Posted on 08/29/2010 9:11:30 AM PDT by rabscuttle385
PHOENIX—An ebullient John McCain celebrated his resounding GOP Senate primary win with Gov. Jan Brewer, Sen. Jon Kyl and the state’s Republican congressional delegation at a unity fundraiser Friday night.
Conspicuously absent: former Rep. J.D. Hayworth, whom McCain soundly defeated Tuesday following a bitter and acrimonious campaign.
Organizers said he received an invitation to the event, just as others losing candidates did, but Hayworth claims the opposite.
“I never received an invitation – nothing ever crossed my desk,” the former six-term congressman told POLITICO Saturday.
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Well, what you're really doing then is putting out there the diversions McCain successfully used to hoodwink many Arizona voters so he can go back and help Obama transform America. You can bet Obama thanks those voters for not making his transformation of America more difficult by putting a real conservative in the Senate in place of the very useful (to Obama) John McCain.
Either that, or these voters are fully aware of reality, and are on board to help Obama transform America.
Who do you think Obama would rather have from Arizona? McCain or Hayworth?
That begins to put things in proper context.
“Who do you think Obama would rather have from Arizona? McCain or Hayworth?”
It wasn’t up to me. It was the voters in Az and they made their decision.
Why would anyone believe Hayworth in this situation? He’s going out of his way to do nothing that can be perceived as supporting McCain and has refused to even call him. Now he’s claiming that he wasn’t invited to this “unity” rally. Gimme a break. This guy is making Al Gore look like he wasn’t a sore loser.
Actually, I don't care either way, but the simple fact is, I would choose to believe JD over the others.
Look, the guy lost his Congressional seat in 2006, a Republican-leaning district. What does that tell you?
Stop using Sarah as a strawman. It was political courtesy for her to endorse & support McCain. Saying he's part of the Tea Party was a warning shot to McCain to stop the reaching across the aisle shenanigans or else she won't bail him out in the future.
No, there YOU go again. If your candidate lost by 30 points, that's his own damn fault.
JD lost in 2006 because McCain and Bush made sure he lost because of his strong position on illegal immigration.
Looks as if Deakin (sp) was not there either.
Whut??? We'll see how that works out now, won't we?
It’s the Tea Party’s Fault
http://www.johnmccain.com/newsroom/post/tea-party-leaders-endorse-senator-john-mccain-for-re-election/
No no it’s Bob McDonnell’s fault
http://www.johnmccain.com/newsroom/archive/articles/P45/
No no, it’s Romney’s fault
http://www.johnmccain.com/newsroom/archive/articles/P45/
No no, it’s the NRA’s fault
http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/mccain-nra-endorse-gun/2010/06/03/id/361001
No no, it’s the Arizona Sheriffs fault
http://www.johnmccain.com/supporters/sheriff/
No no , it’s Jan Brewers fault
No no, it’s John Kyl’s fault
No no, it’s Tim Pawlenty’s fault
No no, it’s Bill Bennett’s fault
No No No what the hell is wrong with you idiots. All of the above endorsed John McCain for re-election, but it’s only Sarah Palin’s fault that he won.
Go crawl back under your rocks, morons.
And this is my challenge to the Palin supporters: is McCain part of the Tea Party?
If McCain IS part of the Tea Party, as Palin claimed, then the Tea Party is worthless.
If McCain IS NOT part of the Tea Party, then Palin is a bold-faced liar.
Take your pick, Palin supporters, but no matter what you choose, the end result is pretty damn ugly. And no amount of lipstick is going to make the pig look less like a pig, although I do hear that Kool-Aid works.
#111
It was addressed in post 110. Ask the Tea Party.
Well, then, it appears we have a liberal progressive "leading" the Tea Party.
#114
JD lost in 2006 because McCain and Bush made sure he lost because of his strong position on illegal immigration.That's BS, McGavin. It's a Republican district. Plenty of Republicans were already fed up with Bush (and definitely McCain) in 2006. Plenty of Republicans were in open rebellion against amnesty in 2006.
JD lost because he lost. It wasn't Bush's fault. It wasn't McCain's fault. It was JD's weakness.
He wasn't a strong candidate.
He's not a strong candidate. Why can't you just accept that?
You're starting to sound like pissant with Duncan Hunter.
Sorry, pissant. I used your name and didn’t ping you. Please see my post previous to this one.
Don’t vote for McCain in the General!
I have been here long enough that people, both those who post and those who lurk, know exactly what I am, so you can try to paint me any way you like, it won't work.
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