McCain: Obama’s The Problem, Not Ambassador Rice

[DonViejo]

Source: TPM



PEMA LEVY 9:51 AM EST, SUNDAY NOVEMBER 25, 2012

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said that the problem with the administration's response to the Benghazi attacks has more to do with President Obama than with UN Ambassador Susan Rice, during an appearance on "Fox News Sunday," even though congressional Republicans, including McCain, have gone after Rice in recent weeks.

McCain, who has said he would not vote for Rice if she is nominated to succeed Hillary Clinton as secretary of state, declined to reiterate that promise Sunday.

"Sure," McCain said to the question of whether Rice could do anything to change his mind about her. "She can give everyone the benefit of explaining their position and the actions that they took. I'll be glad to have the opportunity to discuss these issues with her."

Responding to a follow-up question on whether that means McCain is now open to voting for Rice if nominated, McCain replied: "I think she deserves the ability and the opportunity to explain herself and her position, just as she said. But she's not the problem. The problem is the president of the United States who in a debate with Mitt Romney said that he had said it was a terrorist attack…"

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[msanthrope]

1. So you attack a woman because you have a problem with a man? Please proceed, Senator. nt

[K8-EEE]

30. +1 nt

[Actionman]

36. That was not one of those prepared lines...

But it will be historic... "Please proceed whomever"

[UtahLib]

56. His usual pattern and the probable reason his wife refuses to reside in DC with him.

Can you imagine having to live with his evil temper and his habit of retaliating against the nearest target when something does not go his way? I've said it before - I believe it's only a matter of time until Meghan pens "Daddy Dearest".

[think]

2. If McCain is looking for problems he might start by looking in the mirror....

[pangaia]

3. Right John..Nice move.

You attack someone who you think will just fold. Someone pushes back. You are AGAIN made a fool of. So now you say "Oh please, I didn't mean it." Then you attack someone else.
You are a vengeful coward, a would be bully and just full of hate.
Seek professional help.

[Berlum]

4. Freaking etch-a-sketch republicans are looking for some place their POO might stick

they should try flinging it at a mirror.

[heaven05]

5. GOD!

this old idiot is still "appearing" and bludgeoning his point home to no avail with sane thinking human beings.. STFU!

[AndyTiedye]

39. And the Mighty Slime Machine (MSM) Can't Get Enough of Him

Anyone who bashes Obama gets a microphone and a camera.

[JoePhilly]

6. Iraq war WMD cheerleader lectures nation on National Security ... REALLY?

[think]

14. +1

[randr]

7. He is afraid Romney will be compared to him

and is desperate to change the subject.

[crim son]

8. He continues to embarrass himself.

Idiot.

[Skittles]

52. yes he does

it is sad to see his obvious decline

[Warpy]

9. No, Johnny, YOU are the problem

You're a none too bright, bottom of the class militarist who thinks any problem can be solved by the use of the military.

I thank my fellow voters silently every single day that they were wise enough to reject you for the presidency. You would have been an unmitigated disaster.

[wisteria]

10. Happy to see they are pulling back but....

I would still like to see Senator Kerry picked for Secretary of State. He does have more years in and is highly more qualified than she is.

[Iggo]

38. Then who woud you run against Scott Brown in the special senate election?

[TheDebbieDee]

57. Barney Frank? That man is brave and has NOTHING to hide........

[alp227]

65. But I thought Frank retired from all political offices.

[sarcasmo]

11. Bitter man who continues to bring shame upon his name.

[IllinoisBirdWatcher]

12. McCain the problem. No One Else.

On the Benghazi issue as with many others, McCain engaged his large mouth before putting is brain in gear.

Yes, this spiteful little man has problems with the President of the United States. His problem is that he was royally trounced in 2008. He AND his "game changer" selection of the idiot of the north.

The more he babbles, the dumber he looks.

[Botany]

13. If you are in a hole .......

McCain is stuck on stupid.

