Posted on 01/26/2010 4:04:04 PM PST by Sergeant Tim
Leading off his show tonight, Mark Levin endorsed former Congressman J. D. Hayworth in the Republican primary race to unseat Senator John McCain of Arizona.
As Mark pointed out, McCain is already "bravely" attacking Hayworth using the government as the weapon.
The anti-Hayworth effort began in earnest Dec. 15, when Grant Woods, the former Arizona attorney general and onetime McCain chief of staff, filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission. Woods argued that Hayworth, who has used his KFYI drive-time program to blast away at McCain as a soft-on-immigration moderate, was essentially getting free airtime to wage a campaign as a de facto candidate.
Typical McCain chicken$#!+ BS. If he’d gone after rats the way he goes after pubs he wouldn’t have to worry about re-election.
I urge everyone to send what you can to Hayworth. It would be so helpful to get Cpt. Queeg out of the senate.
Nary a mention that Sarah Palin is endorsing the old RINO.
I guess there are some things too sacred for even the great one to touch.
Too bad.
McCain is trying to make Hayworth expend financial resources defending this crap, which is exactly what the left did to his running mate, Sarah Palin. He has to know what they put her through, yet he’s willing to put a real conservative like Hayworth through it for his own political purposes.
Palin needs to distance herself from him. McCain’s been pleasant to her, but he did nothing while his staffers leaked a bunch of crap that the left picked up and ran with while the campaign was still going on. She only owes him so much. He owes her just as much because he’d never gotten as far as he did in his campaign without her.
McCain is beginning to remind me of a gargoyle.
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As we should be. But Palin's with McCain.
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Sarah and the Clintons' acting from the same motives? Wow.
Obligation over principles? Wow.
Not a very good post in support of Sarah. Pretty damning in fact. Was that your intention?
btw...we won't mention her 'obligation' to the people who elected her their governor, will we...
Don’t be so quick to just dump your support for a fine person like Sarah Palin just because she’s done something you disagree with. We don’t have that many winners in leadership roles.
It just stuns me to once again see how quickly conservatives will kick one of their own, a true believer and a fine conservative, to the curb for one “transgression” or point of disagreement.
Grow up. NOBODY on this earth, except you yourself, is ever going to do exactly what you want done the way you want it done when you want it done.
Touché! Well said! :)
Did it ever occur to you that, perhaps, one of Sarah's principles is loyalty? Have you ever heard the phrase, 'dance with the one who brung ya?' Of course you have.
Look, you may not like that she is campaigning for McCain. I don't like it either. And you may not like, agree, or 'get' her sense of loyalty. But to suddenly call her a RINO, sellout, whatever and stop supporting her because of it is just plain stupid- the same stupidity you accuse her of.
Agree or disagree....throwing her support behind a RINO like McCain is NOT a smart move, IMO.
Your comments reminded me of the not nearly as old term “paid by the post”.
Sell you spam to someone else. I’m all stocked up.
I don’t much like her supporting him either, but I’m able to look past it to what would be said if she DIDN’T throw him some support.
Good points!
Nonsense. It was you who wrote that she is acting like the Clintons, remember? I'll remind you....."Think of the Clintons stumping for Obama. Pretty much the same here."....your words, not mine.
Have I ever heard of the phrase "dance with the one who brung you"? Sure, so have the good people of Alaska. They're the ones who elected her to the governorship that put her on McCain's radar to begin with, remember? You might have forgotten that. No big deal, it looks like she did too.
As far as Alaska, you must be ok with taxpayer money going toward unfounded and frivolous lawsuits, as well as the time of the person you elected going more toward defending herself against these lawsuits versus doing the job YOU elected her to. Do you honestly believe she would have been an effective governor with the continued lawsuits?
Tell me, have you been equally critical of politicians who resign in mid term, to move on to other things- whether higher office or not?
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Like who? Can you name any who weren't forced out by their own wrong doing or genuine health reasons? I can't. Can you name any other elected official who quit because things got too tough? I can't.
The fact that SP quit and the manner in which it was done is a big problem for many of us. It makes her unelectable. Her endorsement of the GOP's chief RINO doesn't help.
btw...I didn't "stretch" your words, I quoted them. I'll do it again..."Think of the Clintons stumping for Obama. Pretty much the same here."....your words, not mine and a clear statement of similar motive. Sorry, darling.
As for the Clinton statement, do you or do you not understand that, sometimes, politicians do what they do even though they may not whole-heartedly support the person or policies? Your purist ideology on this is admirable, but it isn't political reality. There isn't a Sarah supporter out there that dislikes her stumping for McCain. But most understand the political reality. You, on the other hand, are using it as another stick to beat your drum of 'she's unelectable'.
You didn't answer my question about her resignation. Do you or do you not agree with wasting tax payer money on frivolous lawsuits that derail to agenda of the person you elected? Would you or would you not be pissed if the person you elected was spending the majority of her time meeting with lawyers to form a defense instead of doing the job you elected them for?
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Dole resigned from the Senate after winning the nomination. Palin quit Alaska to do what? So far, write a book.
Reagan quit as Governor of California? Wow. News to me.
If you don't know even the basics of recent presidential history then there is no point continuing this conversation. Have a nice day.
And to close the loop...I do not agree with your assessment of Palin's resignation. I believe it was a mistake on every level and showed weakness not strength. It exposed her to this line of questioning should she ever run for POTUS (I don't think she ever will)....."Mrs. Palin, we know what it took to get you to quit as governor - what will it take to get you to quit as POTUS".
Anybody who thinks that any opponent won't use that hammer is hopelessly naive. And even though a small number of her acolytes might dismiss it, the American voting populace will not. The next POTUS will need 70 million votes to win. Palin could never get 70,000,000 Americans to pull the lever for her. Unelectable.
To me, the great one is Clemente, or maybe Gretzky.
Sarah Palin, the 3rd rail of conservatism?
And get YOUR facts straight before slamming someone else for it, ok?
Bob Dole resigns from office to run for President
As for your opinion on whether people will vote for a quitter, I think you're wrong, plain and simple. Just curious, if Sarah runs AND wins the nod, will you vote for her?
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