McCain Blasts Tea Party for ‘Foolish’ Demands in Debt Debate

The Tea Party was created as a reaction to Big Government John McCain: every Democrat’s favorite Republican.
Dear Republican Party: Can you hear us now?

i am a conservative and mc cain is correct on this one. gingrich pulled the same stunts as the tea party in 1995 and the conservatives paid for it. i have no problem with 25% revenue and 75% cuts.that would be fair. when raising revenue they need to raise from everyone or dont take a handout.
in addition for all the good the tea party has done and it has been alot some of the bafoons they put up cost the repubs the senate.i hate to say it but bachman and palin are truly not even close to being presidential but neither was or is obama.
how i wish hillary would challenge obama as she would win easily this time around.

John | Jul 27, 2011 1:28:15 PM
….You can be sure most Tea Party congressmen and women can. Isn’t interesting that ALL 2010 Hispanic freshman congressmen (& women) are Republican.

There is a bit of truth to what Mac is saying but the little quip about “thats not how it gets done around here” strikes me that congress is set in their ways. Regardless of how dire our financial system is in they are going to keep doing it the same way-the way that has got us to this point.
The President, Congress and Washington insiders know full well that they could do with a little less…the rest of the country has..yet they all seem content to play politics and try and see who has the largest manhood.
Unreal.

I told you! “It’s them!”IT IS THEM!!!” In their absolute inane idiotic belief that they are about to save the country, these people (Yep! Some truly want less government, but know how to achieve this safely, but most of these people germinated from a racist bent), are about to TRULY destroy the economic stability of this country!!!!

Ahh Mccain, what an idiot! It’s not surprising that the biggest warmonger himself comments on the budget and the economy the way he does. If This idiot were to ever be in a position of greater authority America would invade every nation in order to take over the world. Seek counseling mr. mccain and get over Vietnam and your POW days.

I voted for this jerk McCain but he is just as bad as Obuma,maybe a bit better,I pray we get a real man or woman to win the next time around.

Does anyone out there believe that one of these days the MIDDLE CLASS will wake up to the fact that what is going on in politics today is ACTUAL class warfare of the RICH against THEM? And the ‘tea partiers’ are the PAWNS of the rich to accomplish their goal of total subjugation and ultimate power? Why do you think that they launced such a propaganda campaign for you to ‘distrust government’. Why do you think they spent so much time and money
on the ‘birther issue’? Why do you think they are prime money source of the tea party? Why do you think their main propaganda tool is “Faux Noise”? Why do you think they pend so much time and money ‘pandering’ to the evangelical vote? It can’t be because those people are all ready ‘brainwashed’ can it? DON’T YOU PEOPLE EVER ASK YOURSELVES THESE QUESTIONS? otr is it just too uncomfortable and too much effort to take your mind off ‘autopilot’ and actually research things?

WantingBalanced: Give it a rest, you are completely unbalanced and you are not half as smart as you think you are. Why don’t you stop your right wing ranting on this blog? Obama will win a landslide in 2012 and you’ll probably still be complaining about the president. LOL!! The country is changing and that’s why you are scared.

The Tea Party was formed to create and cultivate Anger and Racism….FEAR! And McCain started it with his Angry Rallies and division that led to the country having to endure the the first, new, Lady Grand Wizard of the KKK

Yea.. let’s keep on doing the same stupid crap we have been doing for decades…. Raise the Debt Limit, Raise Taxes, and keep ON SPENDING. It has worked very well for us, hasn’t it?

“So far, everyone on the GOP side, including those who are correctly representing those of us who elected them, has been willing to give but we can’t get the liberals past the “take” phase.”
Can someone provide one single instance in which anyone on the GOP side has offered to give anything? Anything?

Tea Party used to stand for freedom, that’s why its used by those who want to take our freedom away. Pyschopaths, which make up six percent of our population, like the Koch brothers, would deprive us of our right to freedom. They throw morality out the window and compete unethically at almost every turn, all in the name of morality and good sense. IT IS EASY PROPOGANDA when in control of the media. It would not surprise me to see a last minute deal struck, applauded, that reduces Social Security benefits. In case you didn’t hear, Social Security now needs money from the fictitious $2.5 trillion that was supposed to be saved for use now. Where the money go? Tax breaks for the rich? Iraq war? You pick. WANTINGBALANCE may sound crazy or perhaps he’s merely a sane voice in a sea of insanity.

