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Monday, March 15, 2009
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Prominent McCain endorser Grover Norquist funneled money from Abramoff
March 15, 2010 By 28 Comments
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So, you say “JD walked away from that Abramoff mess clean as a whistle.”
Oh yah…that should be an easy sell!
Harry Mitchell is in Congress today because of JD’s ties to Abramoff.
Wow. Let the circular firing squad begin. This is the one stop blog though which is nice. On the same page I can find posts praising Lorg Norquist and villifying him as scum of the earth.
And we wonder why independents are picking up registration numbers in droves.
To commenters #1 & 2. You’re missing the point of the article. McCain is a hypocrite for claiming that JD has a problem due to a small contribution he received from Abramoff then got rid of by donating to charity once he realized it was tainted. Meanwhile, McCain brags about his endorsement from Grover, who was much more entangled with Abramoff. JD didn’t lose to his ties to Abramoff, he lost due to the Democrats targeting a few key races around the country and running a smear campaign, making the Abramoff donation into much more than it was.
If JD’s involvement had really been terrible, then Norquist, whose involvement was much more profound, would not still be one of the most prominent, influential conservatives in America today.
So what is new? McCain continues to distort his own record and criticize JD for much less. Abramoff should be a non-issue for JD just as the Keating 5 is a non-issue for McCain. I’m more concerned about amnesty for illegals. We know McCain won’t join Graham in co-sponsoring the bill, since he’s up for re-election and he knows most Arizonans are against amnesty, but we can bet he’s working behind the scenes to get another republican senator to help.
JD did walk away clean, but because it was going on at the time of the election and the liberal media supported Mitchell it did affect the election.
This is easy to understand. Norquist/McCain got the gold mine and JD got the shaft.
Come on McCainiac’s let keep talking about Abramoff!
Couple of relevant links:
Powerful GOP Activist Sees His Influence Slip Over Abramoff Dealings (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/08/AR2006070800983.html)
Washington Tax-Cut Advocate Aided Abramoff (http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0624-07.htm)
In Republican Washington, Jack Abramoff and Grover Norquist worked all the angles. (http://www.citizensforethics.org/node/24538)
Nonprofit Groups Funneled Money For Abramoff (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/24/AR2006062401080.html)
The Cover-ups of John McCain – Abramoff & the GOP Foreign Money Machine (http://www.answerbag.com/article/The+Cover-ups+of+John+McCain+-+Abramoff+&+the+GOP+Foreign+Money+Machine/1be35826-02ab-276d-bfbf-b425d890f1bf/american-indian-tribes)
Double Decaf Latte speaks with authority of what he,she or it knows nothing about. The Abramof money went to charity and JD was completely vindicated. He lost because of these false accusations, the oodles of money he had to raise to clear his name, and the spineless Republicans who voted for the equally spineless Mitchell. People, get the FACTS before shooting your mouths off!
Friends,
Whatever Mr. McCains relationships were (or are?) with Norquist is really not a big deal. We know that McCain is a double-talking politician who is LOVE with the power and trappings of being a Senator! Thats right…he will say and do whatever is POLITICALLY EXPEDIENT! He has lied out both sides of his mouth and then tried to cover it it by bringing out the time tested slogan: “Well, I am the maverick from out West and a war hero to boot!” Too bad John, but that little song and dance just doesn’t seem very credible these days.
Do not be misled: McCain is a friend of the illegal immigrant because he is paid to be their friend by big business, e.g., the construction industry (or whatever is left of them), the hospitality industry, the farm block, etc, etc. BIG money is going to help McCain in order to stop any serious attempt at STOPPING ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION. As long as McCain goes to Washington, we will NOT have immigration control! We will get “comprehensive immigration policy”, which simply means EVERY illegal in our country gets a free pass and citizenship.
Do you really want to see some GOOD CHANGE in Washington?
JD Haywort will do just that-and he is NOT being bought out by big business!! JD is for us, the working man and women who are getting our income taxed and our freedom removed in the name of the Federal Government! It is time for a real guy, with real values, and real down home goals to replace the old senator.
JD-JD-JD-JD-JD. Kind of has good ring to it! We WILL put JD in the Senator’s seat and have true representation again!
I wonder…
Would this article have been written if Norquist endorsed JD ?
Is this a comedy post?
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nightcrawler Says:
March 15th, 2010 at 9:46 pm
I wonder…
Would this article have been written if Norquist endorsed JD
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Don’t see how Norquist could endorse JD due to their fundamental differences on several issues. Guess they could both change their minds, but that hasn’t happened yet.
Another Team McCain classic!
Let me clarify.. Look at the following names…
Mitt Romney, Sarah Palin, Grover Norquist, Jon Kyl, John Shadegg.
How were they thought of before and after their endorsement of John McCain ?
All of a sudden they are radioactive ?
First you invite Norquist to speak at local AZ GOP fundraiser and then you throw him under the bus ? Why not bring up these points earlier, say 2006 ? Oh that’s right, the was before he endorsed John McCain.
