McCain Just Says What Many Republicans Are Thinking

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by: Colorado Pols

Our friends at “The Fix” have more on Sen. John McCain’s Senate Floor speech deriding the Tea Party and its Elected official followers:

Arizona Sen. John McCain’s floor speech on Wednesday denouncing the negotiating tactics of some tea party-aligned Members of Congress raises the question as to whether the famed maverick is back to his old tricks.

McCain derided the idea – pushed by some tea party-affiliated members like Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah)- that raising the debt ceiling should be tied to adding a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution, a proposal that lacks majority support in the Senate. (McCain supports the idea.)

He called such an argument “foolish” and bizarro”, adding that to portray the balanced budget amendment as a possibility amounted to “deceiving many of our constituents.” He also quoted extensively from a Wall Street Journal op-ed that compared tea partiers to “hobbits”.

The tea party responded in kind; Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul deadpanned that he’d “rather be a hobbit than a troll” while 2010 Nevada Senate candidate Sharron Angle said that “it is the hobbits who are the heroes and save the land.” Um, ok.

You’ve got to love that last quote from Sharron Angle, one-time Tea Party darling but also example #1A for how the Tea Party is killing Republicans (it was her ridiculous U.S. Senate campaign in Nevada in 2010 that made it possible for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to escape what looked to be a losing re-election bid).

12 thoughts on “McCain Just Says What Many Republicans Are Thinking”

BlueCat says:

July 29, 2011 at 3:58 am

But this McCain quote belongs here and it’s so nice it’s worth posting twice:

…The idea seems to be that if the House GOP refuses to raise the debt ceiling, a default crisis or gradual government shutdown will ensue, and the public will turn en masse against . . . Barack Obama. The Republican House that failed to raise the debt ceiling would somehow escape all blame. Then Democrats would have no choice but to pass a balanced-budget amendment and reform entitlements, and the tea-party Hobbits could return to Middle Earth having defeated Mordor. (my emphasis)

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1. Sir Robin says:
  
  July 29, 2011 at 4:09 am
  
  Who bought this third party when for years 3rd parties never gained national attention? Who controls the “presstitutes” who mislead the voter?
  
  For my dollar, you can post as often as you like.
  
  Rollicking in the street during a revolutionary act is still on the drawing board:-)
  
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  1. BlueCat says:
    
    July 29, 2011 at 4:16 am
    
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    1. Sir Robin says:
      
      July 29, 2011 at 4:25 am
      
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      1. ProgressiveCowgirl says:
        
        July 29, 2011 at 4:28 am
        
        Y’all cute.
        
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        Ralphie says:
        
        July 29, 2011 at 4:54 am
        
        But some of us think you have little to offer.
        
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        ProgressiveCowgirl says:
        
        July 29, 2011 at 4:56 am
        
        I warned y’all when I joined up that I pretty much was just here to post limericks about Ken Buck…
        
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        BlueCat says:
        
        July 29, 2011 at 8:43 am
        
        You’re doing a fine job.
        
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        ProgressiveCowgirl says:
        
        July 29, 2011 at 9:34 pm
        
        I mind Ralphie, but just in a sort of general and kinda affectionate sense, like I mind cranky donkeys at the barn. They may kick, but they do have cute fuzzy ears, so I can’t be mad at them.
        
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caroman says:

July 29, 2011 at 4:12 am

Too bad he lost all credibility regarding his concern for the country when he nominated Palin to be his VP candidate. Otherwise, these comments could have had some significance.

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1. Gilpin Guy says:
  
  July 29, 2011 at 8:28 am
  
  but we got lucky the Grifter from Wasilla has a hard time sticking with anything and is probably back home counting the cash until her next grandchild arrives in seven months. Let’s hope she stays there for a while.
  
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  1. BlueCat says:
    
    July 29, 2011 at 8:44 am
    
    in spite of her best efforts to keep the show going.
    
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