JD Hayworth: Sole AZ Conservative Candidate for US Senate

by: sher zieve | published: 02 24, 2010

Recently, I had the distinct pleasure of interviewing former Arizona US Congressman J.D. Hayworth and current Conservative candidate for US Senator from Arizona. Congressman Hayworth is running against the liberal-progressive incumbent Sen. John McCain. The McCain machine is well-oiled and presents a formidable opponent to those who want to preserve the US Republic. However, J.D. believes the momentum for a resuscitation and reinstatement of the principles upon which our country was founded are with him and his campaign. Below is a candid interview of Conservative candidate J.D. Hayworth.

J.D. Hayworth BIO:  Hayworth, John D., Jr., a Representative from Arizona; born in Highpoint, Guilford County, N.C., July 12, 1958; graduated from High Point Central High School, Highpoint, N.C., 1976; B.A., North Carolina State University, Raleigh, N.C., 1980; television journalist; radio journalist; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Fourth and five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1995-January 3, 2007). J.D. hosted a Phoenix drive time talk radio program from April 2007-January 2010 when he quit his popular show to run for the US Senate against liberal Republican candidate Sen. John McCain.

The Interview

Sher: First, thanks so much for taking the time to chat with me and for giving my readers an in-depth look at where you stand on the extreme issues now facing our country. You are up against Sen. McCain’s very powerful liberal and progressive money machine. Although there are a multitude of differences, please tell us some of the definitive ways in which your ideologies and actions would differ from your opponent and the ways in which you plan to win against McCain in the Arizona US Senate race.

J.D.: Sher, this is your classic conservative versus moderate race on virtually every issue. Whether the issue is taxes, spending, earmarks, protecting the 2nd Amendment, the sanctity of life, illegal immigration, or national security, John McCain has staked out positions that are to the left of most Arizonans. I am running to offer a consistent conservative voice for Arizona. In such a limited space it isn’t possible to list every single difference, but to quickly compare, my lifetime rating from the American Conservative Union is almost 98. McCain’s is 81 and falling. I helped write the Bush tax cuts of 2001 and 2003 that John McCain campaigned against. 　John McCain supported the massive bailouts and earmarks that I opposed, all $850+ Billion of them. McCain wrote the amnesty bill that the Heritage Foundation estimated would cost the taxpayers $2.6 Trillion (with a “T”), and I helped kill that bill. So there is no shortage of differences between us.

Sher: McCain has now been in office for over a quarter of a century and seems to have become increasingly leftist with each passing year. How to you plan to counter McCain’s tens of millions donated by the power elite?

J.D.: Like most battles against entrenched incumbents, it ends up a battle of greenbacks versus grassroots. We know that John is going to have millions of dollars to spend on this race, but we have the people behind us, and that is what ultimately matters in politics. That isn’t to say that money doesn’t matter, because clearly it does. And this is a great time to ask folks to visit

www.JDforSenate.com and get involved in the campaign through contributions or by giving of your time. But we feel that we are going to have what we need to get our message out and we’ll rely on the people of Arizona to help us win this victory.

Sher: Sen. McCain is now--again--running as a conservative. Have you noticed that he always seems to find his ostensible ‘conservative roots’ just before his campaigns for reelection and then loses them again after he wins? And recently he told the public that he was “misled” about Obama’s bail out money; money for which he voted YES. Does it even seem possible that someone who has been a US Senator for over 30 years can be that hoodwinked?

J.D.: I have heard it said that if we had an election every year, McCain’s voting record would be as conservative as mine. I think we’ve seen John attempt these Extreme Makeover: Candidate Edition before so we’re not surprised. But I don’t think that the voters are going to be fooled. And John can try to re-write history on his bailout vote all he wants, but the record is so very clear that I don’t think he will be successful. What is obvious is that John knows that he has a bad voting record. Sadly, rather than simply admit it and apologize for it, he intends to simply deny its existence or pin responsibility for it on others. That is neither principled or leadership.　 Sher: In recent polls, the American people are shown to oppose ObamaCare by over 60%. Then, in a very recent Opinion Dynamics poll--which combined those who want to start over with the proposed bill and those who want to scrap it entirely--the opposition to it stands at 70%. However, the Democrats and Mr. Obama seem hell-bent upon passing it. Do you see this as the Democrats’ attempt to set up a totalitarian foundation in the USA even if it means they will not be reelected? And how do we stop this monstrosity from passage if the Dems appear to be on suicide missions?

