Pic Of The Moment: Supreme Hypocrisy

[EarlG]

McCain statement on President Obama naming a Supreme Court nominee

Sen. McCain Says Republicans Will Block All Court Nominations If Clinton Wins

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[lonestarnot]

1. Would you hire someone who stated in the interview that he would obstruct every move you made?

[DK504]

16. Unbelievable

Or flat out refuses do the job he is paid to do. These Senate members need to be fired. Can we take their pensions the way they take away corporations take away retiring employees?

[femmocrat]

2. First rec!

McCain did back peddle on that statement though: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-john-mccain-hillary-clinton-supreme-court-20161017-story.html

McCain's office issued a statement Monday afternoon backing off his pledge of blanket opposition.

"Senator McCain believes you can only judge people by their record and Hillary Clinton has a clear record of supporting liberal judicial nominees," spokeswoman Rachel Dean said. "That being said, Senator McCain will, of course, thoroughly examine the record of any Supreme Court nominee put before the Senate and vote for or against that individual based on their qualifications as he has done throughout his career."

Later in the day, during a campaign stop in Chandler, Arizona, McCain avoided the more strident position when responding to a question from local business officials about the court.

[wordpix]

20. Ann Kirpatrick (McCain opponent) needs to scream about this

fricking McCain should read the US Constitution which says the Senate should advise and consent about SCOTUS nominees. It doesn't say they should obfuscate and prevent nominees from being put up for a vote. I hope these repukes in Congress are voted out on DonCon's soiled coattails

[OnDoutside]

40. Definitely needs an Ad showing this rank hypocrisy. When people talk of "Government not working",

THIS is what they mean but unfortunately (perhaps deliberately) scattergun at ALL politicians. Republicans like McCain are the insidious virus within the body politic, and need to be extracted by what looks increasingly like a rising tide election.

[swwallace81]

30. Except for Merrick Garland

[pkdu]

3. Arse Practica. Nt

[uppityperson]

4. Come on, McCain. You are better than this.

[Maven]

25. No he isn't.

There's the myth of the "maverick" McCain, who puts principles over party. "Country first."

Then there's the real McCain, a GOP hack like any other. The notion of his unassailable integrity is just a brand that's way past its sell-by date.

Remember, this is the guy who wanted to put Sarah Palin a heartbeat away from the presidency to win an election.

[LiberalLovinLug]

31. Totally agree

I remember once awhile ago, he was a guest on Jon Stewarts show, just around the time the Tea Party was gaining popularity. He had a chance, like all of the Republican leadership, to nip this in the bud, but he went all in. And I remember Stewart kind of gobsmacked asking him "Are you going over to Crazytown?" He just replied with a nervous chuckle. I think that's the last time Ive ever seen him on The Daily Show. He destroyed that "maverick" mantle a long time ago.

[uppityperson]

38. i guess I should've said "were". And he had Sarah shoved on him, didn't want her but was rather

forced into the deal by the powers that been.

[Maven]

47. He was the top of the ticket. Buck stopped with him. nt

[Ccarmona]

33. No

He's Not

[world wide wally]

5. This kind of obstructionism is exactly how you idiots got Trump, asshole

[wordpix]

21. oh, are there consequences to actions? McC and his buds don't know

[sarae]

28. yep...

and then they have the nerve to whine about Trump when he destroys their party.

No fucks to give to these assholes...

[Botany]

6. Come on Arizona use this in a TV spot against McCain in his senate race.

"John McCain refuses to do the job that US Constitution tells him to do. A job John
McCain swore on the bible that he would do." I am Ann Kirkpatrick and I approve
this message.

[wordpix]

23. McCain up 10 pts. over Kirkpatrick, she should use this

http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/pollster/2016-arizona-senate-mccain-vs-kirkpatrick

[4lbs]

7. LOL. The slogan of his 2008 campaign was "Country First." Uh, huh.

Country First?

Yeah, right.

[Towlie]

8. Not only a hypocrite & flip-flopper, he doesn't even know what a lame duck is.

https://www.google.com/search?q=lame+duck

Lame duck - an official (especially the president) in the final period of office, after the election of a successor.

[lonestarnot]

9. Lumpy you need to go! Just go!

[droidamus2]

10. More than one problem

Not only is the obvious obstructionism a problem but there is also the underlying philosophy that is wrong. When the Republicans/Conservatives talk about 'balance' on the Supreme Court what they really mean is at least a 5 conservative justice to 4 liberal judges (yes I know that there is something called a moderate but the nominees never seem to fall into that category). I know it has to do with their desire to hold control over all aspects of the government but where does it say the one segment of our citizenry should hold sway over our laws in perpetuity. I have always felt that the balance of the court is a roll of the dice based on when justices retire or die. If the Democrats hold the presidency they get to nominate and if the Republicans hold the presidency it is their chance. Only in cases where a nominee is way beyond the norm either to the left or right should that nominee not be confirmed and that is only after a thorough and fair review of their qualifications.

