John McCain to write for Pravda in response to Putin's Times op-ed

[Bosonic]

Source: The Guardian

Senator John McCain will submit an opinion piece to the Russian newspaper Pravda, in response to an op-ed on Syria in the New York Times by the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, that infuriated many members of Congress.

"Senator McCain is glad to take them up on the offer and will submit a piece," said Brian Rogers, a spokesman for the Republican senator from Arizona, who is one of the leading congressional voices on international affairs.

The announcement came on Friday, a day after the New York Times published a Putin commentary in which the Russian leader painted himself as a peacemaker and lectured Washington for what he called a tendency to use "brute force" in international politics. Many US lawmakers made clear that they did not welcome the Russian leader's input into their debate over approving missile strikes in response to the apparent use of chemical weapons by Putin's ally, Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.

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McCain's decision to write a column for Pravda came about after the US publication Foreign Policy sent the Russian outlet a transcript of a CNN interview in which McCain discussed Russian restrictions on press freedom and joked that he would like to write for Pravda.

Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/13/john-mccain-pravda-article-putin-times

[Squinch]

1. Oh, god. He's going to talk about his lawn, and then threaten to invade syrup.

[FiveGoodMen]

14. !

[madrchsod]

22. most excellent response!

two `s up

[awoke_in_2003]

23. Old man yells at cloud. nt

[MADem]

27. You bear riding bald, booby, fish kissing basstid, get the hell offa my lawn!!!!

I really don't think it's appropriate for the LOSER in the Presidential sweepstakes to be regarded as someone with "equal billing" ... and the NYT can be a total tool of a paper at times, but in no way, shape or form are they the PRAVDA of America.

[Squinch]

29. Fish kissing bastid just jumped to the top of my list of go-to phrases! It fits every situation!

[King_Klonopin]

35. I've kissed a fish. I'm not proud of it, but I have.....

[MADem]

38. When you've ridden the bear shirtless across the river ford, we'll

set up the "arm wrestling to the death" contest!!!

[monmouth3]

2. WWIII coming up!

[olddad56]

41. that was my thought also. If anyone could fuck up diplomacy more than it already is, he is the guy.

[Katashi_itto]

3. Will it be in Crayon?

whatever happens "Songbird" is going to make us look pretty stupid.

[liberal N proud]

4. He has experience appearing on FOX many times.

Push the propaganda!

[wryter2000]

5. What could go wrong with that?

Why do I fear it's going to sound like one of Archie Bunker's public opinion TV spots?

[TheDeputy]

6. Ghostwriter to the rescue!

That fucker is senile as hell.

[Cleita]

7. Mc Cain is one senator among a hundred.

Who has given him moral and political authority to speak for a whole nation?

Go take a nap grandpa and let the elected leaders in the White House take care of things.

[marshall]

19. Has anyone else stepped up to do it?

McCain has nothing to lose. He's not running again and he seems to relish bucking his own party as well as ours. Everyone else has their reelection, reputation, and/or legacy to protect.

[Cleita]

21. He represents one state, not a nation.

It's Obama who will address this down the line after avenues of diplomacy have been explored. McCain is an arrogant asshole to pretend to speak like a President for the nation.

[King_Klonopin]

34. The fact that no one has made an offer to write an Op-Ed for Pravda

should tell you something. It is a meaningless, empty gesture.

It serves no purpose (except to inflate his ego) and it can
only make things worse, not better. The reality is that WE have
nothing to GAIN by this grandstanding more than we have nothing
to lose.

McCain is an asshole who has a knack for getting in the way.
He is acting as though HE is the President and the year is 1964.

He needs to sit down and shut up already.

One more thought:
Does he have any clue that Pravda could be setting him up to be
slammed ???? (i.e. Foot, meet trap!)

[Alamuti Lotus]

9. Pravda is actually not a very important paper anymore..

But I don't have the heart to tell him that THINGS HAVE CHANGED SINCE STALIN RAN IT... which I'm sure McCain remembers clearly.

[go west young man]

36. Your right...

RIA-Novosti, Russia Today and Moscow/St. Petersburg Times are the big ones. Pravda is considered too pro gov't so not many people take it seriously. Plus they do alien abductions stories and such. Who knows McCain may fit in.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

47. Tass is too hard to spell

[chelsea0011]

10. Texas Hold'm tips?

[another_liberal]

11. I can see it all now . . .

"Our Uncle Sam is a better man than your old Uncle Joe!"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner_of_War_%28film%29

[AtheistCrusader]

12. Mother Jones already posted the article.

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/09/john-mccain-world-attack-map-syria

[TBF]

18. That's awesome. nt

[peoli]

13. What a egotistical dick,

[hibbing]

17. hehe

He's such a media whore, and the corporate media just loves him. I wish he would go away.

Peace

[Botany]

15. face palm time

[DeSwiss]

16. :-D

[ColesCountyDem]

20. The thought of McCain writing anything for Pravda makes me throw up in my mouth a little. n/t

[bloomington-lib]

24. Oh, this is going to be embarassing

[Octafish]

25. On Video Poker?

Crashing planes is the other thing he's known for.

[Politicalboi]

26. What color crayon is he going to use?

I bet he chooses Red. Red for the GOP, Anger, Blood. Very smart Mr. Magoo. Have Sarah help you out if you have any trouble. Pretend if only for 5 minutes you are the president, and her the VP.

No matter how many times she tells you, do not use the lipstick.

[Egnever]

28. LOL John is a doddering fool.

Once again he shows why no one should be paying attention to him. Ever!

Does he realy believe Pravda will print anything critical of Putin? Or is he just grandstanding yet again.

[pandora nm]

30. Gag me with a spoon

Please Grampy. just go away!

[yodermon]

31. Advance copy leaked:

Arm the rebels! Arm the rebels, arm the rebels. Arm the rebels, but arm the rebels after arming the rebels. I have a 5 point plan.1) Arm the rebels. 2) Arm the rebels. 3) Arm the rebels. 4) Arm the rebels. 5) Arm the rebels.

Arm the rebels, arm the rebels. Arm the rebels, arm the rebels. Arm the rebels, arm the rebels. Arm the rebels, arm the rebels.Arm the rebels, arm the rebels. Arm the rebels, arm the rebels. Arm the rebels, arm the rebels. Arm the rebels, arm the rebels.Arm the rebels, arm the rebels.

Lastly, Arm the rebels.

[Wolf Frankula]

32. He's Going to Explain How to Crash an Airplane.

Doesn't he have a decoration from North Vietnam for destroying US Navy Aircraft?

Wolf

[marble falls]

33. How ironic is that? McCain opining in a publication called "Truth".

[dawn frenzy adams]

37. Pravda wants a good laugh!

Or. They want McCain to trash Obama. After all, the American Mainstream Media treats McCain like he won the election.

[ellenrr]

39. are you sure this isn't from the Onion? nt

[davidpdx]

40. Despite my feelings that what Putin did was wrong

McCain has no right to do the same and he certainly isn't the president. McGrumps you lost remember!

[Doctor_J]

42. I don't know how the Onion stays in business

Repukes are unfailingly hilarious.

[Marrah_G]

43. ~facepalm~

[Coyotl]

44. Will they remember who he is?

Isn't he old news? Now Palin they can see from their shores ....

[BadGimp]

45. absolutely send out the angry old man from down on the block...

that's clearly the best the US can do right?

Senator McCain, respectfully sir

[lumpy]

46. You can bet McVain will not be diplomatic in his response to Putin.

Don't need that 'war hero' running around spreading his bilge like John Kidder did during WW2 talks trying to stir up more dissension.