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CNN caught up with McGrumpy in the halls of the Senate and asked him why he did not attend the top level, classified briefing on the Benghazi incident today. McCain refused to answer and when pressed he damn near spit out his dentures ranting about being "badgered" by the reporter asking the question.
What a colossal douchebag!
Asked why he wouldn't comment, McCain grew agitated: "Because I have the right as a senator to have no comment and who the hell are you to tell me I can or not?
When CNN noted that McCain had missed a key meeting on a subject the senator has been intensely upset about, McCain said, "I'm upset that you keep badgering me."
While McCain refused to shed light on why he didn't show, his spokesman Brian Rogers emailed CNN a short time later with an explanation. He blamed it on a "scheduling error" but wouldn't provide any more detail.
According to a Democratic aide on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, only three of the eight GOP members of the committee attended the two hour briefing that ran from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET. By contrast, seven of the nine Democratic members were there. McCain's press conference took place at noon.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/11/15/mccain-skips-benghazi-briefing-gets-testy-when-questioned-by-cnn/
nc4bo
(17,651 posts)Time for him to step aside.
JanMichael
(24,890 posts)they should take a clue from Cheney, and go home to their mansions-
arthritisR_US
(7,288 posts)fasttense
(17,301 posts)attend the briefings are so upset about what happened? After all they were not interested enough to be there and find out what happened now were they??? Republi-CONS, they disgust me. Never doing what they were sent there to do, but griping the entire time about what is going on.....to busy with their afternoon naps I guess
arthritisR_US
(7,288 posts)was at the briefing either but I could be mistaken. The bad taste in my mouth could be the usual from them although the hubris bitters seems so much stronger
Walk away
(9,494 posts)xtraxritical
(3,576 posts)demwing
(16,916 posts)?
KansDem
(28,498 posts)calimary
(81,304 posts)LOVE this, demwing!
The "Johnald"!
A keeper!!!!
MsUnderstood
(1,654 posts)He kept saying "4 Americans died, we need answers. . ." about bengazi. I wished Matt Lauer would say "why werent you this indignant after 9/11?".
Next they moved to Rice's confirmation hearings where Pappa McMurf said "She lied to America" and Lauer asked back "What about Condelezza Rice saying Iraq would have a mushroom cloud if we dont do something based on wrong information" and McCain said that its okay that Condie Lied because everyone in the world was spouting the same lies.
Next he went into the lie that Obama never called bengazi a terrorist attack. Like the semantics make any difference. He forgot to add that Obama said it would be investigated and the people perputrating the event would be taken care of. That whole "obama is softe cause he used the wrong words" is a ridiculous spin.
Whether the attack was spontaneous or planned, it is being investigated and it ALREADY happened. Focusing on WHY it happend doesn't change that it happened and it wont change the future cause now we are wasting money on these crazed hearings instead of budgeting more money for security at the embassies...its frutstrating.
NYtoBush-Drop Dead
(490 posts)Perhaps he's "dancing with the fairies and should be relieved of his office...
BeyondGeography
(39,374 posts)Obama has saved us from the apocalypse, I swear.
speedoo
(11,229 posts)Romney would be a disaster, doing the tea party's bidding.
volstork
(5,402 posts)I was thinking that as I read the OP. How many wars do you think we would be involved in if he had won?
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)And I was so hoping to rest peacefully tonight
lpbk2713
(42,759 posts)Whyyy ... I oughtta ...
Berlum
(7,044 posts)to flush out the Republican 'values' he is infested with...
aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)He must have had McCain in mind.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/11/14/barbour-gop-needs-a-proctology-exam/
Barbour: GOP needs a 'proctology exam'
CNN's Ashley Killough
(CNN) While Republicans continue to soul search after their party's loss in the presidential election, former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour injected a new term Wednesday to describe the GOP's introspection.
"The ground game is really important, and we have to be, I mean we've got to give our political organizational activity a very serious..." he said, taking a pause and looking for the right word. "Proctology exam. We need to look everywhere."