McCain can kiss my @$$. He is nothing but a RINO anyways.
He sandbagged us in 2008. We will not listen to his lies again.
Do NOT raise the limit. Period.

In the underbelly of the US Senate (specifically, at the end of the lower intestine) is where we find THE SLIMEBAG SIX despicable, rino traitors who will continue to support d-cRAT socialist issues, and everybody knows who they are: AMNESTY-JOHN mccain, scott brown, collins, snowe, murCOWski and graham.
That’s part of the “hit list” for all American patriots to follow in future elections.

Chicken Little: the default is coming, the default is coming. McCain is RINO.

JustUsFolks…you make my point much better than I ever could. No solutions, just finger pointing. If Obama wins in a landslide, that’s what either a majority of the people or the minimum number of electoral college votes wanted. I understand what majority representation means, do you? Those elected in the mid-terms were generally elected with a specific assignment from the majority of voters who put them in office. It really does not require a great amount of intelligence to understand that since you are making the point on your side. As with all discussions, it would really be helpful if you would keep the dialog open and productive. For example, other than taking the wealth away from everyone else, do you have any suggestions on eliminating our national debt? On reducing the deficit? Inquiring minds want to know.

If the Republicans can accept the Democrats plan, the same can be said for the Democrats accepting the Republican plan.

The Republicans/Tea Partiers and their “foolish demands” are digging their own grave. Since taking office, they have demonstrated a complete unwillingness to compromise and have made it crystal clear exactly who and what they stand for.
They have proven time and time again that their “top priority” IS, indeed, to “make Obama a one-term president”, and they are willing to do ANYTHING which they feel furthers that goal, even if it harms the nation.
Think about it; they have ZERO incentive (being unprincipled, politically motivated ideologues) to do anything (or allow anything to be done) which benefits the economic recovery.
Quite the contrary; they have EVERY incentive to do everything in their power to bring the recovery to a screeching halt or even reverse it prior to the 2012 elections. Sitting presidents are ALWAYS blamed for economic woes.
So that is exactly what they are doing, in Congress and nationwide; eliminating thousands of public sector jobs in the states they control (which has raised the unemployment rate despite the fact that we are still adding private sector jobs every month), creating a “debt crisis” and obstructing its resolution (which has caused investors and employers to revise their former confidence and halt spending/hiring, citing “uncertainty”), and attempting to slash spending which serves to stimulate the economy and extend policies like the Bush tax cuts which serve to reduce revenues AND slow economic growth.
They are pandering to an extremist faction which WANTS to see the nation go into a tail-spin and demands that they dig in their heels and refuse to budge an inch, but by doing so, they are alienating the much larger faction of GOP voters.
The tide of public sentiment is turning against them. Obama has given them enough rope to hang themselves and they have jumped up on the chair and tightened the noose, not even snapping to the fact of how they are being played until very recently.
This “crisis” WILL be resolved at the last minute (because even THEY are not crazy enough to allow a default…or at the least, those pulling their strings won’t stand for it; those with the most money stand to LOSE the most in such an event).
Like all bullies, they are bluffing and trying to get their target to back down and hand over the lunch money.

The Tea Party is right. Anyone in Congress who has not recently been elected needs to be removed.
There is no plan because we are broke as a nation and these people have no idea how to solve the problems they created themselves.
They are crooked, inept, and lack any ability to lead and are only looking for a deal that will clear the way for their next election.

John McLaim, RINO Repubikan. He is the only thing worse than the current whitehouse resident. The last election was between a democrap and a marxist.
It is Repubikans like McLaim that helped spark the Tea Party.

s…thanks for your 2:49 post. You are now on record as proof that you have no idea what you are comparing or talking about. Nothing but standard right wing soundbites and misinformation and ideological conspiracies.

I have supported you for years, but I am very disappointed & disgusted with you for your attack on the Tea Party. I am an Independent and can’t support any Democrat and have now added establishment Republicans to the list- you, Lindsey, Romney, etc. I can’t see any help for this country if the debt limit is increased. You politicians only think of yourself and not of the country. With your past history, I thought you would be different.

