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spanone

(135,882 posts)
Wed Nov 14, 2012, 06:09 PM Nov 2012

mccain's mean-spirited attack on Susan Rice.

what a dick.

video: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1112/83824.html?hp=r3

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said on Wednesday that U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice is “not qualified” to become secretary of state and he called her claim that the deadly attack on the diplomatic facility in Benghazi was a spontaneous demonstration “not very bright.”

“She’s not qualified,” McCain said on CBS’s “This Morning.” “Anyone who goes on national television and in defiance of the facts, five days later — We’re all responsible for what we say and what we do. I’m responsible to my voters. She’s responsible to the Senate of the United States. We have our responsibility for advice and consent.”

Sen. John Kerry is quickly emerging as the favorite of most senators to replace Hillary Clinton at State. Beyond their closer relationship with the Massachusetts lawmaker and chair of the Foreign Relations Committee, many GOP senators remain angry about Rice claiming, in the days after the Benghazi attacks that killed four Americans, that the assault grew out of a spontaneous demonstration sparked by an anti-Islam film.

CIA-supplied talking points backed up what Rice said on the Sunday shows after the attack, according to a Washington Post report. But McCain said that was irrelevant.


Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1112/83824.html#ixzz2CEmNwghI

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mccain's mean-spirited attack on Susan Rice. (Original Post) spanone Nov 2012 OP
What a braying ASS. liberalmuse Nov 2012 #1
McCain saying someone else is not very bright? It's time for that cranky old man to go. Jim__ Nov 2012 #2
Lordy yes... it is long past that time... ProudProgressiveNow Nov 2012 #3
Should have said that about Condi after 9/11 malaise Nov 2012 #4
He got his brands of Rice mixed up. DCKit Nov 2012 #11
Don't you love how the GOP wants to waste tax payers money Dems50State Nov 2012 #5
This from the fucker who picked Palin? DearAbby Nov 2012 #6
Bwhahaha,..Sound judgement McCain, the weasel who gave us Sarah Palin. Segami Nov 2012 #7
McCain should have retired. GeorgeGist Nov 2012 #8
Two words for mcpalin.. Condi Rice Cha Nov 2012 #9
e x a c t l y.... spanone Nov 2012 #10
McCain is unfit for command. Dawson Leery Nov 2012 #12
Watergate style investigation BlueinOhio Nov 2012 #13
I think McCain and others want protect our future Nov 2012 #14

liberalmuse

(18,672 posts)
1. What a braying ASS.
Wed Nov 14, 2012, 06:13 PM
Nov 2012

McCain, no one gives a flying fig what you or your other two simpering minces think. He and Graham need to find something constructive to do. Maybe throw a going away tea for Lieberman or something? Anything - just STFU.

 

Dems50State

(147 posts)
5. Don't you love how the GOP wants to waste tax payers money
Wed Nov 14, 2012, 06:21 PM
Nov 2012

on a watergate style inquire over this. We should make them offset the cost of it.

Cha

(297,693 posts)
9. Two words for mcpalin.. Condi Rice
Wed Nov 14, 2012, 06:54 PM
Nov 2012
Marcy McGowan

@marcylauren John McCain Supported Condi Rice After Massive Intelligence Failure thkpr.gs/Sp9w9B via @thinkprogress

BlueinOhio

(238 posts)
13. Watergate style investigation
Wed Nov 14, 2012, 09:17 PM
Nov 2012

In the middle of this finacial mess they want to waste money on a wild goose chase. The GOP really is out to make themselves extinct.

protect our future

(1,156 posts)
14. I think McCain and others want
Wed Nov 14, 2012, 11:24 PM
Nov 2012

John Kerry out of the Senate, and the way they are going about it is to convince people that Rice is unqualified to be SOS.

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