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John McCain: GOP Has To ‘Give Americans A Reason To Be For Us’

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Apparently now that he has defeated dogged opponent J.D. Hayworth in the senate primary it is safe for the old John McCain to raise his head again. McCain popped up on Fox News Sunday this morning and essentially told Chris Wallace that if the GOP intends to make permanent inroads in the midterms this fall it needs to be something other than the party of No.

Said McCain:

The question is, how well do we do. And I think then we get down to…I believe, the Republicans have to come up with a contract for, with, of, whatever you want to call it, with America. And I think a balanced budget amendment to the constitution has to be a part of it. Elimination of earmarking and pork barrel spending. Repeal and replace ObamaCare. We have to have a short list of promises we’ll make the American people. And keep it….we’ve got to give Americans a reason to be for us rather than just be against the Democrats and the President.

And just like the McCain hits the nail on the head of the essential weakness of the GOP. It will be interesting to see who falls in line behind him on this and how quickly. McCain also says he thinks the Tea Partiers are an “interesting addition” and he later notes that the approval ratings for the Republicans are just as bad as they are for Democrats. Welcome back straight talk express! Watch below.

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  • Big_F-ing_Deal

    “GOP Has To ‘Give Americans A Reason To Be For Us”

    How about a new campaign slogan:

    “We Already Broke The Country Once So We Know How Not To Do It Again”

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    Poor Glynnis, you have to work Labor Day weekend. You must be the only one not at the Communist Workers Party picnic.

    I am waiting for that photo of Tommy and Colby wearing their Che T-shirts, eating their Castro Red Beans and smoking their Cuban cigars.

  • Fox News: We proudly pander to Teabaggers

    Reasons?

    How about Mexicans, Muslims, Gays, Guns, and God……and of course tiny little government.

  • BatBoy

    Glynnis writes “…old John McCain”

    Is this a little ageism Glynnis

    How about if we demand an apology from you Glynnis!
    How about if we demand you lose your job over this blatant disregard for Senator McCain age and stature?
    Speaking of that…how about from now on you address him as Senator…after all he has worked very hard for that title.

    I hope you think these demands are a little overboard…but this is the stuff the left has been spouting for years.

  • greg454

    No offense to McCain, but he has been a senator for too long. It’s time for Term Limits, I’m sick and tired of career politicians who only care about getting elected. Presidents govern four to eight years and then they’re gone, why not senators? Why not house members?

    Besides, McCain is only “conservative” when he wants to be. Remember Campaign Finance Reform? That anti-free speech garbage was opposed by the ACLU and the NRA. Sorry McCain, I can’t believe the good people in Arizona elected you instead of J.D. Hayworth.

  • The Real Royal King

    But, hasn’t it? The GOP’s Gospel of a lack of accountability, personal, societal, economic and political, mixed with the 11th Commandment, “Thou Shall Tomrent Anyone Whose Skin is Darker Than Thine Own” seems to be pretty intoxicating to a number of Americans.

  • notsofast

    Hell, John, the Dems and libs have already given Americans a reason to be for the GOP: BHO!

  • The Real Royal King

    gordonbloyershow said:
    You must be the only one not at the Communist Workers Party picnic.

    gordonbloyershow said:
    eating their Castro Red Beans

    Twit!

    The picnic is tomorrow, and Cubans eat black beans!

  • The Real Royal King

    notsofast said:
    Hell, John, the Dems and libs have already given Americans a reason to be for the GOP: BHO!

    See, NSF, you always confuse being for something with being against someone. It is a common GOP malady bought on by a patholgical fear of thinking.

  • notsofast

    The Real Royal King said:
    See, NSF, you always confuse being for something with being against someone. It is a common GOP malady bought on by a patholgical fear of thinking.

    Yawn!

    Try something new and improved.

  • The Real Royal King

    The truth is troublesome at times, I know.

    Here’s another truth: McCain would have won in 2008 and you would bemindlessly kvetching about him instead if only he’d picked Charlie Crist or Tim Pawlenty as his running maid instead of that loony Drop Out Governor.

    Again, the truth is troublesome.

  • felixw

    The Republicans have a great advantage in that they aren’t Democrats. Even at their worst, the GOP never spent money at this pace. The GOP never passed trillion dollar bills without reading them. The GOP never destroyed companies — and, in fact, entire industries — the way Obama is doing. Given the track record of Obama, Reid and Pelosi, it would be better to have no legislation for two years, than these disastrous bills, that waste money, reward lobbyists, kill the economy, eliminate jobs, reward bad behavior, and punish the most productive people in our country.

  • RazorsEdge

    I didn’t interpret Sen. McCain stating GOP party of no. You may think they are, you may not. But I interpreted McCain meaning that GOP does well in Nov because many Americans are anti Democratic party and the President right now.