Care Acutely
(1,370 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Makes sense to me.
coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)catbyte
(34,402 posts)kooljerk666
(776 posts)Dubster
(427 posts)Buns_of_Fire
(17,181 posts)Damned shame they're not basking in the awe and reverence they'd like to think they're entitled to.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Cirque du So-What
(25,941 posts)sulphurdunn
(6,891 posts)are only interested in manufacturing a scandal of the Benghazi episode, and certainly not in any evidence to the contrary.
kardonb
(777 posts)never confuse republicons with facts ! They don,t like them because they don,t fit their meme .
Sadiedog
(353 posts)Roland99
(53,342 posts)1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)You do have the right to have no comment and not speak to your schedule; but you CANNOT do both, while pressing the issue that you demand more information when the very briefing you missed was on that very subject.
It's like calling a press conference decrying your unpreparedness for a test ... during the announced professor guided study session.
Oh, how you embarass me as one who lives in your district. Here's a suggestion: "Shhhhh!"
John2
(2,730 posts)is easy. The reporter should have went for the kill. Hey senator, because the American people have the right to know. That is my job!
reformist2
(9,841 posts)Nothing more than bloviating congressmen feigning outrage.
Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)He came home in a double-sealed casket which meant, according to the officer who accompanied his remains home, there was nothing in the casket except for an empty uniform or a plastic bag containing body parts. In my eyes McCain has forfeited whatever respect I owed him for his service in Vietnam...I'd spit on him now if given the opportunity. He is a disgrace.
coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)cui bono
(19,926 posts)What was that other outburst of his a week or so ago? I forget who he was yelling at but I think it was private citizens.
He just can't take anyone questioning him at all any more, not to mention he's gone wingnut on us.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)didn't go so that they can continue to cast dispersions on the President and Amb. Rice and still be able to say they don't have all the information to stop badgering the POTUS. They have no shame politicizing this situation. Tempest in a teapot. Snakes and evil people they are.
RVN VET
(492 posts)McCain is an old fool, dishonorable and dishonest. He and the other 4 GOP committee members who absented themselves from the meeting made a very loud statement to the effect that they don't give a damn about the facts of the case, they just want to attack the President. McCain got angry because the obvious dishonesty of his attacks on Obama was being exposed.
(I might have voted for McCain in 2000, back when he still had a semblance of honor and dignity. But he pretty much traded his principles and kissed Bush's butt -- even after the lie about him fathering a black child was concocted and spread by Bush's campaign -- for a chance to be Bush's successor.)
aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)central scrutinizer
(11,650 posts)nfm
dgibby
(9,474 posts)He was a jerk then, and he's only gotten worse with age. I gave him the benefit of the doubt when he first came back, considering he'd been a POW, but I think he's been like that all his life.
Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)surprise to me. I only became at all familiar with him then, and just got a very bad vibe off him. interesting to hear from someone with direct experience that supports my impressions. And though "jerk" sounds about right, I would have said "dick".
olegramps
(8,200 posts)dmr
(28,347 posts)His whiny press conference was more important than the classified briefing on Benghazi.
Shame on him.
He owes the reporter an answer. The questions/answers are for the American people.
Cha
(297,287 posts)bitter ol Losers.
railsback
(1,881 posts)that the MSM is picking on poor little John McCain. Its freakin' hilarious.
John2
(2,730 posts)act like he is still fighting the Viet Cong in North Vietnam and and Communism. He seems to be fighting Demons. I don't think he is fit to be a U.S. Senator because he shows signs of having lost his mind. It is time for him to retire but that is up to the people of Arizona.
coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)military forces of the National Liberation Front or NLF) in South Vietnam (and, after 1965, possibly the North Vietnamese Army too).
He would have been fighting the North Vietnamese Army in North Vietnam.
He would NOT have been fighting the Viet Cong in North Vietnam.
Now back to regular programming.
