*(this article was submitted from a concerned citizen via email)*

by Ducalion Mawronahan

J.D. (John) Hayworth is off the radio airwaves and out in the blogosphere. His newest angle is playing the role of the victim, telling people that with a split vote in the Senate race, incumbent John McCain cannot be defeated. Well then, if J.D. Hayworth believes that, he should do the honorable thing and stay out of the race. He’s already been an elected representative in the US House of Representatives. What did Hayworth accomplish while representing the people of Arizona? Not much, besides lining his pockets.

Jim Deakin is an everyday average American citizen, husband, father, business owner, and the only true Constitutional Conservative candidate in the race for the US Senate seat currently occupied by John McCain, who has been a part of the Washington political machine for close to 30 years.

Jim Deakin has been working toward this race for over a year and has earned the support and trust of thousands of Arizonans around the state. He has obtained the requisite signatures to be included on the August 24, 2010 primary ballot. Jim did not have a radio show in prime drive time for the past 3 years; He hasn’t previously been a member of the Washington political machine; He hasn’t been tied to, or taken thousands of dollars and untold perks from notorious Washington lobbyists; He wasn’t named on any lists of the country’s most corrupt politicians, and he never will be. J.D. Hayworth can’t honestly make these same statements. Hayworth was neck-deep in the Jack Abramhoff scandal. Hayworth was the biggest recipient of money and gifts from Abramhoff; and his partners; Hayworth paid his own wife thousands of dollars, donated by constituents to his TEAM PAC political action committee; in 2006, Hayworth was listed in the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington list of the most corrupt politicians. J.D. Hayworth was in Washington for 13 years in the US House of Representatives and has shown his propensity for taking full advantage of the power and influence of such a position. Do we really want to continue this pattern?

If J.D. Hayworth were such a great candidate, not only would he be confident about his ability to defeat John McCain, he would be confident about that ability regardless of whether Jim Deakin were in the race or not. In fact, if J.D. Hayworth were such a great candidate; If he had the integrity and moral fortitude the American Person needs so badly in their elected officials, he wouldn’t have become embroiled in the Abramhoff, and other scandals; He wouldn’t have disintegrated the trust of the voters of Arizona, and he wouldn’t have lost his House seat to Democrat Harry Mitchell in the first place.

As well as Hayworth’s apparent integrity issues, his voting record should be remembered by the people of Arizona too. While in the US House, he voted with John McCain to increase the National Debt Limit on many occasions. He voted with Bush and McCain in support of the failed No Child Left Behind Act and the USA Patriot Act. He voted with John McCain to increase the size of government so often that to go through the instances here would make this piece more like a novel. His is not the voting record of a Constitutional Conservative. That voting record can be reviewed here: http://thomas.loc.gov

If J.D. Hayworth is truly worried about the state of this Nation and the massive size and scope of our governmental leviathan, then he should not get into this race. He has already proven to the people of Arizona that his commitment to Constitutional Conservatism can be tainted and swayed, if the price is right.

Jim Deakin is the 912Candidate.org, and TEA Party candidate. Jim Deakin has a strategy to defeat incumbent John McCain. It is a strategy that comes naturally to Mr. Deakin. That strategy is to support and defend the Constitution of The United States, and to support and promote the ideology of Constitutional Conservatism in government, regardless of who is in the race, and without taking any money from George Soros or Jack Abramoff.

Ducalion Mawronahan

San Tan Valley, AZ

http://sonoranweeklyreview.com/?p=2551