McCain Hits Hayworth For Being Dumb About World War Two (VIDEO)

When we last checked in on the race to win Arizona's GOP nomination for the Senate between incumbent Senator John McCain and former Congressman/radio talker J.D. Hayworth, McCain was getting roundly mocked for his "complete the danged fence" advertisement on the Morning Joe Starbucks Show. But that all changed this weekend, when Hayworth publicly insisted at a question-and-answer session with Phoenix-area voters that the United States had never declared war on Germany during World War Two.

Big mistake, as it turns out, because it allowed the McCain campaign to regain its alpha-dog status by giving it an opportunity to play to many of McCain's strengths: his ironic comedy stylings, his fondness for talking about wars and his love for old-timey newsreel footage. From there, the McCain camp produced this ad, which will turn those mockery tables pretty quickly!

WATCH:

On a side note, that's the second time McCain has referenced an old Radar Online post about the ten dumbest members of Congress, which wistfully reminds me of that time Radar used to be an intelligent and fun read, instead of the zombified idiot factory it is now.

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Comments

[vonPinto]

12:19 PM on 05/27/2010

Talk of Kettle calling the pot "Black".

Can someone please ask McCain where Czechoslovakia is ?

[vonPinto]

12:17 PM on 05/27/2010

McCain had a close shave with the DUMB and DEAF during the general elections.

Hey, where is Sarah?

[johnsonc20]

07:03 PM on 05/26/2010

McCain knows dumb. He picked Palin, after all.

[Bub]

06:49 PM on 05/26/2010

But republicans are entitled to their own facts.

McCain should know that by now.

[ckmotorka]

06:01 PM on 05/26/2010

All I can say to my fellow Arizonans is vote for Rodney Glassman for U.S. Senate!

http://rodneyglassman.com/

[TomJoad1965]

05:16 PM on 05/26/2010

Mr. Grudgemeyer Just popped his balloons.

[lglglg]

04:21 PM on 05/26/2010

I loved the use of an old-fashioned fillum projector, but isn't it RUNNING BACKWARDS?

[SiKnSiN]

03:44 PM on 05/26/2010

Both are idiots. And this ad from McCain of all people? The same guy who talked about the dangers on the Iraq/Pakistan border, and followed it up by attacking Obama on his knowledge of the Middle East? What a joke.

[pittsburghunionguy]

04:06 PM on 05/26/2010

Yes, it is Dumb vs. Dumber. But Hayworth's remark is revealing. I'm sure he and many other American right-wingers wish our country had never gone to war against such an upstanding conservative as Adolf Hitler.

[JerradMiller]

03:24 PM on 05/26/2010

Haha, I completely agree with the statement about this moron running against McCain. I believe that while we have JD's history to look at in Congress, his lack of intelligence (putting it nicely) and his unethical on the job practices, it is pretty easy to conclude we cannot vote for JD!

[dnegri]

03:13 PM on 05/26/2010

For flip-flops, NO ONE can top the Republican candidates for governor and senator in California - except this time concerning the environment:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2010/05/26/MNO11DJU3V.DTL

[dnegri]

03:12 PM on 05/26/2010

This is nothing new. Around the time of the Iraq War, right-wingers were flooding the airways with this bogus claim that we never declared war on Germany.

The fact that Hayworth apparently actually believes it, even now, demonstrates that NeoCons really have revisionism as their key to history.

Expect Texas school children to learn the same bogus history.

[FalseConsciousness]

02:55 PM on 05/26/2010

At least this Hayworth guy didn't sing "Bomb, Bomb, Bomb Iran"

[kate9]

02:52 PM on 05/26/2010

What is the difference? It is dumb and dumb -er.....

[pfods]

02:41 PM on 05/26/2010

i dislike mccain, but this ad is fantastic.

[AZterritory]

02:37 PM on 05/26/2010

In related news: McCain's office has just announced the official shoe of the campaign will be the flip flop.