LaPera
(6,486 posts)McCain (or Graham) don't care one bit about getting more information or he would of made it to today's two hour classified meeting & hearings. - He knew what time it started.
McCain has already made up his mind without any of the facts....He & Graham just want a "witch-hunt" they will try anything, anything to try to get a special prosecutor to harass & weaken the Obama administration for the next four years (ala Ken Starr).
McCain & Graham certainly don't care about the facts or finding the truth - They've already made up their mind that they are going to speak the same untruths over & over again to try and make it fact.
McCain & Graham believe they have finally found their vehicle for the republicans to harass & dictate policy moves on this administration via their completely bogus accusations, which don't hold any water what so ever. - There is zero none, nil, zilch no substance to what McCain & Graham are saying - and the thing is....And is why they are screaming so loudly - because they know it too.....
Republicans have made it perfectly clear that are trying to get a special prosecutor appointed on the flimsiest of evidence & untruths so they can dig into anything & everything in this administration for the next four years .
They aren't going to get away with it this time as they did with the bogus Whitewater scam they made up.
justiceischeap
(14,040 posts)That's why he's pissed off. He's savvy enough to know, he kneecapped himself with a "scheduling error." Forever more, when McCain brings up Benghazi, his missing the hearing will be mentioned along side anything he says on the subject.
wtmusic
(39,166 posts)Sweet Freedom
(3,995 posts)but more interesting are the comments, which I typically avoid because they are always insane teabug rants, but look at all the sanity--
http://news.yahoo.com/mccain-misses-classified-briefing-while-blasting-white-house-170656090--abc-news-politics.html
I think my favorite is--
This is a great example of what is happening to our country. Idiots demanding answers while missing the facts right before their eyes.
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)After griping about Obama to the media McCain had to empty his colostomy bag and take a nap before he could attend breifing.
Botany
(70,516 posts)McCain is awesome when he knows he is wrong and starts to wig out.
He did this about gays in the military awhile back.
dtom67
(634 posts)If mccain were a democrat, the right would be calling him a manchurian candidate.
Lex
(34,108 posts)and the anger thing with him keeps growing. A symptom.
I believe there is something seriously wrong with him. Dementia?? Or has he just devolved into a mean old man. Whatever it is, he is certainly no longer the nice guy he used to be (or pretend to be).
deutsey
(20,166 posts)Yes, that's certainly the way to get to the bottom of what happened...
Old and In the Way
(37,540 posts)It's getting old....
deutsey
(20,166 posts)Most of them are totally deluded nutcases. I'm really growing tired of them screwing with our reality.
aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)When Condi Rice was being subjected to questioning over whether she lied about WMD, "Mr. Lingering Bitterness" said she was merely misled about the intelligence and lamented politicization of the issue: I can only conclude we're doing this for no other reason than because of lingering bitterness at the outcome of the elections,
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)elleng
(130,964 posts)the two hour briefing that ran from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET. By contrast, seven of the nine Democratic members were there. McCain's press conference took place at noon.'
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)Asshole has embarrassed himself.
relayerbob
(6,544 posts)"I'm a taxpayer and I'm your f'ing boss."
City Lights
(25,171 posts)Off to the corner with you, Johnny!
Republicans are such little sad sacks!
underpants
(182,826 posts)Sounds familiar.
cyclezealot
(4,802 posts)Knowing the truth makes it more difficult to turn nothing into something.
underpants
(182,826 posts)information"
George II
(67,782 posts)L0oniX
(31,493 posts)"I Dont See How It Matters That I Dont Know The Price Of Gas" --John McCain
"I disagree with what the majority of the American people want." --John McCain
"Only the most deluded of us could doubt the necessity of this war." --John McCain
Melinda
(5,465 posts)I mean really!!!!
"McCain... argued that the Benghazi attack warrants a special committee because four Americans died." link
REALLY?!?! And YOU couldn't rearrange YOUR schedule for four dead Americans, Gramps?
Really.
patrice
(47,992 posts)so, shut up and listen, or else!
