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Video: John McCain and the JERK Factor
You remember the FLAP with John McCain getting testy with Arizona constituents over questioning him on his Senate Gang of 8 immigration amnesty?
During the town hall, Senator McCain called a voter a JERK.
The above video is McCain at a subsequent being asked about the jerk comment.
One day after a confrontation at a town hall meeting in Sun Lakes, Senator John McCain held another town hall in Phoenix.
On Tuesday, an audience member of the town hall meeting fired off a string of heated questions about border security.
After attempting to answer some of the questions, Sen. McCain eventually quipped, “Occasionally I get a jerk like that guy.”
3TV asked McCain whether he regretted calling the man a jerk.
“Of course not. I call people jerks all the time, and they call me jerks. It’s supposed to be fun, loosen up,” Sen. McCain responded. “I’ve done town halls for years. They are vigorous and a little combative. That’s what it is supposed to be about. Loosen up.”Um OK.
If an idiot politician, like McCain called me a jerk, I would be sure NEVER to vote for him again.
Arizona voters should remember this little altercation and be sure to vote McCain out of office in 2016.
And, let this be a lesson to the other Arizona Senator Jeff Flake about associating with McCain and his immigration amnesty machinations.
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The Sequester IS Obama’s Mess – Let Him Clean It Up
[youtube]http://youtu.be/GZMNfP_HCUA[/youtube]
The President has a week to prevent sequestration, but I doubt he will do ANYTHING to reduce government spending.
It is not in his political makeup.
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The Morning Flap: February 22, 2013
Sequestration from Wall Street Journal
These are my news headlines for February 21st through February 22nd:
- With Axelrod At NBC News, The Marriage Of Media And Politics Becomes Complete – What’s more, Team Obama has declared it has no intention of dismantling its campaign apparatus post re-election. Put Axelrod in the catbird seat at a news outlet and the “narrative” continues. Combine that with Team Obama’s masterful manipulation of journalists, its command of social media, and an ugly picture emerges of a press indistinguishable from the political establishment.This has happened in banana republics, but never in a Western democracy. Already it’s making old-school journalists who value news gathering over politics, such as the New York Times’ Roger Cohen, ABC’s Ann Compton and the Washington Post’s David Ignatius, uncomfortable. The one thing that will stop it is a press that won’t cooperate. So where is that press?
- Budget hawks question Pentagon’s doomsday scenarios – But perhaps the biggest example of the Washington Monument maneuver is coming from the Defense Department, where it goes by another name. Over many decades of defense budget battles, the Pentagon has often used a tactic known as a “gold watch.” It means to answer a budget cut proposal by selecting for elimination a program so important and valued — a gold watch — that Pentagon chiefs know political leaders will restore funding rather than go through with the cut.So now, with sequestration approaching, the Pentagon has announced that the possibility of budget cuts has forced the Navy to delay deployment of the carrier USS Harry S. Truman to the Persian Gulf. With tensions with Iran as high as they’ve ever been, that would leave the U.S. with just one carrier, instead of the preferred two, in that deeply troubled region.
- What Unites Obama’s Coalition — and What Could Divide It – Overall, the survey put Obama’s approval rating at 51 percent — almost exactly replicating his share of the vote last November. For all of his key groups, his approval ratings today remain close to his vote shares against Republican Mitt Romney. The survey put his approval among African-Americans at 91 percent (compared to his vote of 93 percent in November), among Hispanics at 68 percent (compared to 71 percent in November), college-educated white women at 48 percent (compared to 46 percent), and adults ages 18 to 29 at 57 percent (compared to 60 percent). Considering that several percent of those in each group described themselves as undecided on Obama’s performance, those numbers suggest almost no change from his support in the election.
- Can Democrats Mess With Texas in 2016? – Can Democrats Mess With Texas in 2016? #tcot
- Noonan: Government by Freakout – The president’s sequester strategy is like Howard Beale in “Network”: “Woe is us. . . . And woe is us! We’re in a lot of trouble!”It is always cliffs, ceilings and looming catastrophes with Barack Obama. It is always government by freakout.
