straight talking john mccain at odds with another republican, double talking john mccain.tarted after mccain delighted many of us by reading from a "the wall street journal" editorial on the senate floor, challenging the prevailing logic among many house republicans and calling house tea party republicans hobbits. >> the idea seems to be if the house gop refuses to raise the debt ceiling, default crisis or gradual government shut down will ensue, and the public will turn in mass against barack obama. republican house failed to raise the debt ceiling would somehow escape all the blame. then democrats would have no choice but to pass a balanced budget amendment and reform entitlements, and the tea party hobbits could return to middle earth, having defeated mordor. this is the kind of crack political thinking that turns sharron angle and christine o'donnell into senate nominees. >> sharron angle after a series of late night tweets aimed at senator mccain released a proper statement saying this man campaigned for tea party support in his last re-election, but now throws christ

mccain: 14 minutes. i'll tell you what, i'll be glad to engage in a short colloquy with the senator from illinois if he would like. the senator from illinois, i believe that we are close to an agreement here? mr. durbin: i hope so. mr. mccain: does the senator from illinois agree that most likely that agreement will not have an increase in taxes associated with it, at least in the short term? mr. durbin: i hope is not. mr. mccain: you hope so. mr. durbin: i heard there is revenue included in the agreement. mr. mccain: everything i've heard, the agreement does not have tax increases in it. mr. durbin: i honestly am not a party to this, but as gang of six and fiscal commission, we believe everything should be under consideration to reduce our national debt. mr. mccain: i assume that would also mean that the senator from illinois would advocate another stimulus package? mr. durbin: i want to make sure we have some stimulus to the economy to create jobs and help those out of work find work with training and

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mccain has been corrupted by the ring of power. i got to say-- (cheers and applause) i have got to say i am disappointed. this is a monumental issue that could affect the economy for a generation of americans. four days until the country could default and these clowns in washington are using the lord of the rings to say that john mccain is sauron, that is ridiculous, mccain is clearly saru mann. there he is. look, he lights up. he lights up s that not awesome? okay, now you see, saruman is in league with sauron back here, all right. he's in league with sauron who is actually obama, okay. and the hobbit, the hobbits aren't the tea party, the hobbits are cantor-- kantor and boehner, okay, and let's say lieberman just on appearances. and gandalf is the tea party right here, okay. you shall not pass legislation raising the debt ceiling! (cheers and applause) and then mccain is all-- ,-- the cave troll is, i don't foe but it's awesome. let's say nancy pelosi, i don't know. and oh, i also have a pinball machine over there, lord of the ri

mccain: 14 minutes. i'll tell you what, i'll be glad to engage in a short colloquy with the senator from illinois if he would like. the senator from illinois, i believe that we are close to an agreement here? mr. durbin: i hope so. mr. mccain: does the senator from illinois agree that most likely that agreement will not have an increase in taxes associated with it, at least in the short term? mr. durbin: i hope is not. mr. mccain: you hope so. mr. durbin: i heard there is revenue included in the agreement. mr. mccain: everything i've heard, the agreement does not have tax increases in it. mr. durbin: i honestly am not a party to this, but as gang of six and fiscal commission, we believe everything should be under consideration to reduce our national debt. mr. mccain: i assume that would also mean that the senator from illinois would advocate another stimulus package? mr. durbin: i want to make sure we have some stimulus to the economy to create jobs and help those out of work find work with training and

but john mccain reference that had yesterday. let's step back.ay basically blasting democrats and bom saying the president was leading from behind, his words, not mine. he also blasted some of his republicans saying that it's foolish to think that a balanced budget will be passed in the next few days before the debt ceiling deadline. and then the senator took on the tea party. he read from a "wall street journal," quoted from a "wall street journal" op-ed. take a listen at this. >> republican house failed to raise the debt ceiling would somehow escape all the blame. and then democrats would have no choice but to pass a balanced budget amendment and reform entitlements and the tea party hobbits could return to middle earth having defeated morador. this is the kind of crack political thinking that turns sharon engel and christine o'donnell into not nominees. >> the senator was reading from a "wall street journal" article. he went on fox news and said he has respect for the tea party, that they helped turn the house back into republican hands. but s

