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McCain Explains ‘Hobbit’ Dig (McCain unrepentant for attacks on conservatives)
Roll Call ^ | 2011-08-21 | Melanie Starkey

Posted on 08/21/2011 12:22:31 PM PDT by rabscuttle385

Sen. John McCain was put on the defensive Sunday for comparing some of his GOP colleagues to hobbits during the debt ceiling debate.

The Arizona Republican had taken to the Senate floor in July to admonish conservatives for “unrealistic” expectations and quoted a Wall Street Journal editorial that compared them to the characters from J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings.”

“What I was talking about, quoting from a Wall Street Journal editorial, was that there was a segment of the Republicans in the Senate — Republican Senators — that said we cannot raise the debt limit until we pass a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution,” McCain said when asked on CBS’ “Face the Nation” about his choice of words. “The Senate would not pass — would not get 67 votes. ... We could not have passed it. That was unrealistic, hobbits are unrealistic, it was unrealistic to say.”

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: 112th; bho44; debt; hobbitgate; hobbits; mcbama; mccain; mccain4obama; mccainantigop; mccaintruthfile; mcinsane; rino; traitor
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To: rabscuttle385

F U McCain!! Goaway!


21 posted on 08/21/2011 1:20:04 PM PDT by CardeadInKy ("The problem with Liberalism is that eventually you run out of other people's money" -Marg Thatcher)
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To: Cheetahcat
Cheetahcat wrote:
McQueeg ,Then explain the “R” on your title?? Oh wait it is RINO Right?? “R”otten old dude,just declare yourself a Rat and be done with it!
It stands for "Ruling class." You didn't know that? For McCain, it might also be for pRogressive.

None of the Republican establishment gets it. McConnel, Kyle, McCain, Hatch, Snowe, they all need to go.

22 posted on 08/21/2011 1:23:25 PM PDT by cc2k ( If having an "R" makes you conservative, does walking into a barn make you a horse's (_*_)?)
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To: COBOL2Java; rabscuttle385
What do you think of the possibility that Sarah Palin moved to Arizona in order to "inherit" John McCain's seat should her bid to ascend to the presidency fail?

Were I even more cynical I might have said,

What do you think of the possibility that Sarah Palin moved to Arizona in order to "inherit" John McCain's seat as a reward for failing to ascend to the presidency?

Of course, I couldn't possibly have good reason to be that cynical about the National Republican Leadership, could I?

23 posted on 08/21/2011 1:23:47 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (GunWalker: Arming "a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as well funded")
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To: Jim Scott

I think the fear is what he may do while he still is in the Senate.

Given his recent statements, I am afraid, too.


24 posted on 08/21/2011 1:29:16 PM PDT by FatherFig1o155 (Still fighting the fight: njconservative.wordpress.com/)
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To: rabscuttle385

McCain is as responsible as anyone else for Obama’s victory in 2008. If he had a pair, if he had been willing to go after Zero for the usurper and liar and socialist and anti-Christian/anti-Jew that he is, if he had RUN for the Presidency instead of WALKING, we wouldn’t be having this discussion today.

His “hobbit” attack only serves to underscore his RHINO roots and certify that he was the wrong nominee then and the wrong spokesperson now to reflect on Republican values.

The sooner he exits stage left the better.


25 posted on 08/21/2011 1:34:36 PM PDT by O6ret (for)
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To: cranked

That will be his epitaph - so incompetent that he couldn’t beat the worst guy to run for President.


26 posted on 08/21/2011 1:35:24 PM PDT by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners)
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To: cc2k
It stands for "Ruling class." You didn't know that? For McCain, it might also be for pRogressive.

None of the Republican establishment gets it. McConnel, Kyle, McCain, Hatch, Snowe, they all need to go.

I stand Corrected,LOL Thanks!

27 posted on 08/21/2011 1:36:16 PM PDT by Cheetahcat (Carnival commie side show, started November 4 2008 ,A date that will live in Infamy.)
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To: rabscuttle385

John McWormtongue once again declares his fealty to Sauron, of Mordor on the Potomac.


28 posted on 08/21/2011 1:49:16 PM PDT by Fresh Wind ('People have got to know whether or not their President is a crook.' Richard M. Nixon)
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To: rabscuttle385

OMG. Keep digging jughead.
McLame are you REALLY this Stupid?

READ THE DAMN BOOK JUAN.


29 posted on 08/21/2011 1:53:44 PM PDT by Marty62 (Marty60)
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To: rabscuttle385

He is senile and needs to retire.


30 posted on 08/21/2011 1:54:48 PM PDT by SusaninOhio
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To: Jim Scott
...is about as relevant as William E. Miller was in 1967...

Had to look him up, since I remember seeing "Miller" on currency.

Wrong [G. William] Miller, by about a decade.

William E. also had a daughter. Named her Stephanie.

That Stephanie.

31 posted on 08/21/2011 1:55:11 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: Steven Tyler
It's called pretentiousness. McCain has no idea what a hobbit is, he just sucked it up from a WSJ op-ed which was equally obtuse. In the end, McCain is a fraud. He always has been. Only the meretricious media whores like to exploit his stupidity for their own purposes.
32 posted on 08/21/2011 1:59:36 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: prisoner6

Tea Party should embrace the comparison to Hobbits.
Hobbits are seemingly insignificant race in Middle Earth, who, by their actions saved their world, despite the assessment that their task was impossible and dangerous.

The Tea Party is the rising up of those who are considered insignificant by the Washington Elite, including Sen. McCain.


33 posted on 08/21/2011 2:01:57 PM PDT by mason-dixon (As Mason said to Dixon, you have to draw the line somewhere.)
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To: Calvin Locke

What Stephanie?


34 posted on 08/21/2011 2:24:13 PM PDT by dangus
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To: rabscuttle385

I am not insulted at all at being referred to as a Hobbit, even though McLame intended it as a derogatory reference.

Hobbits, as described in LOTR, are stout-hearted, faithful, industrious, cheerful people who enjoy good food and beer.

What’s not to like about that?

Hobbits are also courageous, intelligent, resourceful and capable of overcoming tremendous odds. The grand victory of good over evil portrayed in the Lord of the Rings was only possible due to the perseverance and steadfast loyalty of the Hobbits.

Again, what’s not to like?

I think we should adopt “Tea Party Hobbits” as a label of pride and that Juan for it.

He, on the other hand, is less than dust.


35 posted on 08/21/2011 2:26:10 PM PDT by Ronin (Obamanation has replaced Bizarroworld as the most twisted place in the universe.)
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To: dangus
What Stephanie?

Stephanie Miller. The liberal talk show hostess.

I believe I've only seen her as a guest talking head now and then.

Never came across her radio show to my knowledge.

36 posted on 08/21/2011 2:27:51 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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37 posted on 08/21/2011 2:39:59 PM PDT by Bean Counter ("For every man there exists a bait he cannot resist swallowing.".....Nietzsche)
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To: rabscuttle385

Glad he lost the election. Now I can go back wishing he would vanish from the government.
The only good thing he ever did for us was introduce us to Sarah Palin


38 posted on 08/21/2011 2:54:22 PM PDT by Yorlik803 (better to die on your feet than live on your knees.)
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To: mason-dixon

YES! 33rd Anniversary so I can’t comment more, but yes!


39 posted on 08/21/2011 3:30:53 PM PDT by prisoner6 (Right Wing Nuts bolt The Constitution together as the loose screws of the Left fall out!)
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To: rabscuttle385

John McCain: Cave Troll of the Senate.


40 posted on 08/21/2011 4:11:30 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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