That’s what’s happening now with the daily sequester warnings. Seven hundred thousand children will be dropped from Head Start. Six hundred thousand women and children will be dropped from aid programs. Meat won’t be inspected. Seven thousand TSA workers will be laid off, customs workers too, and air traffic controllers. Lines at airports will be impossible. The Navy will slow down the building of an aircraft carrier. Troop readiness will be disrupted, weapons programs slowed or stalled, civilian contractors stiffed, uniformed first responders cut back. Our nuclear deterrent will be indefinitely suspended. Ha, made that one up, but give them time.Mr. Obama has finally hit on his own version of national unity: Everyone get scared together. - Is President Obama overplaying sequestration hand? – President Barack Obama’s greatest adversary in the latest budget battle isn’t the Republican leadership in Congress — it’s his confidence in his own ability to force a win.He has been so certain of his campaign skills that he didn’t open a line of communication with House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell until Thursday, a week before the spending ax hits. And when they did finally hear from Obama, the calls were perfunctory, with no request to step up negotiations or invitations to the White House.
- Why Obama and Rove Should Sit Down and Keep Quiet
- Fewer Americans Getting Health Insurance From Employer – Fewer Americans reported having employer-based health insurance in 2012 than did in 2008, 2009, and 2010, but at 44.5% it is unchanged from 2011. At the same time, more Americans continue to report having a government-based health plan — Medicare, Medicaid, or military or veterans’ benefits — with the 25.6% who did so in 2012 up from 23.4% in 2008.
- H.R. 6684: Spending Reduction Act of 2012 – Legislative Digest – GOP.gov – RT @robertcostaNRO Text: the GOP’s sequester replacement, which was passed in Dec. 2012
- Flap’s Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2013-02-21 – Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Flap’s Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2013-02-21 #tcot
- Mark Levin schools Charles Krauthammer on why it’s not “honorable” for governors to expand Medicaid » The Right Scoop – – RT @trscoop: Mark Levin schools Charles Krauthammer on why it’s not “honorable” for governors to expand Medicaid
- A Tax By Another Name – Writing in the New York Times yesterday, Yuval Levin made the case for means-testing Social Security and Medicare. As you’d expect from Yuval the case is well made and elegantly thought-through. It’s also, if I may respectfully say so, misguided. Partly as a consequence of the refusal to make consumption take its fair share of the tax load, the US already taxes income on a pretty progressive basis (even more so, I suspect, if, just for the sake of argument, you excluded the very richest from the equation—highly taxed wage income generally makes up a lower percentage of their total take). Means-testing these two programs would only tighten the screws still further.
- Capitol Alert: Kristin Olsen to move to smaller office after failed GOP move – Kristin Olsen to move to smaller office after failed GOP move
- Charles Krauthammer: Immigration — the lesser of two evils – The president suggested he would hold off introducing his own immigration bill as long as bipartisan Senate negotiations were proceeding apace — until his own immigration bill mysteriously leaked precisely as bipartisan Senate negotiations were proceeding apace.A naked political maneuver and a blunt warning to Republicans: Finish that immigration deal in Congress, or I’ll propose something I know you can’t accept — and flog the issue mercilessly next year to win back the House.
- The 60th vote: Republican Richard Shelby to vote for cloture on Hagel; Update: Deb Fischer too? « Hot Air – Looks like Chuck Hagel is the next Sec Defense. Let the sequestration begin:
- 6 Questions for the Immigration Reformers – From border security to H1-B visas, much needs to be answered in the looming immigration debate.
- Obama reaches out to Boehner, McConnell as sequester cuts loom – The Hill – Obama symbolism over substance: #tcot
- DIGITAL 50: The Hottest People In Online Politics – Business Insider – DIGITAL 50: The Hottest People In Online Politics – Business Insider #tcot
- Flap’s Dentistry Blog: Dentist Acquitted and Wins $7.7 Million Judgment in New York Medicaid Fraud Case – Dentist Acquitted and Wins $7.7 Million Judgment in New York Medicaid Fraud Case
- Flap’s Dentistry Blog: Chicago’s Dental Health Safety Net on Verge of Collapse? – Chicago’s Dental Health Safety Net on Verge of Collapse?
