McCain Opposes Recovery Package Because It Has ‘Corporate Giveaways’ That He Once Campaigned For
McCain Opposes Recovery Package Because It Has ‘Corporate Giveaways’ That He Once Campaigned For
Over recent weeks, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has emerged as a vocal critic of President Obama’s recovery package, claiming it is too big and filled with “pork.” McCain now says he will not vote for the bill in its current form in part because the legislation, in his view, does not sufficiently reduce business taxes:
McCAIN: We should have cuts for business and business taxes and small business taxes should be cut. [CBS, 2/2]
McCAIN: We need to make tax cuts permanent, and we need to make a commitment that there’ll be no new taxes. We need to cut payroll taxes. We need to cut business taxes. [FNS, 1/25]
And of course, McCain campaigned for president promising $45 billion in tax breaks for the 200 largest corporations. Yet it seems McCain has had a quick change of heart. This morning, McCain sent out an e-mail blast to his campaign mailing list complaining that “the proposal on the table is big on the giveaways for the special interests and corporate high rollers, yet short on help for ordinary working Americans”:
It’s unclear why McCain is upset that stimulus doesn’t help “ordinary Americans.” The very point of Obama’s $819 billion recovery package is to revive middle and lower-income America, which have been hit the hardest by the economic crisis. The bill, for example, includes a $500-per-worker tax break, part of the middle-class tax cut that Obama promised during his campaign.
But it is McCain himself and his conservative colleagues who have been calling for doling out handouts to the “special interests” and “corporate high rollers.” Sen. Jim DeMint’s plan (R-SC) includes permanent tax breaks for corporations and wealthy Americans. In fact, Obama included billions in tax cuts for businesses in order to reach out to conservative members of Congress.
So who is McCain criticizing with this e-mail? His own policies? His colleagues’ policies?
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Sounds like Johnny went off his meds and was found wandering again…
February 3rd, 2009 at 3:01 pmMcCrazy couldn’t find his wrinkled, white ass with both hands.
Whatever he said last week doesn’t matter; he can’t remember it.
February 3rd, 2009 at 3:03 pmSenile old barstid. He needs a rocking chair and a big glass of prune juice.
February 3rd, 2009 at 3:05 pmSo McCain is now a populist, an advocate for regular Americans over special interests? Not a shill for the corporations and their lobbyists that comprised his campaign staff?
I believe McCain could go head-to-head with Gonzo to see who recalls the least of his personal past.
PEACE
February 3rd, 2009 at 3:07 pmThanks for the reminder, I need a new pair of mccains before hitting the beach for spring break.
February 3rd, 2009 at 3:08 pm.
So McGOPlooser was for permanent tax cuts before he was against them?
McFIGURES!
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February 3rd, 2009 at 3:08 pmMcCain is like Romney: he stands for nothing.
He shifts with the winds, so to say.
February 3rd, 2009 at 3:08 pmJohn…..just fade away…..
¶ AIO
February 3rd, 2009 at 3:10 pmIt becomes more and more apparent every day that the GOP will do nothing to help Obama succeed no matter how reasonable his proposals. I say dump them by the wayside and ram through the programs that you ran on during the campaign, the first being health care for all Americans.
There’s no pleasing the right wing ideologues, so why try? Full speed ahead!
February 3rd, 2009 at 3:12 pmI would so love to watch the Republican Senators filibuster this bill. Live on C-Span, for 24, 48, 72 hours, however long they want to go.
February 3rd, 2009 at 3:12 pmThis is good news. The republican party is really hanging themselves. They are not trusted by the general public on issues of the economy. Really, they are not trusted on any issue.
Yet, they assert themselves into the debate as if they have some political capital or authority on the issue. They handled there half of the bail out funds like drunken a-holes. Now, they are posturing and pissing off conservatives. I’ve been down in Mississippi since 2005. When I first arrived. Almost every car had a big ass W sticker on it. Now, you can hardly find a single car with a W sticker and people are talking about how they are “independents” because both parties are no better than the other.
Keep it up! keep it up! You are losing the deep south!
February 3rd, 2009 at 3:14 pmKinda makes ya feel all warm inside that McLoser was the absolute best yer party had to offer, eh, Windy?
Hehehehe, loser – go suck some more sour grapes!
February 3rd, 2009 at 3:20 pmWindsock,
Heh heh.
February 3rd, 2009 at 3:22 pmSo Pork Chop, did the telecom company come and remove the cell phone tower they put up on the ridge above your ranch in Sedona?
February 3rd, 2009 at 3:23 pmThat was quite a gift, wouldn’t you say?
Headline:
McLame Fights Against His Own Ideas
February 3rd, 2009 at 3:25 pmCalls Them Terrorists
Worst candidate in the history of the Republic.
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February 3rd, 2009 at 3:29 pmWell there is always that lively Bob Dole campaign of the living dead…
windsor Says:
STFU McCain, you’re the only reason that the democrat party and the Great 0 occupy the White House today.
Worst candidate in the history of the Republic.
AHH, Windsor, let me ask you a question. Do you support the killing of innocent civilians only if there is a Republican administration? Do you only voice your outrage when there is a Democrat in office?
