Mack chides Haridopolos for opposing Ryan budget plan
by George Bennett | June 2nd, 2011
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U.S. Rep. Connie Mack, R-Cape Coral, told MSNBC today he doesn’t think much of state Senate President Mike Haridopolos‘ opposition to Paul Ryan‘s budget plan and its controversial Medicare component.
“I think it’s important that Republicans join together and support Ryan’s plan,” said Mack, who passed up a 2012 U.S. Senate bid and hasn’t endorsed a candidate in the GOP primary between Haridopolos, Adam Hasner and George LeMieux. “I’ll tell you why: if we fail to act, then the program goes bankrupt. So those who are choosing not to support either this plan or another plan are choosing to let Medicare go bankrupt.”
Asked by MSNBC’s Chuck Todd if he thinks it was a “mistake” for Haridopolos to oppose the plan in a GOP primary, Mack said “I do.”
Haridopolos avoided taking a position on the Ryan budget and got smacked down for it by a conservative talk radio host, then released a statement late Wednesday applauding Ryan but saying his plan “must be amended to provided greater protections for seniors.”
Haridopolos spokesman Tim Baker later clarified that Haridopolos would have voted against the unamended Ryan budget if he had been in the U.S. Senate. Said Baker: “If it’s yes or no to the current language, it’s a No.”
June 2nd, 2011 at 6:15 pm
Haridopolis has seen the writing on the wall. A yea vote for ryans voucher program is the kiss of death with the Florida voters. But a nay vote gets you a slap down by your fellow gop. Who would have thought it would be paul ryan who fired the shot that started the t-bag gop implosion.
June 2nd, 2011 at 10:57 pm
The echoes from the absence of the usual suspect tea-bloggers in response to this article are ringing out louder than if there were 50 comments! So begins the self-destruction of the GOP.
June 3rd, 2011 at 12:55 pm
Mack’s ex-wife lives in poverty with his 2 kids in Ft. Laud – he dumped her when he got elected to congress after touting his “family values” in flyers he sent to voters – when he got to congress he started an affair with Sonny Bono’s wife who he now runs around with – Mack is a total creep who lives off his daddy – Connie Mack who used his political organization on the west coast of Florida to get his punk son elected. Mack has no credibility to critisize anyone.
July 13th, 2011 at 4:42 am
Mack has no credibility to critisize anyone.