[Gman]

15. The only logical conclusion from all this with McCain is

that he's throwing a tantrum because Obama won. He thought he would be vindicated when Romney won. That would confirm that Obama beating him was a fluke. Now he's really pissed that Obama beat not only him but Romney too and 08 was clearly not a fluke.

[Gregorian]

16. If only I were a cartoon artist. Hey McCain, this bus left the station long ago. WAKE UP!

I see a train, with Obama on it, trying to fix the country that Bush left us with, while in the dust John Mccain is waving his confederate flag in the smoke and dust, all alone.

[EC]

17. Why do they continue to put this old nut on TV

on Sunday's like he has any relevance?

[hrmjustin]

18. John McCain needs to resign.

[LibGranny]

19. No, McSame, YOU ARE THE PROBLEM

and people are wise to your ways! That is why you LOST IN 2008! You are a child of privilege and have always taken advantage of that and you always manage to reveal your stupidity! Go away old man!

[AndyA]

20. Grudge much, McCain?

Get over it. You lost the election in 2008 because Barack Obama was a much better candidate for the job. You picked a nit-wit idiot for a running mate, and proved by your own actions that you weren't capable of doing the job.

America just endorsed President Obama's abilities to lead the country earlier this month.

Shut up. You're just embarrassing yourself.

[olddad56]

21. He should be the President.... of Arizona.

[DavidDvorkin]

22. Four years till he's up for reelection

And he won handily the last time. So I guess he feels secure enough to pursue his vendetta instead of doing his job.

[olddad56]

63. and he will be 80 years old then. If he is senile now, I can only imagine his mental state by then.

[adirondacker]

23. I think Family Guy nailed it in The John Mcain experience "I want to be president"...

[SoapBox]

24. A Puke/Bagger + Fuks "News" = Vomit

STFU, Grampy!!!!

You are a national disgrace.

[SamHarris2012]

25. Two months of investigating with nada to show for it.

That is the problem, Mr. McCain.

1. Bengahzi is NOT a consulate. It is a CIA mission.
2. Your party has spent two months investigating CIA GHOSTS.
3. Everything they were doing is useless thanks to YOU and ISSA. And rat boy Chaffetz.

[Thinkingabout]

26. McCain must have slept from 2001 to the end of 2008.

He did not investigate the lies about the WMD's told by Bush, who sent Colin Powell to the UN to tell the lie there and he forgot Condi continued the lies of the Bush administration. Tell it like it is, Obama beat McCain and Romney. Now it is going to be up to him to prove he is capable of governing or carrying a grudge. He has a job now do the job he has been elected to and not ruin a good career by whining.

[riderinthestorm]

27. The persistent attempts to tie the Benghazi Bullshit around Obama's neck makes me think impeachment

plans are being made behind the scenes in Rethug meeting rooms.

There's no other rational reason why they are persisting in this other than they are attempting to rev this up into impeachment proceedings. McCain is determined to derail Obama's second term agenda with the biggest bomb he can throw into the proceedings imho.

It won't succeed - the Senate will never find him guilty - but the proceedings would permanently cripple the Administration's agenda for this second term. That would suit the Rethug power brokers. Not as much as defeating him in the election but destroying any forward progress on Obama's goals would be a powerful second best.

Hope I'm wrong about this.

[bucolic_frolic]

29. After the Clinton Impeachment??

The GOP will destroy itself if they pursue a political impeachment
again and try to make political hay out of it.

An absolute act of desperation.

The public would not buy it, and it will not fly over
what is obviously a matter of interpretation with
many differences of opinion.

[riderinthestorm]

33. It permanently crippled Clinton's second term. Tarnished his legacy and set up Gore's

presidential race to be so incredibly close (that it was bought? stolen? fractured by such a small fraction of Nader voters?)

I'm not so sure the Rethugs see the Clinton impeachment in the same way that we do.

I agree that it is an absolute act of desperation but I'm not so sure they see it as destructive. The teaparty Rethugs will be all over it. They'll LOVE Boehner and McConnell if they go forward on it - the upper echelon will see this as a unifier. There aren't enough moderate Rethugs in the house anymore to rein them in imho.

