McCain admits open letter to Iran that he signed 'maybe' wasn't the greatest idea ever

[hue]

Source: DAILY KOS

John McCain was one of the 47 Republican senators who signed onto the open letter to Iran. But he doesn't seem so sure anymore that it was an effective strategy. The letter, McCain said on Fox News, was just intended to "tell the Iranians that whatever deal they make, the Congress of the United States will play a role," but "Maybe that wasn’t the best way."

Gosh, maybe not. But why would almost all of the Republicans in the Senate do such a thing?

“It’s also symptomatic between the total lack of trust that exists now between we Republicans and the president,” he said.

“This has established a poisoned environment here which sometimes causes us to react maybe in not the most effective fashion.”


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[Cooley Hurd]

1. He should know better!

How would HE have felt if (God forbid) he won in 2008 and the Democratic Congress did such a thing to HIM??? He would've probably had them arrested...

[olegramps]

41. He can go straight to hell along with his running mate bitich, Palin.

The Republicans have been the fascist voice of hatred from the day Obama was elected. He was a lousy pilot, anything but a war hero and married a drug addict that bought him a office in congress after dumping his crippled wife. Typical of today's Republican.

[MADem]

51. You're right--he should have known better--he wasn't a 90 Day Wonder, he wasn't even

a ROTC grad...he went to the Academy, and though he graduated near the bottom of the class, those "rules and regs" are drilled into those guys seven days a week. He had years to think about who suffers when you get into a "continuation of diplomacy by other means" while he was in residence at the Hanoi Hilton. He knows what treason is.

If he were an ordinary, thinking human being, given his life story and circumstances, he should be on TEAM PLOWSHARES and not TEAM SWORDS.

He should be completely ASHAMED of himself!!!!

[TwilightGardener]

2. Isn't he the elder statesman of the GOP Senate? Good God.

[underpants]

6. He's scared of Fox News/ talk radio turning on him

He may want to run again and if they turn on him (given the truly zany elements in Arizona) he could lose. Plus he doesn't need the grief.

Their media runs that operation. Cotton feed the beast what it wanted and made his name national in doing so.

[TheCowsCameHome]

14. Yeah, what would he do on Sunday mornings? n/t

[niyad]

3. and this clueless twit wanted to be president!

[hue]

20. ...with Sarah Word Salad Palin as VP. Another "not the best idea" as well.

Not the best decision maker!

[niyad]

21. he should have been retired a very long time ago.

[Nay]

33. Yeah, he's sure been showing some signs of mental decline. nt

[leftofcool]

4. too late to back out Johnny McSongbird!

[tridim]

5. Who established that "poisoned environment" and "lack of trust" again, gramps?

Gawd, for one of the "sane ones" he sure is an idiot.

[daleanime]

23. +1

[fredamae]

7. FU John!

You do this (as do your idiotic colleagues) Every-fkg-time.

You say something stupid about something stupid you're about to do with your teabaggin' idiot colleagues, then your constituency and others call you up and tell you NO...you do it anyway..then try and walk it back....
fu john. No more.

[elleng]

8. No sh*t, Sherlock.

[BlueMTexpat]

9. McCain is long past his due date.

He's also a supreme opportunist who tries to have everything both ways. Anyone who believes anything he says about anything needs a reality check badly.

[oldandhappy]

10. Tehran Tom and Jehadi Johnny

[calimary]

27. And Yemeni Yertle.

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And ted cruz is on there, too, so we can go ahead with "TRAITOR ted" too! As far as rand paul, well, I keep getting stuck on "Brillo-head" for some reason...

[oldandhappy]

61. Yea, I got stuck on him also, smile. Love yertle!

[TheCowsCameHome]

11. I'm sure when was imprisoned in the Hanoi Hilton

he would have appreciated crap like this going on between the US congress and his captors.

He, of all people, should know better. He has clearly lost his mind.

[IllinoisBirdWatcher]

12. Right up there with his Vice Presidential pick...

One more demonstration of McShame's high quality decision-making.

