FLASHBACK: In 2007, McCain Parachuted In ‘On The Last Day’ For Immigration Debate
FLASHBACK: In 2007, McCain Parachuted In ‘On The Last Day’ For Immigration Debate
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) yesterday announced that he would be suspending his campaign to return to Washington for negotiations on a financial bailout package. McCain has not voted in the Senate since April 8, and as recently as Tuesday, McCain said he had “not had a chance” to “examine” the Bush administration’s proposal.
McCain is insisting that his involvement in this deal is pivotal. However, many of his fellow lawmakers disagree, noting that negotiations are now almost over. Even Rep. Adam Putnam (R-FL) refused to answer when a reporter asked him if “he wanted McCain sitting in blow-by-blow negotiations.”
This strategy of becoming engaged in Senate business at the last minute is not new for McCain. In May 2007, McCain had gone five straight weeks without casting a single vote on the Senate floor. On May 17, he returned to the Senate to participate in the immigration debate. At a bipartisan negotiating meeting, McCain began complaining that Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) was “raising petty objections” to a compromise immigration plan.
Cornyn responded by bristling that McCain was swooping in at the last minute and trying to take over:
Things got really heated when Cornyn accused McCain of being too busy campaigning for president to take part in the negotiations, which have gone on for months behind closed doors. “Wait a second here,” Cornyn said to McCain. “I’ve been sitting in here for all of these negotiations and you just parachute in here on the last day. You’re out of line.” [...]
“[Expletive] you! I know more about this than anyone else in the room,” shouted McCain at Cornyn.
It’s not clear that McCain and Obama’s presence would even make a difference in these last-minute negotiations. After Bush’s speech last night, Frank told reporters that there was now agreement between House and Senate Democrats on what should be in a rescue bill, and they would be meeting with Republicans today. A Democratic aide told The Hill last night that “not too many” issues remain unresolved between congressional Democrats and Republicans on key committees.
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Because there were Irish immigrants were involved…
September 25th, 2008 at 3:11 pmFace it, this guy is a severe Drama Queen in everything he does. Yeah, that’s the steadying influence the US needs.
September 25th, 2008 at 3:13 pmSo, Johnny Boy says he is “the smartest guy in the room”?
Where have we heard that before????? ENRON, anyone?
HMMMMM
September 25th, 2008 at 3:15 pm“[Expletive] you! I know more about this than anyone else in the room,” shouted McCain at Cornyn.
That famous even-keeled temperment of McCain’s at work.
September 25th, 2008 at 3:15 pmIf he is trying to take credit for it I am sure Johnny will have no problem explaining in detail how the plan he personally put together. He can do so on national television live from Oxford, Miss. tomorrow night. Having designed the plan he will have no problem answering questions, right?
September 25th, 2008 at 3:16 pmWait a second here,” Cornyn said to McCain. “I’ve been sitting in here for all of these negotiations and you just parachute in here on the last day. You’re out of line.”
He’s slamming the war hero’s penchant for riding the silk!
Delicious!
September 25th, 2008 at 3:19 pmAnd remember folks, McCain made it clear at the beginning that he has a very thin grasp on economic issues. That said, what possible good could an uninformed ‘drama queen’ (thanks badmoodman!) do for the negotiations? Not much.
I guess all DC meetings need at least one hot head, no nothing politician to form a quorum.
September 25th, 2008 at 3:20 pmThis just in: McCain swoops in on the senate and crashes and causes a fire that kills 134 senators.
September 25th, 2008 at 3:20 pmThe entire point of delaying the debate “until after an agreement is reached” is that Sen. McCain knows that he’ll get eaten alive if he walks into a debate hall with this thing still in the air.
He’ll likely get chewed on anyway, but it would be worst if this thing is still pending.
But about the larger question of “suspending his campaign to rush back and save the day,” this is clearly a core aspect of McCain’s personality – the need for dramatic action. If you’ll recall, that’s what got him shot down in Vietnam in the first place, leading to his years of imprisonment and torture.
I wonder how the American public would feel about McCain overshooting as president, rather than just as a young Navy pilot?
Show of hands?
September 25th, 2008 at 3:23 pmI’m still trying to visualize McCainiac parachuting in, using Palin’s skirt as a parachute, AR15 blazing at the muzzle, mowing down Wall St. tycoons & bankers as he lands deftly in front of the White House to ’save the day’.
McMightyMouse lives in a cartoon world. PTSD, alcohol & oppositional defiant behavior traits have made this military brat into a madman.
Temperament has never been the issue. Temper, however, HAS.
September 25th, 2008 at 3:24 pmI think it just another attempt at glory grabbing. I mean really, weren’t they just working out a few compromises.
September 25th, 2008 at 3:27 pmThe wrinkled old dope is gonna’ need a helluva’ lot more than a parachute tomorrow night ………….
BTW
McDepends is so “bi-partisan” , that why his only meeting with anyone , outside of the White House , was to gather with Lindsey Graham , Joke Lieberman and Cry Baby Boner ?
September 25th, 2008 at 3:30 pmThis debate should be interesting. I have some friends who are hosting a ‘debate party’ and are projecting the debate onto a screen in their back yard. Fifty people expected so far.
September 25th, 2008 at 3:35 pm“rescue bill”? I love how the language has now been changed in the middle of the game from a “bailout” to a “rescue bill”. I know it was brought up a day or so ago that the wording should be changed but sheesh, I say it needs to be called what it is; it a big fat BAILOUT.
September 25th, 2008 at 3:36 pmTypical McIIIrd crap. Other people do the heavy lifting and he shows up to cut the ribbon. Utter buffoon.
