McCain: I Won’t Work With Dems

[nmbluesky]

OFF MY RED LAWN.....

John McCain once prided himself on his willingness to work with Democrats on immigration reform. Not anymore: The senator from Arizona promised a caller on a local radio show that he would not work with Democrats on the issue. The woman asked him to “make a promise on the air now that if we reelect him, he will not reach across the aisle, especially with Lindsey Graham, for comprehensive immigration reform. Will you not do that for the time you’re in office?” McCain replied, “Yes ma’am. … I am promising that I will try to address the issue of immigration in a way that is best for the United States of America.” As a presidential candidate in July 2008, McCain said he’d do as president “what I’ve done all the years I’ve been in Congress. I’d reach across the aisle to the Democrats.”

http://thinkprogress.org/2010/08/12/mccain-immigration-bipartisanship/

[eleny]

1. Yeah, just heard the audio on Olbermann

McCain is quite a piece of work.

[JI7]

2. he is running against JD HAyworth right now

lets see how he is after he hopefully wins the primary. but Hayworth would be a FAR FAR worse than the worst of McCain.

the best of Hayworth would be WORSE than the worst of McCain.

[totodeinhere]

25. "After he hopefully wins the primary?" I hope McCain loses to Hayworth.

Yes, Hayworth is an asshole teabagger, but if he wins the primary Rodney Glassman would have a good shot at winning the general and we could have a Democratic senator from Arizona. But if his opponent is McCain, it's no contest.

[Xipe Totec]

3. He doesn't work for pugs either. He's all mavericky nt

[customerserviceguy]

4. He's conditioned to respond with the 'right' answer

when tortured.

[MikeW]

5. John ... no one cares

[jesus_of_suburbia]

6. McCain has not true values. He says whatever he thinks will get him elected.

Like most politicians.

[FrenchieCat]

7. He's sounds like how folks at DU want Obama to be with the GOP!

Kewl!

[Ignis]

24. When the guys we're reaching across the aisle to admit they're dishonest...

Well, then yes. I'd say it's time to stop reaching across the aisle and getting played.

Ever heard of the "tit for tat" strategy in game theory? There's very little advantage to bending over backwards to aid those who have shown they are not honest brokers.

[Arkana]

8. Git offen mah lawn yew durned kids!

[saltpoint]

9. There's just not much left of John McCain, insofar as

there was ever anything to him in the first place.

What a jerk.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

10. well he's irrelevant really

[saltpoint]

11. Hi, Rosa. Yes, he is.

Polling out in Arizona is saying he'll survive the primary challenge, although there wouldn't have been anything to celebrate no matter who wins that one.

My deepest hope for Arizona this time is that Goddard can somehow defeat the racially unbalanced Jan Brewer. That would be a hopeful thing.

[and-justice-for-all]

12. fine, take your depends and leave...

we do not need you anyway.

[LiberalFighter]

13. Last I heard... Lindsey Graham is a Republican.

Which aisle is the woman referring to?

[catgirl]

14. "that guy" has no integrity n/t

[old mark]

15. What, no bipartisanship? I am shocked! Please let our President know about this immediately!

This might change everything!

Fired Up! :-(

mark

[livetohike]

16. He's useless and a fraud. He should just retire and go live in

his seven or eight homes or whatever it is.

[pampango]

17. He's such a proven flip-flopper, who knows what immigration position he'll take after the primary or

if he gets reelected.

"It has been well-documented that Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has changed his position on various issues for political expediency — particularly on immigration. Once a champion of bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform, McCain drifted far right during his primary run for president in 2008 and then flipped back once he secured the nomination.

Now that he’s in a primary fight to save his U.S. Senate job, McCain is back courting the right wing in Arizona on immigration, for example, latching onto far right positions on border security that he previously shunned and embracing the radical call to repeal the 14th Amendment. Today on a local Arizona radio show, McCain went a bit further, promising a caller that he will never work with Democrats on immigration reform..."

At least his response to the caller as something ambiguous about doing what's best for the country. That leaves more wiggle room (though he has proven in the past that he doesn't need much room to wiggle and flip-flop) than responding with a promise to not "reach across the aisle" (to another republican?) to work out comprehensive immigration reform.

[RBInMaine]

18. So to anyone who bitches about Obama, THIS could have been your President. Nuff said !

[rufus dog]

22. another issue

Imagine if the situation was reveresed.

If John Kerry had made a similar comment in 2006 saying he would refuse to work with Republicans do you think there would have been a media firestorm?

[denimgirly]

19. How is this News?

Republicans dont work with democrats..and if pushed will offer grotesque ammendments in hopes of sabotaging democrat plans only to turn around and blame democrats for weak offerings.

Democrats pretend to want to work with republicans so they too can sell out to corporate america and use republicans as their excuses for why the bills are weak and useless.

Both parties are pathetic and it is only because of a handful of democrats which we call liberals that keep democrats from being called repubs. We need a new party.

And so the world turns. Nothing new here.

[OwnedByFerrets]

20. "No matter what Americans want from me, or if it will benefit them"

[Phx_Dem]

21. Say it isn't so! Whatever will we do without John McCain?!!

:puke:

We've done pretty damn well lo those past 18 months without that bitter, angry old man.

[Aramchek]

23. he sure did a good job fooling people into thinking he had integrity all those years

what a piece of shit!