OMG! John McCain speaks

[maxrandb]

and actually makes sense! Love some of the lines...

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/27/john-mccain-vs-the-tea-party/

"Mr. McCain mocked Tea Party-allied Republicans in the House for believing — wrongly, he said — that President Obama and Democrats will get the blame for a default if Republicans refuse to increase the nation’s debt ceiling. By that flawed logic, “Democrats would have no choice but to pass a balanced budget amendment and reform entitlements and the Tea Party Hobbits could return to Middle Earth,” he said, quoting a Wall Street Journal editorial. “This is the kind of crack political thinking that turned Sharron Angle and Christine O’Donnell into G.O.P. nominees,” he jeered, referring to two losing Tea Party candidates for the Senate in 2010.

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Just to refresh John's memory, let me add that "some" could say; "This is the kind of crack political thinking that turned Sarah Palin into a Vice Presidential nominee in 2008"

[JustAnotherGen]

1. Oh my lord

He actually referred to them returning to middle earth! :rofl:

[maxrandb]

8. I think they are more like the Knights That Say Ni

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7D4Ud8-jric

[Liberalynn]

2. OMG

My feet are suddenly freezing. Hell must have frozen over. :rofl:

I actually agree with something McCain said. Plus it was kind of witty with the Tolkein reference.

Man it is an upside down world when Buchanan and McCain are looking down right sane, next to the TP's.

Its so odd but wonderful to see PUKES openly criticizing each other like this.

[Inuca]

14. You enjoy Rs at each other's throats?

Then you will enjoy this:

A Time for Choosing by Bill Kristol

To govern is to choose. To vote is to choose. To vote against John Boehner on the House floor this week in the biggest showdown of the current Congress is to choose to vote with Nancy Pelosi. To vote against Boehner is to choose to support Barack Obama. It is to choose to increase the chances that worse legislation than Boehner’s passes. And it is to choose to increase the chances that Obama emerges from this showdown politically stronger. So when the Heritage Action Fund and the Club for Growth, and Senators Vitter, Paul, et al., choose to urge House Republicans to join the Democrats to defeat Boehner, they’re choosing to side with Barack Obama.
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/time-choosing_577649.html

[spanone]

3. you mean john mccain who enabled the teafuckers by taking on palin as his vice?

[Liberalynn]

6. You are right. He shouldn't get a pass on that one.

[malaise]

9. I guess

:rofl:

[MindandSoul]

4. What happened? Did he start taking his Alzheimer medication and it's working?

[Liberalynn]

5. self delted

dupe

[BlueState]

7. WOW!

Considering how badly McCain's been pandering to these teabag wackos for the last 3 yrs. I am stunned.

If this whole situation wasn't starting to seem so dire I'd be laughing.

The saner folks in the Republican party did nothing to stop the growing influence of these idealogic imbeciles
and now they are suffering the consequence of letting them drive the discussion. And, indeed as the poster
points out, the nomination of Sarah Palin was a big step in legitimizing the batshit wing of the party.

[maxrandb]

20. If you can say anything about John McCain

it's that he can hold a "effing" grudge like an overtightened vice-grip.

He's probably still pissed he had to defend his seat from that "putrid piece of gelatenous whale shit" Hayward.

That would be like losing to Rush Limbaugh's less talented little brother.

[jberryhill]

10. That's the year 2000 model McCain, who was a smidge more decent than the recent one

But just a smidge.

I guess he has decided he can go back to speaking his mind every now and then.

[Myrina]

13. "Back to speaking his mind" ... when he can remember where he left it ...

:spank:

[jberryhill]

15. Like a loose plug in the electrical socket

[Inuca]

11. WOW!!

I 100% agree with your comment at the end, but still WOW. And it's quite possible a comment tha McCain is making to himself, in the privacy of his own mind. He knows what an unexcusable thing he did when he chose that arrogant know-nothing. I cannot blame her and implicitely him for unleashing teabggism upon the thinking folk of this country, but still... And he probably feels like shit that he had to kiss tebagger you know what to win his re-election.

Anyway,good for him. He still carries weight in the party, so I guess these words will be heard which is a good thing.

[JohnnyLib2]

12. Cynical me; I suspect a new, young aide is involved.

We'll see what comes next.

[randr]

16. I have to give it to old John, be it a little late.

He must by now understand his complicity in destroying the party of Lincoln with his Palin pick.

[Rabblevox]

17. Nice quote, but he should learn his Tolkien. TP'ers are orcs, not hobbits. /nt

[seabeyond]

18. Sarah Palin into a Vice Presidential nominee ... hence the lesson learned of was there, and lost. nt

[War Horse]

19. They’re not listening to people like McCain any more

I kinda feel sorry for him...