McCain rips Cruz over shutdown: ‘Stop! You’re wrong, you’re crazy!’

[Playinghardball]

Sen. John McCain (AZ) lashed out at fellow Republican Sen. Ted Cruz (TX) on Thursday for causing a government shutdown that made it difficult for hungry residents in rural Arizona to get food.

Speaking at The Atlantic‘s Washington Idea’s Forum, McCain responded to a question about his differences with Cruz by saying he “admired and respected” the Texas senator.

“Where I disagree with Sen. Cruz — and I made this statement to him publicly and privately — was shutting down the government injured the people my state!” McCain said, becoming angry. “I am elected to represent them.”

He noted that one community near the Grand Canyon had to have food flown in from food banks during an October government shutdown that was instigated by Cruz with the hope of repealing, defunding or delaying President Barack Obama’s health care reform law.

“I have to say, ‘Stop! You’re wrong, you’re crazy!’” McCain exclaimed. “That’s what I have to say and if I sound angry, it’s because I have met and talked to constituents of mine who are on minimum wage who had to resort to go to food banks. I’m going to do everything in my power to make sure that doesn’t happen again.”

“There was no chance of success and anybody that believes that there is, is very naive about the Constitution of the United States.”

Watch the video below from The Atlantic‘s Washington Ideas Forum, broadcast Nov. 14, 2013.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/11/14/mccain-rips-cruz-over-shutdown-stop-youre-wrong-youre-crazy/

[Blue Owl]

1. Ted Cruz needs to spend some time...

...in McCain's cone of silence...

[Berlum]

2. "Screw you grumpy old man. I'm the annoinTED ONE. Sneer." - Teddy Cruz (R - annoinTED CrudeSader)

[Angry Dragon]

3. I thought Willard was the annointed one??

[Berlum]

8. Oh Jeez, the Repubbies are squirting a lot of oil around on a lot of folks

it's hard to figure out who is fully oiled up and who needs a lube job...

[Major Hogwash]

4. Like sands through the hourglass . . . so are the days of our lives.

As we open with today's story, John McCain is studiously looking in to his bathroom mirror.
"Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who is the fairest Republican Senator of all?"
And then he smirks, takes a drink of whiskey from his glass, and says to no one there, "Now where's that chair? I'm going to give it a piece of mind next!"

[bluestate10]

5. McCain does have moments of clarity passing through his brain on their way to

somewhere else. His position on this issue is one such moment.

[UTUSN]

6. R#1 for, bwah-ha-HAH!1 n/t

[hootinholler]

7. "who are on minimum wage"

WTF geezer, you sound like you think minimum wage is a welfare program.