Posted on 09/25/2013 12:47:58 PM PDT by Nachum
John McCain tried to grab a few minutes at the end of the Ted Cruz filibuster, leading magnificently sarcastic Rep. Justin Amash of Michigan to Tweet that McCain wanted to give the Democratic response to Cruz' speech.
Eventually McCain got to the floor, and sure enough, he handed out Democrat talking points left and right, including a variation on Barack Obama's "I won" insistence that "elections have consequences," so good little Republicans should play ball with ObamaCare. He also spent a bizarre amount of time railing against Cruz for daring to say (in the course of over 20 hours of speaking!) that people slow to battle against ObamaCare were like those who appeased the Nazis in the Forties.
For the record, Cruz was very specific about the analogy he made: "Look, we saw in Britain Neville Chamberlain, who told the British people, 'Accept the Nazis. Yes, they'll dominate the continent of Europe, but that's not our problem. Let's appease them. Why? Because it can't be done. We can't possibly stand against them.'" Anyone who brings up anything related to the Nazis in any context is sailing around the edge of a mighty big storm, but Cruz was talking about appeasement and shirking from difficult battles - he also mentioned those who felt the British were unbeatable in the Revolution. He wasn't comparing anyone to a Nazi. And in any event, this was only one thing Cruz said during many hours of holding the floor.
Here's McCain lurching forward to stab Cruz in the back:
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Nice one :)
Predictable. McLame is chief among 0bama's "useful IDIOTS" and can hardly wait to try and curry favor with emperor 0bama.
bump
John McCain, you need to simply cross the isle and retire as a democrat as so many of your colleagues have in the past... believe me, nothing would make us happier.
retire, resign, go away
Could Sen. McCain be angling for a Dem appointment? McCain is all about himself, obviously, so I wonder what his 40 pieces of silver are buying him.
“Here’s McCain lurching forward to stab Cruz in the back”
McCain has has plenty of practice. He stabbed George Bush in the back every chance he got.
The Manchurian Candidate that keeps on giving.
John Quisling Benedict Arnold McCain.
This simple VICHY twit calls this country a DEMOCRACY.I only support people who know that it is Constitutional Republic.
That's one thing Cruz accomplished. GAME UP for RINOs.
If McCain were on the Titanic and he saw a glacier ahead, he would say, “Well, the people want to go that way. Full steam ahead!”
McCain has has plenty of practice. He stabbed George Bush in the back every chance he got.
He stabbed all the prisoners at the Hanoi Hilton in the back.
Like most who deserve death, we are haunted by them forever.
finally ready to put mccain in same category with reid schumer linda mcconnell and nobama...i hate all of them
Fax the idiot for free http://faxzero.com/fax_senate.php
“leading magnificently sarcastic Rep. Justin Amash of Michigan to Tweet that McCain wanted to give the Democratic response to Cruz’ speech.”
Good one, Amash.
McCain graduated fifth from the bottom of his class at Annapolis. His claim to fame is that he is the son & grandson of admirals, was shot down over Vietnam, and spent 5+ years as a POW. Oh, and he was the only ‘Pub who shamed himself in the Keating Five scandal, yet managed to avoid prison time. As a human being and a politician, he has been an abject failure. How he fools the citizens of Arizona every six years with his B.S. is beyond me.
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