Associated Press
Yesterday afternoon, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) told the media he demands additional information about the September attack in Benghazi. At the exact same time, McCain was skipping a classified intelligence briefing on the September attack in Benghazi.
So, what happened? Apparently, the Republican's office scheduled his press stunt at the wrong time, so McCain forgot to be where he was supposed to be.
Senator John McCain is demanding answers on the Benghazi attack, but his office tells ABC News he missed a classified briefing on the subject because of a "scheduling error."
The classified briefing was held on Wednesday before the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee -- of which Senator McCain is a member -- and lasted three hours. It featured testimony by officials from the State Department, the Pentagon, the CIA and the National Counterterrorism Center.
During part of the briefing, McCain was holding a press conference demanding answers about the administration's handling of the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya on Step. 11 that killed four Americans, including US Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens.
So, let me get this straight. Yesterday, McCain said Susan Rice is "not very bright." This morning, McCain said the Obama administration is "incompetent." But given a chance to get answers about Benghazi, this towering intellect and model of competence forgot to show up for a briefing, and blamed a scheduling mishap?
McCain added today that there are additional hearings lined up on Benghazi, and he definitely plans to be there. What a relief.
As for McCain's calls for a special new committee to investigate the violence, many McCain allies -- Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) -- already disagree with him, and the Arizona Republican doesn't have many allies in his crusade to smear Susan Rice, either.
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re: John McCain's angry meltdown...political early onset alzheimers?
John McCain, along with many other Republicans, seems to have Alzheimers.
I heard that Fox News is going to change the name of their cable TV operation to "The Benghazi Channel". Yea, and John McCain is going to be the head of programming. That way, he'll remember where he should be. Has anyone else heard this?
John McCain, along with many other Republican representatives, seems to have Alzheimers.
Hello; I read some of the comments and totally agree mccain need to resign and get some help. the republicans need to get over the fact they lost the election time to move on.Our country needs the President to stand fast and if republicans dont want to work with him well let us go over the cliff. even Warren Buffet agreed it wont be that bad. President Obama please stand your grond. they all need to move on.
A word of note. Sometimes people here will use something they heard from Fox News or some ranting nut who sets behind a desk and makes up stuff just because they know some idiot will listen to them and in turn makes them a lot of money. As we know Republicans lie. A simple fact. We prove all these things by fact checkers. Something the, the GOP and their lunatic followers have no ideal exist. Know does any republicans believe in fact checkers, which they have stated often.
Know: It is not up to any of us to provide facts to these idiots who only believe in lies. If they cannot keep up with people smarter and wiser and yes, better off in the mind than them, that is not our problem but being a loud mouth who doesn't know what the hell is going on around them, it is their fault. WE have no ideal how many reports this President reads each day. But I can tell you this, President Obama reads and hears of more reports than any GOP hack who points fingers while screaming witch. That goes for McCain. Thanks and have a great day.
Susan Rice is fine. Mr McCain needs to retire. I hear he has nine houses in different states. Maybe he should go to these mansions and check out all the rooms. It will give him something relatively constructive to do.
He could measure each room for new flooring and start his own economic stimulus. AND/OR, have solar panels installed on each home.
During Republican control of the White House:
2002-U.S. Consulate in Karachi, Pakistan attacked-10 killed
2004-U.S. Embassy bombed in Uzbekistan-2 killed/9 injured
2004-Gunmen stormed U.S. consulate in Saudi Arabia-8 killed
2006-Armed men attached U.S. Embassy in Syria-1 killed
2007-Grenade launched into the U.S. Embassy in Athens
2008-Rioters set fire to the U.S. Embassy in Serbia
2008-Bombings at the U.S. Embassy in Yemen-10 killed
This was information posted on facebook previously. I find it very interesting that little was ever said or reported about all of these attacks; and suddenly the Republicans are so interested in the safety and security of our foreign Embassies and Consulates and those assigned to those facilities. Seems like they are looking for mud to sling.
Especially after the ones who are specifially crying foul were the ones that voted not to spend the money for theid added security.
McCain's irrational anger toward the President reminds me of someone with political early onset alzheimers.
So the Republican senator from Arizona missed a confidential briefing on Benghazi to...blast the administration in general and susan Rice in particular. When discussing Senator McCain, I never forget his class rank at Annapolis upon graduation; 894 of 899. The accusations of senility presuppose a certain measure of mental competence in the first place. I'm not sure there has ever been much variance from that baseline, so perhaps that charge is an exaggeration.
John McCain CANNOT EVEN SPELL Benghazi!
McCain is a puppet--he always has been ever since the earliest days when his father covered up for him--if McCain is saying this--you can be sure that someone else is pulling his strings--sadly for him, he does not always memorize his lines and that leads to these angry doddering moments, but believe it when he get his marching orders from above and is moving forward according to very scripted set of plans for what the next six-to-eight months are going to look like.
Rachel, this point may have already been made but I think you are misinterpreting what is going on with McCain. My father started getting Alzheimer's several years ago. The signs I saw in him at the beginning are the same types of 'changes' that I see from time to time with McCain. It is possible that he is starting to loose it and those political operatives around him are playing him for their own purposes. It is not clear that McCain still has the mental capability to figure this stuff out. He is loosing is logical function and is now just centered on the 'emotional.'This affects about half of the population. I understand that this can't really be said this way 'in public.' There is just not enough evidence for it, yet.
It looks like McCain is as good at choosing his words as he is at choosing a running mate. LOL
Another sign the Republicans are, not only disconnected from America's concerns, but disconnected from each other.
Good guy but senile.
Lawrence O'Donnell was saying last night that "scheduling error" is Senate-speak for "intentional act". I assume that from his experience in the Senate, he knows what he's talking about. McCain is not interested in the truth; if he had gone to the briefing he would have had to deal with facts. This way he can say what he wants and plead ignorance of them. With every press conference and photo-op he marginalizes himself further.
I'm amazed at the hypocrisy of his defense of Condoleeza Rice for her direct role in the WMD lie in Iraq, while he villifies Ambassador Rice for her very indirect PR role in the Benghazi situation.
Open note: Obviously we had a troll get loose in this thread. I knocked out his comments here and will watch for them elsewhere. Apologies to those whose non-offending comments got knocked in the process.
When you spot a troll, which you guys are quite good at, know that you can use the "!" to choose to ignore that author. That's probably better than responding. As they say, please don't feed the trolls. If nothing else, it makes it easier to clean the offending comments out later if there are fewer of them.
Thanks, all.
Yes, this is what happened with the AOL message boards. The trolls would not let up and kept on bothering good people who wanted to debate. Sadly the trolls won and there are no more AOL message boards. But that is life. Thanks for telling me about the "!", I did not know that. It will be used and often.
Didn't he graduate at the bottom of his class and earn the nickname McNasty?
Yes, 894th out of 899...so pretty close to the bottom of his graduating class at Annapolis.
Hypocritical. You know, the uszzh.