Go to hell, you treasonous bastard.
Posted on 12/16/2010 8:42:53 AM PST by rabscuttle385
Republicans could relinquish a significant portion of the gains they made in the midterm elections if they "allow" the omnibus spending bill to pass, Sen. John McCain said Wednesday.
The Arizona Republican said that Tea Party activists who helped the GOP make large inroads on Democrats are "enraged" about the $1.1 trillion measure to fund the government that contains nearly $8 billion in earmarks.
"They gave us a second chance last November ... And if we Republicans allow this thing to go through, then I'm not sure they're going to give us another chance," McCain said during an interview with Fox News's Sean Hannity.
McCain's comments put in stark relief the political dangers Republicans, and some Democrats, could face if the appropriations bill passes the Senate as is during the lame-duck session.
The 2008 GOP presidential nominee said there are five or six senators from his party who "may vote for it," leading him to say that the bill "may pass."
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) has introduced an alternative to the omnibus: a one-page continuing resolution that would fund the government until Feb. 18, at which point the new Congress could pass a comprehensive spending measure.
McCain also warned Democrats that they could feel voter backlash if they support the bill. Democrats must defend a whopping 23 Senate seats, some in swing and red states, in the 2012 elections.
The senator urged Tea Partiers to make their voices heard even louder against the bill.
"I was on the phone with the Tea Partiers all over Arizona today," he said. "They are enraged. They are outraged. I want to see an uprising all over this country from the same people who caused our [gains]."
Go to hell, you treasonous bastard.
ditto that and also send to hell his beer swiggin wife and gay luvin daughter....skanks all
Given what’s transpired so far, they’re going to lose seats anyway, Juan. The tragedy is that you won’t be among the ones shown the door.
McCain...speaking for Tea Partiers? Now I have seen everything.
actually they go onto the ash heap of history right next to the Whigs and the Bullmoose Party
Why are we listening to these people???!!?!!
What is going on in this world???
The tragedy is that you won’t be among the ones shown the door.
At least for the next 6 year.
Mr. Hyde on immigration issues.
LLS
:)
YOU BETCHA!
LLS
You KNOW I dislike McCain, but when he’s right, he’s right. I DESPISE the RINO sellouts in the senate who are preparing to give us another bloated spending bill, a treaty with who knows what in it, and open sodomites in the US military! To his credit, McCain appears to be standing firm with those attempting to stop this lame duck madness.
Bottom line: the Democrats no longer have a mandate from We The People to rule. They are rushing things through because they know they are working against us. RINO quislings like Brown, Collins, and Murkowski are actively supporting our enemies on the left. An honorable person would wait for the new congress, but Brown, Collins, Murkowski, and their RINO ilk are NOT honorable.
Say what you will about McCain, but I’m loving the man right now for voting with us. Go Maverick! Be even MORE Mavericky and filibuster or delay everything in sight!
FU McLaim. The main reason the Tea Party exists is to throw RINO’s like you out of office.
McCain is pure theatre. He’s clearly having a field day posing as a conservative for laughs. A villain to conservatives, but borrowing their sheepskin to parade through the airhead media who still bother to parade him out for...well, for what? His entire constituency can be found in his daughter Mega McCain, a very few others, but ALL are confined to the state of Arizona. Why he gets face time outside of the Phoenix buy-sell-or trade rags, I’m sure I don’t know.
McCain doesn’t speak for the tea partiers, but he may be right. I do hope the Republicans will have the backbone and sense to stand against this.
Enraged is an understatement.
We will take names and not stop until anyone GOP’er that votes for this is permanently banished from elective office.
I would rather face a known enemy than to have a traitor in my ranks.
McKennedy;
This is a sword.
Place the pointy end on your abdomen.
Place the handle on the floor.
Fall forward.
You will then have done more service to your country than the sum of all the rest of your sorry, smelly, pitiful life.
ANY senator can request that the full bill be read out loud. John, YOU can do it, too.
It's sad that it may come to that, but it's even sadder that making the elected service dogs heel is so long overdue.
Regards
“ANY senator can request that the full bill be read out loud. John, YOU can do it, too.”
Good point.
So which is it, Johnny Turncoat? Tea Party or Republican?
Still posing as both, eh? We got yer number, oh crafty one, and you rolled snake eyes again.
because they know they are working against us.