in 2008 a guy named john mccain. and wanted a big splash for the rest of the country and he chose sarah palin as his running mate. >> that was a big splash. saying that mark is 07b your ticket is obvious because he is from florida. >> in florida these days -- go ahead. >> it says to the tea party activists, yes, i've been reading the right memos and paying atoengs your brochures. i support the same things you support. same with christie. the question is when you are looking for a nominee, looking for leadership, we're in the middle after debt crisis. we're in the middle of this country facing default. and we have not heard mr. romney say anything. i mean, if you are going to say i'm the guy that should be the president, should you be able to say, this is what i do rather than the president? and when they were confronted with, are you going to support the boehner plan? he didn't even answer. his spokesman answered and said, governor romney thinks the president's leadership has been a failure. he applauded boehner for

is senator mccain right? >> i think senator mccain has a great point in that we want to get to some type of deal that does a massive amount of spending cuts, but doesn't do tax increases. i think to oppose a deal is extremely dangerous if we actually default, but right now i think every leader, the president and republican leaders agree, that they don't want to get that far. but we can't have tax increases because a tax increase is not created a job, it's not a silverbullet. and no president frankly has ever been reelected since fdr for trying to raise taxes. >> rick: at the same time when we look at this debate that is going on now, kristy, do you think that there is any chance that the president of the united states, democratic president will be talking about making cuts to entitlements and cutting government spending were it not for demands from the republicans? >> look, i have to agree with senator mccain when he said that there is some danger here for republicans. as we've seen in poll after poll, americ

yesterday, john mccain, classic john mccain, he went after the president for leading from behind, which is new york times talks about today. >> right. >> nobody on the left can say that's a right wing attack by john mccain. he tore into the republican freshmen as well. i mean mccain went after both sides and yesterday, basically said let's get the grown ups in the room and save the economy from a collapse. >> welcome back, senator mccain. this is the senator mccain who we used to know several years ago when he attempted to speak the truth to both parties. an independent guy, a maverick. he reminded me of something that's been missing in this debate. there's no political parties. there's no discipline. it's shocking. i know it's especially shocking for the white house. what did john mccain call the tea party guys? >> two very good quotes yesterday. the first was -- >> if you write for new york magazine. go ahead. >> i believe you like these, don't you? it's why we are talking about it. >> i like the fact he went after both sides. >> the house believing president obama and the democrats w

senator john mccain lashes out at fellow republicans who refused to bend. >> that is not fair. that is not fair to the american people. >> i completely, totally, 100% disagree with senator mccain. >> and if nfl owners and players can compromise, why can washington? -- why can washington not? one-bedroom first, let me brighten up your weekend with more allows it is about the economy. turns out the recession was even worse than we thought and economic growth for the first six months of the year has been the slowest since the recession ended. of course, we have the debt crisis. at the conclusion of the nfl locked up, the owner of the new england patriots at they hope they give a listen to the people in washington because the debt crisis is a lot easier to fix then this deal was. as we put this program to gather at week's end, we are faced with the same problem we had last week -- we do not know how this will end, so let's stop -- let's talk about what has happened. what will happen if congress fails to raise the debt ceiling? >> interest rates would skyrocket on credit cards, on m

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i hope i'm wrong. >> reporter: in kabul republican senators john mccain and lindsey graham called the strategy too risky and say it could put american troops and the plan in jeopardy. the plan calls for pulling out 10,000 troops by the end of this year with another 23,000 gone by the end of next summer. >> i hope that it will work out but it is certainly deprives us of the necessary troops that we need for the second fighting season. >> the obama administration is standing by its plan saying successes on the ground especially the killing of osama bin laden have made it possible. >> al qaeda is under more pressure than at any time since 9/11. >> reporter: still this deadly taliban raid on a hotel in kabul last week shows insurgents aren't willing to go quietly. >> if we don't succeed here and the taliban comes back into power we'll be attacked again. >> reporter: while the debate continues, american troops are carrying on with their mission preparing to hand over security back to the afghan people, the drawdown is set to begin this month. terrell, some initial diplomatic moves have bee

