Hayworth serves his message at breakfast
Karen Warnick – The Independent

Sunday, August 22, 2010 6:00 am

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SPRINGERVILLE-Labeled as the "Consistent Conservative", J. D. Hayworth is running against incumbent John McCain for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate. Behind McCain in the polls by about 20 percent, Hayworth is still confident and visited Springerville last Friday for breakfast and conversation.

Held at the Safire restaurant, the 90-minute informal meeting was a chance for local republicans to hear what Hayworth had to say and to ask questions, despite Hayworth's hoarse voice which he blamed on constant campaigning.

Hayworth has been a talk show radio and TV personality, a business management consultant, and a public policy advocate. He served six terms in Congress and as a Congressman, "Hayworth served on the House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means. To date, he is the only representative from Arizona to have served on the committee. While working on the committee, he was given a "satisfactory" (64 percent) rating from the National Taxpayers Union. Hayworth supported the tax cuts of 2001 and 2003, signed into law by President George W. Bush," according to the online encyclopedia Wikipedia.

Known for being outspoken, Hayworth has high ratings as a conservative, as a citizen against government waste, as a Second Amendment advocate, for opposing bank bailouts, is against amnesty for illegals, and supports a strong border defense.

Hayworth told the 40 or so guests at the breakfast that the reason he decided to run for the senate was because he was asked to by at lot of people. "I was content as a broadcaster, but they told me they wanted a consistent conservative to run against McCain."

In talking about his platform, Hayworth says it's simple, "Think of the ABC's. A is for amnesty, B is for bailouts, C is for cap and trade, and D is for dollars out of pocket." Hayworth is against all of these issues.

He also believes in this country as a constitutional republic and said, "Unless we move right now, I'm not so certain there will be another senate election in six years."

Another reason Hayworth decided to run was his wife Mary asking him, "Are our children going to grow up in the kind of world we did?" He pondered the question and decided that they weren't, unless something was done about the way things are going. "This year nothing less is at stake than our very existence as a constitutional republic," he told the audience.

Hayworth said he believes Obama is about taking away our wealth and freedoms and said there are too many regulations and agencies in Washington that have nothing to do with the "common people."

One of his first acts if elected will be to introduce the Congressional Responsibility Act to try to rein in all "these regulations." Hayworth believes that for every proposed regulation Congress tries to enact, they should be made to vote yes or no on.

The second thing he plans to do is introduce the Constitutional Citation Act which states that for every piece of legislation introduced, the authors must point to the Constitution to show how it gives the authoraity for the legislation.

The loudest applause came when Hayworth stated, "Global warming is a hoax and so is cap and trade. He believes it will cause higher taxes and higher energy bills, while lowering the standard of living even further.

LaVerl Ashcroft presented Hayworth with a "politician's bullet," which was engraved by Nolan Udall with an inscription that read, "Politicians are like baby diapers. They need to be changed often and for the same reasons." Hayworth liked it and immediately attached it to his key ring.

Hayworth also attended the Meet the Candidates night at Concho Valley Country Club held on August 12. For further information about Hayworth go to his website at www.jdforsenate.com.

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