John McCain Speaks of Tea Party in the day

 McCain Speaks of Tea Party

NEW YORK  Sen. John McCain snagged headlines on Thursday after he quoted a Wall Street Journal editorial Wednesday on the Senate floor that ripped into Tea Party politicians about the debt ceiling.

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The Republican House that failed to raise the debt ceiling would somehow escape all blame," McCain recited with a mocking tone. "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.

The article called out GOP members, specifically Tea Party politicians, who wrongly believe, it said, that refusal to sign a budget agreement would cause a default crisis and turn the public against President Barack Obama.

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The comments stoked outrage among some Tea Party circles, including one that Sharon Angle runs in. Angle was explicitly mentioned as a "Hobbit" -- referring to the popular creature from author J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings epic -- in the section McCain spoke at the Senate.

McCain: Tea Partiers Have Bad 'Hobbit' Of Not Raising Debt Ceiling

It is regrettable that a man seeking dialogue, action and cooperation for votes on the floor of the United States Senate has only one strategy to achieve that effort: name-calling," Angle said in a statement.

McCain addressed his comments late Wednesday on Fox News' "The Sean Hannity Show."

Host Sean Hannity accused McCain for attacking the Tea Party, and he added that it seemed like an example of Republicans competing against themselves.

SENATOR JOHN McCAIN ON THE RECORD WITH GRETA VAN

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It was basically attacking the idea that somehow if we shut down the government that then Obama would get the blame and Republicans would triumph. I disagree, "If we don't act in the Republican House ... then the ball will be in President Obama's court and Harry Reid.

STATEMENT BY SENATOR JOHN McCAIN REGARDING THE SENATE VOTE ON CUT, CAP AND BALANCE:

SENATOR JOHN McCAIN ON THE RECORD WITH GRETA 

VAN SUSTEREN 7-12-11

Washington, DC ­– U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) today released the following statement regarding the Senate vote on the Cut, Cap and Balance legislation:

“I regret that due to my attendance at a dear friend’s funeral this morning, I was not in the Senate to cast my vote for the Cut, Cap and Balance legislation.  I fully support Cut, Cap and Balance and I am proud that Republicans put forward a concrete proposal to cut spending, balance the budget, reign in the spiraling debt that imperils our children’s future and ensures that our nation continues to meet its obligations.

“The Democratic leadership has failed to put forward any meaningful proposal to break this impasse, but instead continues to set up procedural road blocks to keep Republican plans from passing and force votes on non-binding legislation that will do nothing to solve our problems.  The Democrats, led by President Obama, continue to insist that our fiscal difficulties can be fixed by raising taxes on individuals and small businesses – the exact policies that will deepen our economic woes, not fix them.

“Both parties must now find a reasonable, responsible path forward to address head-on our debt crisis, end the mortgaging of our children’s future and make certain that our nation meets its debt obligations, as we Americans always have.  If Speaker Tip O’Neill and President Ronald Regan could find agreement on such matters, we can too.  We must put politics aside and do what is right for our nation.