If conservatives are going to disqualify any former congressman from consideration in this election cycle solely because of earmarks, there had better be a huge pool of political virgins out there to choose from.
Apparently the FR search feature had a glitch on your history...I always check posting histories, and especially now when we are being inundated with trolls and multiple ID supporters of failed RINOs from the last presidential campaign.
You are free to support/slam anyone, regardless of your state. Some posts seem pretty personal from the anti-JD crowd, so I wonder why that may be.
If you can figure out that you once posted to me, you have a great memory. I couldn't begin to guess how many FReepers have posted to me "at least once in the past."
If you were a FredHead, we were on the same team.
greyfoxx, I have been a huge Fred Head for a long, long time.
Regarding the earmarks, 2006 took them, and us, to the woodshed on that issue, and is one of the reasons why the GOP lost as big as they did. By 2006, the GOP was playing the same games as the Dems.
I don’t believe I “trashed” or “slammed” JD.
I pointed out that he lost his seat in 2006, after winning the re-districted seat in 2004, and after 12 years in Congress.
I pointed out that he was at the end of his run, an Earmark King, and big spender...all true.
I also posted facts about his PAC, and his connection to Abramoff.
I never once called him a name, nor posted an ad hominem comment about him. Nor do I subject posters who disagree with me to ad hominem attacks.
Certainly, he could have been subjected to a dirty campaign and Soros money, but that isn’t going to abate simply because he’s running for Senator.
As far as whom you Arizonans choose, McCain or Hayworth, its a toss-up to me (although it wouldn’t hurt me at all to see McCain off the stage.) I realize JD has taken a strong stance against amnesty now, but that is a relatively recent conversion for him.
I take an interest in politics throughout the country. I am from California, after all, and we don’t have much to be cheerful about...yet.