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ProSense

(116,464 posts)
Thu Jan 24, 2013, 04:47 PM Jan 2013

John Kerry quietly suggests Sen. Ron Johnson do his damn job already

John Kerry quietly suggests Sen. Ron Johnson do his damn job already

by Hunter

Republican Sen. Ron Johnson had a bit of a tough day yesterday. His attacks on Sec. Clinton did not go well (if there is one person you ought to think twice about trying to bully in a hearing, it would possibly be the ex-senator and former first lady most intimately familiar with the last 20 years of asinine Republican scandal-trawling), which resulted in a wounded Johnson sniffling that Clinton dodged his questions by being "emotional."

Today isn't shaping up much better for Johnson, who this morning was gets quietly chastised by secretary of state nominee John Kerry for missing the damn Senate briefing on Benghazi where Johnson could have gotten some clarification on the things Johnson has decided are, probably, outrages:

Kerry: I think it was very clear… were you at the briefing with the tapes?

Johnson: No.

Kerry: Well, there was a briefing with tapes, which we all saw—those of us who went to it—uh, which made it crystal clear. We sat for several hours with our intel folks, who described to us precisely what we were seeing. We saw all of the events unfold. We had a very complete and detailed description.

This must be the same Benghazi briefing that Sen. McCain also missed, back when McCain was being one of the most prominent senators assuring us that there was probably something fishy with this whole Benghazi thing. The reason McCain missed the briefing, you will recall, was that he was holding a press conference angrily demanding the senate be given briefings like that. This may have something to do with why McCain grumpily defended Johnson today, or not.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/01/24/1181733/-John-Kerry-quietly-suggests-Sen-Ron-Johnson-do-his-damn-job-already

Instant classic! LOL!

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John Kerry quietly suggests Sen. Ron Johnson do his damn job already (Original Post) ProSense Jan 2013 OP
It is sweet beyond words to see jerks like that handed... Hekate Jan 2013 #1
Yes, sweet! ProSense Jan 2013 #4
Hillary is one tough girl and I love her for it madokie Jan 2013 #2
Good for Kerry exposing Sen Ron Cha Jan 2013 #3
Haha! "Were you at the briefing?" "…no" NYC Liberal Jan 2013 #5
I recall McCain missed the briefing because he,, benld74 Jan 2013 #6
It must be a Republican rule: you must vote for someone dumber and lazier than you. mountain grammy Jan 2013 #7
I liked the "quietly" in the title, because that was exactly karynnj Jan 2013 #8
Yes, and it wasn't just ProSense Jan 2013 #11
K & R Scurrilous Jan 2013 #9
LOL. Score one for Kerry. Wonder why Hillary didn't say that? Oh...it was a briefing for Honeycombe8 Jan 2013 #10
Yes, and ProSense Jan 2013 #12

Hekate

(90,189 posts)
1. It is sweet beyond words to see jerks like that handed...
Thu Jan 24, 2013, 04:56 PM
Jan 2013

... their heads on a platter.

Twice in two days.

Mmmmm butter.

madokie

(51,076 posts)
2. Hillary is one tough girl and I love her for it
Thu Jan 24, 2013, 04:56 PM
Jan 2013

JK on the other hand is One Bad Ass from the word go and won't pander to these clowns now or in the future as neither did Sec. Clinton. President Obama gets it, that you have to have strong people in this position. unlike SoS kindasleezie who bedded them as a strategy.

Cha

(295,907 posts)
3. Good for Kerry exposing Sen Ron
Thu Jan 24, 2013, 05:06 PM
Jan 2013

Johnson. It's got to be so frustrating for intelligent people to deal with brainwashed idiots in Congress.

When I read this I immediately thought of McCain hogging cameras while the briefings were going on. He thought it more important to whine about Benghazi than actually attend said briefings to find out what was going on.

Thanks Pro Sense

NYC Liberal

(20,132 posts)
5. Haha! "Were you at the briefing?" "…no"
Thu Jan 24, 2013, 06:57 PM
Jan 2013

The more these guys open their mouths, the more foolish they look.

What was it Mark Twain said? "Better to keep your mouth shut and let people think you're a fool, than to open it and remove all doubt."

benld74

(9,888 posts)
6. I recall McCain missed the briefing because he,,
Thu Jan 24, 2013, 07:25 PM
Jan 2013

called his OWN announcement to the press in which HE began his wailing against the so called issue! SOmeone needs to find out where and what Johnson was doing at that time! SHouldnt be too hard,,

karynnj

(59,475 posts)
8. I liked the "quietly" in the title, because that was exactly
Thu Jan 24, 2013, 08:54 PM
Jan 2013

what it was. No raised voice, no anger, just the quiet point that he could have known the answers if he attended the briefing.

ProSense

(116,464 posts)
11. Yes, and it wasn't just
Thu Jan 24, 2013, 10:53 PM
Jan 2013

Johnson who was schooled.

I loved Kerry's response to Rubio's simplistic and seemingly caffeine-induced rant. Seriously, he sounded like a windup toy.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
10. LOL. Score one for Kerry. Wonder why Hillary didn't say that? Oh...it was a briefing for
Thu Jan 24, 2013, 09:43 PM
Jan 2013

the legislators, not Sec of State, maybe? Why wouldn't she have access to that same intel?

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