constituents by telling them that just because the majority leader tabled the balanced budget amendment legislation, that somehow through amending and debate, we could somehow convince a majority on the other side of the aisle to go along with a balanced budget amendment of the constitution. that is not fair. that is not fair to the american people to hold out and say we won t agree to raising the debt limit until we pass a balanced budget amendment to the constitution. it s unfair, it s bizarre-o, and maybe, some people who have only been in this body for six or seven months or so really believe that. others know better. others know better. bizarre-o, but mccain s occasional turns as the republican voice of reason are now darkly overshadowed by the
oint. we are saying that the tea party you are saying that the tea party kicked president bush out of office? we certainly stopped voting for them, for the republicans and we stopped sending them money, absolutely. that s why president obama was i missed something. i thought president bush left because he couldn t run again any way and i thought, it was mccain that was defeated. let me 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.
the tea party. if you are agreeing with it, and mentioning christine o donnell or sharon angle, it sounds like an attack on the tea party. primarily if you read the whole editorial it was an attack on president obama in the way they are trying to shift the blame on to republicans. that s also what i said on the floor of the senate. the president has not come forward with a plan that is unconscionable. the worst aspect of leading from behind. but that doesn t mean that republicans are relieved of their responsibilities. look, i ve got to tell you this sean, there is no way there are 67 votes in the united states senate to pass a balanced budget amendment to the constitution. i ll put my conservative fiscal record up against anyone, tea party, nontea party, anybody s. i fought against the bush spending proposals. i voted my own party, time after time. i m proud of my record. that s why i was sean: okay i got that.
insanity from a fiscal stand oint. we are saying that the tea party you are saying that the tea party kicked president bush out of office? we certainly stopped voting for them, for the republicans and we stopped sending them money, absolutely. that s why president obama was i missed something. i thought president bush left because he couldn t run again any way and i thought, it was mccain that was defeated. let me 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.
balanced budget amendment legislation that somehow through amending and debate, we could somehow convince the majority on the other side of the aisle to go along with a balanced budget amendment. that is not fair. that is not fair to the american people to hold out and say we won t agree to raising the debt limit until we pass a balanced budget amendment to the constitution. it s unfair. it s bizarre. maybe some people who have only been in this body for six or seven months or so really believe that. all right. the house is expected to vote today on speaker john boehner s plan to raise the debt ceiling. it s after he released an amended version of the bill requested by the congressional budget office. now the cbo says it will cut