McCain’s ugly campaign against Susan Rice pays off
I wonder if John McCain feels even the slightest twinge of shame over his McCarthyesque campaign to torpedo Susan Rice. Probably not. The McCain who might once have been capable of such decency hasn’t been seen in Washington in many a moon.
It’s important to make it clear that Rice wasn’t targeted because she’s a woman or because she’s black; those defenders who make such claims do her a disservice. Instead, she was targeted because she could be. McCain and his merry little band haven’t been able to lay a glove on Barack Obama, the man who denied McCain the presidency four years ago, and their increasing irrelevance has made them frustrated. But Rice? Rice was somebody they could handle.
That’s because, as U.S. senators, they had something that Rice wanted. She needed their permission to become the next secretary of state, should Obama decide to nominate her to that post, and that made her vulnerable. Through deception and ginned-up righteousness, McCain and his pals at Fox proceeded to turn Rice into the face of a Benghazi tragedy in which she had played only the most peripheral of roles. Like a husband who is angry at his wife but kicks the dog instead, they smeared her as a proxy for Obama.
Yesterday, with Rice’s withdrawal from consideration, they got the scalp they wanted. They “counted coup” on Obama, even if indirectly, and I guess they proved to themselves that they still mattered. But to a lot of other people, they proved something less flattering about themselves.
– Jay Bookman
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stands for decibels
December 14th, 2012
8:47 am
I wonder if John McCain feels even the slightest twinge of shame over his McCarthyesque campaign to torpedo Susan Rice.
No.
(THBAEOSATSQ.)
oops
December 14th, 2012
8:48 am
Susan Rice wasn’t suited to the SoS role. America is better off without her as SoS.
Mick
December 14th, 2012
8:49 am
Mccain is increasingly seen as a bitter old man, his time is almost up in politics, maybe he can salvage something. That being said, I prefer john kerry at state anyway…
oops
December 14th, 2012
8:50 am
“McCain and his merry little band ”
You mean McCain and all those other moderate Republicans? Yeah, those crazy extremist moderates…..
godless heathen - fiscal cliff dweller
December 14th, 2012
8:51 am
from below, Bro:
helifreak is an R/C helicopter forum. The animated horse-beating gif you posted last night was linked from helifreak. I thought you might be one.
Lord Help Us
December 14th, 2012
8:53 am
McCain’s capitulation on torture (after initially making a principled stand) and selection of that doofus from Alaska (who, ironically, is infinitely less qualified than Susan Rice) long ago relegated this hateful old bahstard to the hall of shame where he will stay…
stands for decibels
December 14th, 2012
8:54 am
Not to put too fine a point on it, but–”Greatest deliberative body,” my shiny metal ass.
This nation’s Senate is a dysfunctional, international embarrassment. It should have met the same fate as the UK’s House of Lords a century ago.
godless heathen - fiscal cliff dweller
December 14th, 2012
8:54 am
Maybe she withdrew because she didn’t want to give up her shares in the Keystone pipeline.
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/29/stake-in-keystone-pipeline-is-potential-conflict-for-susan-rice/
Maybe she’s just greedy.
stands for decibels
December 14th, 2012
8:56 am
Jay, if you start a rumor that Susan Rice will be running for Kerry’s seat, would it grow legs?
straitroad
December 14th, 2012
8:56 am
I would bet that most of Mrs. Rice’s supporters know very little about her qualifications but blindly support her by default. There’s no need to smear McCain for providing oversight and asking tough questions.
DownInAlbany
December 14th, 2012
8:57 am
McCarthyesque campaign
Kind of a stretch, wouldn’t you say? McCarthy was after the “communists who have infiltrated the State Department…”
Instead, she was targeted because she could be
Yeah, that mean old McCain being mean just because, well, he’s mean!
McCain and his pals at Fox proceeded to turn Rice into the face of a Benghazi tragedy
Nope, I think the President did that by trotting her out on the Sunday MSM circuit, even though “she had nothing to do with it”
Another day, another smear job by Jay. Not surprised in the least bit.
Why not spend some time on getting to the bottom of why 4 Americans died that night? Will Hillary actually testify? Despite what the lefty loonies believe, the entire truth has not come out.
Brosephus™
December 14th, 2012
8:57 am
As long as DC Dems keep giving in to the bullies across the aisle, they’re gonna keep doing what they can get away with. The best way to stop a bully is to punch him/her dead in the mouth hard enough to make him/her swallow their own teeth. Until Obama and the Dems throw that punch, these theatrics will continue.
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You mean McCain and all those other moderate Republicans?