IMO, the people leaving office should be reminded every day about the reason why they are not in office. Just because they were defeated, doesn’t let them off the hook for their blatent disregard of the will of the people. Every holiday they should be sent a card saying “Glad you’re not there”!
If the GOP stays on kits current course I can foresee a major third party forming.
Please McCain- Just shut up.
All you’re going to do in the end is grumble something about “earmarks”...and then vote for it anyways. GO AWAY.
Something certainly is just not quite right here.
Blood of Tyrants: “ANY senator can request that the full bill be read out loud. John, YOU can do it, too.”
C’mon John! You can do it. Reclaim that Maverick title by being one! As much damage as you’ve done to the Republican Party, you still have time (6 years in fact) to make amends and save your legacy!
With many Republicans caving, GO MAVERICK! Buck the lame duck trend!
(I can dream, can’t I?)
What annoys me are not the RINOs, but Conservative voters that constantly say we MUST VOTE RINOS so that we could get a majority, than whine about being betrayed. Rubbish, this is what you WANT!
WE HAVEN'T EVEN TAKEN OVER YET!!!
Its not just the DEM thats are spending like drunken sailors, but RINO Republicans.
(McCain says he is speaking for Tea Party)
Yes, but out of which side of his mouth?
When an incumbent loses, it says a lot. As bad as most of them are, the vast majority are (unfortunately) reelected. A politician usually has to be a real jackass to lose. Fortunately, many incumbents are working day and night in this lame duck session to improve their jackassivity!
Blind squirrel, acorn, etc.
I don’t have much use for the guy, but he’s dead solid on target with this one.
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DManA: “WE HAVEN’T EVEN TAKEN OVER YET!!!”
Do you not understand the concept of a filibuster? I’m thinking there are 41 Republican senators right now. That’s a filibuster UNLESS one of the Republicans votes against not only their party but the will of the people as expressed last elections.
I think you meant to reply to the guy I was replying to.
Bingo. I have never been this motivated. EVER. And I trust I am not alone.
Exactly. Thats what I want to see. Make them read it out loud.
And then explain to me, senators, why you didn't demand that they read the health bill before jamming it through unread.
Repubs should have made the decision that, during the lame duck session, "nothing" gets done. Nothing.
As bad as most of them are, the vast majority are (unfortunately) reelected.
Tell me about it - we have Mary Landrieu and New Orleans HAD Ray Nagan. They managed to get rid of one and got Cao (a big rhino). The other, Landrieu, is like bad grass.
McCain is considered a RINO by the TEA Party.
I have never been interested in any third party; I have tended to see them as a con game.
But if the Repubs cave this coming term, I will seriously consider it. There is a short list of constitutionalists, some in office, some out, who I will be watching. If they decide to go, I'll go too.
The GOP needs to understand that they are hanging by a thread here. They either learn to fight for their supposed principles, or prepare to be abandoned on the shelf of historical oddities, right next to the whigs. Not some day, but real soon.
Sen. McCain has always and I'm sure will always do what he thinks is best for the people he represents. As staunch conservatives we may disagree with him on some important issues.
On this issue he is right and we should support him. Would you rather throw your support behind the Bobbsie twins from Maine instead?
He did try too hard in the early part of this century to be moderate but he has heard the voice of the people in AZ and is working on their behalf now. Calling his constituents and responding to what they say. Not only that, he is speaking loud and clear in the national media about the dangers of this lame duck congress.
Now Freepers are hanging him out to dry because of his stance on amnesty which he himself has called a mistake.
This is not the time to alienate every single person from our ranks because they don't pass 100% of your litmus tests.
I did not vote for him in the primaries nor would I again, but he is correct in what he says here.
Didn’t that disaster pass 85-15 votes. I don’t think that we have 41 Republican RINOs. Only five voted no for the bill. Could it be that we only have 5 Conservative Senators?
That's the problem with government. Congress does what they think is best, irrespective of what the U.S. Constitution demands. Congress rules the people as their master rather than governs them as their servant.
I was so motivated against kerry that I actually was getting sick. Obama will be gone soon and it is time for the people to get back in government. don’t go too far.
I was so motivated against kerry that I actually was getting sick. Obama will be gone soon and it is time for the people to get back in government. don’t go too far.
McCain lies. A lot.
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