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Arpaio Writes Letter For Hayworth's Run Against McCain
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio (R-AZ) and Sen. John McCain (R-AZ)
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Former Rep. J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ), who is challenging Sen. John McCain in the Republican primary, is getting some help from one of the most prominent Republicans in the state, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
Arpaio, a long-time opponent of illegal immigration -- and of McCain himself, having endorsed Mitt Romney in the 2008 GOP primaries instead of his home state's candidate -- has written a letter promoting Hayworth's candidacy, The Hotline reports. The letter was sent out to Arpaio's fundraising list. In the letter, Arpaio accuses McCain of having "moderate or even liberal positions." Arpaio also attacks McCain's political credibility as a conservative, seemingly ridiculing him for doing a bad job of campaigning against Barack Obama in 2008.
"Senator McCain has served this country admirably but it's time to replace his moderate or even liberal positions on taxes, the border, social causes and big bank bailouts with a consistent conservative like J.D.," Arpaio writes. "I just wish Senator McCain had run as hard against Barack Obama as he is against a conservative like J.D. That could have prevented the harmful, liberal agenda we are all now suffering through."
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lousgirl84
February 9, 2010 4:09 PM
These people still haven't figured out that we won the election, elections have consequences. We get to do what we want for the next 8 years just like these pond scum did
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Thomas G Williams
February 9, 2010 4:17 PM
RATS WHO SHARE THE SAME COAT and YELLOW SCABY TAILS, besides Joe and JD are still facing prison time for their political crimes against the RULE OF LAW not men.
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inniss326
February 9, 2010 4:18 PM
If the GOP wants to make a go at a come back in 2012, they got to get their failures off the Sunday talk shows. McCain must go.
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Marinus van der Lubbe
February 9, 2010 4:52 PM in reply to inniss326
No shit..McCain is the booger on the Sunday Talk Show finger that wont go away. Enough of his bullshit.
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Overreach THIS!
February 9, 2010 4:22 PM
Arapaio's (how TF you prounounce?) endorsement will probably be moderately valuable to JD. The word of a dusty, desert-rat, lawbreaker can mean a lot to Wild-West curmudgeons!
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ejg3
February 9, 2010 4:28 PM
Joe must think that pink goes with green.
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Matt Jones
February 9, 2010 5:02 PM
I'm not typically a fan of McCain, but ol' Boss Hogg's endorsement makes me want to donate to the McCain campaign. Anybody that crook thinks is "too liberal" can't be too bad...
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ariseatex
February 9, 2010 5:47 PM
Not surprised. Birds of a feather.
If Hayworth defeats McCain, the DSCC should immediately make this race Priority One for 2010. Primaries in closed primary states like AZ always go conservative, which doesn't fit in a recently moderate state like AZ. If the money's there, if the strong Dem campaign's there, we will pick up this seat.
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Jane
February 9, 2010 6:29 PM
"But Tom Schatz, CAGW president, called Hayworth's 89 percent rating and McCain's 88 percent rating "virtually the same" and said both were pretty good on the issue." - AZCentral
I've been saying this all along. I mean, I suppose if it's all you got, you're going to brag, but does JD think we're really going to be impressed by a difference of ONE POINT?! Not me. John McCain's the only true conservative. All JD ever talks (possibly because it's all he can form coherent sentences around) is immigration. Why not fiscal conservation, taxes, the economy, etc... Where's his rhetoric on that?
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littleaudrey
February 9, 2010 6:33 PM
Does anyone outside of J.D.’s listening audience and cadre of paid consultants actaully support him running? If he wants to run, he must get the support from folks other then the typical ‘yes’ men.
Hayworth’s message (which is what, exactly?) does not seem to resonate far beyond his hardcore radio bobbleheads.
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Weeferdog
February 9, 2010 8:13 PM
Can't someone put that vicious piece of shit Arpaio in jail? Hasn't he infected the discourse for too long by now?
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diane
February 9, 2010 9:21 PM
Arpaio supporting JD is like two crooked wind bags marching off together into the sunset. We don't need JD's big-government policies, booze breath, or his fake self.
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mld678
February 9, 2010 9:33 PM
well, it's probably because hayworth only says what he believes that A) latino's or any other new deciding factor in the primaries wants to hear, or B) what the ny times wants to hear... anything.
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