Such pure bovine fecal matter should be FDA regulated. “Moderate Republican” is the oxymoron of all oxymorons. There’s one, so you can drop the plural stuff. McCain is no moderate. Graham is no moderate. Collins is the only GOP moderate in the Senate.
moderate republicans…
oops
December 14th, 2012
8:58 am
political hacks don’t belong in the office of Secretary of State
that’s what McCain couldn’t accept
gette
December 14th, 2012
8:58 am
As usual Party before Country. What a waste of talent. We are however fortunate to have John Kerry, and an outstanding Democratic candidate to fill his seat in MA! McCain, Graham and Ayotte should hang their heads in shame for squandering such precious time when we have real fiscal issues that need to be addressed now !
HDB
December 14th, 2012
8:58 am
McCain and Graham — my nominees for A-holes of the Year….and that’s a compliment for those two (as Bugs Bunny would say) “maroons”!!
Brosephus™
December 14th, 2012
8:59 am
godless
Got you downstairs and responded. I’m a R/C fan, but I don’t really do online forums for that. Used to do model railroad forums a few years ago. Now, I read a few different aviation forums, but I rarely comment.
Thomas Heyward Jr
December 14th, 2012
8:59 am
Bookman woke up……alone………..and his latest “moderate” Republican lover,
didn’t even leave a note or number.
.
sigh
.
It’s just the way Washington rolls dude.
stands for decibels
December 14th, 2012
9:00 am
McCarthy was after the “communists who have infiltrated the State Department…”
Tailgunner Joe was after the pink elephants who visited him with increasing regularity during the 1950s.
oops
December 14th, 2012
9:00 am
“Such pure bovine fecal matter should be FDA regulated. “Moderate Republican” is the oxymoron of all oxymorons.”
Susan Collins, Lindsey Graham, and Kelly Ayotte are pleased to know you have joined the ranks of the brainwashed.
oops
December 14th, 2012
9:01 am
“Collins is the only GOP moderate in the Senate.”
And she opposes Susan Rice. Oopsie.
DownInAlbany
December 14th, 2012
9:02 am
gette
December 14th, 2012
8:58 am
squandering such precious time when we have real fiscal issues that need to be addressed now !
No her confirmation hearing would have been “squandering such precious time.” She would have never been confirmed. She knows it, Obama knows it. She withdrew to save his reputation. If he didn’t nominate her, he looks weak. If he does nominate her, too many tough questions have to be answered…and, not just Benghazi.
Jay
December 14th, 2012
9:03 am
“I would bet that most of Mrs. Rice’s supporters know very little about her qualifications but blindly support her by default. There’s no need to smear McCain for providing oversight and asking tough questions.”
I don’t support or oppose Rice’s nomination for the job, straitroad. If there are legitimate reasons to deny her the job, let’s hear them and make a decision on that basis. But this was something else entirely. To be denied a shot at the top job in your profession because of fabrications and distortions and because a few people are mad at your boss … that ain’t right.
Stevie Ray
December 14th, 2012
9:04 am
Oh, lets send her a crying towel. Like this is any different from past attacks on both parties nominees etcetera? To be fair, she would be a better representative than Kerry….who nobody likes…but to whine over such attacks, especially given the gutter-style rhetoric spewed at GOP by BO campaign (and visa versa)….that’s ok but you cry a river when it goes against you?
Change your diapers..
godless heathen - fiscal cliff dweller
December 14th, 2012
9:04 am
Bro: I’d love to do model railroading sometime. Maybe in retirement.
TaxPayer
December 14th, 2012
9:05 am
What do you expect from the sore loser. I think he is quite in character, for a Republican.
Welcome to the Occupation
December 14th, 2012
9:06 am
So the entire Susan Rice charade boiled down to ….. personal pique? A vendetta by a bitter old man?
Really? That’s all?
You sure?
DownInAlbany
December 14th, 2012
9:07 am
Jay
December 14th, 2012
9:03 am
To be denied a shot at the top job in your profession because of fabrications and distortions and because a few people are mad at your boss … that ain’t right.
She wasn’t “denied a shot.” She QUIT! She with drew. “Denied” my hind parts! “John McCain is mean and he hurt my feelings” sniff, sniff, blot eyes with tissue! Hilarious! “denied a shot” he says!
Long Train Runnin'
December 14th, 2012
9:08 am
McCain learned how to torpedo a nominiation from the very best … Does the name Robert Bork ring a bell. It’s political payback and it’s a sign of the times in Washington where both parties are culpable.