J.D.: I think the American people have been very effective at slowing and even stopping this monstrosity’s progress. The Democrats could well try to ram in down our throats and I do think that would be a suicide mission. The good news is that it does not take effect immediately, so there will be time to replace the Democrat Congress and President with Republicans who are committed to reversing it before it can be fully implemented.

Sher: It seems that almost every day, global warming is being shown to have been a con and a hoax--to the point that one of the founders of the global warming or now called “climate change” movement admitted that there has been no warming of the planet for the past 15 years. Still, Mr. Obama and the Democrats continue to push this scam in order to pass their Cap & Trade bill and raise Americans’ taxes. Do you view this as yet another way to--as did the Obama “stimulus” package--steal even more of the resources of We-the-People in order to additionally weaken us and continue to destroy our quality of life? And wasn’t it John McCain who first introduced the Cap & Trade Lieberman-McCain Climate Stewardship Act of 2003? Now, McCain says he has reversed his position. What do you make of this?

J.D.: John McCain and I have a serious disagreement on this issue. John co-authored Cap & Trade legislation with Joe Lieberman. I’m not sure where John’s election year position is on this issue, but I’m not sure that that really matters. We can be sure that John McCain will go right back to being the John McCain of old if he is re-elected, and that means Cap & Trade, Amnesty, bailouts of the financial sector, and higher taxes for the taxpayers as a result. And it also means continued opposition to drilling in Alaska.

Sher: Obama is working to revive an Illegals Amnesty program. Sen. McCain, along with former Sen. Ted Kennedy, has been one of the most vocal and relentless proponents of Amnesty for illegals. At any time, this doesn’t seem even remotely sensible to me but, now we are facing financial ruin from the current administration’s ill-conceived programs on ever-increasing fronts, can we really afford to add illegal aliens to our country‘s coffers?

J.D.: We never could afford it, and that is why I, along with so many other good people, fought so hard to defeat McCain’s bill the first time. Again, the Heritage Foundation estimated the cost of John’s bill at $2.6 Trillion. And that number ignores the other negative effects of rewarding those who have brazenly broken our nation’s laws. With so many good and well-intentioned people waiting in line for legal immigration, it is unthinkable that we would simply push 15 million people past them in such a manner. It always amazes me when I hear John running ads attacking me and trying to make me out as some sort of “big spender” when he so strongly supported spending trillions on his amnesty bill.

Sher: Thanks, again, J.D. This has been a real pleasure. Is there anything else you would like to add?

J.D.: I would be remiss if I didn’t direct folks to my website at www.JDforSenate.com. We need every bit of support we can get and every contribution, no matter the size, makes a huge difference. Then I need every [person] to talk to everyone they know in Arizona and make sure that they understand the significance of this race. If we are going to turn our Republican Party and our country around, we are going to have to win races like this one in Arizona. Our government is out of control, and August 24th is the day we start taking our country back.　It's the day we can elect a conservative to replace a moderate.

J.D. Hayworth for Senate: http://www.jdforsenate.com/ 

McCain says “misled”: http://www.azcentral.com/news/election/azelections/articles/2010/02/22/20100222mccain-tarp0222.html

Climate Scientist Admits No Warming in 15 Years:

http://thenewamerican.com/index.php/tech-mainmenu-30/environment/2973-climate-scientist-admits-no-warming-in-15-years <http://thenewamerican.com/index.php/tech-mainmenu-30/environment/2973-climate-scientist-admits-no-warming-in-15-years

McCain-Lieberman Climate Stewardship Act of 2003: http://www.rff.org/rff/News/Features/Understanding-the-McCain-Lieberman-Stewardship-Act.cfm <http://www.rff.org/rff/News/Features/Understanding-the-McCain-Lieberman-Stewardship-Act.cfm>

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  Dan Scott

  Does Palin Support McCain’s bill—Indefinite Detention of Citizens On Mere Suspicion?

  On March 4, 2010, Sen. John McCain introduced S.3081, The “Enemy Belligerent Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution Act of 2010.”