Guess who is a member of the Board of Directors of the NRA? None other than Mr Norquist. Now I understand why McCain was an honored speaker at the NRA Convention in Phoenix last year….This after being vilified by the NRA for his attempt to end our 2nd amendment rights by closing gun shows. Now the whole sordid affair makes sense. Norquist was able to get McCain reinstated in the good graces of the NRA, as though history does not exist, as a pay back to McCain.
I have been finding lots of things to do with my time..good things, productive things…not indulging in the garbage fest that has taken over what once was a great blog. But I thought I would drop by to see what the crowd was up to.
Obviously, nothing much has changed. The McCain Delusion Syndrome is as bad as ever, with the retreat from previously held values immediate as soon as it has any connection to either propping up McCain or somehow revealing the unflattering reality that is JD.
The HUGE log in the eye has blinded the entire JD-RAH-RAH crowd.
Yep…rope, more rope. Give JD and his duplicitous doers of all deeds “truly conservative” enough rope and they all will be left hanging with nothing but the tales of their abuse of power, position, and pompousness.
JD lost his election because McCain had the Justice Dept start a probe into the Abramoff donation that turned out to be a dud, and the investigation was dropped as soon as JD lost. Another dirty trick from McCain, and what did McCain do to JD about a month ago? Get him fired from his job at KFYI, oh ghee, is a sitting Senator that paranoid that he has taking the livelyhood away from JD twice now?
RUN JD RUN, SENATOR HAYWORTH SOUNDS GREAT.
Ann, WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE YOU SMOKING!!?? I suspect you are one of the 50 or so people who believe Deakin has a chance or possibly one of “The Messiah’s” worshipers!
OOOPs! That’s it! You are a fellow Marxist (BHO’s fellow, that is) You want government to control everyone’s life. You and your fellow 5% losers can go to Cuba or Venezuela if you want to be enslaved by the Government. If you want ME to be enslaved by the government, well then, YOU CAN GO TO HELL!
Dear Radical,
I confess…I have no idea what in the world you are talking about or what it is you think I said.
But, have a great day!
Ann
Regardless, JD is linked to Abramoff and he’s a bad dude – taking money, stealing, lying. He’s not Senator material to say the least. I’m still voting McCain, no matter who endorses him.
Annie Oliver,
I am not an JD fan but compared to McCain’s involvement with Charles Keating and the Lincoln S&L scandal, Abramoff was junior league and JD was cleared. McCain was not cleared in the Keating scandal. I’m sure that if Obama came out, endorsed and campaigned for McCain you would still back him.
If McCain had such a terrible record on taxes, please explain why he just earned the National Taxpayers Award for the THIRD MOST CONSERVATIVE MEMBER IN SENATE???!!!
I believe JD lost this election already for one simple reason. He is not the better candidate. The endorsements are a small part, if peers are unwilling to stand up for JD then why on earth should the voters of AZ stand up for him. Remember this AZ, he left a terrible reputation upon leaving Washington last time…and I am not just talking about Abramoff, I am talking about the job he did, or failed to do!!
Kellie,
Pro-amnesty (McCain-Kennedy) = RINO
Pro cap and tax = RINO
Anti-first amendment McCain-Feingold) = RINO
Anti-second amendment = RINO
If McCain is a conservative so was Teddy Kennedy. McCain conservative? No by a long shot no matter how you spin it.
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“Why not bring up these points earlier, say 2006 ? Oh that’s right, the was before he endorsed John McCain.”
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Norquist fell out of favor of a lot of Conservative people across the country about 2006 because of HIS behavior, no one else’s. It could be argued that more Conservatives would drop him if they knew more about him – it’s a work in process as more and more people trade in their generous assumptions of what he stands for for the reality.
McCain has found it useful to be aligned with him with him DESPITE that.
That then reflects on what McCain values and doesn’t value.
I’m sick of all the tired rhetoric!!! @Arizona Ranger you say this and I quote: Do you really want to see some GOOD CHANGE in Washington?
JD Haywort will do just that-and he is NOT being bought out by big business!! JD is for us, the working man and women who are getting our income taxed and our freedom removed in the name of the Federal Government! It is time for a real guy, with real values, and real down home goals to replace the old senator. WTF are you talking about? How the heck are you getting your freedom removed by the fed gov? What the heck are “down home goals” and what does a “real guy” consist of? My “friend” what you need to start doing is reading, researching, and observing. Not just those who tend to agree with your viewpoints but everyone. Then weigh those things against your “beliefs”. All this bullsh** about down home and real guys and everything else is just annoying and repetitive. This is why the GOP is in the crapper. WAKE the **** UP!
People like Annie Oliver should stop drinking the Leftist CoolAide! another ignoramus who can only make personal attacks because they have the intellectual capacity and honesty of a gnat!
Nightcrawler and wanumba:
Yep, no doubt McCain and Norquist differ on several issues but they are one, along with the Goldwater Institute’s Clint Bolick, in opposing anyone serious enough about protecting the border and conducting immigration through law!
As far as they and most importanly, their benefactors are concered, it’s cheap, unskilled labor Uber Alles!
The rest of the public and taxpayers be damned!