diplomatic moves have been made to jumpstart peace talks with the taliban but on his trip senator mccain saw no signs whatsoever the taliban is ready to talk peace. >> joel brown in washington for thus morning, thank you so much. >>> overseas, thailand elected its first ever female prime minister by a landslide, comes from a political family, her brother was once prime minister but ousted by a military coup in 2006. the country will go along with the election results. >>> peace activists plan to sail from greece today even though the greek government banned their ships from going to gaza. protests yesterday at the israeli embassy in athens. last year nine activists were killed when israeli marines stormed a palestinian flotilla. >>> back in this country crews are trying to clean up an oil spill in montana. an exxon mobil pipeline ruptured in billings in the southern part of the state. there are reports of oil 100 miles downstream. the company says about 42,000 gallons got into the river before the pipeline was shut down. >> most of the soiled area seems to be in the first five to ten mil

>>shepard: it sounds like the president could be getting help from a republican ally in john mccain, strangely. very report since the 2008 campaign, he has not been helpful to this white house, but the white house has been trying to make the point that the president has been compromising on issues like taxes, moving to the middle, and they believe the republicans have been held captive to the tea party which is on, having a big rally today on capitol hill, and listen to what john mccain said on the senate floor quoting an editorial from the "wall street journal" on the editorial page. >> the tea party hob its could return to middle earth having defaulted the enemy. this is the kind of crack political thinking that turns sharron angle into g.o.p. senate nominees. the reality is the debt limit will be raised one way or another and the only issue now is with how much fiscal reform and what political fallout. >>reporter: that makes you wonder if it will take an elder statesman of both parties but someone like john mccain on the republican side, who is not in the leadership that has been

my point was -- i was on the mccain 2000 campaign where the press loved john mccain. >> i know. straight talk. we like that. >> the one thing that -- >> we like the straight part. >> the one thing we hear constantly how skeptical of john mccain. why did the media like so much. >> what he was telling the truth. >> you're laughing at that. >> i had a great time. >> i think michele bachmann would make a great nominee and i hope she sees sarah palin on the ticket. >> you're being ridiculous. >> let me ask you this, you know your party best. you do or i do. is there a chance michele bachmann can be the nominee of the republican party? >> a chance but i think it would be tough. yeah, thz a chance. >> the front-runner? >> romney. >> do you think he'll win? >> no idea. >> how come everybody doesn't like him who knows him? why does huckabee call him something terrible? no salt or -- >> running in a primary. >> mccain wouldn't pick him, he picked palin instead of him. seems these guys don't like him. >> in 2008, i mean, i liked mitt romney, but there's no question that the positions he to

i agree with what senator mccain said. it does scheme that maybe senator mccain is enjoying that.hink he clearly the republicans who john boehner is trying to lead, john mccain doesn't have that much sympathy with them and what he would per seef as their inflexible stance. he mafbl enjoying that analysis. i think it's correct. john boehner is seeing his leadership at stake in this episode. >> how does this play out? we know that democrats and republicans in the senate are going to try to come up with something by sundays. then you have a a bigger challenge for boehner to sell a compromise bill out of the senate. all he can say is this is the best we can do avert disaster. and they could still say, well, we're sorry, we came here to change washington. let rome burn. >> well, that's right. when it gets to that point back to the house it's entirely possible the democrats who have been largely sidelined in this house democrats are going to have something to say. it's going to be dependent on a lot of house democrats voting yes if this were to pass. i agree john boehner's leadership is

i thought president bush left because he couldn't run again any way and i thought, it was mccain thatme show what you mccain thinks about tea party politics because this is ran who ran against president obama, not president bush. little historic fact. president bush did lose 2008 election. he had already lost the economy but he didn't lose the election. >> he lost control of congress in 2006. >> let's look at senator mccain. >> that is not fair. >> that is not fair to the american people. to hold out and say we won't agree to raise the debt limit until we pass it a balanced budget amendment to the constitution. it is unfair. it is bizarro. and people who is been in this body six or seven months really believe that. >> bizarro. that's what senator mccain, of your party thereof too much fun for tea party fresh r freshmen. >> the lord of the rhinos we don't care what he has to say and that for his insin yigs, the miss cal conservatives should sit back and trust the people in washington for 40 years and run up $13.3 trillion deficit then we should let them drive us down the road until we