V is for Vendetta
December 14th, 2012
9:08 am
I like to eat Secretary of State candidates for lunch. Tasty. Better than a Twinkie.
skipper
December 14th, 2012
9:08 am
I am not for term limits or anything else like that.. However, I can truthfully say that I would like to see every single Senator and Representative fired today; start completely over. While the machine might stumble to begin with, eventually something would get better. There is no compromise, common sense, or putting the country first. It is all about who can stab who, and then claim some moral victory. The “fiscal cliff” as well as many other isuues are totally bogged down in the politics of the day; the country be damned. If it was not this Rice fight, it would something else that involves egos and bullsh*t. So many go on the news acting as iff their ONLY concern is the wellbeing of the country. Each party, in my opinion, has become largely a bastion of extremists (both ends of the spectrum) and the well-being of the country has been out on hold. Be it Rice, war, taxes, or membership in the Left-handed One-eyed Ethiopian Co-pilots Association there is nothing more than rhetoric, dogmatic stances, and an in general process of party extrems first, then perhaps a little governing. What is it gonna take?????????
TaxPayer
December 14th, 2012
9:09 am
If Kerry is selected he should go along with the process and get McCain and Company’s blessing and then remove himself from the process citing the mistreatment of Rice by McCain and Company.
ITS ALL BUSH'S FAULT
December 14th, 2012
9:09 am
Mclame called Rice unqualified but chose Palin? The Maverick…LOL
Brosephus™
December 14th, 2012
9:10 am
Like this is any different from past attacks on both parties nominees etcetera?
Ok, what other nominee has been attacked in that manner BEFORE they even became a nominee if this is no different from past attacks? I’m sure you have examples stashed away in that vast vault of knowledge that you possess.
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godless
Years ago, I did the old 4X8 plywood type layout. I’m looking for a house with a basement or enough land where I can build a separate garage with overhead room specifically to do a full layout. It will probably be a retirement or semi-retirement thing with me too. Gotta focus the finances on the kids for now.
Peadawg
December 14th, 2012
9:10 am
“I am not for term limits or anything else like that”
I am. Elections aren’t doing the trick.
JamVet
December 14th, 2012
9:12 am
Jm poops cracks me up.
I’ve always enjoyed his stream of unconsciousness blogging style.
It’s all good. I’ve learned to LOVE Fox News and Rush Limbaugh. Their power over little men like McCain et al in the cowardly GOP is a HUGE win for the American people.
At least every other November…
Ennis
December 14th, 2012
9:12 am
obama has noone to blame but hisself. He knew that he sent rice out with dis-information. rice should have known that it was B/S, and if she didn’t, why was she out of the loop when it all started? Wasn’t the State dept monitoring the situation???? This whole affair still reeks of cover-up and save my ass. The old you get what you sow still works.
Redcoat
December 14th, 2012
9:12 am
Well, I guess the left is done with McCain now……same ol same ol……mean ol repubs….
Brosephus™
December 14th, 2012
9:13 am
However, I can truthfully say that I would like to see every single Senator and Representative fired today; start completely over.
I’ve tried doing that the past few elections. I think I’ve voted for one incumbent candidate over the past 6-8 years, and that one vote was in the primary election this year for our county commission.
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
December 14th, 2012
9:13 am
I’m going to repeat what I said last night “downstairs” because I still feel the same way and in my eyes my comments were still relevant:
D.IA. – Who knows if that’s why she withdrew her name. But what I think we both know is that this whole “Its RICE’s FAULT” theme was just some Bushsh##t used to obfuscate, confuse and distort the REAL republican agenda of trying to do anything and everything to make Obama look bad.
Rice recognized that — and since she’s an old friend of Obama’s decided to do the “patriotic thing”. Patreus stepped down, not because of Benghazi, but if ANYONE was more at fault it would’ve been HIM and not HER; yet not. one. Word. from the elephants on the far fringed right about HIS failings on Benghazi.
If I was her, I wouldn’t have bothered to withdraw my name — I would’ve let the WORLD see how damn low a republican senate would go just to make political “gotcha” points.
I would’ve done a Clarence Thomas on their azzes and called it a “High Class Lynching”. I would’ve given them a fight, that would’ve made WATERLOO look like child’s play. I would’ve hollered about how the republican party wanted to make me their scapegoat MAMMY, while turning a blind eye to the person [read that as white anglo MALE] who was in charge. I would’ve came into those hearings wearing Red, White and Goddam BLUE with stars in my ears, (diamonds); and Jimmy Choos on my feet; and the biggest diamoned flag pin i could find. My nails would be done, and my hair would be FIERCE! I’d have my whole eclectic multicultural family in the pews behind me. I’d have my father, brothers and sister in law wear their uniforms with their medals pinned to their breast; and have my retired Marine Corp Captain, Husband in full dress blues with HIS medals on.
