McCain Praises McConnell Backup Debt Plan

[Sabre86]

The Hill

 

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) praised a backup plan by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to raise the debt ceiling.

 

“I strongly support Senator McConnell’s efforts to avoid a default on our nation’s debt, and the last-case emergency proposal he outlined yesterday to ensure that Republicans aren’t unduly blamed for failure to raise the debt ceiling," McCain said in a statement on Wednesday.

 

McCain, the 2008 Republican presidential nominee, criticized President Obama for warning that unless the debt ceiling is raised, Social Security checks for seniors might not go out on Aug. 3, a day after the Treasury Department projects the government will default unless a deal is reached.

 

"The President is stoking fears among our seniors by falsely asserting that Republicans’ position on the debt talks endangers their Social Security checks," McCain continued. "The President’s obvious strategy is to convince Americans that Republicans are to blame for the current impasse and any worst-case scenarios of default."

 

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As they said in one of the old Jib-Jab videos when describing McCain "...jackass who is liberally prone"

 

Edit: There was a bunch of crap code @ the top of the post, and the thumbnail was missing. No idea what messed up.

Edited July 14, 2011 by Sabre86

[Geee]

Now there's a worthy endorsement

[pollyannaish]

Well. Of course he did.

[quantim]

That should tell one everything they would want to know about how to FAIL as a republican.

 

Lord only knows. And where are the two toenails of McCain, Linseed & Lieberman?

[Evad]

So, what we want to do, now that we have control of the House and can stop this monster, is give him total control.

Are there any sane people left in the Senate?

[quantim]

So, what we want to do, now that we have control of the House and can stop this monster, is give him total control.

Are there any sane people left in the Senate?

Repeal the 17th Amendment is where we start on this, it would be nice to see that get passed along with a balanced budget amendment.

 

Pity America has to descend into a darker hole to even get this stuff on the table.