On Tuesday, July 20th, U.S. Senate candidate Jim Deakin spent an hour on the Barry Young show during the 8:00 hour. During that interview the following conversation took place:

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Young: What’s the worse thing that you’ve been called? I mean what really got to you, even early on or maybe even now late in this the end game?

Deakin: Well, the only thing that really got to me is when people would chase my daughters down in the parking lots and attack them and tell them to ask me to drop out of the race.

Young: Your kids!?

Deakin: Yes, two different occasions, two different children, they were chased down in parking lots and not assaulted but accosted verbally and on behalf of one of my opponents.

Young: The daughters?

Deakin: The daughters, yes.

Young: And the point was what? They’re gonna come home and tell daddy to. Well, I guess its [Deakin laughs nervously] you know little Melia went and told President Obama he ought to plug that hole. I thought he was talking about the fence [Deakin laughs nervously] but he was talking about the oil well so…

Deakin: Right

Young: They’re gonna get to you through your daughters.

Deakin: Yea

Young: Did that, did that unnerve you?

Deakin: Well, it it did bother me uh but when they when they came home and told the story er, um they said this is more proof that you should not drop out because those guys shouldn’t be have that position if that’s what their gonna allow their volunteers and supporters to do.

Young: So, you didn’t, I didn’t, I wouldn’t of expected that. I wouldn’t, you know, usually the families, if anybody has any common sense at all, the families are hands off. You don’t involve the families of the candidates in this unless you bring them up. I mean, it’s, these are, this is your family. You have a right to bring ‘em out and talk to them and all of that, but usually its hands off.

Deakin: Generally, that’s, that’s polite.

Young: Who, what candidate were they, were these people supporting?

Deakin: JD Hayworth

Young: JD Hayworth, all right.

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I would like to know why Jimmie Deakin never contacted the campaign to inform the JD Hayworth campaign that these alleged incidents took place? Why is this the first time the campaign is hearing about it – on KFYI? Furthermore, can Jimmie Deakin provide the names of these alleged JD Hayworth volunteers or supporters? If these incidents did indeed occur, I would be the first one to tell these individuals to apologize to Deakin’s family before dismissing them from anything to do with the campaign.

I wholeheartedly agree that family members of candidates are OFF LIMITS with the exception that a family members puts them self into the public arena.

Needless to say I am angry about this allegation because it sounds like a pattern of falsehoods I have observed and witnessed from the Deakin campaign on several occasions.

Earlier in the campaign, Jimmie Deakin’s campaign alleged that the JD Hayworth campaign was actively engaged in having individuals remove their name from his petition. Deakin even claimed he had a video tape that gave proof of this petition-gate “scandal.” When I got wind of this claim, I immediately issued a statement that Deakin’s claim was false and that there was no concerted or organized effort by the JD Hayworth campaign to engage in this type of behavior. Then a Deakin supporter by the name of Jesse Matthewson claimed I wrote a post on another blog called Seeing Red Arizona pushing the petition-gate “scandal.” I quickly corrected him explaining that I do not write for Seeing Red Arizona and never have. (Why would I? I have my own blog right here!)

This put Deakin’s credibility – not just as a candidate but as an individual – in serious question.

During another time, individuals came forward – even as late as last Friday on the Barry Young show – and stated that Jimmie Deakin publicly admitted that he knew he could not win the primary race and would stay in the race to spite JD Hayworth and cause him to lose the race. (Is it any wonder why people believe he is conspiring with John McCain? I don’t subscribe to that conspiracy. I just think Deakin is egotistically delusional.) When confronted by Tea Party activists, Deakin has denied he said anything close to his earlier statement about spiting JD Hayworth. Again, several individuals have stated he is lying.

Finally, I personally question Deakin’s credibility over an incident that took place the morning of  April 10th in Casa Grande. That day, I was surrogating for JD Hayworth at the request of Tea Party leaders. During my speech, Adonia Deakin and Jim Deakin’s father began to heckle and yell during my speech. It continued until an automobile accident occurred right in front of the Tea Party rally and everyone stopped to render aid. During that same rally, Deakin also spoke. I stood there and listened to what he had to say as did others. He was treated respectfully and politely. I cannot say the same for Jim Deakin and his family who were extremely rude and disrespectful.

In my opinion based on my experience and the experience of others, Jim Deakin has a serious credibility problem. Until he identifies the names of these so-called JD Hayworth “volunteers and supporters” who allegedly  ”attacked” and “accosted verbally” his daughters, his accusations have no credibility. But if Jim Deakin does step forward and identifies who these people are, I will be the first one to make sure they are told they are not welcome at the JD Hayworth campaign.