Like I said, I'd love to be wrong but McCain and Graham's persistent recent rhetoric that the Benghazi Bullshit is really OBAMA'S fault, makes my spidey sense tingle with alarm....

[Vietnameravet]

50. I would love for them to try it!!

It would be the end of the GOP..and good riddance to a party of racists, liars, fear mongers and obstructionists!

[libdem4life]

60. This isn't over sex so I predict it won't fly. And especially not with Petraeus re-entering

the political scene like nothing happened...and defending the President.

[bucolic_frolic]

28. What an old Geezer Windbag

[catbyte]

31. YOU LOST, GET OVER IT & MOVE ON, MAN

He's getting worse by the day. What a miserable old bastard.

[and-justice-for-all]

32. Actually McCant and Lindsey are the problem

not the President. McCant, still bitter after all these years....LOSER!!

[intaglio]

34. Awww, poor didums

Johnny got beaten by a non-white, Harvard educated, community organiser who runs the finest GOTV machine ever seen in the USA,who has been more beneficial to the USA than the previous 5 Republican presidents and has an awesome personal life.

[AAO]

35. A senile angry, resentful old man. Please people, get off his lawn!

[denvine]

37. The Republicans just don't get it!

I really don't think most of the population cares when and who first called it a terrorist attack. I really don't see the significance. So the Senate is wasting time following this conspiracy theory, and the Representatives are again trying to repeal Obamcare. Same old shit, different day. Hopefully they will trivialize themselves into oblivion rather than seeing that the public wants them to act on issues that really matter to us. Go on Gramps, when is he up for reelection?

[hrmjustin]

41. That is nice! enjoy your short stay.

[goclark]

45. the quicker the better

For the "Visitor."

[hrmjustin]

46. He has been PPR'd

[NMDemDist2]

43. try getting your news somewhere other than Fox

the 'truth' you hear there doesn't match up with the timelines as shown by the CIA and the military and the State Department

do some research instead of just puking talking points

[uppityperson]

44. OK, you are racist. And banned. bye

[aandegoons]

42. John McCain is as close to a terrorist as you can get.

Of course most republicans constantly side with the terrorist in their hate for this president.

[DallasNE]

47. No McCain: McCain Is The Problem, Not Obama

On September 12th Obama described the attack in Libya as "an act of terror" while speaking in the Rose Garden. It is on tape. Now McCain is calling Obama a liar in the debate, even though Candy Crowley fact checked it as true at the debate. Obviously, McCain is twisting the words then fact checking the twisted words and that makes the problem McCain's. It's weeks past time for McCain to simply shut up. Bitter does not make for a pretty picture. And "bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran" is not a sensible policy. Why do show still have this discredited old coot on every Sunday?

[burnsei sensei]

48. John McCain is the new Mitch McConnell.

nt

[geomon666]

49. Obstructionist

I'll say it til my dying day.

[Historic NY]

51. Loser again complains about the winner.

[struggle4progress]

53. The election was, like, three weeks ago, John. You can exit "campaign mode" now

[still_one]

54. McCain is irrelevant, and so are his opinions

[patrice]

55. BITTER old man. Go home. Leave us alone. nt

[blueknight]

58. i will be brutally honest

i will be so glad when these old dinosaurs just die and go to hell. fucking terrorist, no good dirty, homophobic,racist pricks EVERYONE OF THEM!

[Still Sensible]

59. This washed up old loser

is addicted to the attention.

[underthematrix]

61. I have one word for McCain - JEALOUS

[DonCoquixote]

62. The next time you think of voting 3rd party

remember, if we did that in 2008, either this person would be PRESIDENT, or Sarah Palin would be!

[truthisfreedom]

64. Time for old man McBlame to retire.

Useless fuckwad.

[loyalkydem]

66. Hey Grandpa

shouldn't you say You're the problem and people who think like you? Still a sore loser aren't you.

[marshall]

67. At least he acknowledges that she was merely stating the facts that she had been given

Some news reports act like she made it all up herself. She had likely never heard of that video. All she had to go on ws the intel that somebody gave her.