[Baitball Blogger]

13. I'm sure Democrats at the federal level recognize the huge fracture lines

between the two parties. What dismays me is that they think that compromise is the answer. Negotiating with Republicans is like telling someone who has lifted your wallet that they can keep the money if you can get the wallet back.

[olegramps]

43. Reminds me of a comment about the Russians during the cold war.

The Russian negotiator said give me your coat, ring and watch. Our negotiator refused saying these are mine. Then the Russian said well just give me the watch and ring and when he again refused the Russian said see you can't negotiate with these capitalists.

[sarge43]

15. Well duh

This man selected Sarah "Word Salad" Palin as his VP candidate. He doesn't seem able to think things through.

[Botany]

16. It still doesn't stop John from blaming Obama for the GOP sending the letter

[riderinthestorm]

17. Another one blaming Obama for their fiasco! Fuck off McCain! Nt

[Dawson Leery]

18. Songbird Johnny strikes again.

[lark]

19. And whose fault is the acrimony to begin with,

the Repugs. They immediately came out and said making him a one term president and thwarting everything he wanted was their main goals in life. They also don't think that the letter further poisoned things? What idiots.

[Martin Eden]

22. Who's at fault for the "poisoned environment" and "total lack of trust"???

John McBomb Iran is trying to blame Obama for the letter.

[uppityperson]

24. Let's compare to his vp pick. Yah think, John, that maybe, just maybe, you aren't thinking things

through well enough BEFORE you do them?

[BeyondGeography]

25. IOW: Barack Obama, making me stupid since 2008

[CTyankee]

67. good one!

WAH "That mean Obama made us do it!"

[TheNutcracker]

26. To think for a moment that is was a good idea, is proof that he needs to retire. Enough of McCain

shenanigans!

[avebury]

28. Ya think?

[47of74]

29. I think McCain's little general comes to attention when there's the possibility of more war.

He was the one, after all, who wanted to "Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran..."

And that reduces the amount of blood available for his brain, such as it is.

[RussBLib]

30. still don't understand why ANYONE thinks the GOP is capable of governing anything

incompetence and arrogance, thy name is GOP

[Historic NY]

31. The're pissed because Iran is talking with us instead of at us...

along with 5 other nations. Is using a nuke a real option, between the 2 countries. At just under 1200 miles apart its less that it is to drive from NY to Miami. Somebody needs to get out an atlas, because eveyone would be affected.

[erronis]

32. Duh, John. Did someone wake you up from your all-afternoon to soon?

A bit cranky are we?

A bit unclear of what we're looking at, responding to, signing?

Welcome to the Old Fart's wing of dithering idjuts, John. Let's just hope that you slip further into senility and inutility without understanding all the damage you do.

[City Lights]

34. He's an idiot.

They poison the well and then cry foul.

Grow the fuck up, McCain.

[lumberjack_jeff]

35. "The black guy made me do it." n/t

[TheCowsCameHome]

40. Ya mean "That one?"

n/t

[Liberalynn]

36. There is distrust between the White House and Congress

but Obama is not who is at fault.

Hey John maybe if you and all your colleagues hadn't ignored all his attempts to cooperate and extend olive branches things would be different but no. Instead you all treat him horribly not just because you disagree on policy but because he's black, then you all have the gall to blame him for the incivility now? Your arrogance astounds and you've more than earned the cold shoulder your getting now. You would have gotten it a lot sooner from me but the President obviously has more patience than I do.

[JEB]

37. Reverse Ace McCain crashes again. nt.

[C Moon]

38. The GOP has control of both houses, and all they have been doing is nonsense.

This is why they mess things up when they are given the reins—and the middle-class (what's left of it) is left to clean up their messes.

I've always had hopes that elected officials have some intelligence and morals. But the current GOP wing has very little of both—they seem to think the whole system is a joke. Throw them ALL out on the asses!

[Fred Sanders]

39. Some folks need Viagra to get the blood flowing, McCain type folks just need blood.

[UpInArms]

42. this nasty POS thought he was good enough to be President

the voters knew better

.....

rot in your own sewage, McFail

[blackspade]

44. No shit dumbass.

“It’s also symptomatic between the total lack of trust that exists now between we Republicans and the president,” he said.

