Having lived in AZ since the early 70′s, I can tell you that McCain is no friend of the people! JD was ousted in part due to a smear campaign that charges were proven false after the fact, a typical unethical and far too common political trick. McCain has been elected in large part because he has never had to deal with a serious contender, I suspect due in part to his large war chest and his POW history. McCain has pushed his incumbent protection plan, using the “Clean Campaign” as its label. The Arizona Republic is a left leaning media that endorses McCain just like all the other liberals, so you may want to find a source worth citing instead of using the worthless local so called news paper here.

Consider these items:

1) McCain has had recall’s attempted against him, since he has a track record of ignoring the will of the people!

2) McCain is pro-illegal, and he has been called Sen. Lettuce due to his anti-American, pro-illegal stances that destroy our wage base and job opportunities. He claimed no one would work for the offered wages to pick lettuce, he offered jobs at that wage and had lines of Americans outside his office ready to accept; Mc Cain just blew it off.

3) McCain has blocked our ability to drill for our own oil, another move that has reduced tax revenue and limited jobs for Americans.

4) McCain voted for TARP, a far greater waste of tax funds than what he is pointing fingers at JD Hayworth for. The unethical process of attaching items to bills that could not pass on their own merit, or attaching them to prevent bills with merit from passig, a process that should be illegal and results in people voting for or against things they would not have otherwise done so. This is how low McCain has stooped to make claims about his opponents spending.

5) McCain has worked with other RINO’s such as Graham (their destructive 5 team) to block conservative nominations.

6) McCain has supported the Cap & Trade, another waste of tax payer resources, and another job destroying governent expansionist agenda item.

7) McCain works closer with Democrats than he does Republicans, working with Kennedy on aiding and abetting illegal immigration, along with other numerous issues that have helped grow government and protect incumbents.

8) He worked against the security of this nation, by taking the side of the Democrats and other liberals, calling water boarding torture and helping foster an environment that increases the threat to our troops and further ties their hands behind their backs while being pushed out to fight for our nation against the terrorsts and all others wanting to do harm to our nation.

9) His military record may be honorable, but his political career has not maintained the same honor he displayed as a member of our armed forces. I thank God for all those who are willing to do what he did in the military, I also understand that being great in the military does not mean that you will be a political figure that should be looked up to. John Kerry and Murtha are classic examples of military men who have harmed our nation once they joined the political ranks.

10) If McCain was a strait shooter, he would eliminate himself from the issue on illegal aliens, since it is a conflict of interest for him to support it. His wife’s businss would profit from the suppressed wages that result from offering amnesty to illegals, but like so many others that have tied themseslves to their offices in Washington over their own state offices, he has lost sight of what is unethical, honest and in the best interest of those you are supposed to represent.

This is just a small fraction of the things that McCain has done that prove him to be the RINO that aids and abets the growth of government at the expense of the people. For me I am just glad we finally have someone that can oust the thorn in our side McCain. He has only had my votes in the past due to the lesser of the evils concept, never with the thought that he was good for our state or nation. I have compared the records between McCain and Hayworth, and I fail to see how anyone that claims to be a conservative could stand behind McCain!

McCain and his tantrums are well known, along with his anti-Arizona stances such as working to give illegal aliens amnesty. He also has stood against our troops when he condemned water boarding. He has been kinder to liberals and democrats than conservatives. He has been fiscally irresponsible by preventing us from drilling for our own oil, favoring cap and trade and numerous other job and economy harming concepts and bills. McCain is tied closer to Washington and his political career, than he is to the people of Arizona. He has been fortunate that the liberal media does not report his antics, since is is a so called progressive that is kinder to the left than the right.

If your criteria is that he is liable to say anything at any given moment, then you must also include McCain in your list.! I have seen McCain run amok many a time over the years, and he has done so without appology!

Try looking at voting records and stances, rather than personal whims about individuals. One reason we have such poor representation today, is that most people do not do their homework before voting! When you see individuals asking if there is a box to vote all one party, or hear them saying they like the way they look, or they have charisma, or any other attribute such as gender or race, the concept of the best candidate for the job becomes a matter of luck rather than design. Having worked elections before, I can honestly say “I am not against the right of an individual to vote, so long as they take the responsibility serious enough to research and comprehend their votes. The problem far too many voters have not even taken the time to identify their correct polling place, let alone research candidates and propositions that they are more than willing to vote on anyway.” We have far too many sound bite voters, allowing themselves to be told how to vote, the effort required to be a responsible voter seems to be far too great for most.