I would’ve taken the veil off of the republican party for the WORLD to see. I would’ve shown them up for the testosteroned thugged out hoodlums that they are. The TRUE desecrators of the Constitution and freedoms.
When I got through, nominated or NOT nominated, I would’ve given them one for the history books.
If you’re gonna go — go out fighting.
These past 4+ years the republicans have been looking high and low for an Angry Black Woman to parade in front of the world. They lost with Michelle, they lost with Susan, but Debbie would’ve given them something much worse, I’d have given them the Scorched Earth Syndrome woman.
If they think they’re gonna drag me down, I’m taking everyone with me.
There’s this line in an old Denise LaSalle song, (blues singer) – the title of the song is “Hey Lady Your Husband Is Cheating On Us”
In it, she says, “Before I bow out gracefully, I’m going to tell EVERYTHING that I know”.
That would be ME at those confirmation hearings. I would dig up dirt on every republican there and wait until all the cameras were on me so that I can REALLY make a scene.
Fox News would have to flip over to Greta doing laundry or something…….
Add on for today below:
I read somewhere once, (can’t remember where), that the reason why MLK was so acceptable to a lot of diehard segrationists was because of Malcolm X.
King talked of peace and non-violence; Malcolm talked of payback and giving violence WITH violence. Malcolm approved heartily of creating social change with violence; so compared to King, King was the more palatable choice.
I would’ve shown the Conned that they REALLY don’t want to see what a ABW (with TS Clearances and who knows the people who know your business); could do.
AND They would’ve thought twice before they picked on another “Susan Rice” in the future. Bullies are only bullies until someone whips their azz – then their just punks without a cause.
tm
December 14th, 2012
9:14 am
This was just one Vet looking after his fellow Vet. John Kerry says thank you
V is for Vendetta
December 14th, 2012
9:14 am
Speaking of Vendetta. This would be handy. Best petition yet. And it has 25,000 votes.
http://www.politico.com/story/2012/12/white-house-petitioned-to-build-death-star-85081.html?hp=r6
Thomas Heyward Jr
December 14th, 2012
9:14 am
In Omerika
everyone has already been scalped.
.
Even their unborn kids.
Common Sense isn't very Common
December 14th, 2012
9:15 am
Once upon a time I was a fan of McCain (not for Pres.)
Now I think he has lost all reasoning ability.
ATL Tiger
December 14th, 2012
9:16 am
We still don’t know all the details surrounding the Benghazi attacks. After the news broke of the attack the White House changed their story back and forth (even though they had drone video footage of the entire attack), and sent Susan Rice out to tell their stories.
Susan Rice either participated in the cover up of what really took place when she went to all the talk shows, or she believed in the notion of a spontaneous protest due to a youtube video (which I find hard to believe because she is an intelligent person).
Finn de Siècle (The System isn't Broken; It's Fixed)
December 14th, 2012
9:16 am
The Dems must have someone in line to run a competitive campaign for Kerry’s seat in MA.
At least I hope there’s a plan.
oops
December 14th, 2012
9:18 am
Susan Rice wrote a check that bounced.
That damages your reputation.
Important people have to be careful about what they say, and she wasn’t. Now she’s gone.
JamVet
December 14th, 2012
9:18 am
The slut, prostitute and FemiNazi deserved it.
ZoSo
December 14th, 2012
9:19 am
Ten posts this week bashing the GOP and conservatives. Is that a new record?
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
December 14th, 2012
9:20 am
Wasn’t the State dept monitoring the situation???? This whole affair still reeks of cover-up and save my ass.
Who was over the State Department? Let’s think about that ………………..ummm…………was it Rice…………………or HILLARY?……………………
Who GAVE Rice those “talking points”? Let’s think about that one too…………umm………..thinking, thinking………oh wait…………..it was PATREUS!!
Rice, a UN AMBASSADOR, all of a sudden is the person who takes the blame. Un-Freaking-Believable!
straitroad
December 14th, 2012
9:20 am
Jay
December 14th, 2012
9:03 am
I don’t think she was ever officially nominated, but I could be wrong. I think that any potential nominee, on either side of the aisle would have gottent the same treatment given what transpired. If this is the only setback regarding Benghazi then I think the administration will take it any day of the week.