[kacekwl]

45. Has he ever had a good idea ?

[Hoppy]

46. It's ok, John.

Dementia hits a lot of us in our old age.

[ananda]

47. Translation: That it wasn't a good idea is Obama's fault ...

... for not letting us rule the country the way we want to.

[truthisfreedom]

48. More "blame Obama" weasel words.

[zentrum]

49. "I'm just a helpless

…victim of my own hateful thinking", in other words.

Stupid yes, but at heart its structure is that of the classic abuser: It's not my fault. You made me hit you.

That is the RW mind set: Liberals, Obama, women, Blacks, gays——they make me abuse them.

[hue]

50. More: McCain's breathtaking defense of signing the Iran letter: "I sign lots of letters"

http://www.vox.com/2015/3/11/8190671/mccain-iran-letter

Senator John McCain, whom you may remember from that one time he nearly became the president of the United States, has a less-than-satisfactory explanation for why he signed Senator Tom Cotton's open letter to Iranian leaders.

McCain told Politico that:

"I saw the letter, I saw that it looked reasonable to me and I signed it, that’s all. I sign lots of letters."

[GeorgeGist]

52. Choke on your poison, John ...

[lobodons]

53. the total lack of trust that exists now between we Republicans and the president,” he said.

NOW? Lack of trust NOW?? Jesus, it was you, the F'n Republicans that held a Treason Dinner the very night of Obama's 1st inaugural to strategize how to bring Obama down. Not what can WE do to help America (which by the way was at a historic economic downturn), but how to take down Obama which indirectly means the United States.

You were treason then and are treason now.

[FSogol]

54. "I just want a war," McCain sobbed.

[NCjack]

55. Sending the letter wasn't the fault of the 47 Traitors -- Bibi made them do it. nt

[BlueStater]

56. Shut up and step down, old man.

You've disgraced your country and your office. You're a fucking embarrassment.

[BumRushDaShow]

57. His own colleague, the Junior Senator from his state, didn't sign it.

[question everything]

69. Who is Junior from Arizona? (nt)

[BumRushDaShow]

71. Jeff Flake. nt

[madokie]

58. Hey peckerhead you signed it, you own it

Just think where we would be if he and half governor had won the election. If thats not scary I don't know what would be.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

59. No, Gramps, it's symptomatic of a bunch of UnAmerican MORONS!

[AC_Mem]

60. What has our President done to betray your trust Mr. McCain?

He puts the truth in your faces and won't let you get away with the outright LIES and distortions that YOUR PARTY poisons the public with. And he does it with style and grace.

What you accuse our President of, YOU are guilty of!

But of course, it is said on Faux so it must be "true" right?

Good grief. You look like idiots, you cannot govern, you are immature losers who won your elections primarily through lying, cheating and being bought by billionaires.

I don't say this lightly - they truly appear to be ignorant, reptilian-brained political whores who could care a sh*t less about America.

rant over.

annette
i live in Florida. Beautiful weather but GOP infested

[jillan]

62. Maybe if he'd get his head out of his ass his brain might work a little bit better.

[area51]

63. O rilly?

Gee, who'd a thunk a guy like this would make a mistake, after he chose psycho Sarah Palin as his running mate.

[DeSwiss]

64. K&R

- Now, now. You can't fault the demented for acting demented.

[reflection]

73. how the hell did I miss this in 2008?

I am laughing like a maniac at this.

[steve2470]

65. thank God he lost in 2008 nt

[Agony]

66. Mccain is a low-life scum …and i have no regrets calling him that.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/john-mccain-doesnt-regret-calling-anti-war-protesters-low-life-scum/

[mulsh]

68. Shoiulda held out for a bribe like tehran tom got. Way to go Senator Competitively Priced.

n/t

[question everything]

70. President McCain: maybe this was not the greatest way to respond to threat by sending troops..

Thank the voters we will never have to face this type of "maybe."

[treestar]

72. Here's a guy known for bad ideas

Like picking his running mate when he ran for POTUS.