J.D. Hayworth absent from GOP unity event

Politico ^ | 2010-08-28 | Kasie Hunt

[paul51]

How did McQueeg win?

He ran against a loud mouth, late night TV huckster buffoon

[McGavin999]

Notice the reaction (or lack thereof) from the crowd when she mentioned McCain at the Beck event yesterday?

Yep, I noticed. She's still pushing McCain which tells me all I need to know.

[McGavin999]

“going along” with conservatives on all of the issues, or going at it alone and looking foolish while doing so

He won't be going it alone, he has the Bobsie twins and Ms Lindsey to go with him to sink any and all chances of conservative causes being passed.

[McGavin999]

Sarah didn’t just “endorse” McCain, she campaigned for him, did robo calls for him, and did fund raisers for him. She made it very clear to the republicans in Arizona that she fully backed McCain because he was the most conservative person running.

[catfish1957]

He ran against a loud mouth, late night TV huckster buffoon

Which is pretty much my opinion of McCain's biggest supporter.... Sarah Palin

[lonevoice]

Two-and-a-half weeks ago you said that you were going to contact Sharron Angle's campaign for an official statement about her "rallying for JD Hayworth" in Arizona near the Mexican border on August 15.

I missed all your subsequent posts about that. What did they say?

Thank you so much for asking for an update on that! I was waiting on it myself and thought I might have missed the answer.

[paul51]

hayworth is in a league all alone

[PugetSoundSoldier]

Great phony conservatives like Kyl

Seriously? Kyl's 96.75% ACU rating means that he's in the top 5 LIFETIME (top 4 if you include only those with more than one term under their belt) in terms of conservative ratings. Less than 2 points (96.75 to 98.67) separate the top 5. ALL are extremely conservative: Barrasso, DeMint, Coburn, Inhofe, and Kyl.

IMHO, JD's taken a page from Clint Didier's book, up here in Washington State. Big ego, crushing loss against another, and then pouting and stamping of feet and temper tantrum when the media attention goes away.

JD's shown he's more interested in JD than conservatism. Throwing temper tantrums and lying and acting like a spoiled brat is no way to get anyone to listen to you (same goes for Didier).

Suck up the loss, learn from it, support the best candidate in the race, work to make the party more conservative as you can, and go forward.

[Outlaw Woman]

How long before McCain swings wildly left again?

That would be on November 03, 2010

[snarkpup]

We've got one of these "Republican Unity Events" coming up next month here in Grand Junction. Two questions:

1. If there were any unity, would it occur to anyone to hold a "unity event"?
2. Assuming there is no unity, is a unity event the solution?

[donna]

Well, no. Good hearted Arizona Republicans took her at her word when she vouched for McCain.

[PugetSoundSoldier]

He ran against a loud mouth, late night TV huckster buffoon

Not to mention a failed Congressional rep who barely earned a National Taxpayer's Union rating of 64% (actually BELOW Lamar! Alexander and Dick "the whip" Lugar).

By comparison, McCain consistently earns 90%+ ratings from the NTU. He's a real, proven fiscal conservative as opposed to Hayworth who simply talks the talk but didn't walk the walk.

[donna]

Sarah just really admires McCain:

A desire to serve defines McCain
comments by Sarah Palin
Mar. 26, 2010
Special for the Republic
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/

[montag813]

Hayworth was a godawful candidate. He had been defeated for the House, and then did those cringeworthy infomercials for a fraudster. I wonder if Russell Pearce could have won.

[McGavin999]

That is an outright lie. JD had a 96% rating and McCain has an 81% rating (which is only 81% because he runs conservative in the re-election years)

[McGavin999]

How would you know? McCain spent $21 million in a PRIMARY, he began campaiging against JD before JD even decided to run. He was within 7% until Sarah came to tell Arizonans that McCain was Mr. Conservative.

JD is hated by the establishment because he was fighting against illegal immigration when the establishment (including Bush) was pushing amnesty.

[gwilhelm56]

**How long before McCain swings wildly left again?**

As soon as Congress gets back from their summer break, ... or ... He may have to continue IMPERSONATING a Conservative until after November.. when if Reelected.. his Leftward Lurch will begin with his (ugh)victory speech.

[RichInOC]

Hayworth really needs to wash the sand out of his crotch, put his big boy pants on and make nice with McCain. Not least because had this primary gone the other way, he would have every right to expect it of McCain. And every last person who’s cheering Hayworth here would be having a fit if McCain were doing the same thing after losing. And rightfully so.

[donna]

McCain spent 21 million dollars to beat J.D. by 143,241 votes.

DEAKIN, JIM	11.65%	69,143
DEAKIN, JIM	31.99%	189,802
MCCAIN, JOHN	56.13%	333,043
Write-in	0.23%	1,385
TOTAL		593,373

But, there is a silver lining. Sarah Palin was revealed as a RINO.