Posted on 05/24/2013 10:46:04 AM PDT by IbJensen
If I were granted one wish about the state of today’s politics it would be for the Democrats to be saddled with their own version of John McCain. Once again, McCain is working to score points for Democrats and undermine Cruz/Paul and Lee – the “Wacko Birds” – in their attempt to prevent a free debt ceiling increase.
Back in January, Republicans and conservatives got together at Williamsburg and agreed to “suspend” the debt ceiling law until May 18 in return for the Senate passing a budget. I never liked the idea because, among other reasons, a Senate-passed budget is not such a good thing. Yes, they are not so excited about publicizing their blueprint for more debt, and yes, the fact that they didn’t pass a budget for over 3 years was a good talking point. But do we really want them to have a vehicle for fast-tracking tax increases, debt ceiling increases, and other nefarious policies through reconciliation?
That concern is shared by Senators Cruz, Lee, and Paul. They are also concerned that if the Senate goes to conference with the House on the FY 2014 budget, they will slip in a debt ceiling increase. Once that becomes part of the conference report, it would be privileged and inoculated from the filibuster or the amendment process. To that end, they have decided to block Harry Reid’s unanimous consent request to go to conference over the budget until they agree not to slip in a debt ceiling increase. Needless to say, the Democrats have not made that commitment. I wonder why.
In comes John McCain, Obama’s newest ally, along with Susan Collins to chide the actions of the conservative senators as bizarre and unprecedented. He’s right. It is unprecedented for new members of the Senate to take a leadership role in defending the country from the bipartisan statism that he has propagated so fervently over the past two decades.
It’s about time we send some reinforcements to our guys. We’re going to have solid opportunities in red state like Alaska, Kentucky, Louisiana, South Carolina, Arkansas, Montana, Nebraska, and South Dakota – just to name a few. There are already some solid prospects on the horizon. The real question is if the professional conservatives are going to blithely ignore another primary cycle and let McCain and his ilk destroy the party.
For giving us Barack he deserves to be scorned forevermore. Running a RINO for president will always be a piss-poor move.
Watching the Apple hearings one couldn't help but notice McCain's remarks about Sen. Levin that bordered on groveling. If he had any integrity or pride left, he would resign from the Senate, declare himself a Democrat, and run again in a special election.....the way Phil Gramm did years ago when he switched to the GOP.
At this point, he's just a petty and bitter old man whose claim to fame was that he totalled several Navy fighter planes and crashed one in enemy territory where he was taken prisoner.
“The real question is if the professional conservatives are going to blithely ignore another primary cycle and let McCain and his ilk destroy the party.”
Hell no!
John, shut up. You lost Indiana so don’t even talk to me. Shut up.
I watched a great video of Ted Cruz’s father giving a speech at a Tea Party meeting. it was over an hour long. I watched the entire video. His dad is awesome. I hope the video is shared here and beyond so others can see the insight to speaking volumes of Ted Cruz.
I have said before McCain must be brainwashed. I keep trying to find something psycological. He was trained in military. So does he just try to follow authority? Or, is he trying to be Ted Kennedy (Lion of the Senate)? Or, is he just foolish? Someone tell me so I will know.
I used to think it was because he wanted the media behind him when he ran for prwsident, but it has gone on much longer than that so who knows.
His daddy was the Top Dog so Johnny McMee never had to follow orders. He just ran after women, crashed cars and Jets.
Now he thinks he is IN charge.
As both a political junkie and a viewer of Celebrity Apprentice, I realized the other day that John McCain is the Gary Busey of the GOP.
It would be funny if it just weren’t so sad.
John McCain is the Gary Busey of the GOP. Fans of Celebrity Apprentice know what I mean. How did we end up with this guy on our team and how the heck do we hold him down when he sees a camera.
Good point. there are tons of RINO’s. Where are the DINO’s? Was old Zell Miller the last one?
McVain is proof that RINOs would rather have Democrats win than be caught dead supporting conservatives.
Remember, one of McVain’s organizations received major funding from George Soros, the Nazi collaborator, Communist sympathizer, and enemy of America.
And why haven’t we deported Soros?
WACKO stands for .....
I don’t get why a man who was a prisoner of war would want to arm AlQueda and it’s muslim brotherhood parent organization in the middle east. He’s cheer leading for our enemy.
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