Posted on 08/07/2009 12:48:17 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
PHOENIX -- The Obama Administration is on a spending binge that must come to an end -- and without the president's health care reform proposal, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., declared Friday.
McCain, who lost to President Barack Obama in last year's election, told Austin Hill, guest host on News/Talk 92-3 KTAR's "Ankarlo Mornings," that "We've amassed over a trillion dollars in additional debt on the American people since the president took office."
He said Obama is slipping in the polls because, "The polls are showing the manifestation of the deep concern and worry Americans have about the debt and the deficit."
The president's health care reform plan would cost another trillion dollars, McCain said.
He discouraged raucous behavior that has erupted at town hall meetings on health care reform around the country. McCain said the town hall form of meetings is a fundamental of democracy and it's important to have a dialogue.
"We should all be respectful," he said.
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Well he does face re-election in 2010.
Enjoy his rightward swing as he campaigns for his primary against a real conservative.
Because once he gets the primary battle sewn up, you will never see it again.
There’s a graphic of McCain
showing up on the conservative’s doorstep
with flowers and lipstick marks all over him
saying that those “moderates” didn’t mean a thing to him.
WHAT? That was this SAME Senator John McCain? From Arizona?
I had NO idea!
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“Respectful”?! As in Hussein’s proclamation that “I won”, and his remark that political opponents need to just “quit talking”, and making every issue about himself, in order to divert and diffuse opposition?
Nailed it.
Yep - many of them play this game. Govern one way for 5 1/2 years, and then pretend you are someone else the half year before election.
Unfortunately this game usually works...
I gave you a lot of crap about you dissing McCain during the campaign but I now believe the damage he would have done worse damage to the GOP. Economically he's little better than Obama.
I don't know who I favor yet in 2012 but we have to get somebody that will differentiate us from the Democrats.
What’s this “continues charge to the right” crap? This is the first thing he’s disagreed with Obie about.
Too late John boy! You’d be better off staying home and hunkering down because there is a storm coming.
Whatever McCain. I can guarantee, if Goldman Sachs and the rest of the parasites went back to Washington saying: “we need another bailout, or else the economy will totally shut down,” that McCain would be the first Senator to roll over and give them another trillion.
He needs to realize that this deficit is partly his fault for supporting TARP.
I thought Congress had the power of the purse?
McLame blaming Metroboy? Eh, typical.
I really wish that a STRONG conservative candidate would run against Senator McCain instead of the weak candidates that are presently running against Senator McCain. J.D. Hayworth would definitely be a strong conservative candidate opponent of McCain, if he ever actually decides to enter this race.
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“McCain? Who?”
Don’t remember him? He’s the old coot who not only called Americans “vigilantes” & “bigots” but told us not too long ago that 0 was doing a great job.
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