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Amerigo Vespucci

(30,885 posts) Thu Dec 22, 2011, 10:02 PM Dec 2011

"There's no doubt this hurts the Republican Party, & that bothers me a great deal, as a Republican" [View all]

House Republicans Cave on Payroll Tax Cut Extension
ABC News
By JONATHAN KARL, JOHN PARKINSON and HUMA KHAN | ABC News – 11 hrs ago

All week long, conservatives ranging from Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., to Karl Rove took shots at Boehner and the House GOP for holding out for a long-term extension.

"There's no doubt this hurts the Republican Party, and that bothers me a great deal, as a Republican," Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said on CBS News this morning, adding that he feels bad for American taxpayers who are "innocent bystanders caught in the crossfire."

"This is really tragic for the American people. And I would say that next November, no incumbent is safe, nor should they be," McCain said.

http://news.yahoo.com/house-republicans-cave-payroll-tax-cuts-extension-140256639.html

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"There's no doubt this hurts the Republican Party, & that bothers me a great deal, as a Republican" [View all] Amerigo Vespucci Dec 2011 OP

No doubt what so ever. Lint Head Dec 2011 #1

If your party is hurting mindwalker_i Dec 2011 #2

Just a moment..... Turbineguy Dec 2011 #3

Bwah! Well, you tried! nt gateley Dec 2011 #5

I actually agree with McCain last comment. But that is all. Tanelorn Dec 2011 #4

Selfinterest GOPer MFKR...hurt the GOP Party"?? ya worried about the PARTY? Fuck the NATION?? opihimoimoi Dec 2011 #6

He should have left it at "innocent bystanders caught in the crossfire." Amerigo Vespucci Dec 2011 #7

Saving Their Brand was a priority...not saving Americans from a tax designed to assist the economy opihimoimoi Dec 2011 #8

Just so we are clear.... Kalidurga Dec 2011 #9

It's a good thing ONLY if it's not raising taxes on the rich! n/t arcane1 Dec 2011 #10