Palin-McCain-Haysworth: The Hard Questions Made Easy
J.D. HAYWORTH vs. JOHN McCAIN
Is this really a question conservatives have to spend much time answering?
People seem to be in a quandry because Sarah Palin is making some campaign appearances for Senator John McCain. Joe the Plumber is merely the most visible.
The question seems to be: “I like Sarah, but don’t like McCain. What ever am I to do?”
Surprisingly enough, that was the same question that millions of voters asked themselves in 2008. In that case, a great many held their noses for McCain while pulling the lever for Sarah.
What’s so hard about repeating that same strategy in 2010?
The only difference, it’s voters in Arizona who will make that decision while voters in the other 49 states cheer them on.
Adam Graham, Pajamas Media, sums it up nicely:
Former Congressman J.D. Hayworth (R-Arizona) is preparing to run against Senator John McCain for the U.S. Senate in this year’s Republican primary in Arizona. Some on the right, such as Glenn Beck, don’t agree with the decision of Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin to campaign for McCain in Arizona.
Conservative angst over what Sarah Palin does or doesn’t do in Arizona does little good. Palin will go there out of a sense of personal loyalty to a man who brought her to national attention. Personal loyalty can run deeper than political ideology. And while personal loyalty can be to a fault, leadership is impossible without it.
The question isn’t: “What should Sarah do?” The question is: “What should conservatives do?” Whether it’s the tea party movement or the March for Life, conservatives can move from the grassroots, and the smart conservative move is for conservatives to support J.D. Hayworth.
Sarah or McCain?
If you like neither but are conservative, this is a no-brainer: you vote Hayworth and go back to what you were doing. If you like neither and are a Progressive, you most likely won’t be voting for Hayworth, anyway.
Sarah or McCain?
The Progressives in the Mainstream Media may think that this is such a puzzle that conservatives will not be able to answer the question without Progressive assistance.
It’s really no question at all. Unless you happen to think that 1-there is no difference between Sarah Palin and John McCain; 2-you place no value upon personal loyalty; or, 3-you have the same level of intellect that you’ll find at the highest levels of the Progressive Media complex.
IN the case of 1 and 3, you wouldn’t be voting for John McCain, Sarah Palin or J.D. Haysworth to begin with, so it doesn’t really matter what you think.
In the case of 2, you probably are a career politician, so the only thing you’ll consider is personal gain, so it doesn’t matter who endorses who: it’s all a personal calculus.
See? All of those incredibly hard questions posed by the elites in the MSM prove to be easily-answered after all.
And for Progressive readers, we’ll spell it out: Conservatives should vote for J.D. Hayworth.
image: Pop Culture Madness
J.D. == McCain 2.0 (a much better looking McCain)
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It is not an either/or question!! The answer is Jim Deakin for Senate the only candidate who has enough signatures on his petitions to appear on the primary ballot. If you are a conservative then there is no question you will vote for the fiscal conservative, constitutional candidate who is a small business man and is willing to become our “citizen legislator” and not a politician with business as usual!!
http://www.jimdeakin.com
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The GOP which professes to be a “big tent” political party despite seemingly opposite evidence is seeking to co-opt the tea party for its own political reward. You notice Michael Steele’s remark that (paraphrase) “we have to work together to defeat Obama’s agenda.” Where are the proactive commands? How do you reduce the deficit by pruning taxes? How do you repair the health care issue? While I am very furious at dems in congress and, to a certain extent Obama and his advisors, for not being more aggressive in getting the facts out, I also think that while the repubs have gathered momentum by general resistance the tide is about to turn. You have to further ideas seconded by confirmable data points that are good for the country
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