Posted on 08/27/2018 12:46:38 PM PDT by God luvs America
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Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Monday refused to apologize for calling Tea Party lawmakers “hobbits” in a speech last month.
“I am sorry if it was misunderstood. I am not sorry for what I said,” McCain said at a town hall meeting in Gilbert, Ariz.
“Why should I when it’s the facts?” McCain said when asked to apologize, according to a video posted by Arizona’s local 3TV News.
At the end of July, during the debt-limit debate, McCain criticized some members of the Republican Party for not supporting House Speaker John Boehner’s (R-Ohio) deficit plan by making a “Lord of the Rings” reference on the floor of the Senate.
At the time, McCain eviscerated some members of Congress as “foolish” and “deceiving” for believing that refusing to raise the debt ceiling would give Democrats no choice but to pass a balanced-budget amendment. McCain described that scenario as a fantasy, saying then “the Tea Party hobbits could return to Middle-earth having defeated Mordor.”
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Hobbits and whacko birds.
Newly signing up FReepers could choose to have the user name “Hobbit and Wacko-Bird” to mark the occasion.
Frig McLame, this stuff is endless. And why Democrats loved him. He was a fifth column to our side. It’s not hateful. It’s not vindictive. It’s just the truth.
Honestly, this is an invented outrage...
Can criticize McCain for a lot, but the tea party folks were delusional to think they were going to force a balanced budget amendment by not voting for a debt ceiling was absolutely correct, and to refer their fiction by use of fictional characters was a non starter.
Plenty to criticize McCain for, but this one was just invented outrage.
Not everyone knows that McCain told the IRS to go after Arizona Tea Parties as well. Despicable.
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We elected successful businessman Donald J Trump as POTUS because we are finished with effing feckless dishonorable POS politicians. Good bye!!!!
They better bury him with Osama. His gravesite will never be safe.
Could it be that the guy was going a senile (McCain) in his old age?
Correction: going a little senile.
The MSM NEVER notices the stuff that conflicts with their BS...
Whacko Bird bump!
Recognize the movie quote?
It’s not a toomah.
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