February 3rd, 2009 at 3:29 pmNow that the republicans are not in control of all three branches of government, they seemed to have suddenly figured out how to get the economy on track by being big babies. And since they aren’t in control any more we can again laugh at the kind of hypocrisy that guys like McCain are famous for.
February 3rd, 2009 at 3:32 pmok. these guys are just all-over-the-place…
it’s obvious that it’s all theater, just a big obstructionist show…
February 3rd, 2009 at 3:36 pmThe hypocrisy of McCain and his Republican colleagues is astounding!
February 3rd, 2009 at 3:38 pmThe Great O? Well let’s hope so. And I must say it looks like windsor found a diamond while scraping through the pile of scat she usually posts because I agree, President Obama will be great. Thanks for recognizing that w.
As for the weakness of candidate McCain, There’s not a person alive who could carry the combined baggage of Bible Spice plus the last 8 years of the Pathetic Punk and win the presidency.
It wasn’t McCain, it’s the Repugnicunts in general who are kicked to the curb.
February 3rd, 2009 at 3:39 pmLondongal Says:
The hypocrisy of McCain and his Republican colleagues is astounding!
Actually – and unfortunately – it’s only business as usual.
February 3rd, 2009 at 3:55 pmGrandpappy McSame is back and his metamucil is spike again. You would think that Gramps would learn from his trainwreck Presidential campaign and his pick of the twit Palin to play nice with Obama since McCain is up for re-election?
Nope. Gramps has to once again for the sake of the GOP party to drink the Koolaid, lay down with the GOP dogs, and wake up fleas once again. With no lack of Latino and minority support for his Senate re-election and his campaign march to oppose President Obama’s recovery package, good luck John in your re-election in Arizona. And I guess Gramps forgot the memo that his state is third on the west coast of home foreclosures.
February 3rd, 2009 at 4:05 pmThe GOP is taking a calculated risk by obstructing the stimulus plan. If the stimulus works and benefits the middle class, the GOP could become the permanent minority party.
February 3rd, 2009 at 4:06 pmwindsor Says:
Check out this thread at your companion website about the President reading to 2nd graders in a photo op. Check out the picture of the guy making monkey faces, look familiar? It’s hilarious.
February 3rd, 2009 at 4:03 pm
Flagged for racism.
RaptureReady Says:
2 billion for the arts (Hollywood tree huggers lobbied for this provision, yeah that is reasonable. That is called wasteful spending.
February 3rd, 2009 at 4:04 pm
You’re a moron. How is it that you can’t realize that artists are, by definition, small businesses? They’re struggling in this economy like any other small business.
Why do you believe their sector of the economy should suffer, Darryl? What do you have against capitalism?
February 3rd, 2009 at 4:11 pmRepublicans call on Joe the Plumber for ideas for the stimulus package. Are they kidding?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/03/joe-the-plumber-to-talk-s_n_163482.html
February 3rd, 2009 at 4:13 pmWhy do John McCain and Rush Limbaugh want America to fail?
February 3rd, 2009 at 4:19 pmCanny55 Says:
McCain is like Romney: he stands for nothing.
He shifts with the winds, so to say.
Hey, it’s that “maverickey” thing. That McCain was ever a “maverick” is the biggest bill of goods we have ever been sold. His votes never matched his “maverick’ image. He simply adopted it as a way to put behind his humiliation over his involvement in the Keating 5. It’s no coincidence that he started calling himself a “maverick” shortly thereafter.
February 3rd, 2009 at 4:27 pmThe Republicans can vote against whatever they want, as long as they don’t filibuster. I don’t give a crap. They’re irrelevant.
February 3rd, 2009 at 4:42 pmYou sound surprised that McCain is contradicting himself?
Remember, even candidate McCain didn’t speak for the McCain campaign.
February 3rd, 2009 at 5:04 pmMcCain is a bitter, senile old man. No surprise here…
February 3rd, 2009 at 5:10 pmI think McCain’s head can be replaced with a magic 8-ball. At least that would have more reliable and consistent responses.
February 3rd, 2009 at 5:43 pmScaryBrownHusseinChick, My compliments. That was my favorite comment of the day.
The Magic-8 ball would also be easier to repair.
February 3rd, 2009 at 6:57 pmMcSame should retire!
February 3rd, 2009 at 7:58 pmGet off my lawn!!1!
February 3rd, 2009 at 10:25 pmSen. McFlipper is at it again, huh.
February 4th, 2009 at 12:26 amHe being McMavericky again,You betcha!
February 4th, 2009 at 12:31 amRupturedRetard. No one CARES what you think is wasteful. Most countries spend MUCH more on their arts than the US. I bet you didnt know that when Aurthur Miller wrote Death of a Salesman, arguably the most important American play ever written, he did so ON A GOVERNMENT GRANT. Its really simple, which is a boon for you, You are stupid. What YOU moronic knuckledraggers think we should do is no longer relevant. You have PROVEN you are too stupid to understand government or what it should do. So be stupid all you want when you spew your ignorance to those of us with a normal IQ we just laugh at you. Giving us a free clown show is all you are capable of
February 4th, 2009 at 9:48 am