- Ed Markey: Dred Scott = Citizen’s United – Flap’s Blog – Ed Markey: Dred Scott = Citizen’s United #tcot
- ‘The Great Sequester Panic’ – ‘The Great Sequester Panic’ #tcot
- The Benefits of Exercising Outdoors – NYTimes.com – The Benefits of Exercising Outdoors #tcot
- Smoking cessation in old age: Less heart attacks and strokes within five years – Smoking cessation in old age: Less heart attacks and strokes within five years #tcot
- Study disputes long-term medical savings from bariatric surgery – latimes.com – Study disputes long-term medical savings from bariatric surgery #tcot
- Harry Reid says he’ll run for re-election in 2016; won’t comment on Sandoval as opponent – Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told the capital press corps at the Nevada Legislature Wednesday night that he will seek re-election in 2016.The news conference came after he gave a speech to state lawmakers, like Reid does every legislative session.When asked if he would run for re-election, Reid said, “Sure, why not?”
When asked if he thought Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval would run against him, Reid said, “Oh, I don’t know.”
When asked if he could beat Sandoval, Reid said, “Hey, I don’t get involved in fights I don’t have to.”
When reminded that he was a boxer in his youth, Reid replied, “But I’m not stupid.”
- 15 GOP senators call for Hagel to withdraw – POLITICO.com – RT @politico: 15 GOP senators call for Hagel to withdraw:
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Flap’s Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2013-02-21
- Mark Levin schools Charles Krauthammer on why it’s not “honorable” for governors to expand Medicaid » Th… http://t.co/Abz6UXRiTP #tcot 18:57:43, 2013-02-21
- A Tax By Another Name http://t.co/RekDkoOBy4 #tcot 18:23:16, 2013-02-21
- RT @trscoop: Mark Levin schools Charles Krauthammer on why it's not "honorable" for governors to expand Medicaid http://t.co/iPzttyUgGI 18:20:21, 2013-02-21
- Charles Krauthammer: Immigration — the lesser of two evils http://t.co/yvTE4leACv #tcot 17:49:03, 2013-02-21
- 6 Questions for the Immigration Reformers – http://t.co/JHE0hdrXUY http://t.co/4u512wF0As #tcot 17:49:03, 2013-02-21
- Kristin Olsen to move to smaller office after failed GOP move http://t.co/7owRQa7vN9 17:43:51, 2013-02-21
- 6 Questions for the Immigration Reformers – http://t.co/JHE0hdrXUY http://t.co/2pIQIAlFgQ #tcot 16:39:04, 2013-02-21
- 6 Questions for the Immigration Reformers – http://t.co/JHE0hdrXUY http://t.co/SGOyio9eA9 #tcot 15:34:42, 2013-02-21
- 6 Questions for the Immigration Reformers – http://t.co/JHE0hdrXUY http://t.co/yediSQVt8l #tcot 14:26:38, 2013-02-21
- The 60th vote: Republican Richard Shelby to vote for cloture on Hagel; Update: Deb Fischer too? « Hot Air http://t.co/pPCgLxa86X #tcot 12:43:57, 2013-02-21
- 6 Questions for the Immigration Reformers http://t.co/wk0iEBAyct #tcot 12:43:57, 2013-02-21
- Obama reaches out to Boehner, McConnell as sequester cuts loom – The Hill http://t.co/EfRyYPaqsJ #tcot 12:43:56, 2013-02-21
- Looks like Chuck Hagel is the next Sec Defense. Let the sequestration begin: http://t.co/Jgy6xQIt9c 12:29:28, 2013-02-21
- Obama symbolism over substance: http://t.co/9W7hKminnY #tcot 11:42:50, 2013-02-21
- LOL – yeah I bet RT @briefingroom: Obama reaches out to Boehner, McConnell as sequester cuts loom http://t.co/n80M4zcIzd 11:41:54, 2013-02-21
- ‘The Great Sequester Panic’ http://t.co/0o63F3hdYQ #tcot 11:34:53, 2013-02-21