Stevie Ray
December 14th, 2012
9:20 am
Brosephus™
December 14th, 2012
9:10 am
I’m sure you are familiar with all the filibustering to prevent nominations of federal judge appointments on all levels which is well documented by goth sides…Clarence Thomas was attacked on some sexual and possibly trumped up, political charges by the DEMS…humililating indeed. BO’s attacks on Romney that we unfounded (several 4 pinocchios if you care to seek)…
It’s all fair play..just cause you favorite got knocked out for prematurely popping off prior to consensus remains suspiciously as another in the lay the blame off our cherished BO bag of tricks…she says attack…BO says terrorism…who knows.what if she jumps the gun as SState?
RB from Gwinnett
December 14th, 2012
9:20 am
Oh man….. I was betting this mornings post was going to be about Hank “the gift that keeps on giving” Johnson. Maybe Jay’s still working on that one??? Out interviewing some voters from his district where he is “hugely popular”???
oops
December 14th, 2012
9:21 am
“Once upon a time I was a fan of McCain (not for Pres.)
Now I think he has lost all reasoning ability.”
Huma Abedin must be part of a conspiracy then. And McCain is defending terrorists. Clearly he is completely and utterly loco (sarc for the slow).
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/2chambers/post/john-mccain-defends-huma-abedin-against-accusations-shes-part-of-conspiracy/2012/07/18/gJQAFpxntW_blog.html
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
December 14th, 2012
9:21 am
Important people have to be careful about what they say, and she wasn’t. Now she’s gone.
Yeah like that WMD’s that WERE there so we had to go to war RIGHT NOW and people had to die FOR LIBERTY; but ooops! My Bad! There aren’t ANY WMD’s!
I guess that was Rice’s fault too…………..
grab your ankles, people
December 14th, 2012
9:22 am
um, quite a number of Dems in the senate didn’t care for her either. Besides, she is one ugly coyote. wow ! He…..i mean, she looks like a younger Telly Savalas in a wig.
oops
December 14th, 2012
9:22 am
RB
Hank Johnson is a heightest. He’s completely sick. Nobody in good conscience uses the m-word anymore.
oops
December 14th, 2012
9:23 am
Hank Johnson is a mental midget.
Oops.
Butch
December 14th, 2012
9:23 am
Jay…..if you want legitimate reasons, you have to be open to at least considering them…..what are your thoughts on the potential conflict of interest due to her investments in Transcanada stock? You are sure that she did not remove herself from consideration because she did not want to divest and lose a potential windfall?
Logic_101
December 14th, 2012
9:24 am
This is a direct result of politics as usual for the Senatorial traitors, McCain, Graham. It is the same tired politics of racism and misogyny that is the hallmark of being a dedicated republican. The same treason that was afoot when, McConnell was selected again to be the racist in chief of Senate republicans, instead of censure and expulsion. It is time for recalls, these sad patricians need to be taught a lesson, their pensions need to taken away. They need to pay for medical care. It is time that these low life extremists get the same treatment that they favor for actual Americans.
Redcoat
December 14th, 2012
9:24 am
If “the people” are buying it, keep doing it until they don’t anymore……..
Redcoat
December 14th, 2012
9:25 am
Wonder if she ever had a “weight” problem?
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
December 14th, 2012
9:25 am
At least I hope there’s a plan.
If I was Obama, or a member of his cabinet, I’d make sure to nominate anyone BUT Kerry — just to screw with the conned.
There are other people who can do that job — The Assistant Sec. of State for one.
Steve
December 14th, 2012
9:25 am
I’m an Obama supporter and a liberal, and yes, this was blown way out of proportion, and yes, McCain is a hypocrite for trashing Rice yet he selected the bimbo/idiot Palin…
But the Benghazi thing doesn’t sit right with me. It wasn’t handled well. It’s the right thing for Ms Rice to move on.
Brosephus™
December 14th, 2012
9:25 am
Stevie Ray
That was done AFTER he became a nominee, not before. Rice hasn’t been nominated yet. Try again.
jconservative
December 14th, 2012
9:26 am
Curious.
Actually McCain has undercut his own position on the US role in international affairs.
McCain, if you recall, has blasted the Obama administration for its failure to be more directly involved in both Libya and Syria. And the irony is that in the Obama administration it was Susan Rice who was pushing Obama to be more directly involved in Libya and Syria. Now McCain will probably end up voting for John Kerry as Sec of State. And it was Kerry who was pushing Obama to stay out of direct involvement in Libya and Syria.
So McCain has a “victory” over Obama, if that was what he was after. But he lost one of the few intellectual allies he had in the administration.
