Sheriff Arpaio Calls McCain The "L" Word

Arapaio's criticism of McCain is valid and likely to resonate with the base. If McCain had fought half as hard to win the presidency as he seems intent on doing to keep his the people's Senate seat in AZ - he might not experience quite as much trouble as he's liable to have winning re-election.

"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. … 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."

"Indeed, Senator McCain is already attacking J.D. by name in advertisements because [McCain] knows [Hayworth] is the type of exciting, principled conservative that excites people like you and me," Arpaio adds. "And he knows that after years of running over Republican principles his entire career no election year conversion to our way of thinking will save his campaign from voters that want conservatives to be a part of the solution rather than part of the problem."

Comments

[SacTownMan]

Well said Joe!!

[mark l.]

talk about picking one's poison...

jd has a place in the house(which he lost), but it far easier to get lost among 180 party members in the house, than it would be among 40-50 in the senate.

in his own way, jd could be right about a lot of things, but as a practical matter, there isn't the will in either house, or the country, to support him. (see also, ron paul)

if hayworth wins the primary, I might start thinking that things have gone a little too far.
there's a rassmussen poll from 1/22 which has mccain winning the primary 53-31. unlike rubio, jd's star isn't going to go higher on the horizon.

otho-Sheriff Arpaio...
is one the most politically viable candidates out there, on a short list which includes david petraeus. if the sheriff really wanted mccain gone, he is the only guy who has a chance.

[rrpjr]

The formerly masochist McCain was all too eager to martyr himself and Sarah Palin in the name of a so-called civility which never had a chance of being reciprocated, but oddly enough is now fighting tooth and nail (replete with those horrid "attack ads") to save his own skin. His fondness for the ideal of the noble loser seems to have vanished.

I don't really care -- except when I remember his now-laughable faux-Churchillian nomination speech... "Fight... fight...fight..." What a waste of time for all of us.

[Dan Rosencrance]

One of the strong positives regarding McCain during the election race was that he is a "Maverick". That is, one who is not consistent in his loyalties. I never understood why that trait was touted as positive.

Now he seems to be seeing conservative light. A repentant snake is still a snake...

[mariner]

McCain is the Republican version of Obama -- always ready to make nice with our enemies and screw our friends.