    Glynnis, is that possible what McCain meant and not your angle of his claim just because GOP is party of No?

    Goes towards accuracy only because story is about what McCain stated/meant and not what you stated or want it to mean.

  • roxsteady

    How about stealing your parent’s and grandparent’s social security and putting it into the stock market where it will bounce daily and someday be lost? Or how about more of those tax cuts for the wealthy that haven’t produced jobs as promised and instead lost 7 million of them?

  • juan

    The reason to be for us is OBAMA!

    ‘Nuff said!

  • juan

    BatBoy said:
    Glynnis writes “…old John McCain” Is this a little ageism Glynnis How about if we demand an apology from you Glynnis!How about if we demand you lose your job over this blatant disregard for Senator McCain age and stature?Speaking of that…how about from now on you address him as Senator…after all he has worked very hard for that title. I hope you think these demands are a little overboard…but this is the stuff the left has been spouting for years.

    Well said!

    APOLOGY DEMANDED!

  • Azarkhan

    “I think a balanced budget amendment to the constitution has to be a part of it. Elimination of earmarking and pork barrel spending. Repeal and replace ObamaCare.”

    Good start. But the main reason people will vote for Republicans in November is that they are not Democrats.

  • Azarkhan

    The Real Royal King said:
    The truth is troublesome at times

    And you are loathsome all the time.

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    Poor RRK, he proves the libs have no sense of humor. He never gets the joke. He is a joke.

    Communist Cubans eat RED beans. Just like you read Mao’s RED Book.

  • Patrick Henry

    Big_F-ing_Deal said:
    “GOP Has To ‘Give Americans A Reason To Be For Us”

    How about a new campaign slogan:

    “We Already Broke The Country Once So We Know How Not To Do It Again”

    BFD, we had a booming economy until the Dems took over congress in 2007. That’s when things started going downhill.

  • Patrick Henry

    The Real Royal King said:
    But, hasn’t it? The GOP’s Gospel of a lack of accountability, personal, societal, economic and political, mixed with the 11th Commandment, “Thou Shall Tomrent Anyone Whose Skin is Darker Than Thine Own” seems to be pretty intoxicating to a number of Americans.

    Pure, unadulterated BS.

  • Patrick Henry

    roxsteady said:
    How about stealing your parent’s and grandparent’s social security and putting it into the stock market where it will bounce daily and someday be lost? Or how about more of those tax cuts for the wealthy that haven’t produced jobs as promised and instead lost 7 million of them?

    How about just keeping things as they are so SS goes bankrupt? It’s great to pay into SS and have the government “borrow” that money to waste elsewhere and give us worthless IOU’s.

  • ChiliPeppersFan

    patrick
    if you want to blame the congress for the economic downturn, i think the blame goes to the republican congress of the late 90′s when mccain’s buddy phil graham helped rip away all the regulations that kept banks honest

  • alamo2

    ChiliPeppersFan said:
    patrickif you want to blame the congress for the economic downturn, i think the blame goes to the republican congress of the late 90’s when mccain’s buddy phil graham helped rip away all the regulations that kept banks honest

    Excellent comment ChiliPeppersFan! That so hits the mark. Deregulation is a terrible thing, and Phil Graham’s leadership nearly derailed America. Thank God his Presidential aspirations never got off the ground.

  • Pablo

    roxsteady said:
    How about stealing your parent’s and grandparent’s social security and putting it into the stock market where it will bounce daily and someday be lost?

    How about giving it to the government which has spent every last penny of that money they were supposed to be saving? Stock market = You might lose it. Government = they’ll spend it as soon as they collect it from you, maybe sooner.

  • Pablo

    Patrick Henry said:
    BFD, we had a booming economy until the Dems took over congress in 2007.

    Yep. Bush walked into the dotcom bubble and never whined about Clinton over it. And then he had 9/11 and the huge financial impact of that, and we turned right around the corner and charged on to full employment. We didn’t have a recession until Dec 2007, a year after the Democrats took Congress over.

  • Patrick Henry

    ChiliPeppersFan said:
    90’s when mccain’s buddy phil graham helped rip away all the regulations that kept banks honest

    Chili, point taken. That was a big mistake Phil made.

  • ChiliPeppersFan

    i hope obama has his veto pen ready because all we will have to look forward to is more and more bills of nothing but deregulations being passed by a republican lead congress
    even now, the republicans have done nothing but stop things from getting done. there are close to 300 bills passed by the house but filibustered in the senate and with the repubs with a majority in the house and a closer split either way in the senate it is gonna be a repeat of the shutdown in newts congress.
    i’m actually frightened what will happen when joe, we apologize bp, barton is in charge of energy policy in the house.