we'll ask senator john mccain. and what are representative michelle bachmann's plans? you'll hear from congress woman bachmann, coming up. >>>. >> greta: house republicans scheduled to meet at 10:00 a.m. sharp in washington saying the vote expected tonight was delayed due to lack of support what. is the hold wupt plans? will it pass? we asked senator john mccain if he thinks speaker boehner had enough votes. >> i think he probably does. it's unfortunate, at least in my view that he had such difficulty that, as you know, they're strong feelings and members were elected simply on the single issue of cutting spending and getting our mortgaging of our children and grandchildren's future off of our backs so they felt strongly. and so... to answer your question, i think he probably has votes but i think he may have to change his original proposal some. i believe maybe add balanced budget amendment on it. >> and very hard on them, they ran on that. do they note knot owe it to their constituents to say i'm running on this and push comes to shove, they sort vf to keep their pro

. >> remember it happened with mccain and mccain and mccain. >> and in 2008 it was the mccain. >> and remember those using hometown races, that was on going. >> but that was a separate problem, i think. >> you are a separate problem. >> just sit there and let it wash over you. >> general del neutral preschool in sweden. >> you like the idea because it gets kier so many like controlling him and her herself. they just say controlling themselves. >> that's gram particularly incorrect. it is he or she or himself or herself. >> as do me. >> okay. >> sean, you said america is the greatest country in the whole world. >> i never said anything like that. >> you don't come on our show -- if you don't disrespect yourself, that's fine. but don't disrespect the show. we have to be back here, next week, sir. you don't. you get to go off and be with your normal girls who like to make you laugh. we have to come back and work. >> sad, little man. >> it is on true. bbc device lets viewers lower the grunts at wimbledon. but that's good because it is almost offer. an umpire can object too loudly. >> the

we'll ask senator john mccain. and what are representative michelle bachmann's plans? you'll hear from congress woman bachmann, coming up. >>>. >> greta: house republicans scheduled to meet at 10:00 a.m. sharp in washington saying the vote expected tonight was delayed due to lack of support what. is the hold wupt plans? will it pass? we asked senator john mccain if he thinks speaker boehner had enough votes. >> i think he probably does. it's unfortunate, at least in my view that he had such difficulty that, as you know, they're strong feelings and members were elected simply on the single issue of cutting spending and getting our mortgaging of our children and grandchildren's future off of our backs so they felt strongly. and so... to answer your question, i think he probably has votes but i think he may have to change his original proposal some. i believe maybe add balanced budget amendment on it. >> and very hard on them, they ran on that. do they note knot owe it to their constituents to say i'm running on this and push comes to shove, they sort vf to keep their pro

talent for inspiration but now all the holywood comparisons on the hill are continuing today senator mccain cited one of the most well known movies of all time when he was talking about the debt. then ghana had no choice but to pass a balanced budget amendment and reform entitlements and the cheap party could return to middle earth having defeated morgul or ok tea party ave and then rand paul actually responded to me keynes comments he said i rather be a hobbit then a troll and then they continued sharon angle is gone and paul saying the lord of the tarp is sucking up for obama the lord i'm going to bring. this i honestly don't even know what to say about this it's so bizarre and also i think calling someone a hobbit as a dig is a little weird you know the hobbits were kind of the heroes of the lord of the rings series and they're loyal and true you know they're really hairy and so i don't really understand he's obviously going off the stereotype that hobbits aren't unappealing and i think it's interesting to say the people in middle america have big feet i'm just. writing ideas like on dre

we'll ask senator john mccain. and what are representative michelle bachmann's plans? you'll hear from congress woman bachmann, coming up. >>>. >> greta: house republicans scheduled to meet at 10:00 a.m. sharp in washington saying the vote expected tonight was delayed due to lack of support what. is the hold wupt plans? will it pass? we asked senator john mccain if he thinks speaker boehner had enough votes. >> i think he probably does. it's unfortunate, at least in my view that he had such difficulty that, as you know, they're strong feelings and members were elected simply on the single issue of cutting spending and getting our mortgaging of our children and grandchildren's future off of our backs so they felt strongly. and so... to answer your question, i think he probably has votes but i think he may have to change his original proposal some. i believe maybe add balanced budget amendment on it. >> and very hard on them, they ran on that. do they note knot owe it to their constituents to say i'm running on this and push comes to shove, they sort vf to keep their pro