McCain’s got some nerve dressin-down the Tea Party. In 2008 if McCain had challenged Obama hard for his lack of experience and many other of the well-known “Obama Issues” then the Tea Party movement would not have happened. McCain is reflective of an across-the-world crisis in leadership; i.e., there is no leadership; there is only gainsaying and blame-laying. Our leaders are a reflection of us, We The people; and these days, we ain’t lookin too good.

The Chris Matthews Leg Tinglers are out in force. Anyone who opposes them is a selfish, bible thumping racist. Folks, when you are out of airspeed and altitude at the same time, you got to ride the thing to the ground. In your case, are you willing to go off the cliff with that idiot you elected as your president? Remember, this is the guy who never managed a Dairy Queen. This is the whiz kid who could not make out in a cathouse with a fistfull of “your” hundred-dollar bills. Now take a deep breath and relax.

Does anyone here besides me believe that the heart of the overspending is in the bloated, out-of-control bureaucracy? Do we really NEED 200,000 of our fellowcitizens working for DHS? Have we become such a nation of wusscakes that we need a Department of Homeland Security? And DHS is just for starters. How did we EVER get along without 20,000,000 fuddy-duddydam bureaucrats looking over our shoulders & charging us fees and fines? I’m sick of the Big Labor Big Government paradigm. Next, please!

Where is the tea party, they were all demonstrating against health care a few months ago. Could it be that the older members of the party are thinking about their social security and medicare benefits.
The tea party is a joke, financed by the health insurance industry, they no more represent America than the KKK represented America.

Ron Paul is the GODFATHER of the Tea Party! Not Bachman, Not Palin, Not Romney. McCain is a Neo Conservative so know wonder he is mad. He is far left of center. We need to eliminate government agencies T O D A Y. We do not need Dept. of Education or Homeland Security for just a start. We definatly DO NOT NEED to be in Iraq and Afghanistan. The people have spoken, big government, non constitutional government must fricken D I E !

It’s always been about class warfare…unfortunately, the wealthy in this country frame the arguments and NEVER have to verbalize it as such!
All “non-wealthy” citizens need to wake up.

TEA vs GOP
If you invite a devil for dinner, the devil will eat you. The TEA baggers are made of ANTI-everything that made American great. The Tea devils are now holding the Republican party Hostage. Now is the moment of choice for the Republicans between the :
Tea or Sanity, Cult or Party, Dumb or Wise, Special Interest CLOVER or American Interest GLOVER, Patriot or Anarchist, The BEST or WORST

Vote them all out at the poles, democrats and republicans. None of them get it. The cuts that all of them are suggesting will never take place, it’s a big smoke screen. The Tea Party is on the right track.

Way too much rhetoric and taking of a hard stance. The is the USA first, not Republicans and Democrats. Somebody somewhere has to offer a voice of reason, and a majority of congress and Obama have to listen to it. Or NONE of them will be re-elected.
Balanced budget amendment is the way to go, but not under duress. A golden rule in finance is to never take a deal when looking down the barrel of a gun if you can avoid it. We can. Here’s the scenario:
You make good money but have been sloppy about managing it, and fallen behind on paying down your credit. In fact, you are about to default on your mortgage, but the bank calls and says, “We believe you can actually get your financial house in order and have the wherewithal to pay your mortgage, so instead of foreclosing you, we will give you a bridge loan at a low rate for 6 months, but you have to agree to restructure your finances, and we will audit your process. If you don’t restructure and prove ability to pay, we reserve the right to take your home after 6 months.”
Would you do it? Sure you would.
Raise the ceiling, tie it to middling spending reduction without specification as to source, and to an eventual balanced budget, on a schedule. Laws can always be changed. Let tax rates float higher on those making $1m/year after loopholes, I mean c’mon. Then take 6 months to work the details. And please focus on jobs. You know Obama if you have held off on healthcare, and focused on jobs, we might not be arguing so much, in fact there might not be a dumb Tea Party. Big mistake. Don’t get me wrong, I LIKE the healthcare package, works great in MA. But the timing? Well, it sucked, period.
Something in the middle please, now! Nothing is forcing Tea Party conservatives to be so dogmatic, and far left Dems don’t have to toe the liberal line. Both sides give up the ghost a little, and we can start moving forward in this country again.
This is the USA. This is not Tea Party. This is not Liberal Land.