  • http://Mediaite.com uggugg

    John McCain is right, no to Social Security, no to unemployment benefits, no to letting the Bush Tax Cut for the Super Wealthy run out, no to moving the economy forward until interest move higher so business is more profitable, no to unions because foreign labor is cheaper, no to medical even thou slave were given free medical, no, no, no nothing good will happen if we can help it until the Republicans are back in power.

  • Azarkhan

    This is why conservatives are going to win. This is the fire. It is burning Republicans and Democrats.
    “America Rising”.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZs8k4pJcyk

  • Patrick Henry

    ChiliPeppersFan said:
    i hope obama has his veto pen ready because all we will have to look forward to is more and more bills of nothing but deregulations being passed by a republican lead congress
    even now, the republicans have done nothing but stop things from getting done. there are close to 300 bills passed by the house but filibustered in the senate and with the repubs with a majority in the house and a closer split either way in the senate it is gonna be a repeat of the shutdown in newts congress.
    i’m actually frightened what will happen when joe, we apologize bp, barton is in charge of energy policy in the house.

    Chili, not all deregulation is bad. As for Joe Barton, he is one of the best congressmen we have. You know the Dems were grandstanding in that hearing.

  • BatBoy

    roxsteady said:
    How about stealing your parent’s and grandparent’s social security and putting it into the stock market where it will bounce daily and someday be lost?

    You are one of these three…
    . 1. A graduate of an inner city school where the teachers union took care of themselves and let the students quit
    . 2. Very uniformed and have not ever listened to this debate…
    . 3. You are simply lying!

    I am a grandparent and on SS and do NOT worry about Social Security being cut…most of us don’t, although there are a few who do.

  • ChiliPeppersFan

    patrick
    i don’t believe all industries would be an example of ‘the jungle’ by sinclair, but given the choice between making money and stricter, more humane conditions, i feel much safer when there are rules that keep things from getting out of control.

  • StandUp

    Fox News: We proudly pander to Teabaggers said:
    Reasons? How about Mexicans, Muslims, Gays, Guns, and God……and of course tiny little government.

    You nailed it-

    Against illegal immigration, mosques near GZ, Prop 8
    Pro-2nd amendment, pro-religion, and smaller government.
    I could be wrong, but the last I heard the majority of Americans feel this way.

    No serious conservative has ever advocated a “tiny little gov’t”. Making stuff up to help your argument only weakens it.

    Calling conservatives racists and bigots doesn’t work any more. It doesn’t stick b/c it’s not true. I’ve found that those who call other people racists and bigots the most, are in fact the guilty ones.

  • gottosay

    CAUSE RIGHT NOW THE LION SLEEPS AND WHEN THAT LION WAKES UP NO MORE GOP..HEEHEE

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Stephen-Hogan/179500970 Stephen Hogan

    Patrick Henry said:
    Chili, not all deregulation is bad. As for Joe Barton, he is one of the best congressmen we have. You know the Dems were grandstanding in that hearing.

    To be fair, many Republicans were also getting into Tony’s face. I would argue that if there is any event that should have ‘grandstanding’, it would be an environmental catastrophe like the gusher in the Gulf. Not grandstanding would be bad optics.

    I would argue that Barton really isn’t that great. I grew up in his district. I lived there during the time Phil Gramm held the seat and lived there for about 17 years of Barton’s tenure. He have never really paid much time to the district itself. He’s a good national politician, but he certainly does not focus enough on local issues.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Paul-Westlake/100000870851977 Paul Westlake

    felixw said:
    The Republicans have a great advantage in that they aren’t Democrats. Even at their worst, the GOP never spent money at this pace. The GOP never passed trillion dollar bills without reading them. The GOP never destroyed companies — and, in fact, entire industries — the way Obama is doing. Given the track record of Obama, Reid and Pelosi, it would be better to have no legislation for two years, than these disastrous bills, that waste money, reward lobbyists, kill the economy, eliminate jobs, reward bad behavior, and punish the most productive people in our country.

    Take my eyes off felix for a second, and whamo, the lies and sophistry come flying like locusts. Most of the current deficit is GOP tax cuts and two wars authorized by bills only Dennis Kucinich took the time to read. Not only did the GOP spend money at a much faster pace, ALL of that spending was UNpaid for and ALL the debt is destructive – not one investment that could bring a return, except TARP, which cons hate, despite the fact that the GOP President and ALL the GOP leadership on Congress voted FOR it.

    Disastrous bill that wastes money: Bush tax cuts, or didn’t you noticed the way they tanked the economy long before Obama took office?

    Bill that saves money: health care reform, lowers deficit by $100 billion over ten years.