September 25th, 2008 at 3:36 pmMcIIIrd is suspending his campaign so he doesn’t have to reveal that he’s had a damn stroke.
September 25th, 2008 at 3:37 pmsatirev, Thom Hartmann was mentioning this on his AM show today…
September 25th, 2008 at 3:45 pmWasn’t Fred Barnes touting this use of the word ‘rescue’ the other day?
Would be kind of nice if the media were on our side instead of trying to add sugar to the poison so it’d taste good!
September 25th, 2008 at 3:48 pmMcC(umst)ain’s dying, slowly but surely.
Which is why his medical records are still secret.
Reporters should demand he release them.
If he refuses, they should stop treating him like a ’serious’ candidate until and unless he does release them.
In any real ‘democracy,’ that’s how it would be handled…
September 25th, 2008 at 3:48 pm“Wait a second here,” Cornyn said to McCain. “I’ve been sitting in here for all of these negotiations and you just parachute in here on the last day.”
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He parachuted in? What, after crashing plane #6?
September 25th, 2008 at 3:49 pmtokin librul Says:
McC(umst)ain’s dying, slowly but surely.
September 25th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
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So are all of us, just fyi.
Some more quickly than others, that’s all.
September 25th, 2008 at 3:50 pmsorry o/t, but riddle me this:
Refining capacity has been reduced (Gulf damage from hurricanes) which restricts supply causing gasoline shortages in the southeast.
So as the OPEC reduces it’s output and supply running tight, why are pump prices dropping?
Brought to you by Gasoline/Oil Price Manipulation for Dummies.
September 25th, 2008 at 3:53 pmAfter Bush’s speech last night, Frank told reporters that there was now agreement between House and Senate Democrats on what should be in a rescue bill, and they would be meeting with Republicans today.
TP, this is the Republican name for this $700 billion of additional debt (borrowed) added to the national deficit, and someday repayable by American citizens. It is a BAILOUT!!! Focus group tested term: “rescue;” so much more acceptable to the public than “bailout.” Kind of like “enhanced interrogation” versus “torture. If TP is going to adopt the Right’s language, then I think I may stop frequenting this blog.
September 25th, 2008 at 3:55 pmIt might be fun to have a drinking game at the debate parties where everyone has to drink every time McCain says, “My friends..” But, then again, the hosts of the parties might need lots of spare bedrooms for those too tipsy to drive home!
September 25th, 2008 at 3:55 pmPerhaps the proper term would be
Enhanced Giveaway!
September 25th, 2008 at 3:57 pm“There is a website which is comprised of physicians and americans calling for the full release of his supposed “tome” of medical history – some 1100 pages.”
Maybe he’s just trying to hide that case of the clap that he got from the “Flame of Florida”.
September 25th, 2008 at 3:57 pmA lot of conditions can lead to the symptom of a drooping eyelid. One of which is a brain tumor. With what we know about McCain’s melanoma and the fact that a favorite site for metastasis in melanoma is the brain, there’s an obvious need for transparency here. Combine the drooping eye with his general misspeaking and confusion, cutting access to the press, campaign controlling his cell phone usage, and so forth…I believe a very serious situation exists.
September 25th, 2008 at 4:07 pmThis morning 6-7 Brave New Films aired their ad several timewith oncologists saying McCain’s medical records need to be released because of the likelihood of a recurrence of melanoma.
September 25th, 2008 at 4:09 pmGot it! The perfect way to get McCain to blow a gasket…bring these up!
September 25th, 2008 at 4:10 pmSo, it turns out that McCain is no stranger to pulling out of Presidential debates. Apparently he pulled out of a debate with Bush in California at the last minute in 2000. His poll numbers were tanking so he pulled out of the debate the day before it was to take place.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2000/02/28/MN62687.DTL&hw=mccain+opinsky&sn=001&sc=1000
September 25th, 2008 at 4:15 pmHe’s been there and done this already. mccain is really living in the past.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2000/02/28/MN62687.DTL&hw=mccain+opinsky&sn=001&sc=1000
September 25th, 2008 at 4:22 pmI’m getting really worried about this whole scenario with McBush. I’m worried that he is going to vote “no” at the last minute telling the public that he is with them and looking like a “maverick”. I hope the Democrats tell him that they will not send a bill to the Whitehouse without his publically stated approval. Otherwise, he’s going to pull a fast one on them the same way he did on Obama yesterday.
The public is not happy with this bailout, so if McCain votes “no” and Obama votes “yes”, there’s going to be hell to pay.
September 25th, 2008 at 4:59 pmIn my day in the service we would have called someone who exhibited this behavior a “glory hound”.
September 25th, 2008 at 5:12 pmum, should there be an update posted to this thread, i.e., even though we thought that mccain and obama couldn’t really have much influence on the basic agreement, now that mccain’s showed up he’s completely derailed it?
September 25th, 2008 at 8:53 pm“Doc Rock Says:”
“In my day in the service we would have called someone who exhibited this behavior a “glory hound”.
And I say–In my day we call this an A**hole
It’s perfectly clear that this grandstanding was done to make McMighty Mouse appear to be knowledgeable (what a joke!) and to get him out of the debate tonight at the same time.
It’s only 90 minutes so what is McKeating afraid of?
September 26th, 2008 at 8:02 amWatch out for McCain having a radio transmitter hidden in the back of his suit like Bush did during the 2004 debates with Kerry:
http://bigdanblogger.blogspot.com/2008/08/big-dans-big-news-august-18-2008.html
September 26th, 2008 at 12:48 pm