  Sen. McCain’s S.3081 would eliminate several Constitutional protections allowing Government to arbitrarily pick up Americans on mere suspicion—with no probable cause. Your political opinions and statements made against U.S. Government could be used by Authorities to deem you a “hostile” “Enemy Belligerent” to cause your arrest and indefinite detention. S.3081 is so broadly written innocent anti-war protesters and Tea Party Groups might be arrested and detained just for attending demonstrations.

  Considering how often Sarah Palin defends Free Speech, one can’t help wonder why Palin is helping McCain’s reelection to the U.S. Senate after he introduced possibly the most anti-Free Speech Bill in Modern U.S. History. Perhaps Palin or her Tea Party supporters haven’t considered McCain’s legislation might be used by a corrupt government administration to crush them. Tea Parties might question Palin whether she supports Sen. McCain’s bill the “Enemy Belligerent Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution Act of 2010.” (S.3081)

  Under S.3081, an “individual” need only be Suspected by Government of “suspicious activity” or “supporting hostilities” to be dragged off and held indefinitely in Military Custody. Government will have the power to detain and interrogate any individual without probable cause. Government need only allege an individual kept in detention, is an Unprivileged Enemy Belligerent suspected of; having engaged in hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners; or has purposefully and materially supported hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners. How could one prove to Government they did not purposely do something? “Materially Supporting Hostilities” against the United States could include any person or group that spoke out or demonstrated disapproval against an agency of U.S. Government. It is foreseeable many Americans might go underground to Resist Government Tyranny. Definition for Unprivileged Enemy Belligerent: (Anyone Subject to a Military Commission)
  
  At least under the Patriot Act, law enforcement generally needed probable cause to detain a person indefinitely. Passage of S.3081 will permit government to use “mere suspicion” to curtail an individual’s Constitutional Protections against unlawful arrest, detention and interrogation without benefit of legal counsel and trial. According to S.3081 Government is not required to provide detained individuals U.S. Miranda Warnings or even an attorney.
  
  S.3081 if passed will frighten Americans from speaking out. S.3081 is so broadly written, it appears any “individual” who writes on the Internet or verbally express an opinion against or an entity of U.S. Government or its coalition partners might be detained on the basis he or she is an “unprivileged enemy belligerent”, “supporting hostilities against U.S. Government.”
  
  How might Americans respond should Government use this bill to take away their loved ones, family members and friends on mere suspicion? It is foreseeable McCain’s bill will drive lawful political activists underground, perhaps creating the domestic terrorists McCain said we needed to be protected from.
  
  McCain’s bill mentions “non-violent acts" supporting terrorism in the U.S. and or emanating from America against a Coalition Partner. Non-violent terrorist acts" are covered in the Patriot Act to prosecute Persons that support “coercion to influence a government or intimidation to affect a civilian population.” However, U.S. activists and individuals under S.3081 would be much more vulnerable to prosecution, if (charged with suspicion) of “intentionally providing support to an Act of Terrorism”, for example American activists can’t control what other activists might do illegally—they network with domestically and overseas. Under the Patriot Act, law enforcement generally needs probable cause to detain or prosecute someone. But under S.3081, law enforcement and the military can too easily use (hearsay or informants) to allege “suspicious activity” to detain an individual. It is problematic under S.3081 that detained individuals in the U.S. not involved in terrorism or hostile activities, not given Miranda Warnings or allowed legal counsel will be prosecuted for ordinary crimes because of their alleged admissions while in military custody.
  
  Notably, McCain’s S.3081 mandates (merging) Federal, State and Local Police and subsequently the U.S. Military to detain and hold Individuals in the U.S., even without probable cause.

  Historically it is foreseeable under S.3081 that "erroneous informant information" could be used to detain innocent Individuals. Other countries have used lying informants to imprison; even execute political opposition.

  Under S.3081 government may use an individual’s phone call and email information to allege without probable cause “suspicious or hostile activity against the a U.S. civilian population or the United States to detain Americans.”

  Make your own determination if the analysis herein is correct: See McCain Senate bill S.3081 at:

  assets.theatlantic.com/static/mt/assets/politics/ARM10090.pdf

  FYI: below is enclosed a copy of “Hitler’s Discriminatory Decrees signed February 28, 1933.” Although the Nazi Decrees are written differently than S.3081, the McCain bill could bring America to the same place crushing free speech and personal liberty. Note how the Nazi Government in Section (1) and (4), similar to U.S. S.3081, suspend personal liberty— shutdown Free Speech to intimidate Citizens speaking out against Government:

  See Section 1
  “Sections 114, 115, 117, 118, 123, 124, and 153 of the Constitution of the German Reich are suspended until further notice. Thus, restrictions on personal liberty, on the right of free expression of opinion, including freedom of the press, on the right of assembly and the right of association, and violations of the privacy of postal, telegraphic, and telephonic communications, and warrants for house-searches, orders for confiscations as well as restrictions on property, are also permissible beyond the legal limits otherwise prescribed.”

