Posted on 07/18/2011 2:26:59 PM PDT by kosciusko51
Some of the GOP Senators are ticked off at the House for not passing a bill, sending it to the Senate, and then letting the Senate get in the limelight for fighting with Barry and the Rats. It's a turf war to about half of the Senate GOP and the other half have washed their hands of the bunch who are ticked off over the House not playing nice. I don't know exactly what they expected the House to pass, but I hear they wanted something they knew the Rats in the Senate wouldn't accept which the GOP Senate fools like McCain could get lots of air time talking about and look statesman like blathering over with Barry.
Now that the House took a stand, though, the Senate egomaniacs on both sides of the aisle are really mad that the House is edging in on their turf.
McConnell's idea is for an increase of $2.5 trillion in the national debt. It also does not prevent the continued borrowing of $1.5 to $2 trillion per year for at least the next ten years and probably longer. It does not require a balanced budget or any cap on federal spending to a given percent of the GDP.
It is meant to prevent a confrontation and keep the irresponsible levels of spending in place. That is all it will do.
Well, yes, I would say the “fix is in,” when every single plan under discussion raises the debt ceiling. Even the one they’ve falsely labeled as “the Tea Party Plan.”
I don’t know a single Tea Partier who supports raising the debt limit under any circumstances or “plan.”
It’s time for McCain to retire or stop pretending to be a Republican (and lightning should strike him if he EVER claims to be a Conservative) -
He sounded like he was ready to hand Zero the keys to the limo. I’m pretty sure he is.
Your comments show you know the difference. I was just thinking how some people will react to the headline.
Hannity’s comment as a headline doesn’t do justice to the context of their discussion. The context seems to be, Senators like McCain who apparently will go for McConnell because the House plan “won’t pass the Senate”. In other words, if my enemy won’t go for the preferred plan, I’ll give him one he will go for.
Sheesh.
Why bother, McCain? Just run around waving a white flag in front of the enemy at all times.
Might as well...
Absolutely disgusting. This is why I voted 3rd party in 2008. We would literally be much worse off with McCain, hard as that is to imagine.
Shows the GOP is more interested in a political advantage, than
actually begin the process of solving this country killing issue.
This DC bunch are not capable of solving the problem, because they are the ones who created it. Only a new DC group can solve it.
McCain was pissed at being confronted. He knows the cut/cap/balance bill is a non-starter in the Senate but he doesn’t have the stones to deal with what happened in 1995 under Clinton. Rather than do what’s right he wants to avoid personal political pain. Screw him and the elephant he road in on.
Not "smart". Opportunistic. Political. Irresponsible. Defensive. Frightened. All of the above.
But without consideration for doing the right thing. And every consideration for keeping their cushy seat in the Senate.
GOP Senators are a bigger obstacle to reform than even Democrat turds like Schumer and Durbin.
Since we are so close to the election, I'm wondering if it's not more strategic to let the POS have his way. Things will only continue to get worse whether we raise the limit or not. Why not totally let him take the blame, thus insuring a Republican win in 2012 at which point we can seriously begin to fix it.
Okay, then how does the McConnell plan IMMEDIATELY slash the budget ?
Remember U.S. Treasuries also face a downgrade because of unsustainable debt as well as the debt limit.
Not making immediate and massive budget cuts is JUST AS IMPORTANT as the debt ceiling.
McCain was in the bottom 5 of his class at Naval Academy, despite that he was chosen to go to flight school.
McCain crashed 3 planes before crashing the 4th in Viet nam.
Now Mccain is a leader in the Republican party?
We need a new leader. This one is in the bottom 5 in the Senate IQ Department in my mind.
Or the OTHER weasel Juan, who belongs back on NPR.
Wish THIS Nov was the election and not 15 months from now. Obamanation has already crammed 20 years of socialism in 2 1/2 years. I hate to think what we will be as a nation come Nov 2012.
The USA will not disappear if the budget level is not raised. Note that this is a ‘budget’ which means living with in the means available. It has been shown that the current means is plenty to support essential debts and services. It is the handouts ,domestic and foreign, that can crimp the available means to stay within budget. That there has been budget increases numerous times in the past is not/should not be a convincing argument to keep doing the same as a repeating mistake. Going on the path which others including Moody propose will surely obliterate logical responsibility forever for living within our Nation’s means. We will always be at the mercy of international interests and bankers. There are forces and people who want the USA to be in such a position. An exceptional Nation with exception people do not bow to these forces. Of course the task is very difficult without the exceptional people.
You are absolutely right. This kind of “the sky is falling chicken little” happened during the stimulus crises of 2008 as well as the obamacare crises of 2010. It was simply a scare tactic. The sad thing is it worked. We are going through the same thing with the debt ceiling increase versus default. When are the GOP leaders going to finally call their bluff?
I forgot to mention that Hannity pointed this out to McCain as well, and John nearly lost it.
“Why not totally let him take the blame, thus insuring a Republican win in 2012 at which point we can seriously begin to fix it”
Like all those spending cuts the GOP made when they had control of all three branches.
I would not hold my breath, unless a lot more Tea-Party candidates are elected.
LOL
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