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McCain "Not Sorry" For Saying "Tea Party Hobbits" On Senate Floor
Real Clear Politics ^ | 8/9/11

Posted on 07/19/2015 4:45:29 PM PDT by Kartographer

A member of The Greater Phoenix Tea Party politely Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) to apologize for calling Tea Party members in the House and Senate "hobbits." McCain, who was quoting the Wall Street Journal, made his comments on the Senate floor.

"I am sorry if it was misunderstood. I am not sorry for what I said," McCain said to a heated audience.

"I mean, why should I when it’s the facts," Senator McCain added.

(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: arizona; forrestal; johnmccain; keating5; mccain4isis; primarymccain; senatorjohnmccain; senatormccain
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To: Kartographer

McCain also called us ‘the crazies’... where’s the apology to traditional American citizens?


61 posted on 07/19/2015 8:36:26 PM PDT by GOPJ (They are not undocumented and they are not immigrants. They are illegal aliens. Lurkinnamloomin)
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To: berdie

later


62 posted on 07/19/2015 8:40:16 PM PDT by berdie
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To: skeeter
Being called a hobbit is actually a compliment....they are the ones who quietly overthrew Sauron...
63 posted on 07/20/2015 1:29:34 AM PDT by LadyDoc (liberals only love politically correct poor people)
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To: Kartographer
"I am sorry if it was misunderstood. I am not sorry for what I said," McCain said to a heated audience. "I mean, why should I when it’s the facts," Senator McCain added.

And the deal with Trump is even more clear than with McCain - McCain went out to disparage conservatives while Trump declined to kiss McCain's ring.

64 posted on 07/20/2015 3:47:07 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: Kartographer

McCain is a traitor to his party. I pray that he loses his seat.


65 posted on 07/20/2015 7:35:15 PM PDT by ColdSteelTalon (Light is fading to shadow, and casting its shroud over all we have known...)
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To: Kartographer

Hobbits?
Bilbo, voiced by Orson Bean. Breitbart's Father-in-Law...
There are Hobbits with good connections.
66 posted on 08/17/2015 1:16:07 PM PDT by BigEdLB (They need to target the 'Ministry of Virtue' which has nothing to do with virtue.)
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