  Similar to McCain’s S. 3081, but using different wording the Nazi Government in Section (4) see below, suspended Constitutional rights, ordered the arrest of Citizens for any ACT that might incite or provoke disobedience against state authorities. McCain’s S.3081 instead mentions detaining and prosecuting Individuals for “supporting hostilities” against U.S. Government. S.3081 is so broadly written any person or group attending a protest could be arrested without provable cause and detained if government charged the protest-supported hostilities.

  See Section 4
  Whoever provokes, or appeals for or incites to the disobedience of the orders given out by the supreme state authorities or the authorities subject to then for the execution of this decree, or the orders given by the Reich Government according to Section 2, is punishable—insofar as the deed, is not covered by the decree with more severe punishment and with imprisonment of not less that one month, or with a fine from 150 up to 15,000 Reichsmarks.

  DECREE OF THE REICH PRESIDENT FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE PEOPLE AND STATE

  Note: Based on translations by State Department, National Socialism, 1942 PP. 215-17, and Pollak, J.K., and Heneman, H.J., The Hitler Decrees, (1934), pp. 10-11.7

  In virtue of Section 48 (2) of the German Constitution, the following is decreed as a defensive measure against Communist acts of Violence, endangering the state:

  Section 1
  Sections 114, 115, 117, 118, 123, 124, and 153 of the Constitution of the German Reich are suspended until further notice. Thus, restrictions on personal liberty, on the right of free expression of opinion, including freedom of the press, on the right of assembly and the right of association, and violations of the privacy of postal, telegraphic, and telephonic communications, and warrants for house-searches, orders for confiscations as well as restrictions on property, are also permissible beyond the legal limits otherwise prescribed.

  Section 2
  If in a state the measures necessary for the restoration of public security and order are not taken, the Reich Government may temporarily take over the powers of the highest state authority.

  Section 4
  Whoever provokes, or appeals for or incites to the disobedience of the orders given out by the supreme state authorities or the authorities subject to then for the execution of this decree, or the orders given by the Reich Government according to Section 2, is punishable—insofar as the deed, is not covered by the decree with more severe punishment and with imprisonment of not less that one month, or with a fine from 150 up to 15,000 Reichsmarks.

  Who ever endangers human life by violating Section 1, is to be punished by sentence to a penitentiary, under mitigating circumstances with imprisonment of not less than six months and, when violation causes the death of a person, with death, under mitigating circumstances with a penitentiary sentence of not less that two years. In addition the sentence my include confiscation of property.

  Whoever provokes an inciter to or act contrary to public welfare is to be punished with a penitentiary sentence, under mitigating circumstances, with imprisonment of not less than three months.

  Section 5
  The crimes which under the Criminal Code are punishable with penitentiary for life are to be punished with death: i.e., in Sections 81 (high treason), 229 (poisoning), 306 (arson), 311 (explosion), 312 (floods), 315, paragraph 2 (damage to railroad properties, 324 (general poisoning).

  Insofar as a more severe punishment has not been previously provided for, the following are punishable with death or with life imprisonment or with imprisonment not to exceed 15 years:

  1. Anyone who undertakes to kill the Reich President or a member or a commissioner of the Reich Government or of a state government, or provokes to such a killing, or agrees to commit it, or accepts such an offer, or conspires with another for such a murder;

  2. Anyone who under Section 115 (2) of the Criminal Code (serious rioting) or of Section 125 (2) of the Criminal Code (serious disturbance of the peace) commits the act with arms or cooperates consciously and intentionally with an armed person;

  3. Anyone who commits a kidnapping under Section 239 of the Criminal with the intention of making use of the kidnapped person as a hostage in the political struggle.

  Section 6
  This decree enters in force on the day of its promulgation.

  Reich President
  Reich Chancellor
  Reich Minister of the Interior
  Reich Minister of Justice

  
  

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