The GOP is responsible for McCain's meltdown. They were obviously conspiring

[mfcorey1]

to drag President Hillary Clinton into the Trump fiasco and gave this marching orders to their member os the committee. McCain was just following marching orders and ended up totally confused.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

1. That fool sounded like he lost his goddamn mind. What a moronic rambling and

just embarrassing performance that was.

[LOL Lib]

3. Probably because he has lost his mind.

Needs to be in a nursing home, not the Senate

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

7. Drunk McCarthy was waaaay more coherent. nt

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

11. No kidding

He's 80 years old. Is he going senile?

And I'll add to that as one who's had a parent who lost it such is not a laughing matter.

[jmg257]

2. Its a plausible theory - they would have to think America is really that dumb to not know

the difference between the investigations.

But the whole referring to trump as Comey at least a couple times could just show McCain is shot.

[mfcorey1]

4. Well, we know that they are working on an explanation like he did not get a good night's

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rest or it was his medication.

[NastyRiffraff]

23. He watched the Diamondbacks last night

Well, that's his excuse and he's sticking to it, dammit!

I didn't add the sarcasm thingy because that's what he really said.

[stevenleser]

13. I'm not sure plausible is the word. It's like a defense attorney

when his client is in trial for murder and there is motive and forensic evidence and the attorney says "How do we know that the deceased didn't annoy some drug dealers on the way home from work the day they were killed" with zero evidence that this is what happened.

Plausible? Not if all the evidence is in the other direction.

[jmg257]

20. Sorry - I meant that the GOP was behind McCain's line of "thought"

as described in the OP.

[leftynyc]

5. What STUNNED me

about all the questions the cons asked was what they DIDN'T ask about. Nobody mentioned the unmasking BS - that was supposed to be what they were to deflect to (according to Donnie - THAT's the big story). Not one con obliged that BS. I think that's significant.

[eleny]

8. They were more effective going after how Comey handled himself with Trump

[leftynyc]

10. I think they were

thoroughly INEFFECTIVE with that line of questioning. I think they were told to use that argument but they didn't shake Comey in the slightest and he came off as human and sincere.

[eleny]

14. I think that Trump's base would disagree with you

I thought he did fine. But wingnuts had to be cheering even McCain.

[leftynyc]

16. Considering I think anyone

who still supports that degenerate to be a slack jawed imbecile, I couldn't possibly care less what those neanderthals think. Only independents count and with a 34% approval rating, they're already bailed.

[stevenleser]

15. My question is did anything penetrate the thick skulls of the 35% or so of the country

that supposedly still supports Trump.

That's what I want to know.

I agree, the attacking of Comeys reaction to Trumps attempts at Obstruction of Justice were ineffective with anyone remotely being fair about it.

[leftynyc]

17. Honestly, who cares?

They're lost causes and can't be counted on to do any critical thinking at all. I'm listening to his lawyer speak now and I'm literally laughing out loud.

[stevenleser]

18. I think it matters. I think 1/4 of them are eventually persuade-able and that

amount matters to us in 2018 in terms of how many state legislature and congressional races we can pull in traditionally very red areas. We need both badly. Congress for obvious reasons and the state legislature races to try to get some momentum going into the 2020 elections and subsequent redistricting.

I think 27% or so was the low point for Nixon and/or George W Bush, so I think that is the best we can hope for.

[eleny]

19. I agree with you

The disgruntled can count. Just like Dems who became Reagan Dems. They counted for a lot.

Losing ones base is serious business. Peeling them off is worth going for, imo. We can multitask.

[Pisces]

27. Pence and their new hope "never Trump" Ben Saase

Will win all these people over. We can not care or expend energy on this 34% they will never vote Dem

[eleny]

35. He was at 34% approval yesterday

And the Republicans haven't finished gutting the ACA. Wait till people start dying after they lose their healthcare. Don't worry. You won't have to lift a finger to convince their families of who murdered their loved ones.

Haven't you read the postings here from DUers with family members who are regretting their Trump vote and it's been less than a year? You give up to easily.

[Pisces]

36. They won't be voting for Trump next time around. We don't need to waste

Time on people who are dumb as rocks. We need to focus on the 2-5% that actually swing elections who are independents. Not on brainwashed imbeciles who constantly vote against their best interest.

[stevenleser]

38. Those 2-5% swing indies are long done with Trump already at this point

We're only talking about hardcore R's who still support him now. Even many of them are embarrassed.

[Pisces]

40. I'm talking about the next election when they will be voting for Pence

Or Ben Sasse. They will not be lost to these conservatives. We need to focus on retaining those Independents in our column not waste time money and resources on the 34% that will never vote Dem.

[IamFortunesFool]

33. Trumps hardcore supporters don't watch or read things for themselves...

They regurgitate Fox spin and cultural parlances deeply rooted in ignorance of facts or history. Only truly ignorant or willfully uninformed people still support this man... In my experience, these are people who celebrate their ignorance... climate denying, young-earth fundamentalist types that have no education or desire to be informed.

[stevenleser]

39. I agree but that's about 75% of the 35% that currently supports him

There is about 6-9% of those folks that could still be eventually convinced. Again, I'm using the Nixon and George W Bush low points as my guide. And those 6-9% are important in terms of punishing the GOP in 2018.

[jmg257]

22. Excellent point. nt

[Ilsa]

6. I think you're right.

He did in his own line of questioning by getting names Comey and Trump confused.

[irisblue]

9. A whole line of PhD research

Dementia in POWS, a case study.

[Brother Buzz]

12. McCain needs to be cited

He was fishing out of season.

[cwydro]

21. Unable to watch. Is there a link?

Frustrated here.

[Brother Buzz]

24. It's all over YouTube

Here's one of many:

[cwydro]

25. Thanks!

[Brother Buzz]

26. McCain is fishing out of season, and in the wrong pond

[cwydro]

28. Lol.

Yes.

[Leith]

34. The Poor Doddering Old Fool

No, I will NOT apologize for that.

H doesn't understand the difference between a completed investigation into the legality of using a private email server while Secretary of State (which Rice and Powell also did)

and

an ongoing investigation into Russian hacking and interference in the US election.

"Double standard" my ass.

rethugs are trying so hard to implicate HRC in something that they make themselves look even more idiotic than usual.

[Brother Buzz]

37. That doddering old fool will be in office through 2020

I found it peculiar he was sitting off to the side, far away from his colleagues, like he was afraid that they would try and lock him in a closet again.

[BamaRefugee]

29. Lindsey Graham didn't come home last night...

...the mornings when LG isn't there, in his sheer Baby-Doll, making coffee, are the mornings when McCain just can't get revved up

[Polly Hennessey]

30. The more you watch it,

the worse it gets.

[wishstar]

31. I love how he so thoroughly muddled up his attempt to muddy the waters

He obviously didn't even understand his own gobbledygook.

It was shocking to me and probably equally shocking to Comey for McCain to seem so befuddled and demented

Sad and scary to think that McCain is supposed to be one of the few stalwart patriots who has claimed to be so concerned about Russian intervention and aggression, but obviously a total hack unless he was deliberately screwing up his marching orders so he would be totally ineffective in tearing down Comey's credibility.

[Freethinker65]

32. Sounds like he crammed for a test the night before and blanked out on the actual test

Channeling his running mate, Ms. Palin, perhaps? Too much rehearsing the night before to get the exact maverick-y statemanlike tone he wanted? Thing is, he could have just used allowed crib notes. Hahaha. Doesn't matter too much though...Lindsey will still be there for him and he really does not care much for Trump anyway.