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McCain: tea-party 'foolish' on balanced budget (McCain rips Tea Party - THANK YOU, SARAH PALIN!)
Politico ^ | 2011-07-27

Posted on 07/27/2011 6:19:28 PM PDT by rabscuttle385

Veteran Sen. John McCain has had enough with tea-party-aligned lawmakers who have vowed not to vote to raise the debt ceiling before passage of a constitutional balanced budget amendment.

The Arizona Republican, the GOP’s 2008 presidential nominee, described their position as “foolish,” “deceiving, even bizarro,” given Americans’ anxiety about the sliding stock market, a halt on hiring and the possibility of higher interest rates related to the looming default.

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; US: Arizona
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To: Wonder Warthog

The data should not be hard to find. The question then begs, why would any state have an open primary? What’s the purpose other than to water down the GOP vote?


61 posted on 07/27/2011 7:28:24 PM PDT by tennmountainman
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To: CharlesWayneCT

No one is stalking you, since I am a Palin supporter you can expect to see me at most threads with Palin in the title.

I’m not surprise to see Romney’s people at them occasionally.


62 posted on 07/27/2011 7:33:10 PM PDT by ansel12 ( Bristol Palin's book "Not Afraid Of Life: My Journey So Far" became a New York Times, best seller.)
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To: newzjunkey

Palin didn’t get him re-elected. They needed someone better to run against him.


63 posted on 07/27/2011 7:35:45 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are at your door! How will you answer the knock?)
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To: apillar

If General Washington had an army of John McCains there would not be a United States of America.


64 posted on 07/27/2011 7:36:53 PM PDT by Breto (never accept the premise)
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To: Sarah Barracuda
I tell ya that Sarah Palin has tremendous powers..she forced the people of Arizona to go to the polls and vote for the guy she was campaigning for..its unreal, how does she do it..she literally made people get out of bed that morning and walk like zombies to their polling places and vote for McCain (if you can tell Im being sarcastic of course...

You're right. She's not a king maker. She has no influence. Nobody follows her because she doesn't exude leadership. And then there's her negatives, right? Surely if she affected the AZ election at all it was to McLame's detriment?

Rabs is a fool! </sarcasm>

65 posted on 07/27/2011 7:42:37 PM PDT by BufordP ("Drink me if you can't take a joke." -- Kool-aid)
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To: tennmountainman
The real blame lies in AZ’s open primary system that allows crossover voting in GOP primaries.

That's not correct for Arizona. It was discussed often during the primary campaign last year and in Arizona those registered as Independents can vote in any other primary except the Libertarian Party primary.

It was interesting that the Republicans, Dims and Independents all had registrations of around 30% of the registered voters. So there were a lot of people registered as Independents, and they were the only ones who could vote in other primaries (other than Libertarian).

66 posted on 07/27/2011 7:43:01 PM PDT by Will88
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To: rabscuttle385
McCain the orc attacks the Tea Party.

John McCain unloads on the tea party (C-Span video)

McCain said, quoting the Journal article. "The Republican House that failed to raise the debt ceiling would somehow escape all blame. Then Democrats would have no choice but to pass a balanced-budget amendment and reform entitlements, and the tea-party Hobbits could return to Middle Earth having defeated Mordor."


67 posted on 07/27/2011 7:52:01 PM PDT by TigersEye (No dark sarcasm in the press room ... Hey!, Barry!, leave them bills alone.)
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To: lentulusgracchus; rintense
If you've got a beef with Sarah Palin, why don't you just post up a vanity instead? Quoting John McCain to get there is .... well, it's inane.

Bump to your post. But it's even worse than inane, it's childish, immature, stupid, insulting, and generally petulant.

But then, that's who and what he is.........

68 posted on 07/27/2011 8:05:58 PM PDT by Lakeshark (Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)
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To: rabscuttle385

As usual, you make an idiotic remark and then run away to hide.


69 posted on 07/27/2011 8:54:46 PM PDT by GLDNGUN
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To: ansel12
I’m not surprise to see Romney’s people

I'm always surprised to see a Romney person.

I'm never surprised to see you respond to me. It works better than a ping.

I wouldn't be surprised if you were the number one responder to my posts.

70 posted on 07/27/2011 10:35:21 PM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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To: lentulusgracchus

Excellent point you make, a few freepers take an indirect route in their posting, to camouflage their truer politics.