GT
December 14th, 2012
9:26 am
This from the man who would have Palin as his V.P. She will end up National Security Director when the timing is better. O can’t afford the time right now with the cliff in sight. The congressional Republicans are looking for any excuse to distract the attention off the box Obama has got them in. We have a very smart president and many of his finest moves go unnoticed, which is fine with me. The guy time and time again, makes monkeys out of the Republican Party. When Lincoln freed the slaves he had no idea one of their descendants would some day be the ruination of his own party. I think Abe would have liked O a lot.
Real Athens
December 14th, 2012
9:27 am
Bullseye Jay. Compare Rice’s earnest answers to Andrea Mitchell and the prepared remarks of Graham and McCain and make your own conclusions about who is B@ll$hi##ing.
“Like a husband who is angry at his wife but kicks the dog instead, they smeared her as a proxy for Obama.”
What a perfect metaphor for Graham and McCain. I find it hilarious the country considers Graham a moderate. Center left of Jim DeMint does not a moderate make. Susan Collins is a moderate. However, with her 6 year term coming to an end in 2014 she needed to be cast in a different light lest Karl Rove and other overspending groups align her in their cross hairs. The boys club needed a woman to seal their victory, Collins needed a badge of intolerance; ignorance flair that she could pin on her suit for her next election fight against the intolerants who would try to unseat her.
U.S. politics at their absolute worst.
DownInAlbany
December 14th, 2012
9:27 am
DebbieDoRight – A Do Right Woman
December 14th, 2012
9:21 am
I guess that was Rice’s fault too…………..
That definitely goes against the lefty loonie mantra that it’s “Bush’s fault.” But, if that’s what you want to believe, who am I to stand in your way?
Stevie Ray
December 14th, 2012
9:28 am
DebbieDoRight – A Do Right Woman
December 14th, 2012
9:13 am
I’d recommend at nice Mimolette cheese to go with that whine of yours…its a hard, excessively yellow, almost orange cheese that pairs well with your racism whines..it make for many interesting pairings as well including: “don’t every blame Obama”, “female politicians/appointees never screw up”, “GOP whities should just get outta of the way..” It very versatile…you should consider it.
stands for decibels
December 14th, 2012
9:28 am
Does the name Robert Bork ring a bell.
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Even their unborn kids.
[...]
It’s all fair play.
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she is one ugly coyote
Hey, gang. I’m thinking maybe it’s time to get red-carded.
Anyone want to come along with me for the ride?
oops
December 14th, 2012
9:29 am
“I guess that was Rice’s fault too…………”
Using democrat accounting, sure, one could make that argument.
HDB
December 14th, 2012
9:30 am
DebbieDoRight – A Do Right Woman
December 14th, 2012
9:13 am
YOU GO, GIRL!! Ain’t mad at’cha!! Maybe YOU should be Sec of State instead……
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December 14th, 2012
9:30 am
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Brosephus™
December 14th, 2012
9:30 am
just cause you favorite got knocked out for prematurely popping off prior to consensus remains suspiciously as another in the lay the blame off our cherished BO bag of tricks
Stevie Ray
And once again you go assuming, and you’re quite adept at making an ass of yourself here. Rice isn’t my favorite, so try again. I simply asked you a question, and you go off the deep end with your broad brushed bullsh*t.
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December 14th, 2012
9:31 am
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DownInAlbany
December 14th, 2012
9:31 am
Hank Johnson for President! (yeah and the cons are the idiots!) snicker, chortle!
Georgia
December 14th, 2012
9:31 am
Postcards from the cliff. “Scalp…..counted coup…..”. Can we quit dissing the injuns, please. If Rice was the price, then deal announcement after market close today. My opinion, and remember, its been many moons since I’ve been right. I hope Kerry is a lock, because that would mean his squaw will be back, and I’m nuts about her.
alex
December 14th, 2012
9:31 am
Jay, agree with your response to straitroad and thus she did a diservice to this country by not going thru senate hearing to show the country her degree of qualification,If you REALLY want job, you fight for it, she did not or perhaps she was not ultimately qualified. We will never know. To blame Mcain is superficial, in the end She made the choice to withdraw…..
Angry Black women, here we go with the race thing again….knew it would happen, but wait we’ve got feninazi, more of the same innane rubbish..pure bovine fecal matter–that about sums up this opinion piece…
Brosephus™
December 14th, 2012
9:31 am
dB @ 9:28
I try to avoid those situations, but I feel you 100% today.
Welcome to the Occupation
December 14th, 2012
9:32 am
Steve: “But the Benghazi thing doesn’t sit right with me. It wasn’t handled well. It’s the right thing for Ms Rice to move on.”
What bothers you about it, do you think? What doesn’t sit right?
JamVet
December 14th, 2012
9:32 am
…and all those other moderate Republicans?