- DIGITAL 50: The Hottest People In Online Politics – Business Insider http://t.co/VAeOseUTsb #tcot 11:34:53, 2013-02-21
- DIGITAL 50: The Hottest People In Online Politics – Business Insider http://t.co/TVEDttQBEK #tcot 11:34:52, 2013-02-21
- Chicago's Dental Health Safety Net on Verge of Collapse? http://t.co/L6frJYigEQ 11:31:52, 2013-02-21
- Dentist Acquitted and Wins $7.7 Million Judgment in New York Medicaid Fraud Case http://t.co/qDYyTrUJQA 11:31:52, 2013-02-21
- Ed Markey: Dred Scott = Citizen’s United http://t.co/V7XOuCXcav #tcot 11:07:26, 2013-02-21
- Smoking cessation in old age: Less heart attacks and strokes within five years http://t.co/3Ric65eadr #tcot 10:46:29, 2013-02-21
- Study disputes long-term medical savings from bariatric surgery http://t.co/JqQz9tjnMQ #tcot 10:46:29, 2013-02-21
- The Benefits of Exercising Outdoors http://t.co/jydyUiAH35 #tcot 10:46:29, 2013-02-21
- DIGITAL 50: The Hottest People In Online Politics http://t.co/w1eFn7f4Ka #tcot 09:51:20, 2013-02-21
- Harry Reid says he'll run for re-election in 2016; won't comment on Sandoval as opponent http://t.co/7jAlUQdcMg #tcot 09:51:19, 2013-02-21
- Ha! My Twitter feed is full of self-congratulatory hugs about this online list: http://t.co/e4dm8JR0dp #tcot 09:29:06, 2013-02-21
- Day By Day February 21, 2013 – Laws http://t.co/TY57GlXKuh #tcot 09:08:33, 2013-02-21
- California laws banning 'one-stop' optician shops withstands challenge http://t.co/Dcno6VPnt9 08:37:55, 2013-02-21
- RT @politico: 15 GOP senators call for Hagel to withdraw: http://t.co/09sMeR5Wer 08:27:53, 2013-02-21
- In California, thousands of teachers missing needed credentials http://t.co/mJVjrChLAR 07:28:15, 2013-02-21
- California Field Poll: Gov. Brown's approval rating up in poll http://t.co/hv75zDfEF4 07:28:14, 2013-02-21
- 572 San Francisco city workers paid more than governor http://t.co/kWgBtz0qlc 07:28:13, 2013-02-21
- (500) http://t.co/4tbtSdawPy http://t.co/TJowTkhcMf #tcot 06:25:16, 2013-02-21
- @ConservativeDoc Of course, typical Time Magazine…. in reply to ConservativeDoc 06:22:58, 2013-02-21
- Start off the day with The Morning Flap http://t.co/Abp33xd31o #tcot 06:01:05, 2013-02-21
- The Mornng Flap: February 21, 2013 http://t.co/jtOG0dNp61 #tcot 05:59:18, 2013-02-21
- Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us | http://t.co/F5jrKWIgsZ http://t.co/Cq1C8vjaDy #tcot 05:51:41, 2013-02-21
- GOP Has Trouble Settling on Candidates Who Can Win http://t.co/qcbECWnm7m #tcot 05:51:41, 2013-02-21
- The future of free-market healthcare http://t.co/zXbbtxF8RB #tcot 05:51:40, 2013-02-21
- RT @conncarroll Morning Examiner: Republicans winning sequester fight despite themselves http://t.co/zHuwFdKeaf 05:21:34, 2013-02-21
- Shocker = not RT @jimgeraghty 49% disapprove of Obama's handling of gun policies, 44% approve http://t.co/3KKZyQdUMa http://t.co/aiH8Oc5Ujy 05:20:09, 2013-02-21
- Sorry, but total BS – sentiment is clear = no rift. RT @TheFix How immigration threatens to tear the GOP apart. http://t.co/Il33gSzXQA 05:18:43, 2013-02-21
- Ted Cruz knocks Obama on immigration http://t.co/H0mz8GXWJ2 #tcot 05:17:13, 2013-02-21
- Foreign Buyers Hop on Rental Trend http://t.co/kTcf4crRxg #tcot 05:17:12, 2013-02-21
- “I’d rather be a failure at something I love than a success at something I hate.”
–George Burns
Happy Thursday! 04:44:54, 2013-02-21
- Flap’s Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2013-02-20 http://t.co/MyhD8Po7e2 #tcot 03:05:11, 2013-02-21