“Old Warrior” John McCain declares war: on his fellow American citizens

Arizona Senator John McCain was soundly rejected by Americans in the 2008 presidential election, the biggest Democratic landslide since 1964.

Barack Obama 69,456,897 popular votes 52.92% 365 electoral votes

John McCain    59,934,814 popular votes 45.66% 173 electoral votes

Now Grumpy Grandpa, who is 73 years of age, wants Arizonans to return him to the Senate again. And he has declared war on his 69,456,897 fellow American citizens who soundly rejected him (sore loser!).

McCain has labeled Obama voters as an "extreme left-wing crusade to bankrupt America."AZ/DC Blog – McCain running radio ads — on Hayworth's show Note to John McCain: it was radical right-wing policies that did bankrupt America.

You can listen to the radio ads at Friends of John McCain

The first radio ad intones "Perhaps no battle in our lifetime is more vital than the one John McCain fights now: the battle to save America" (from the extreme left-wing agenda). Really?

Apparently senility has set in for John McCain. Grumpy Grandpa can no longer distinguish between the Soviet Union, Chinese Communists, VietCong, radical Islamic terrorists – and voters who rejected him. To Grumpy Grandpa, voters are a greater threat to America than America's real enemies.

The second ad alludes to McCain's P.O.W. record in the Vietnam War and his long career in Arizona politics. "John McCain has spent his life representing Arizona, fighting for the little guy, standing up to titans, afraid of no man," the announcer says. AZ/DC Blog -McCain running radio ads — on Hayworth's show

John McCain has been flogging that dead horse of his POW days since his first run for office. How many times can he go back to the well and get away with it? He's been in elective office for almost 30 years – the sense of entitlement that Arizonans somehow "owe" him the seat for having been a POW has long since lost any appeal.

John McCain has not spent his life representing Arizona. After he abandoned his first wife for a millionaire beer heiress with whom he was having an adulterous affair, he moved to her home in Arizona and after a couple of years of residency while working for his father-in-law's beer distributorship, this carpetbagger ran for Congress. John McCain has spent his entire political career running for president, not representing the interests of Arizona.

"Fighting for the little guy, standing up to Titans?" That is some great fiction writing. The man who claims to battle lobbyists is in fact one of their top campaign contribution recipients. As I posted here during the campaign, John McCain has been in the pocket of telecommunications lobbyists and military equipment lobbyists for years. His presidential campaign was run by a "who's who" of Washington D.C. K-Street lobbyists, for gods-sake. Who does he think he's fooling? (Besides the McMedia who continue to publish his bullshit).

And when the "titans" of Wall Street nearly destroyed the world's economy in September 2008, what did John McCain do? He suspended his campaign to return to Washington to do — nothing. Well, Grumpy Grandpa did sulk in his office and incoherently mutter expletives.

I do find it fun that McCain's radio ads are running on the airwaves of conservative Phoenix radio station KFYI (550 AM), where former Rep. J.D. Hayworth, R-Ariz., attacks McCain on a seemingly constant basis. Hayworth, who hosts the afternoon drive-time program, repeatedly has said he is considering a challenge to McCain in the Aug. 24 Republican primary. Hayworth doesn't have the cojones to give up his easy paycheck to run against McCain.

John McCain's militaristic campaign theme this year is laugh out loud funny: "John McCain: he's Arizona's last line of defense. Character matters."

Yes, character does matter, Johnny. And as I have posted here many times you are a man sorely lacking in character and judgment (need I mention Sarah Palin?)

It is time for Arizonans to send Grumpy Grandpa to a long overdue retirement. Unfortunately, no credible challenger has stepped forward to challenge this embarrassment to Arizona. Maybe it is time we add "none of the above" to the ballot. It would be far better to leave the seat vacant than to allow McCain to be reelected by default.

Update: Kent Jone's of the Rachel Maddow Show delivers his parody of the McCain ads. John McCain continues to embarrass Arizona.

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