Posted on 01/30/2009 2:23:30 PM PST by rabscuttle385
FOX & friends with Steve Doocy, Gretchen Carlson, and Brian Kilmeade
Gretchen: Senator McCain, it's my understanding that you're working with other Senators now to try and craft some sort of a different package. What is that, and what are the chances that that will be successful?
John McCain: Well, we're working on a package, a group of us republican Senators, and we hope to reach out to democrats as well that would eliminate a lot of this unnecessary stuff. The things that really would have no impact on the economy. A lot of the things included in this bill in the house are policies that the democrats have tried unsuccessfully for years to implement that have nothing to do with stimulating the economy, and then there are other provisions that simply are a waste of money. We don't need to buy cars for the government. We don't need to have STD prevention programs. Many of the programs are excellent programs depending on your point of view about the role of government, but they don't have really anything to do with stimulating our economy, so we're looking at tax cuts, we're looking at also provisions that once the economy recovers, and it will, that we then should have a provision that after two quarters of economic growth, of real GDP growth, we've got to embark on spending cuts because we're amassing a huge deficit. Real tax cuts. Payroll tax cuts are something that would really help small people keep employees, so there's a whole lot of provisions. Spend some money on defense.
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Gretchen: I’m interested in your take on Barack Obama’s calling out of rush Limbaugh during his first week in office. Was that a strategic thing he did, in other words, trying to say to more moderate republicans you better not listen to rush? What was the whole point of doing that, and do you agree with the fact that he did that?
John McCain: I don't know why he would do that. Mr. Limbaugh is a voice of a significant portion of our conservative movement in America. he has very wide viewing audience, he is entitled to his views, and he, as a lot of people that listen very carefully to him, so I don't know why the president would take him on, but he's part of the political landscape, and he plays a role.
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Brian: Senator, finally, I’d like to ask you, the word is that Barack Obama in the white house feels as though they can target John McCain to get him to step on to the democratic bill, something no house member did in the stimulus package. Have you felt the pressure from the white house, the overtures, are you close to jumping over and saying all right, stimulus, I’m on board?
John McCain: A group of Senators have been sitting down, and we'll reach out to democrats as well, coming up with our own packages of tax cuts, spending restraint. Once the economy is restored, spending on projects that you can really have an impact on jobs. This whole thing is about jobs, job create as you know, and we'll be glad to sit down with the white house at any time. We’re in a national crisis. But so far there has not been, frankly, indications of that, and I -- it's very unfortunate. There’s still time to sit down together and try to work this out. That hasn't happened.
McCain and his merry band of RINO losers are still eschewing the lessons of the past two elections.
Stalin (meaning Steel) made the evil of socialism the ruling ideology of East Europe and most of Asia.
Perhaps Steele can make the most moral and efficasious virtue of conservatism again the most accepted ideology of North America.
In spite of the RINO caviar-eating surrender-weasels of the DCGOP.
Like it or not, McCain has some credibility on budget matters. He certainly knows an earmark when he sees one and this budget is primarily earmark heaven.
He sure does and he excitedly voted yes on the last 700 billion travesty full of pork and earmarks. I would just as well he get out of politics. I am still disgusted with South Carolina voters for allowing that pansy Graham to be relected and have us stuck with him until at least 2014...UGH!!!
Why is it that they still give this man any credibility? I think that it is a democrat conspiracy.
Why do you ask, FRiend? He is being who he is. He is out to stomp the GOP into dust.
John needs to “sit down” and STFU...
The SC GOP primary was open.Liberal Democrats gave McCain the state because the conservative vote was divided between the true conservative candidates (I went for Fred) and that McCain enabler Huckabee who flim-flammed the social conservatives.
SC GOP voters went for Graham to keep the Dems from gitting the 60 supermajority not because we liked the RINO sob!!!
We were thinking more about the country than our state—so sue us!!!
We voted for McCain for the same reason—to save the country from a worse bastard not because we liked the Arizona bastard!!!
>>John needs to “sit down” and STFU...<<
Right.
Johnny needs to go to the corner and put on the little pointed hat.
Juan is sharpening his knife.
Do you feel a spasm in your back?
We voted for McCain in the GENERAL election against Obama is what I meant to say in the last sentence.
*Yeah right. How many pork barrelers did he make famous after suspending his campaign? How did he vote on that? McCain is a POS and needs to either go away or change party affiliation (officially).
oh that’s a perfect show for McStain, I cant think of too many conservatives that think that is a reputable program it is just STUPID. If I want hear silly jokes or the latest celb gossip in the morning I will listen to my morning shock jock, its far more entertaining.
You’re on your own, Johnny. Why should Republicans get stuck with a Democrat spending bill?
I voted against mccain and obama
Please can’t someone convince this guy to just retire and stay back in Arizona with his lovely wife?
McCain’s time has come and gone....his only hope was Palin, and Now SHE doesn’t need HIM
I voted against McCain in the SC primary in both 2000 AND 2008.
Then I voted FOR Sarah Palin and AGAINST Obama last November.
McCain was and still is NOTHING to me and my fellow South Carolina conservatives.
Obviously he was confused in his opposition to earmarks. They just hadn't yet totalled enough to meet his threshold of approval!
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