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McCain: stimulus bill has too much spending
AP ^
| 2009-02-02
Posted on 02/02/2009 5:59:58 AM PST by rabscuttle385
WASHINGTON -- Senator John McCain says there's too much unnecessary spending and too few tax cuts in the Obama administration's economic proposals to stimulate the economy.
The Arizona Republican and former presidential candidate also complains the plan has no "endgame."
Interviewed Monday on CBS's "The Early Show," McCain said that after the economy recovers the U.S. should "be on a path to a balanced budget."
Instead, he says, the Democrats' plan would burden future generations of Americans with the biggest budget deficit in history.
He says it's time for both parties to sit down and negotiate. He says the Democrats need to consider his party's concerns, especially on cutting taxes.
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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: 111th; bho2009; bhostimulus; economy; mcbama; mccain; mccainsinterference; mccaintruthfile; mcqueeg; pork; porkulus; rino; senate; stimulus; ussenate
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To: jws3sticks
I agree. McCain should sit back and shut up and let the 1 trillion dollar boondoggle go through.
Crap, what kind of Senator would do something so horrible as to request less spending and more tax cuts?
Oh the Hughmanatee!!!!!
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posted on
02/02/2009 6:21:14 AM PST
by
EQAndyBuzz
("Control the information, you control the people.")
To: Cedric
Well, thanks to a lot of you "purists" all the Republicans can do now is nibble around the edges and try to induce compromises Here's to you, centrist cedric...my yardsign....
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posted on
02/02/2009 6:21:28 AM PST
by
cbkaty
(I may not always post...but I am always here......)
To: rabscuttle385
It's ironic, really. During the elections, McCainiacs told us that we "purists" were insignificant, yet now, we're the ones to blame for the Republicans' lack of power.
God knows I called that one a few times.
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posted on
02/02/2009 6:22:18 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
To: rabscuttle385
Hah! Way to go out on a limb there Johnny Mac. It's that kind of asymmetrical, edgy analysis that we do so love about you.
Also, when can I expect you to return my donations?
Thanks.
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posted on
02/02/2009 6:22:28 AM PST
by
LimaLimaMikeFoxtrot
("If you don't have my army supplied, and keep it supplied, we'll eat your mules up, sir"-Gen.Sherman)
To: DManA
Yup, all our fault. That's closer to the truth of the matter than any other comment you'll see from the "burn-it-down" (but don't blame us) crowd around here.
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posted on
02/02/2009 6:22:46 AM PST
by
Cedric
To: cbkaty
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posted on
02/02/2009 6:23:29 AM PST
by
Cedric
To: Cedric
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posted on
02/02/2009 6:23:56 AM PST
by
DManA
To: Cedric
LOL A personal challenge to my manhood. Yea, that argument will really work.
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posted on
02/02/2009 6:26:51 AM PST
by
DManA
To: rabscuttle385
Lets save the outrage for Obama
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posted on
02/02/2009 6:27:11 AM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: rabscuttle385
LOL! Don’t overfeed the child troll, rabs.
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posted on
02/02/2009 6:28:11 AM PST
by
TADSLOS
(McCain always has a job as Obama's Butt Boy when he loses his seat in 2010)
To: Cedric; DManA; TADSLOS; cripplecreek; DoughtyOne
That's closer to the truth of the matter than any other comment you'll see from the "burn-it-down" (but don't blame us) crowd around here.Burn it down, eh?
The Rat-infested house had already burned down by the time that I arrived on the scene, only to find Freepers circling around the embers and chanting for McCain.
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posted on
02/02/2009 6:28:49 AM PST
by
rabscuttle385
("If this be treason, then make the most of it!" —Patrick Henry)
To: rabscuttle385
If someone (wonder who?) starts a new list of nearsighted, thumb-sucking, gutless, political morons I'll try to talk him out of putting your name at the very top....
...but I can't promise anything!
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posted on
02/02/2009 6:29:49 AM PST
by
Cedric
To: cbkaty
That’s a beauty!
And, technically, you are recycling. So, you won’t be contributing to the destruction of Mother Earth like the rest of those mean old COnservatives who don’t want to live in the 13th century!
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posted on
02/02/2009 6:30:25 AM PST
by
incredulous joe
(When the winds of change blow hard enough, the most trivial of things can become deadly projectiles)
To: mylife
Lets save the outrage for ObamaObama comes at you from the front. McCain sneaks up from behind, calls you "My Friend!", and then proceeds to join Obama.
So no, I won't save the outrage for Obama. I'll equitably distribute it between Zero and his collaborators in the Vichy RINO Party.
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posted on
02/02/2009 6:30:37 AM PST
by
rabscuttle385
("If this be treason, then make the most of it!" —Patrick Henry)
To: rabscuttle385
“Stimulus package” is government greed at its worst. McCain has sold his soul to Hussein.
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posted on
02/02/2009 6:31:03 AM PST
by
Neoliberalnot
((Hallmarks of Liberalism: Ingratitude and Envy))
To: Cedric
If someone (wonder who?) starts a new list of nearsighted, thumb-sucking, gutless, political morons I'll try to talk him out of putting your name at the very top....That's assuming there's someone sillier than you.
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posted on
02/02/2009 6:31:38 AM PST
by
rabscuttle385
("If this be treason, then make the most of it!" —Patrick Henry)
To: Cedric
That's closer to the truth of the matter than any other comment you'll see from the "burn-it-down" (but don't blame us) crowd around here. McCain is a self-imposed guillotine for the Republican party.....Everyone should understand this by now.
Real conservatives will circle the wagons.....but there is always a schemer willing to sell his soul, abandon the party, and do his own thing for a fifth of whiskey and personal advancement, regardless of the damage to the rest of the wagon train.
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posted on
02/02/2009 6:32:01 AM PST
by
cbkaty
(I may not always post...but I am always here......)
To: incredulous joe
Thank you...I kept the McCain portion....and will display it upside down anytime McCain opens his foul mouth....
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posted on
02/02/2009 6:33:35 AM PST
by
cbkaty
(I may not always post...but I am always here......)
To: rabscuttle385
Insanity is doing the same self-destructive thing over and over and over and over........
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posted on
02/02/2009 6:34:35 AM PST
by
DManA
To: DManA
Insanity is doing the same self-destructive thing over and over and over and over........Insanity...sounds like liberalism.
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posted on
02/02/2009 6:36:14 AM PST
by
rabscuttle385
("If this be treason, then make the most of it!" —Patrick Henry)
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