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Jon Kyl made some unfortunate statements about the repeal of DADT affecting unit cohesion and endangering lives. He also wanted to delay the ratification of the START treaty until next year.
MSNBC discussed John McCain tonight on Lawrence O'Donnell show and called him "vindictive and bitter. "
Apparently, a lot of McCain's antics relate to his vindictive and bitter spirit. McCain believes he was bested by two men in presidential elections who were not his equal.
Rightardia believes McCain's military career and personal life were circumspect. We agree he would have been a better president than GW Bush, but that is damning him with faint praise.
This is a good example why anyone who follows politics closely should not vote Republican.
John Kyl in one of the GOP senators who has been blocking the extension of unemployment.
Top Senate Republican Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) insisted on Sunday that Congress should extend the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans regardless of their impact on the deficit.
This is while he and other Republicans are blocking unemployment insurance extensions over deficit concerns:
[Y]ou should never raise taxes in order to cut taxes," said the Arizona Senator during an appearance on Fox News Sunday. "Surely Congress has the authority, and it would be right to -- if we decide we want to cut taxes to spur the economy, not to have to raise taxes in order to offset those costs.
You do need to offset the cost of increased spending, and that's what Republicans object to. But you should never have to offset cost of a deliberate decision to reduce tax rates on Americans.
White House aides immediately seized on the comments. Press Secretary Robert Gibbs wrote on Twitter:
Kyl says wealthy need big Bush tax cuts while middle class families are on their own to fend for themselves as a result of Bush economy.
In private, administration officials say that the framing of the argument couldn't be more advantageous:
It's cutting taxes for the wealthy and letting the unemployed to fend for themselves," said one White House ally.
America's affluent now have a bigger piece of the income and wealth pie than they did before the Great Depression.
Obama has, in fact, already cut taxes for the Middle Class and the poor. Kyl is talking out of both sides of his mouth at once. Undoubtedly he will next claim his stupid comments were taken out of context.
As David Sessions wrote, in a hearing before the Senate Finance Committee Friday, Sen. John Kyl criticized legislation that would bar insurance companies from excluding some benefits.
After Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) complained that 60 percent of health insurance companies refuse to cover prenatal care, Sen. Kyl responded: "First of all, I don't need maternity care, and so requiring that to be in my policy is something I don't need and will make the policy more expensive."
Stabenow promptly cut him off. "If I could just point out one thing to my colleague -- I think your mom probably did."
