John McCain On Tea Party 'Hobbit' Criticism: 'I Am Not Sorry For What I Said'

[babylonsister]

:wow: no flippity-floppity from mcsame?


John McCain On Tea Party 'Hobbit' Criticism: 'I Am Not Sorry For What I Said' (VIDEO)

Posted: 8/9/11 02:32 PM ET


During a town hall in his home state on Monday, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) was asked to apologize by a member of a local Tea Party group for critical remarks he made about some within the conservative movement during the deficit debate last month, Arizona-based station 3TV News reports.

McCain took issue with lawmakers affiliated with the Tea Party for their unwavering opposition to raising the debt ceiling. Speaking on the Senate floor, the Arizona senator read from a Wall Street Journal editorial offering a critical take on how some members of the Republican party had approached the pressing fiscal issue. The piece likened members of the Tea Party to "hobbits."

“I am sorry if it was misunderstood," said McCain in response to the call for him to apologize for his remarks. "I am not sorry for what I said."

more/video at link~

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/09/john-mccain-tea-party-hobbits_n_922348.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009

[Gabi Hayes]

1. why does anybody ever pay attention to anything he ever says?

?

[babylonsister]

2. Apparently the tea baggers pay attention and ask questions; I

liked this answer for a change.

[Gabi Hayes]

3. agreed, but have you ever seen anyone who has contradicted himself so often, or so obviously, THEN

so vehemently denied having done so?

or gotten away with it as much as he has?

from the old days...a few refreshers on just how crooked that putative first couple was:

http://graphics.boston.com/news/politics/campaign2000/news/Pluck_leaks_helped_senator_to_overcome_S_L_scandal+.shtml

http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/1994-09-08/news/opiate-for-the-mrs/

[tularetom]

4. He elaborates on his statement...

We can't bust heads like we used to, but we have our ways. One trick is to tell 'em stories that don't go anywhere - like the time I caught the ferry over to Shelbyville. I needed a new heel for my shoe, so, I decided to go to Morganville, which is what they called Shelbyville in those days. So I tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em. Give me five bees for a quarter, you'd say.

Now where were we? Oh yeah: the important thing was I had an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time. They didn't have white onions because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones...

[babylonsister]

5. ...

:rofl:

[Contrary1]

8. I'll see your rofl,

and raise you: :rofl: :rofl:

[EvolveOrConvolve]

6. Ah, good ole' grandpa McCain

He's nothing if not entertaining.

[Angry Dragon]

7. Does not matter to him ......... he will not run again

[zbdent]

9. a total insult to hobbits ...

and if it weren't for the movies made not long ago, a lot of the people he was calling hobbits probably would not have known what he was talking about ... you know, them thar intellectual-type books are mighty thick ... kinda like that "Atlas Shrugged" they keep telling people they've read (and yet the spine is brand new ...)