A Weblog of Centrist Voices in American Politics
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June 30, 2004McCain and GOP Moderates: It's the Deficit StupidRead full article. Because Senators Collins, Snowe, Chafee, and McCain refuse to budge on a no tax cuts without spending cuts proposal, the Republican Congress more than likely will not be able to pass an election year budget. My favorite is when senior Tom Delay lackey, Speaker of the House Denny Hastert, questions whether Senator McCain understands sacrifice. I wonder if he understood sacrifice when the Vietcong stabbed his arms with bayonets because he chose to protect your freedom rather than talk, you petulant, insignificant little twit. So much for the moderate Republicans in Congress not having any power, eh? Posted by Mathew at June 30, 2004 05:01 PMComments
Yeah, you gotta cast it as a major piece of truly moronic verbal garbage to question whether John McCain understands sacrifice in wartime! Much the same standoff happened after the 2002 elections when the GOP tried to immunize the pharmaceutical industry entirely from vaccine liability, and moderates bolted. That one's still hanging out in the rain. The Vaccine Immunization Compensation Program (VICP) still hasn't been reformed, but on the other hand it hasn't been made permanently worse yet either. Posted by: Tully at June 30, 2004 05:51 PMYeah. Nice work from a great group of people. This isn't the first time we've seen someone question McCain's sense of sacrifice. I just wonder how they can get where they are without having some idea of his personal story. Or do they just decide it doesn't matter? Posted by: William Swann at June 30, 2004 09:31 PMGreat post, Matthew. If anything you were much to kind with Hastert. That said... I do think that it's somewhat inaccurate to extrapolate the ability of a small handful of Senators in a nearly evenly divided Senate and arrive at the conclussion that moderate GOPers in Congress as a group have any real power. McCain has a known national following and the others are secure at home with their constituents. As such they are, IMHO, the exception to the rule. I can't see very many moderate GOPers in the House standing up to Hastert or DeLay under any circumstances. Posted by: Kevin at July 1, 2004 02:13 AM |
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