In an earlier post, I speculated a coalescing of candidates around certain slates – The McCain Slate vs. The Hayworth Slate.
Today, CQ Politics announced that CD-8’s Jonathan Paton is backing Senator John McCain in his re-election bid. This comes on the heels of Jim Waring’s support for John McCain as both Jesse Kelly and Sam Crump have endorsed JD Hayworth. In the 6th Congressional District, Jeff Flake is a strong McCain supporter while his primary challenger, Jeff Smith is expected to announce his endorsement of JD Hayworth.
Here’s a quote from today’s CQ Politics:
Former state Sen. Jonathan Paton (R), a candidate in Arizona’s 8th district race, was also among those endorsing McCain Thursday. He faces a contested primary with three other GOP opponents for the right to take on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.).
Not a huge surprise. Paton is essentially a Flake/Adams/McCain guy, so where else was he going to go in this race? Plus, Kelly had already gone for Hayworth.
This endorsement along with his support of Naplitano’s budget is exactly why I will NOT be voting for him. Kelly is the conservative in this race. Paton is just another RINO.
Wow. Colossally bad move, Jon.
Will the *real* Jonathan Paton please stand up? He just did by endoring Sen. McCain. I was probably not going to vote for him in the primary, but this seals it.
Maybe they can carpool to the unemployment office.
This is very deceptive. Neither Frank Antenori, Jonathan Paton, nor any other conservative legislator endorsed McCain on Thursday. This was a mass endorsement from nearly a year ago when McCain asked the state legislators to endorse him. Nobody anticipated a serious Republican challenger at the time.
Few, if any, of the original “endorsers” appear to be supporting a candidate in the race. Many, including Paton, have repeatedly stated they are remaining neutral in the current race.
LOL! Let’s see…the number of previously held “true conservatives” and standard bearers of our party that now rank among the “RINO’s” continues to grow.
The definition being support for John McCain…because we all know by now that John McCain is the litmus test for all things RINO. It isn’t voting for outlandish spending (JD), endorsing a Democrat big-spending, pro-choice Governor in a general election (Sheriff Joe), or even overspending your budget by millions (Ya, Joe again)…
If that premise is to be considered valid at all, then this is the true political identity of:
Sarah Palin-RINO
Grover Norquist-RINO
Bill Bennett-RINO
Mitt Romney-RINO
Tim Pawlenty-RINO
Scott Brown-RINO
to name a few national folks….
Here at home:
The ENTIRE Republican Congressional Delegation – ALL RINO’s
Current Governor Brewer and former Gov’s Hull and Symington…RINO’s
31 Arizona Mayors-all RINO’s
8 Arizona County Sheriffs including Paul Babeu-must be a RINO’s (none under Federal Grand Jury investigations, however)
Now…Jonathon Paton- gotta be a RINO, who along with 30 other current and former State Legislators have endorsed McCain.
State Senate President Pro Tempore Barbara Leff
State Senate Majority Whip Steve Pierce
State Senator Carolyn Allen
State Senator David Braswell
State Senator Linda Gray
State Senator John Nelson
State Senator Jay Tibshraeny
State Senator Frank Antenori
State Senator Ed Bunch
Former State Senator Jim Waring
Former State Senator Robert Blendu
Former State Senator Toni Hellon
House Speaker Kirk Adams
House Majority Leader John McComish
House Majority Whip Andy Tobin
State Representative Nancy Barto
State Representative Tom Boone
State Representative Steve Court
State Representative Rich Crandall
State Representative Adam Driggs
State Representative Doris Goodale
State Representative Laurin Hendrix
State Representative Russ Jones
State Representative Bill Konopnicki
State Representative Debbie Lesko
State Representative Lucy Mason
State Representative Steve Montenegro
State Representative Warde Nichols
State Representative Frank Pratt
State Representative Michele Reagan
State Representative Jerry Weiers
State Representative Vic Williams
State Representative Amanda Reeve
State Representative Ted Vogt
WHO KNEW THE VOTERS OF ARIZONA WERE SO EASILY DUPED AS TO ELECT AND RE-ELECT ALL THESE RINOS?
OR…is that tired and worn our rhetoric lost completely on those it hopefully will offend in order to push them to JD? Do voters look at the people they know and trust, and have for years, for more reasonable guidance rejecting the bully antics of Hayworth-Haney-Arpaio?
Given the choice of voting for McCain or JD, the guy who likened bestiality with gay-marriage….hmmmmm? Deakins is a nice guy but…he can’t pull it off.
McCain wins big.
I think we should guess candidates on what their own merits. This endorsement stuff is getting quite silly. No two candidates are ever the same. Jonathan and other conservative legislators said they’d support McCain when his only opponent was Rodney Glassman. I think it says a lot that he’s not going back on his commitment.
Sorry… meant to say, we should support candidate on their own merits.
Ann,
You forgot Larry the Cable Guy, Bugs Bunny, The Three Stooges,….
There seems to be some part of we don’t care who endorses who that does not sink in to your head. People will vote based on their opinion of the candidates not another politican’s “you scratch mine and I’ll scratch yours” endorsement.
Endorsements do not change who McRINO is and that is:
Pro-Amnesty (McCain-Kennedy)
Pro Cap and tax
Voted for $700B TARP
Anti first amendment (McCain-Feingold)
Anti 5th and 6th amendment rights in his disasterous and just submitted S3081
We know all about McRINO and want him gone.
I like it when people endorse McCain – that way I know who is evil.
Excuse me, but I presume that John McCain wants Jonthan Paton in Washngton so,e if he wins, which I doubt, he will have a weak guy, who will vote with him and Obama. Then again, Jonathan who, according to the Washington Post, dated Gabby, lost to her in 2000 badly would loose again. She with little experince skunked him before and now with more experience will really do a number on him now. Jonathan should have kept his old job. These other candidates don’t have his baggage. Don’t just check his 2009 voting record, but instead look at the whole picture One year doesn’t make up for the others.
Thanks suan. Your rambling, gossip driven, over the top comments will drive voters to McCain.
Ya, rope…more rope. The JD lovers just can’t help it!
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SammyD Says:
March 19th, 2010 at 10:06 am
Candidates should be judged on their own merits.
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Now that there is a radical concept!
In case you didn’t know… if there is a Republican someone doesn’t like out there, then they are a RINO. I don’t my Republican neighbor, he’s a RINO. I do like Condoleeza Rice, she a stand-up conservative gal. I don’t like Donald Rumsfeld, he’s a RINO.
Get how this works? It doesn’t actually mean anything but, i don’t like him/her.
That does it! I’m going to heckle Paton today. 🙂
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