McCain vs Bachmann - a lesson in dieting...

"Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) took issue with Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann's unwavering opposition to raising the debt ceiling in an interview with National Review Online released on Thursday." (HuffPost)

Well, all I can say is, if McCain is against her, she must be right. McCain is a RiNO, not a conservative.

I, too, have legit questions as to why we need to raise the debt limit if we cut spending appropriately. Look at it from your own standpoint: Let's say you earn $500 per week, but are spending $800 per week. If your name is Obama, you would simply try to raise your income (taxes) to match your spending. If you are Michele Bachman, you would simply cut spending by $300 a week. Now I ask you - if you cut your spending by $300 week, WHY do you need to raise your income?

So here is the real story. Democrats love spending money to make themselves popular at home, and get re-elected. To do that, they need to increase taxes constantly. And the far-left Democrats  (socialist/progressives) actually want the country to go bust so they can institute socialism in America. So, they insist that the debt ceiling be raised, over and over. It has nothing to do with what America needs, but rather what the politicians want.

Republican conservatives, however, are more concerned with keeping America a profitable, capitalist society, which progressives hate. To that end, they want fiscal responsibility, even if it hurts for awhile.

And then there are the "RiNO's" like McCain. So-called establishment Republicans who are not conservative (they are more like "Democrat-Lite"), and simply "go along to get along".

We do not need McCain or those like him. We do not need "more of the same", as proposed by the Democrats. We need a new direction, one that includes fiscal responsibility if we are to avoid the necessity of "austerity measures" like those that are tearing Europe apart.

And that means we must cut spending back to a level that coincides with revenues - WITHOUT raising taxes. Raising taxes only gives Congress more money to spend - and spend it they would.

After all, if you were to go on a diet, what good would it do to cut out ice cream, only to increase your intake of potato chips?

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