Brocephus, just the latest in a LONG list of Jm poop’s idiotic claims…
The extremist, all white, purity tested scum in that party excised the moderates.
Hence, their ongoing implosion…
Stevie Ray
December 14th, 2012
9:32 am
Brosephus™
December 14th, 2012
9:25 am
Like that’s a big difference? Same political tactics before or after…plus she would have gotten nomination had she not quit…if she had nothing to hide or otherwise lacked the intestinal fortitude to accept what came with nomination….well thats a thought isn’t it?
Smells like fish Bro..
Redcoat
December 14th, 2012
9:32 am
We Democrats wouldn’t dare say or insinuate anything that wasn’t true………those mean ol repubs…..
Benni Sue Morrison
December 14th, 2012
9:33 am
WHAT GOES AROUND, COMES AROUND
clem
December 14th, 2012
9:34 am
senator mcnasty and mini mcnasty looked pretty petty during this episode. these guys worried about americans killed in libya when they supported war in iraq? my guess is rice could kick mccain’s butt, no guess on lightweight graham.
East Lake Ira
December 14th, 2012
9:34 am
Republicans are bullies.
Someone needs to just punch McCain and Lindsey square in the nose.
godless heathen - fiscal cliff dweller
December 14th, 2012
9:34 am
Did Ms. Rice state why she was withdrawing from consideration?
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Stevie Ray
December 14th, 2012
9:35 am
Brosephus™
December 14th, 2012
9:30 am
You are a tough guy and can take it…you use that defense more frequently…perhaps you should be more clear on your posts…
quick work break
December 14th, 2012
9:35 am
Yeah, I think Collins had a more influential impact than McCain on sinking Rice. The public couldn’t use the “anti-woman Republican” meme in that case, and it doesn’t hurt that she’s a moderate. My problem with Collins’ position was that she only said Rice raised more questions than answers, but they never really got to dive into them.
stands for decibels
December 14th, 2012
9:35 am
Ok, so I guess I won’t commit blog suicide today.
Since someone brought it up: Can someone patiently explain to me what it is that Hank Johnson actually said that is so out-there?
(and yes, I have read what he’d said, originally, about little people, and I read his apology as well. I do not get what is so weird about any of it. Then again, I don’t get what is especially weird about asking about environmental “tipping points” when it comes to where troops are deployed, either.)
Redcoat
December 14th, 2012
9:36 am
Do the Democrats own it yet?……..
RB from Gwinnett
December 14th, 2012
9:37 am
Did ya’ll hear that RGIII isn’t being black enough to keep the “down with the cause” crowd happy?
I wonder if he’d just pulled his cap bill to the side a little more if he’d qualify as “enough”?????
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TaxPayer
December 14th, 2012
9:37 am
Cons like to dish it but they sure get their panties knotted up when it gets tossed back at them.
Obama should nominate Palin for Secretary of the Department of Law. I’m sure McCain would throw his support behind her.
stands for decibels
December 14th, 2012
9:37 am
Did Ms. Rice state why she was withdrawing from consideration?
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=susan+rice+withdrawal+letter
Stevie Ray
December 14th, 2012
9:38 am
East Lake Ira
December 14th, 2012
9:34 am
That’s brilliant..your strategy is to get dragged down into the gutter cause they offended you likely ill conceived notion of right or wrong…
“lets just punch those guys in the nose…” Why do you think she withdrew? Clearly political…who knows what would come out in hearing..
Mr Right
December 14th, 2012
9:38 am
Hmm— I think I missed the part where Jay blasted those that put out those lies about Romney, oh, wait, I think he may have been part of that!
joe
December 14th, 2012
9:39 am
Heck ya! You go McCain!!! Rice is bad for you…
RG Phila
December 14th, 2012
9:39 am
This Guy – so called Maverick senator has been a sorest loser and an outright jerk! I bet his family ashamed of him for this brain dead guy. He needs to quit asap!
moonbat betty
December 14th, 2012
9:39 am
JamVet, look!! Another McCarthy!!!
Too bad Obama can’t have his first choice of Oprah for SoS, but she is just too dang fat for the dems.
stands for decibels
December 14th, 2012
9:40 am
The public couldn’t use the “anti-woman Republican” meme in that case
Boy, this deep analysis I’m getting here is worth every penny I paid!
alex
December 14th, 2012
9:40 am
Let’s talk Kerry, is he qualified…?