71 posted on 07/27/2011 10:43:05 PM PDT by ansel12 ( Bristol Palin's book "Not Afraid Of Life: My Journey So Far" became a New York Times, best seller.)
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To: calcowgirl

Just look at the defense for the supporter of John McCain for re-election..

My what solid Conservatives we have here.

Hey you dumb asses, does it matter if she got him re-elected or not?

I guess the premise now is that she could support Obama in 2012 too, since she couldn’t get him re-elected on her own.


72 posted on 07/27/2011 11:21:23 PM PDT by DoughtyOne ($1.8 tril yearly deficits = $18 tril in ten years. So now we're proposing $4 tril in cuts? Really?)
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To: tennmountainman
"The data should not be hard to find. The question then begs, why would any state have an open primary? What’s the purpose other than to water down the GOP vote?"

I've looked. Haven't found any. The "purpose" is to allow all voters to have a say in the choice of candidates. Suppose I, as an independent, wish to support a particular Republican in a primary....why shouldn't I be able to???

And primarily, it is an issue of "taxation without representation".....any election funded by taxpayer dollars should be open to all registered voters. If the parties want to nominate candidates in a "party-exclusive" process, they should do it with their own funds, and not tax dollars. Have caucuses, have a convention system, vote over the internet, but don't tax me for party processes that I then cannot participate in.

73 posted on 07/28/2011 4:03:13 AM PDT by Wonder Warthog
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To: DoughtyOne
There have been several posts showing how and why JD actually lost. His poor votes on spending (very bad record, very bad), and his ad he made money on championing free gubmint money did it. You can easily find them, heck, you probably read them, yet you persist in this mental fiction of yours.

Rush Limbaugh did explain a simple concept (Rush hates McCain too, just in case you don't understand), for her to not endorse him would have been far worse, seen as ingratitude and incomprehensible pettiness on her part.

I understand that concept, most people here understand that concept, but for some reason, you and a few others can't.

It's very simple, the voters of AZ elected McCain by some 24 points, JD was a poor candidate to run against him.

74 posted on 07/28/2011 6:45:18 AM PDT by Lakeshark (Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)
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To: rabscuttle385

Get the F out of here and off this board.

Sarah paid her political fealty as she should have, even if McCain is lyin, Jack Wagon, who had his head messed with at the Hotel Hanoi.

If she hadn’t she would have been seen as ungrateful, a silent backstabber and ungraceful.

You are eventually going to ZOT heaven so you can enjoy your 72 versions of a reflected life.


75 posted on 07/28/2011 7:48:36 AM PDT by Vendome (uy)
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To: Lakeshark

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2754883/posts?page=72#72


76 posted on 07/28/2011 11:16:25 AM PDT by DoughtyOne ($1.8 tril yearly deficits = $18 tril in ten years. So now we're proposing $4 tril in cuts? Really?)
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To: DoughtyOne
As usual, a circular argument from a circular person.....

Since you wouldn't even deal with the information presented to you with a clear presentation, I now think post # 75 is better for you as well.

77 posted on 07/28/2011 11:30:46 AM PDT by Lakeshark (Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)
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To: Lakeshark

How is McCain working out for you?

All this blather about Hayworth is worthless. He was a decent man in Washington, D. C. before. He was never a destroyer like McCain, yet he’s your crutch in defense of the defenseless.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2754883/posts?page=72#72


78 posted on 07/28/2011 11:37:16 AM PDT by DoughtyOne ($1.8 tril yearly deficits = $18 tril in ten years. So now we're proposing $4 tril in cuts? Really?)
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To: DoughtyOne
I'm not sticking up for McCain, never did, never will.

I am saying, as presented by other posters, that JD was an easy target and a bad candidate to unseat him.

You just can't deal with that so you make up things in your oh so circular mind/body.

79 posted on 07/28/2011 11:44:43 AM PDT by Lakeshark (Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)
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To: Lakeshark

Oh, you weren’t sticking up for McCain. Oh I see. Then stating that Hayworth wasn’t a good candidate and trying to provide examples why, was just your way of saying McCain was an even worse candidate. LOL Thanks for clearing that up for me.

Just in case you forgot...

http://www.hotr.us/mccain/mccainagain.html


80 posted on 07/28/2011 12:07:58 PM PDT by DoughtyOne ($1.8 tril yearly deficits = $18 tril in ten years. So now we're proposing $4 tril in cuts? Really?)
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