Same sex marriage is just not as evil as it used to be, according to JD Hayworth's latest stand on gay marriage.  When the Republicans were all-powerful in 2004, JD was happy to ride the wave. 

On Meet The Press, February 25, 2004, JD attacked Senators Edwards and Kennedy calling them liars and implied that they could not possibly be against same sex marriage because they were not supporting the recent Senate Resolution 275 calling for a ban and an amendment.  Here are the words from JD Hayworth's mouth that day:

REP. J.D. HAYWORTH (R), ARIZONA: What we've seen is an attack on marriage. And it's been very interesting, the dynamic, Bill, because what you essentially have is four members of the Massachusetts Supreme Court, then the mayor of San Francisco going ahead with gay marriages. And what's interesting is, if you take a look at the constitution, there's something known as the full faith and credit clause. And this is where folks like Senators Edwards and Kerry get in trouble.

They say they oppose gay marriage or oppose same-sex marriage, but they're not willing to take the constitutional amendment that is necessary to prevent Massachusetts or San Francisco from forcing the rest of the country to accept same-sex marriage.

He just recently took down his position from his web site that he is in support of a Constitutional Amendment banning gay marriage.  Here is what JD believed religiously for the past 3 years:

J.D. Hayworth opposes same-sex marriage and supports a constitutional amendment that would define marriage as only between one man and one woman. Same-sex marriage would separate marriage from parenthood and send a signal that marriage itself is outdated, and that virtually any family form, including multiple spouses, is acceptable. Same-sex marriage would render the constitution meaningless. Since radical judges in Massachusetts sought to impose same-sex marriage on the American people by judicial fiat and against their will, and a constitutional amendment is the only means to ensure that marriage is protected and that the people’s voice will be heard.

That was then.  Who cares about it now?  JD has totally filp-flopped on this issue.  Just as recent at March of 2005 some Republicans in the house (specifically Rep Dan Lungren) have introduced legislation calling for a constitutional amendment.  That reads very similar to JD's previous mission described above. 

Here is some text from HR Res 39 introduced March of 2005 that reads very similar to the JD mission recently removed from his website:

SECTION 1. Marriage in the United States shall consist only of a legal union of one man and one woman.

SECTION 2. No court of the United States or of any State shall have jurisdiction to determine whether this Constitution or the constitution of any State requires that the legal incidents of marriage be conferred upon any union other than a legal union between one man and one woman.

SECTION 3. No State shall be required to give effect to any public act, record, or judicial proceeding of any other State concerning a union between persons of the same sex that is treated as a marriage, or as having the legal incidents of marriage, under the laws of such other State.

This bill has 20 Co-Sponsors, but JD Hayworth is not on the list.  I guess he has changed his mind.  He is running from the forces of yesterday and jumping on today's bandwagon.  All that passion wasted.  Too bad.  

Hayworth has been trying to distance himself from President Bush for months.  Given the fact that his campaign for reelection this year will not be his usuall walk in the park, JD has started stumping early. 

In one of his latest appearances on Meet the Press, JD states that immigration is the ONLY campaign issue.  The Republican camp is deeply divided on what should be done about this.  The one, the only issue that JD does not agree with Bush about is immigration.  Hayworth will be trying very hard to keep your eyes on that ball by trying to distract the voters by getting on the other side of Bush on the ONE AND ONLY topic Bush and JD disagree on. That is why Hayworth is trying to make this the ONE AND ONLY topic of the election.

What Hayworth does not want you to notice is that he has walked lock-step with the Bush administration and rest of the Republican Congress on issues such as the environment, the Iraq War, the tax cuts to the rich in time of war.  Hayworth touts he is being responsible by going after those that break the law by allowing immigrants to stay, but does nothing when President Bush breaks the law by spying on Americans without a warrent.  JD does not care that President Bush covered up his own role as the Leaker in Cheif regarding the CIA Plame Affair.

 JD Hayworth is the same old blow-hard he's been for the past 8 years, but this time it's different.  This time the American People need a Congressman that is responsible and supports policy based on the best interest if the American People rather than superficial rhetoric designed to only to boost his book sales. 

During a discussion  on April 6, 2006, on MSNBC's "Situation", Hayworth does not miss a beat in interjecting a flashy quote, "This bill is amnesty wrapped in bureaucracy, surrounded by fraud".  The topic of the show is immigration reform in the Senate.  The host of the show, Tucker Carlson, loves this quote so much he uses it as a teaser before the commercial.

Sometimes hot air is not as innocuous as it seems.  Especially if you are making allegation of fraud while using fraudlet information to make your point.

That is just what Hayworth did.  He has been spewing bogus statistics about the financial cost of current immigraiton policy in order to scare you and me where it counts the most.  Right in the pocketbook.

Just two days ago in an interview for the National Review (see the next story),JD Hayworth says the following:

It costs Arizona about $750 million to educate the children of illegal immigrants and $400 million for nonreimbursed medical care. And then there is the crime and all the other social problems associated with illegal immigration. In fact, the Federation for American Immigration Reform estimates that illegal immigration costs each Arizonan almost $700 a year — a hidden tax that subsidizes illegal aliens and those who hire them.

The Thunderbird School of International Management in Phoenix, ranked number one in International Business for many years, put out a study in 2003 titled, “The Economic Impact of Arizona-Mexico Relationship”.  The study concludes that immigrants contribute $599 million to Arizona in income and sales taxes each year, while costing the Arizona $250 million in services and $30 million in health care.

The Thunderbird Study is in direct conflict with the Federation for American Immigration Reform numbers spewed by Hayworth.  According to the Thunderbird Study, there is a net gain of $319 million which equates to about $63 per year of a credit to each Arizonan, not the $700 per year “hidden tax” Hayworth claims.

It’s plain to see that Hayworth’s statements about immigrants causing Arizonans hidden taxes are wrapped in partainship and surrounded by fraud.

JD is oh so predictable.  After "masterminding" the stupid Repbulican pet trick in the house on November 18, JD has been making the talk show circuit.  He is not, however, without a canned bag-o-rethoric.

His big excuse is he does not have a crystal ball.  The next big excuse for the Iraq war is the UN-led effort in Bosnia under the Clinton Administration.  The Bush regime hates the UN (see John Bolton)….the comparison is ridiculous, but JD spews it every chance he gets: 

 On CNN, talking with Paula Zahn, November 21:

ZAHN: When — when will U.S. troops finally be out of Iraq?

HAYWORTH: I don’t know. I don’t have a crystal ball.

I do know we have been in the Bosnian theater, in the Balkans, for some 10 years. And there seems to be no scrutiny of that, when we were promised a very short time there.

 On MSNBC, Hardball with Chris Mathews, November 22, 2005:

MATTHEWS:  Congressman Hayworth, how long - well, let me ask you the open the question and be honest about it, what do you see u accomplishing over there in the next three or four years if we’re there that long? 

HAYWORTH: …yes, despite the fact that we have paid a price in terms of lives in Iraq, we are seeing a new republic emerge….But it’s fair to point out, we’ve spend a decade in the Bosnian theater when we were told by a previous regime, a previous administration, we would be out before Christmas of a year’s duration. 

Later that interview we have the crystal ball excuse: 

MATTHEWS: When are people going to get a vision of what the future looks like (in Iraq), Mr. Hayworth?

HAYWORTH:  Chris, I don’t have a crystal ball, but what I can tell you is you laid it out in the question in terms of establishment of the government….  

 JD has nothing.  He thinks he’s a pig on the Animal Farm, but he’s really a sheep.