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To: dagogo redux
Call me naive, but how do a**holes like this keep getting re-elected?

Two factors:

As a former Arizona resident (25 years in various places around the state), I will note that the decline in AZ's political culture began with a massive influx of Californians, starting in the 1970's but exploding in the 1990's. As property values went through the roof on the west coast, many Californians sold their houses and moved to AZ to "trade-up." They brought their left-wing politics with them. When I go back to AZ to visit, I barely recognize the place any more.

Second, McCain originally ran for office as a Barry Goldwater Republican -- strong on national defense issues and (more or less) libertarian on social issues. He fell in love with Washington and the Beltway culture (especially media types) and "went native." He actually started to believe his own press. Gradual process that intensified over the years.

24 posted on 09/06/2013 12:01:28 AM PDT by Cincinatus (Omnia relinquit servare Rempublicam)
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To: Cincinatus

Thanks for the insights. Much appreciated.


25 posted on 09/06/2013 12:09:41 AM PDT by dagogo redux (A whiff of primitive spirits in the air, harbingers of an impending descent into the feral.)
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