SubgeniusHasSlack
(276 posts)sore loser can't get over being whipped by a Black Man.
ChisolmTrailDem
(9,463 posts)Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)SunDrop23
(2,109 posts)Not a flame, but please make the case.
ErikJ
(6,335 posts)CRH
(1,553 posts)they knew they had politicized national security, and crow was on the menu.
WCLinolVir
(951 posts)It just sounds ageist and discriminatory when people use his age to criticize him. And it doesn't sound very intelligent.
kmlisle
(276 posts)How about that question for this incompetent old geezer? Make way for Young Blood who can walk fast enough to get to thier briefings on time Grandpa!
Jim__
(14,077 posts)Lebam in LA
(1,345 posts)has finally caught up with him.
longship
(40,416 posts)Lots of stuff is younger than this old coot.
Chocolate chip cookies? Younger than McCain!
Grocery cart? Younger than McCain!
You can see where this is going.
spanone
(135,844 posts)hibbing
(10,098 posts)Once again they will drag his ass on t.v., wouldn't be surprised to see a few of the war criminals from the idiot son's administration on them too, to chime in with their "expertise".
I think his hatred for President Obama is quite apparent.
Peace
The Wizard
(12,545 posts)beat him in a landslide. He'll be modeling straightjackets soon.
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)lonestarnot
(77,097 posts)Liberalagogo
(1,770 posts)gulliver
(13,186 posts)Media take note. If you don't play ball with McCain and ask the questions he wants asked, he'll grouch at you. Then you can write about that. Loser of 2008 election's reputation goes down in flames. What's better?
defacto7
(13,485 posts)Their ship is still sinking!
MisterScruffles
(76 posts)Nonsense! The GOP is still doing fine! There is no iceberg, and any reports of a hull breach are just liberal media bias!
defacto7
(13,485 posts)MisterScruffles
(76 posts)But I was busy repairing my irony meter after listening to the GOP accuse Obama of weakening the security at Benghazi.
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)don't show up to a briefing about Benghazi. Anything they say on the subject can now be completely discounted as 100% political bullshit and exploitation of American deaths.
Amonester
(11,541 posts)Have they ever done anything else?
Mc Mike
(9,114 posts)Repugs cause exploitable American deaths.
Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)Javaman
(62,530 posts)to get off the lawn of his 7th floor apartment rental.
Tigress DEM
(7,887 posts)still_one
(92,217 posts)Jennicut
(25,415 posts)Nothing new there.
But now he is just adding sore loseritis to his lovely personality.
Arkana
(24,347 posts)by the fact that he didn't bother to go to the intelligence briefing.
Senile old fart. His time has come and gone, and the Democrats would do well to make sure he's challenged in his next election--that is, if the teabaggers don't get him first.
The Green Manalishi
(1,054 posts)Third Doctor
(1,574 posts)increasingly unstable.
DinahMoeHum
(21,794 posts)mwooldri
(10,303 posts)I know my reply title is a little bit "out there" but I think there may be some truth to my statement. If our elected representatives can't be bothered to show up to crucial meetings, how are they supposed to give the supposed oversight that we're entrusting them with? If a pair of eyes misses a crucial detail and innocent people (not just Americans) die as a result... isn't that pair of eyes to have some blame placed upon them too? Even if the eyes are attached to Senator McCain?
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)I think both.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)(and Dems in general, as always).......yet they're the ones missing from the briefing.
guess they couldn't bear to catch up on FACTS.
fucking pukes
davidthegnome
(2,983 posts)The last four years and more have proven me wrong. Maybe he's gone senile in his old age, or maybe he was an ass all along and I just gave him too much credit for the good things he did. Yeah, I'd say it's time for him to retire.
ReasonableToo
(505 posts)He needs to go away
A spokeswoman for the National Alliance of Families for the Return of America's Missing Servicemen and Women tries to get a committee of Congress to approve efforts to get information about POW/MIAs. McCain disingenuously belittles the woman. He doesn't want any of the details of HIS time as a POW to come to light...