McCain: Obama was wrong on stimulus either then or now

CNN - Political Ticker ^ | 2009-07-11

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(CNN) — President Barack Obama can't have it both ways on his economic stimulus package, the man he defeated in last year's election said Sunday.

Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, told the NBC program "Meet the Press" that Obama either got it wrong when he predicted the benefits of his $787 billion economic stimulus package in February, or he's wrong now in saying the stimulus is working as intended.

"He's either not leveling now or he wasn't leveling at the time they passed the stimulus package," McCain said.

[rabscuttle385]

McCain, weren't you proposing your own mini-Porkulus?

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[originalbuckeye]

Found his spine, albeit small, waaaay too late!

[rabscuttle385]

I think he’s just saying things because he’s scared that he might get thrown out in 2010.

[Gaffer]

In the context of social understanding and enlightenment, “Just how can a complete Idiot be wrong?” We know they won’t get anything right if it involves ‘thinking’.

[Son House]

Does that mean McCain will make himself ‘famous’ for pork barrel spending?

[BunnySlippers]

Bunp

[calex59]

Didn’t he vote for this BS and the bailout that Bush put up just before the election? What a hypocrite! Can’t get any more f***ed up than McCain! Why doesn’t he just go away?

[rabscuttle385]

Yes, he did.

[ArmstedFragg]

John’s being too kind. It’s not ‘either/or’, it’s ‘and/or’.

[ConservativeColumns]

Let’s go with “and”

[fwdude]

McCain who?

[ExTexasRedhead]

McCain is a RINO loser and should be ousted by Arizona voters.

[Huskrrrr]

Very nice...now sit down Gramps and eat your milk and toast.

[Seaplaner]

I think he’s just saying things because he’s scared that he might get thrown out in 2010.

Oui!

John Sidney (Arlen) McCain (D) Az.

You fooled us once.

Never again.

Ever.

.

[Typical_Whitey]

Whats with this “not leveling” crap. He LIED. Obama lied to get his Stimulus passed he tried to scare the crap out of everyone and blame Bush, remember “never let a good crisis go to waste” Obama lied and should be impeached but instead the MSM will guid him along PRAVDA alive and well... The Party of Distraction will come up with some crap to go after BUSH or CHENEY and that will take the focus off OBAMAS destruction of America.

[what's up]

McCain's "porkulus" centered on cutting the 2 bottom tax brackets, the payroll tax AND cutting corporate taxes hugely from 35 to 25%.

What's wrong with that?

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

“Found his spine, albeit small, waaaay too late!”

No he didn’t.

He suddenly remembered he is up for re-election in ‘10.

Anybody of note or half note running against him?

[lt.america]

McCain was probably the most outspoken critic of the stimulus package on the Republican side. As far as the TARP, most voted for it and the folly was on the application and not the theory.

If we would have stopped at the TARP and it had been used to relieve troubled assets as advertised...but I digress.

[nesnah]

Blind squirrels, broken clocks.....you get the picture.