Jim Ward, running for Congress in District 5, celebrates his first anniversary as a registered Republican in Arizona this week. Letting no grass grow under his feet, he got right into the swing of things after registering to vote. Within a couple of months he became an appointed precinct committeeman, and then decided to run for congress. Quite a whirlwind of activity!
Ward’s slick website lists his “affiliations and honors,” is chock full of videos and gives a glimpse into his life of privilege. He even tells us his mother played the harp. There is a good-looking logo and self-authored commentaries galore. On issues of importance such as illegal immigration candidate Ward has perfected a nifty-two step worthy of John McCain himself. Ward begins with: “I do not support instant amnesty.”
He then moves into: “We must open up legal avenues of immigration to this country and incorporate patriotic immersion programs, while respecting cultural differences…”
Finally swinging into full gear with: “In addition, immigration will be an important economic driver to us in the future. We will face a labor shortage in this country. Our current birthrate of 1.6 children per family is far below the sustainability rate of 2.1, a rate that will leave us with a deficit of workers.”
Ward is clearly out of sync with the impact of the economic crisis on unemployment numbers, as millions of Americans are out of work or underemployed, and record homes in foreclosure.
Yesterday fed chief Ben Bernanke said the harsh reality is that 40 percent of unemployed people have now been out of work for over six months.
Earlier this month, the Labor Department released information that while the unemployment rate fell to 9.7 percent from 10 percent, employers still cut 20,000 jobs. The economy has lost 8.4 million jobs since the recession began.
Ward’s slogan is “The Right Kind of Change.”
We agree with the Arizona newcomer Jim Ward on that sentiment. Here’s our take.
Lord, deliver us from the Squishies on the illegal immigration problem. According to the World Almanac, our population increased by 33 million people over the last census. Ward has a solution looking for a problem.
What’s he talking about? The USA has among the most generous (legal) immigration policies in the industrialized world.
Ward’s campaign manager Sean Noble is hard at work attempting to marginalize David Schweikert, who is the man with actual credentials in this race. Noble is less than noble since his efforts will end up giving us another term of leftwinger Harry Mitchell. But what the hey, there are big bucks at play here.
Schweikert was a state legislator and Maricopa County Treasurer, and did a bang up job at each. He is a lifelong resident of the state and didn’t just blow into town with a hefty bankroll. Ward is clearly trying to buy a congressional seat.
Thanks for this post!
Money can’t buy ya love, but it can pay for a whole lot of other things, such as advisors, ads, campaign workers, events, etc. I read that Ward even got the endorsement of fellow swell, J. Fife Symington, III.
But of course…..
I suspect you can trace a link back to McCain, via Fife and Shadegg. Nobel was Shadegg’s Chief of Staff.
Anyone who can emerge from eleven years in the movie industry with a shred of conservatism intact deserves more than a modicum of respect. On the other hand, while reading through his website my first impresson is that Jim says just about all the right things but he says them in a dialect of corporate-speak that gets my guard up. It’s probably just a buried memory of an old knife wound from office politics suffered long, long ago. In any event, it’s unfortunate these opportunities come along so rarely that they’re considered once-in-a-lifetime. If they came along more often maybe Jim would have the time to put down deeper roots and we could get to know him like we know David before he asks to represent us in Congress. There are a lot of good people out here, people far better than some we elected as a choice between bad and worse, and Jim may indeed be one of them. It would be nice to have the time to know for sure. Do I hear “term limits” anyone? In any event, David Schweikert has already demonstrated his conservative credentials. It’s an easy choice.
We’ll be calling Mr. Ward “brassy” before we’ll ever be calling him “congressman.” What audacity!!
The truth is (with maybe the exception of one or two) all political consultants are “whores”. When a fellow like Ward comes along with a father-in-law who wants him to be a Congressman…need I say more?
Sounds like John McShame all over again. HELP!
Realist:
You made the correct analogy, when comparing Ward to McCain, who also carpetbagged into town and had political and monied family connections. There’s nothing to add except the fact that lifting the curtain exposes the same inner workings, via the elite establishment crews of Shadegg, McCain, and Symington. The similarities are glaringly obvious.
God help us if Jim Ward gets elected! This respect and Political Correctness displayed by the American people are the reason our Hospitals,and economy are broke! Our Schools, and prisons are flooded with those nice people for whom we must do what Jim Ward wants us to do! Yeah,right! Let’s respect their culture of alcohol abuse, child molestation, rape, domestic violence, ID theft, cheating, by working under the table, lying about who they really are, multiplying themselves beyond ability to support their children. Why should they worry, it’s all done at our expense. Jim, have you seen how many illegal aliens who don’t bother to learn English shop with food stamp (credit)cards. As an educator I witnessed incredible abuse by the nice “immigrants” who are really not immigrants because they entered by jumping our borders. I’m sure you wouldn’t call a burglar a guest if it came into your home jumping your backyard fence uninvited! Read what you wrote below and this will in itself keep you from getting any votes from honorable citizens. Those of us who came here “Legally” know the kind of people who come illegally are the misfits of their own country. What makes you think they would make good citizens here? They don’t come to be a part of America, they come to take what they can and they do! This country can no longer open any more avenues for those who came here illegally, or even for the poor souls who have been waiting to enter legally. Why? Because of the millions of those who entered illegally and are only waiting their opportunity to call this country “AZTLAN” You need to get some facts of what the reality of immigration is. Go to Numbers USA and see the video:”Immigration by the Numbers” It’s only 12 minutes long, but it’s well researched by this organization, which is one of the experts on the subject. You need to educate yourself before you run for office or you’ll make a fool of yourself! Below is your statement, where have you been for the last 40 years? Do you ever hear the average American complaint about the lack of jobs?
Lack of insurance? The president said we have 30 million of uninsured people in this country…find the statistics of who those people are and I bet you’ll find the great majority are those who have been getting free babies at the hospitals and use the same as Doctor’s offices for colds or minor complaints. NO, WE MUST NOT OPEN UP ANY MORE AVENUES, LEGAL OR ILLEGAL TO BRING ANY MORE BURDENS TO THIS NATION! Unless you are willing to use your own money, and I honestly doubt you have enough of it to support the hordes of needy third world country poor; who wants in, to help us go the way Roman Empire went.
“We must open up legal avenues of immigration to this country and incorporate patriotic immersion programs, while respecting cultural differences…”
Angee,
That is a bit over the top. Let’s get real here. Even if all the candidates you support won in all the congressional disticts that are contested, and we passed sweeping new illegal immigrations laws, nothing would change. Especially in this economy we simply don’t have the manpower to round up 13 million people. We need to enforce the laws we already have on the books. The bad economy is helping us on this issue as the construction, car wash, hospitality jobs are drying up.
If you want to make the case against Jim, this issue isn’t going to matter. Try something else if you can find it. Jim is more conservative than you think.
night crawler, it seems you haven’t seen daylight for sometime. It is you who needs to get real and learn to read for understanding.