Politico is having fun throwing jabs at Hayworth.  After a piece about how Hayworth didn’t call to congratulate McCain on his victory, there’s now another one about how Hayworth didn’t attend a unity event with John McCain.  I suppose they’re happy their fellow Democrat McCain won his primary and want to rub it in for the loser, but the bottom line is obvious.

Is there any reason he should unify behind McCain?

McCain attacked Hayworth’s candidacy before it even existed.  His shenanigans shut down Hayworth’s radio show.  Then, when Hayworth entered the race, McCain spent $21 million dollars to defeat him in a massive and dirty display of campaign overkill.  Now Politico is posting stories because Hayworth won’t genuflect to the self-serving RINO hack?

They have it backwards.  It’s not “why won’t Hayworth unite behind McCain?”  Given McCain’s record and recent behavior, why would any Republican attend a unity event with him?

In fact, why would anyone in their right mind donate to McCain now?  He just displayed $21 million dollars of his naked hatred for conservatives.  If Arizona voters want their Tea Party/real conservative candidates to win, they should just donate to them directly and not to the AZGOP at these sorts of fundraisers.  Otherwise, their money could wind up in the McCain campaign.

Finally, to remind those still annoyed by the McCain win:  he hasn’t crossed the finish line yet.  He has to win in November to return to Congress, and there’s no point that he should.  As much of a long shot as it may be to remove him now, failing to even try means you get to tolerate six more years of his maverick sanctimony and Democrat ‘outreach.’  By all means, support the rest of Arizona’s Republican candidates if you think they’re worth your time, but you can still split-ticket vote to retire McCain while doing so.

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