Arizona Republican Senator John McCain Officially Recognized As A RINO: Censured By Arizona Republican Party Leaders

By Joseph R. Carducci on January 13, 2014 Subscribe to Joseph R. Carducci's Feed

Perhaps over the years you have come to be a little bit jaded about Arizona “Republican” Senator John McCain. After all, he has made a career of crossing over the aisle and voting with Democrats on occasions too numerous to really count. He has also sponsored a number of bills that appealed more to Democrats rather than Republicans. If you look closely enough, it would almost seem that he does even more to help and advance the cause of the Democratic Party than the GOP.

Because of all this, Republican officials in Arizona have nicknames him “the Maverick,” saying that he has sided with liberal Democrats too many times over the years. It would now appear that he has irritated his own party one time too many, as the Maricopa County Republican Party has voted to censure him. This vote was actually overwhelming, with 1,150 members voting in favor of the censure against only 351 who voted against.

Many GOP members are now using the term RINO to describe McCain. In case you are unfamiliar, this just means “Republican in Name Only.” If you are interested, take a look at the entire official resolution (via the Arizona Daily Independent).

The resolution itself actually expressed their sadness at the necessity of taking this step. They have been hoping that McCain would return to the values expressed by the Republican Party, rather than continuing to side with the Democratic Party. His terrible record of drafting, co-sponsoring, and voting for legislation that would be associated with liberals. This includes Amnesty, funding for ObamaCare, a number of debt ceiling raises, assaults on the 2nd Amendment, and eve support for liberal nominees.

This record has been disastrous and harmful to both Arizona and and the US as a whole, according to the censure document.

McCain has also campaigned as a conservative and made promises that tried to disguise his real values. Some of these include promises to secure our national borders, finishing the border fence, and others. Yet, shortly after being re-elected he has always flip-flopped on these promises.

Not only this, but McCain has also continued to publicly reprimand conservatives in the Republican Party while remaining eerily quiet when it comes time to speak out against liberals. This recalls the fact that just last year, McCain has called Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, and Justin Amash “wacko birds.” Sure, he apologized, but it goes to the point of where your own values are, especially given his truly horrendous voting record in the Senate.

Because of all these reasons, the Republican leadership in Arizona will no longer support, campaign for, or endorse John McCain as the Arizona Senator. Will this censure make any difference? Is there any chance of actually getting a REAL conservative to take over his seat; someone who will actually work to reverse the liberal Obama agenda? Hard to say. But it is certainly clear that McCain has a long history of campaigning as a conservative (in 2010 he pledged to “build the danged fence”) and then legislating as a liberal. In June 2013, he actually voted against a bill that would have indeed built the “danged fence.” John McCain, our RINO, liberal GOP Senator.

What do YOU think? Is McCain a RINO? Does he deserve censure? Do you think this move will make any difference at all? Will it be possible to actually get a conservative Republican into his seat in the Senate at some point in the future?

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