Oh yeah McCain is opening his mouth again to get into the public light. He doesn’t realize that the only reason he is still in the Senate is because AZ wasn’t given a worthwhile candidate to run against him. It would be nice if Mccain would realize that Arizonans Know he is a fraud and so does the rest of the country so it is time for to go out to pasture. Preferably somewhere outside the USA and take the Obamas and other American haters with them.
Yes, McCain is a BIG part of the problem. The way for him to help solve it is to move out of the way and let the young people have a chance at fixing his mistakes.

I respect the man for is service to our country,but most of these people IS ABUSED THEIR POWER AND POSITION!!!!

I’m going to withold comment on these a) insightful or b) ill concieved comments until I hear from Fox news for my talking point. John McCain has finally risen to the task of a) providing needed guidance to the freshmen or b) destroying his remaining credibility as a Republican. Gotta go, Hannity’s on. Stay tuned, we’re gonna a) fry or b) praise ol Maverick McCain. I’m so a) ticked off or b) elated over this!!!!

People what he is trying to say is:
1. Politics is being put before the people.
2. A balance amendment cannot pass with the current politicians in Washington so stop trying to pass something that will not pass and concentrate on a plan to actually fix the problem.

Would someone pass on to John McCain and congress that the American people are THE TEA PARTY PEOPLE from coast to coast accross this great nation.A great number of us has never voted before,now WE THE PEOPLE will vote McCain and most all of congress out of office forever.

Perception is kind of an odd thing. I see the tea Party as the “cure” for the cancer that has taken over America. (After all, cancer is cells gone wild and out of control. That is what the tea party was formed to control)! America has suffered from the cancer for a long time so the Tea Party, by default, could not BE the cancer. But opponents to rational and reasonable fiscal responsibility wouldn’t see that, by conscious choice! Gloom and doom always comes out at some point. It’s just so old and sounds too much like “the boy who cried wolf”!

Well, I think parker nailed it. That sums up how I feel.

Mccain again.That liar who thinks he’s the smartest in the room.Three time loser.All around wobbly rino.Why is he still around?I guess when he became a catholic he think somebody up there likes him.He must have paid off to get into the cathoiic church.Do we really need him?

McCain is a shameless RINO. How is this guy can still be a Senator?
His presidential campaign was nothing but a living proof of stupidity and betrayal.
1. The “surge”! Who gave a crap about you mental masterbation self-indulge! JOBS that was what the people need, you idiot PTSD ! I could stand to listen to his presidential debate.
2. RINO not Marverick. McCain.

The Democrats and some Republicans are very bi-partisan in their hatred of the Tea Party movement. Suspicious? Yes! Even when locked in semi-mortal combat, they find the comraderie to jointly condemn the Tea Party movement in a bi-partisan fashion. Why? Always remember that “bi-partisan” means “We, The People” get screwed without opposition.

I have to thank McCain for pushing the Tea party to the front in 2008 – the massive spending, the Bail outs, Conservatives had no place to go when he stopped his campaign to back the unconstitutional Bail outs.
The jackass (oops) The RINO still does not get it.. IT’s the spending Stupid!
People in politics Like McCain ARE THE PROBLEM.

I wish John McCain will just shut up.

What I see is that the Republicans are being held hostage by the Tea Party and instead of going to the other (Representatives i.e. Democrats) they decided to deal with the Devil. These Tea Party folks represent lots of corporations; the same people that would benefit if this country goes into default. That’s right big corporations would actually benefit. Now you know the truth. They are not willing to negotiate; not willing to do a balance approach. Gee I wonder why.

McCain, the wicked witch of the SW, has been doused with water over the last few days & has melted down. Politically, he has bent over & kissed his sweet ass good-bye. At long last I hope.

Contrary to all the usual BS parroting, the tea party is not a group but a movement. Many groups have been started based on it, many by republicans trying to hijack the movement. But it was started because people are fed up with the out of control government growth. Those elected last year were sent there to make spending cuts and tax cuts. That ACTUAL cuts, REAL cuts, not the two faced republicrat party’s twisted definition of “cuts” as less extreme growth. The house is where, constitutionally, spending originates. They should say no to any more borrowing, no raising of the debt limit at all for any reason under any deal. Just say no. Let the senate and Obama learn to understand that they can’t have their way and they can’t borrow any more. There’s no “default” looming. You don’t default on your credit card by not borrowing more. That’s just total BS.