JD here in Arizona, it could have offset the appearance Palin made for McCain.
Was JD here in Havasu this weekend? I was gone but checked my paper(s) today and not a word about him in the paper... McCain seems to have our worthless mayor in his back pocket and is the only one getting any news here.
Yeah, I know you didn’t call him a traitor. I was just commenting about what others were saying.
I’m not going to defend McCain’s “honor” anymore. I didn’t believe he was the kind of traitor who violated his allegiance to our country, but clearly - I. GOT. SCHOOLED.
... and smacked by JimRob himself. So, I’ll just shut hell up about McCain.
I have never believed McCain could lose, and I’m VERY worried about Crist winning. If Specter and Bennett could run independent, I’d be worried about them winning, too.
Trucons had better cop on. November is for all the marbles.
Don’t screw it up.
Apparently, the self-appointed Tea Party “leaders” in Arizona have absolutely no clue to what the Tea Party actually stands for. TARP (which McCain supports to the hilt and which cost him the election and us our freedom) is the tyrannical last straw that sparked the movement.
McCain is enemy number one to the true independent conservative grassroots Tea Partiers. The rest are imposters.
JR is an outstanding patriot and FR is the leading voice of conservatism, BUT...
There is no way on earth JD could be elected Senator in the general. The trucon theory is getting the perfect test in FL this November.
The problem is the voters.
>> My point being; McCain could have used more ammunition against Obama - why didnt he?
McCain is very happy as a Senator but liked the idea of playing POTUS. He had nothing to lose and was apparently indifferent to the concerns of “the Country” with his “hands across the isle” campaign.
AZ would be crazy to keep this guy in the race.
Yeah, well the same doom & gloom naysayers claimed Ronald Reagan was unelectable too. Damn the nattering nabobs of negativity, full speed ahead!!
Go, JD, GO!!
Rebellion is brewing!!
The fact is that with 6 million already spent on advertising, McCain hasn’t locked anything up here. Yes, McCain is ahead, but many of his voters are lukewarm, as opposed to Hayworth’s, who are deadly serious. August 24th is when we will find out how strong McCain is. I think his lead is still weak, and we could still prevail.
But I will.
McCain is a treasonous bastard who ought to get thrown out of office in the Republican primary next month, and if all else fails, in the general elections in November.
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