John McCain belongs in the Hall of Shame also. These two were just doing his bidding, and now there are some who will claim McCain was right. He was an obstructionist from the word GO! Last night he was in his "Elderly Statesmen Mode", but he, Graham, Hagel, and Bill Kristol will remain defeaters of Republicans to me. However, they didn't do it by themselves....we have too many weak-kneed representatives who are afraid to stand up and expose the corruptness within the Democrat Party. I hate to blame the President, but he should have stopped 'trying to get along' with the Dems after they insulted him every time he offered the olive branch. Ted Kennedy all but spit in his and former President Bush's face after they honored him! I wish former Pres. Bush had waited until GW was out of office before he became buddies with Bill Clinton. All the niceties in the world will not stop Bill or Hillary from stabbing you in the back if you pose even a tiny threat to them.
Absolutely!
McCain will be presented to us as the proper little republican in a new balance of power.
Meaning, not a Republican at all but someone the left can 'work with' and who is 'willing to be independent' from the party and his constituents.
"I hate to blame the President, but he should have stopped 'trying to get along' with the Dems after they insulted him every time he offered the olive branch. Ted Kennedy all but spit in his and former President Bush's face... after they honored him! I wish former Pres. Bush had waited until GW was out of office before he became buddies with Bill Clinton..."
That seems to be a lesson that Republicans refuse to learn. Maybe it's because the left has practically defined 'conservative' as mean and nasty, but our side continues to try to 'get along' and to prove that we're not only 'nice' but forgiving as hell.
IIRC, that's what cost Gingrich his job despite the Contracts and 'Pubbie majorities.