Posted on 02/08/2009 11:43:05 AM PST by rabscuttle385
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said on Sunday he'll vote against President Barack Obama’s stimulus bill, calling the legislation “generational theft” in an interview on CBS’ “Face the Nation.”
“I thought we were going to have change," he said, in a shot at Obama's campaign slogan, "and that change meant we work together. This is a setback. This is a setback to all Americans because you promised Americans we’d work in a more bipartisan fashion, and that certainly is not the case in this bill,” McCain said.
McCain said the bill would saddle Americans with billions in future debt, and contained protectionist provisions that could be damaging to the economy.
“We’re going to amass the largest debt in the history of this country by any measurement, and we’re going to ask our kids and grandkids to pay for it,” McCain said.
“I know we’re in trouble. I know America needs a stimulus, we need tax cuts, we need to spend money on infrastructure and other programs that will put people to work. But this is not it.”
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
Knock me over with a feather.
Not like this makes up for voting to send $700 billion to Wall Street, but it’s a nice gesture.
But Juan...things really HAVE changed. You finally woke up and voted against the theft of citizens money for purely political reasons.
Ah,..yep.
Every time I was just able to make it, Juan helped the socialist criminals shoot holes in my surplus rubber boat from his private yacht, then he'd call me a couple of names and throw me an anvil. Now that I can no longer even patch my boat, I should be nice to McNasty? Screw him.
Not to worry. I understand the Democrats are now looking at getting rid of term limits for the President. The King will take care of us. The next thing I see coming is a Parliment. They will attempt to rewrite the Constitution. They think they are better than our Founders.
OMG The man is a moron. Every story, new quotes.....I just do not see how much more moronic the man can get.
[When he does the wrong thing, we should keep damning him. But when he does the right thing, as he is now, we should lay off the guy, maybe for ONE thread. Is that too much to ask?]
You are exactly right! Collins, Snow, and Specter are to be blamed when this morally reprehensible and completely irresponsible bill passes, not McCain.
All we need is:
1) A 3 year morotorium on capital gains
2) minimize the Corporate tax to a level which will assure military funding for a three year period p> 3) Get rid of the current Internal Revenue personal income tax laws and impose a flat tax with personal deductions for marriage and family dependents.
4) Make ALL military pay TAX FREE.
TURN AMERICA LOOSE! UNTIE US!
BRING INVESTORS BACK! GET THE GOV OUT OF THE BANKING BUSINESS!
All these Bozos are lame. If they want to spend 2 trillion on a stimulus all they gotta do is send everyone over 18 a dedicated credit card with 2,000 that can only be used in stores and to buy goods. Just like the food stamp credit cards.
Supporters of different third parties and Ron Paul supporters...
Anti war candidates, 9-11 Truthers, candidate that had ACLU membership...
But Juan, you assured the voters that Obama is a decent guy and a patriot who loves his country. And you never said a damned thing about his involvement in CREATING this mess that he is now using for his own purposes.
I actually voted for the guy in the spirit of teaming up with the Russians to defeat the Nazis.
Conservatives have invited McCain into their foxhole too many times not to be wary of what he'll do when he gets there.
He brought this on himself, and the lowliest street fighter would recognize the dynamic.
Not me. Sorry but this nation needs to hit rock bottom first. With McCain in the WH, the slide towards socialism would have continued. Now at least people see what's happening.
Yeah. It takes 7 Republicans to make the gang of 14. Now that is bipartisanship. /s
This obviously is irony.
Are Freepers really too stupid to see that?
If you read the full transcript, McCain says even more egregiously dumb things, like...
"I’ve been in bipartisan agreements, many."
[Of course *YOU* would know about "bipartisan" agreements, idiot McCain. IMHO, McCain is in disbelief because he's finally learning that "bipartisanship" only goes one way: the Democrats' way. And McQueeg was (and still is) too stupid to realize that.]
"They will come up with a bill. But, unfortunately, Republicans will not be involved in the negotiations. And I -- and I regret that."
[Important to note, for everyone who thinks McCain has finally and truly found his strawberries: McCain still favors a porkulus bill, just one that's not nearly as big as the current one. In other words, if Obama is Socialism, then McCain is still Socialism, just a little bit less than the former.]
"And in interest of full disclosure, that’s the way the Bush administration, when we Republicans were in charge -- that’s the way we did business. But I thought we were going to have change. And that change meant we work together."
[Could it be...so simple that it's staring us directly in the face? No wonder Bush's term sucked so badly; McCain was the one giving him advice.]
Then why was McCain sucking up to Obama so much, before and after the election?
For some around here who can't control their emotions, yes that's too much to ask.
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