Ouch

So, last night, my Favorite Person in the Whole Wide World, Senator John McCain, won his primary challenge from former Congressman J.D. Hayworth.

Because Hayworth was a Tea Party darling, McCain had to run even further to the right than the "maverick" had already run during the last presidential election, and courted the extreme rightwing he once despised, with adorable sops to intolerance and bigotry like his charming "Complete the Danged Fence" campaign.

By the time primary election day rolled around, McCain had virtually transformed himself into a Tea Partyin' fool.

Which prompted DNC National Press Secretary Hari Sevugan to email this congratulatory message upon news of his victory:

Today, the Republican party of Arizona nominated for Senate JD Hayworth in the shell of a politician that was once John McCain. The complete takeover of the Republican party by the Tea Party has included taking over the soul of a Senator who was once the face of comprehensive immigration reform and who now would just build the 'danged fence;' a man who once reveled in being a maverick and who now is a rubber stamp for the extreme rightwing; a man whose name was synonymous with campaign finance reform and who now barely registers a notice when the law that bears his name was gutted by the Supreme Court to favor corporate America. So, we congratulate JD Hayworth on his nomination tonight.

Damn! LOL.