senator mccain? >> thank you. let me thank our very distinguished witnesses who are each nominated for military command that is essential to the security of the nation and our allies, and i want to thank each of them for their years of dedicated service testing for again when called upon to serve when and where the nation needs the most. all of you will help lead a force that has been out war for ten years. we honor the service and sacrifice of our men and women in uniform and pray they will return safely and successful in their missions. general firman, you've been nominated to lead the forces on the korean peninsula at a tense time to read this long-running conflict in a critical time for the alliance in the republic of korea we speech read the general sharp for his leadership over the past few years. the u.s. republic of korea has never been stronger and better. but the situation on the peninsula has rarely been as dangerous as it is today. the transition of power in north korea has contributed to a series of a

that means mccain could've won, if only he'd shown up to debates like this. [laughter] threw it away. he threw that one away. [ laughter ] this study has me thinking. we may have a new gop frontrunner -- the honorable franklin f. flagworth. [laughter] this guy's got everything. he's a war hero. he's been to the moon. we know he was born in america. and like all great presidents, he has an embarrassing southern relative and he has had a sex scandal. [laughter] is there a baby? i'll never tell. [laughter] plus, whenever he shows up, the other candidates have to pledge to him. sure, sometimes he goes whichever way the wind blows, but nobody will ever question his patriotism. once we give him a flag pin. [laughter] that's the guy. and folks, we need a new leader soon, because america is standing at a precipice. which i think is either a bon fire or a poisonous australian jellyfish. not sure, but the point is, precipices are scary, and we're at one. in just a few weeks, we will reach the deadline for raising america's debt ceiling. if congress doesn't authorize bo

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shaun donovan, and educator, jeffrey canada, and finance expert, suze orman, and then first john mccain spending the fourth with the troops in afghanistan. >>> minutes ago we were joined from kabul by the ranking republican on the armed forces committee, john mccain. you have been fearful that withdrawing the troops by september of next year is risky to the troops and advances made on the groupd. have you seen or heard anything on your visit there that causes you to rethink that? >> no, basically what i have seen and heard here, both from afghans as well as a number of americans is that it's an unnecessary risk, and it's not recommended by any of the milita military, and i hope it will work out, but it certainly deprives us of the troops that we need for the second fighting season. >> lieutenant general john allen, as you know, is the nominee to be the u.s. commander in afghanistan. he was testifying on capitol hill this week, and i want to play you part of what he said and basically his position is he supports the president's withdrawal plan. here is a little of what he said. >> this r

that came from senator john mccain.t took a lot of heat from tea party members across the country. sharon angle is one of them. she'll react to that. house republican members meet in private to talk about the debt ceiling bill. the house this recess for the moment. south carolina republican congressman tim scott will be in that meeting. he will be with us before he goes into that meeting. up to now he has been a no. will he change his mind? you will find out right after this. ma where do you go to find a busess backed by the superguarantee®? only& suonline.s®. on your phone. or in the book. go to superpages®. and let the good guys save the day. >> the republican plan is not a solution. as experts say, all too soon we will be back in the midst of partisan raging with our economy being held prisoner by extremists in the republican party led by the tea party. martha: there you have it, calling the tea party extremists. we are awaiting 10:00 a.m. meaning the capitol hill. you can see the live shot on capitol hill. very 10 t

it is john mccain's trademark to throw conservatives under the bus.ntirely amusing in the opening segment on your show, that john mccain tried to runaway from his attack on the senate floor. he says, oh i wasn't attacking the tea party, i was merely reading from a wall street journal editorial that likened tea party activists to hobbits! it is bad enough that you have the entire leftest establishment and democrat party leadership likening the tea party activists, grassroots, dedicated fiscal conservatives out there who have been holding both parties feet to the fire and having them smeared as terrorists and hostage-takers, people who are pointing the gun to the head of america. look, it is washington that has pointed a gun to the head not just of taxpayers but future generations, that's what we are fighting for. we are fighting on principle. there are elites in washington that would rather have us as they have always had us do sit down and shut up. no more! >> sean: extremely well said. we are headed to 25 trillion in debt. i don't know how we recover

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