    U.S. industries wiped out by neo-con trade policies: Steel, Textiles, Furniture

    Rewarded lobbyist: Jack Abramoff

    Eliminated jobs: Enron, WorldCom, Lehman, Anderson, Sears, Woolworth, Eastern, TWA, et al (ALL under GOP deregulation frenzy).

    Rewarded bad behavior: Scooter Libby – so much for accountability

    Most productive people in our society: migrant farm laborers – produce more for less than any other worker in the US, including CEOs.

    But I’m sure felix meant dirty liberals on unemployment when he said “reward bad behavior,” even though they paid for the unemployment insurance out of their own wages; and the robber baron executives at Goldman Sachs when he said “most productive people in our society,” even though they wiped out trillions of dollars with booby-trapped financial vehicles designed to fail and take entire sovereign funds with them.

    It must be a comfortable worldview to some degree, aside from the all-encompassing paranoia and perpetual state of terror. I mean the absolute faith in the preposterous is truly a wonder to behold.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Richard-Gray-Foster/100000042843249 Richard Gray Foster

    McCain can be soooo right when he is campaigning, otherwise his biggest accomplishment is assisting Obama into the White House in 2008.

    I wouldn’t let him do it again in 2012.

    We can do better.

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  • timcajun

    The tea baggers say the dems are out of touch, yet after years of Bush failure, Obama is expected to save this country in a few months. McCain can have all the contracts with Americans he wants. It didn’t work before and there are NO new ideas now! McCain is the best of the worst, but the baggers tune him out because he is not crazy enough! The baggers will get nothing done. Once in office the right won’t let them talk or act on the silliness they want. The baggers want government out of their life, PLEASE many of them are on social security, oddly enough several are most likely without jobs ( they sure cash those government checks)! They didn’t pay one cent more in taxes than the year before, yet they claim they did, guess what the rate didn’t change! Just because the wave is tea bagger now ,it doesn’t mean it is correct!

  • http://sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/ GlennBeckReview

    Here’s something for the Party of No:

    No thanks!

  • felixw

    Check out the latest poll numbers:

    http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/mood_of_america/generic_congressional_ballot

    This indicates a blow-out of historical proportions. Perhaps the biggest shift in house seats in modern history.

  • Nachi

    Another incredible Murcuhn alcoholic free-loader!!

  • D REX

    THE PARTY OF NO NEEDS A LEADER.. A REAL LEADER, NOT WANNABES LIKE PAY-LIN OR SHIT LIMBAUGH-OR EVEN NAZI BECK….THEY NEED A FRESH -YOUNG-NEW- VOICE……. LIKE……LIKE…… LIKE………HMMMMMMM…ON SECOND THOUGHT, NEVER MIND, LETS STICK WITH THE DEMS.

  • felixw

    D REX said:
    PAY-LIN OR SHIT LIMBAUGH-OR EVEN NAZI BECK

    Wow, what brilliant insights. Let me get some paper and write these down.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Paul-Westlake/100000870851977 Paul Westlake

    In light of our conversation on another thread, I want to publicly retract and disavow my snarky tone toward Felix in my last comment on this thread. While I stand by the facts of my comment, I wish to turn over a new leaf with Felix, and hope we can strike a better tone with each other. The comments I posted here predated our discussion and I want Felix to know I intend to give it my best shot.

    I know most of you don’t care but I felt it polite to put it on the record.

  • http://none pyrope

    OK, so I voted against -0bama, which means I voted for McCain, because I had no other viable choices. Now, we learn that not only is McCain a RINO, he’s a chameleon. Where the hell was this “stalwart conservatism” while he was running for the White House?

    I respect him for his service to our country but I do wish he could be confident that he could win if he were consistently conservative instead of only bringing out his conservatism when it seems expedient to do so.

  • CAconservative

    If ever there was justification for term limits, McCain is the perfect example. This two-faced, flip-flop, career politician had to spend $21-million on his campaign in a sparsely populated Arizona, in effect, buying his way into the Senate.
    He thinks being the party of NO, isn’t enough? How about being the party of “HELL NO”! The Republicans need a contract? I guess doing the “right thing”, doesn’t enter their consciousness unless they sign a document?! The Republicans and Democrats are equally hated because they are one, and the same. Both parties simply shift their collective views to match the prevailing issue of the moment.
    The Tea-Party has recognized that the herd-mentality of Congress is not working and they are finding candidates who will challenge the status-qua, and weed out the embedded career politicians.

  • orionantares

    It’s too late for McCain. If he had stuck to his principles instead of playing to the Conservative base he would have won the 2008 election despite the economic collapse brought on by Repub policies, both Congressional and Administrative. There’s a reason why one of the jokes was the senate had the Democrats, the Republicans, and McCain.

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