[LiberalLovinLug]

32. A "moderate" is almost always to the right of center

And that's just the Democrats pick
*rim shot*

And the Democratic pick is a lefty looney compared to the "moderate" Republican pick.


And Trump? He don't care about what is a moderate or an extremist, or left or right, or qualified or unqualified. He'd pick based on who can be or is more easily corruptible to his own business interests.

[Dustlawyer]

46. Merrick Garland is not liberal, he is center right.

Obama should pull him and nominate someone with views more like the Notorious RBG!

[question everything]

11. I rmemeber when Obama sent his first nominee - Sotomayor

It was McCain who said that this was the prerogative of a president to appoint supreme court justices

What a hypocrite. Is his opponent using this?

[DK504]

17. Grampy

McCain has lost his mind and should be throw out for being demented.

[ancianita]

12. AZ? Do your country a favor. Retire this guy.

[gademocrat7]

13. Time to retire Mccain

To Alaska

[BREMPRO]

14. not surprising in the United States of Amnesia...

We are expected to ignore every past statement and history to just believe whatever is said at the moment..RULE:say anything you need to say to get re-elected, or whatever is expedient for self at the time regardless of facts or prior iron clad conviction.... sick of this republican slippery mouth clap disease.

[ffr]

15. WHERE ARE THE SCOTUS CONFIRMATION HEARINGS, GOP???!!!

You will be held accountable for your unwillingness to cooperate with America's first half-black president.

Your racism shows!

[Roy Rolling]

18. Still mad

He's still mad that Scalia didn't rise from the dead after three days as promised.

[TonyPDX]

19. He's obviously beyond ready for a rocking chair and a warm mug of Postum.

[Friend or Foe]

22. Dear traitor McCain:

Your oath and those of your fellow Senators:

"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God."

Not only are you violating your sworn oath to support the Constitution of the United States, but you are stating absolutely that you are a domestic enemy of the United States by so freely violating that Constitution. You are not "bearing true faith and allegiance" to our Constitution!

Is that what you apparently spent years in a Vietnamese hell hole protecting? Or are you taking this oath with a "purpose of evasion"?

[AlbertCat]

24. Wasn't Obama elected by the people?

How is letting him chose a nominee (not an appointee mind you since the Senate deems on such things) not allowing "the people" to participate in the selection process?

This makes zero sense and is all just a bunch of Kabuki hate theatre.

[WatchWhatISay]

26. What a shame

He used to have some integrity but it's been missing completely since he ran for President in 2008

[Gothmog]

27. K&R

[niyad]

29. you disgusting old man, it is LONG past time that you retire to the obscurity you so

richly merit.

[Lrobby99]

34. Flapping His Soup Hole

Only due to being in a tight race.

[Bozvotros]

37. McCain will agree to read any prepared statement

If his captors will stop torturing him with threats of being primaried from the right.

[BigDemVoter]

39. I have always thought he was touched in the head after his imprisonment in Vietnam.

That is not a criticism of Senator McCain; there is PLENTY of ammunition to throw at him for other things. For one, he's a hypocritical, disingenuous, lying sack of shit. Secondly, when he had the opportunity to demonstrate "good presidential judgment", he chose as as vice presidential running mate, perhaps, the only other person who might give tRump a run for his .money in being completely unqualified in every regard. Nonetheless, it would appear that tRump has managed to surpass even .the vile Sarah Palin not only for his greedy, crass, ignorant and boastful behavior but also by his complete lack of empathy for any other human being(s).

And just WHO has been supporting this abomination? Senator McCain!

[raven mad]

41. Yep, his POW status indicates he's do just this -

anything they say, and however you want it said.

And he is a prime hater.

[Nitram]

42. What little credibility McCain once had is forever gone.

[The Wizard]

43. A Republican Supreme (really mediocre) Court

forced George W. Bush on us against the will of the people. Never forget that. McCain is proving he's unfit to hold office. Come on Arizona, send him out to pasture where he can do no more harm.

[lonestarnot]

44. Your buddy Sheriff R Pie Hole is whining on the TV this am.

Why are all of you deplorables such whiners?

[Mike Nelson]

45. I will always honor his service...

...but McCain is deranged. He trusted Sarah Palin with the Presidency of the USA.