RB from Gwinnett
December 14th, 2012
9:40 am
“Someone needs to just punch McCain and Lindsey square in the nose”
East Lake Ira, how about you quote the words of MLK “I am SOMEBODY” and march your happy litte butt up to either of them and do your own bidding? Don’t whine when you get your arse whipped though tough talker.
oops
December 14th, 2012
9:41 am
“Rice is bad for you…”
No one needs another starch.
Brosephus™
December 14th, 2012
9:41 am
Like that’s a big difference?
Dude, that’s a huge difference. Hell, that’s like the Falcons defense going to the game of their opponent a week before they play them and knock the hell out of the starting quarterback in anticipation of what he “might” do the next week against them.
This is NOT the same tactics as before. There have been attacks done by both sides, but at least previous attacks were done on ACTUAL nominees, not somebody who MIGHT be nominated.
As to intestinal fortitude, I think she showed more “Country First” by stepping out of the way than anybody else in DC has ever shown. The people who work for DoS don’t need that kind of drama, and if your Republican crushes (See, I can do that BS too) were already dogging her now, what do you think would happen to that department and the people working there if she were actually nominated?
State has people in damn near every hotspot on the globe. Beyond ambassadors and such, you have security personnel who put their ass on the line everyday. These things tend to get lost in these political games, but yeah, you keep on believing this is the same as before.
Glad to see you’ve quit trying to hide your partisanship. At least you’re finally being honest about something.
TaxPayer
December 14th, 2012
9:41 am
Romney was selected for liar of the year.
Welcome to the Occupation
December 14th, 2012
9:41 am
Don’t you think it’s a little strange, Jay Bookman, that courtesy of a handful of right wing senators we have another fake outrage scandal over an attack on an installation (I’m not even going to call it an “embassy”) in a country where we joined forces with very questionable elements to overthrow its government just last year?
Don’t you find that a little, uh, out of proportion and strange?
What exactly is being distracted from here? Think you could put your considerable journalistic skills to work considering that question? Would you care to?
Stevie Ray
December 14th, 2012
9:41 am
stands for decibels
December 14th, 2012
9:37 am
“…lengthy, disruptive and costly..” wonder what that means. I don’t think it takes much contemplation to realize she needs to avoid swearing in for the process….she’d have to tell the truth or something..or otherwise look silly.
Redcoat
December 14th, 2012
9:41 am
RGIII will now be getting the “treatment”…….those mean ol repubs
Brosephus™
December 14th, 2012
9:42 am
JamVet @ 9″32
And if jm knows anything, he knows poop…
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
December 14th, 2012
9:42 am
“McCain’s ugly campaign against Susan Rice pays off”
Ted (I left a woman to drown) Kennedy’s and Robert (I was a Klansman) Byrd’s ugly campaign against Condoleezza Rice DIDN’T pay off.
Sometimes you’re the windshield and sometimes you’re the bug.
oops
December 14th, 2012
9:43 am
“Let’s talk Kerry, is he qualified…?”
No. He can be replaced by a Republican.
Patrick
December 14th, 2012
9:43 am
I think Susan Rice sort of took the wind out of McCain and Graham’s sails when she took herself out of the nomination process.
They were obviously all set to throw a hissy-fit and now they just look like bullies that prevented an excellent candidate for one of the country’s most important positions from even being vetted.
Great job guys.
Slow clap for them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SgIXYcWMXw
Joe Hussein Mama
December 14th, 2012
9:43 am
RB — “East Lake Ira, how about you quote the words of MLK “I am SOMEBODY” and march your happy litte butt up to either of them and do your own bidding? Don’t whine when you get your arse whipped though tough talker.”
My irony meter just exploded. Anyone else’s?
Stevie Ray
December 14th, 2012
9:43 am
Welcome to the Occupation
December 14th, 2012
9:41 am
Clearly you have lost your mind!:-)
Granny Godzilla
December 14th, 2012
9:44 am
Ya know, by picking off Ms. Rice so early, McCains “merry band” may have blown their entire wad.
It wil be much harder for them to “pick off” another cabinet choice. Much, much harder.
Krugman at Treasury anybody?
Mr Right
December 14th, 2012
9:44 am
Angry Black women, here we go with the race thing again….knew it would happen, but wait we’ve got feninazi, more of the same innane rubbish..pure bovine fecal matter–that about sums up this opinion piece
Alex, take it easy on bovine fecal matter,it is at least worth something, we use it for fertlizer!
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
December 14th, 2012
9:44 am
And here we go:
D.I.A.: That definitely goes against the lefty loonie mantra that it’s “Bush’s fault.” But, if that’s what you want to believe, who am I to stand in your way?
BUSH was the one pushing the “WMD’S doctrine – BUSH was the one pushing for war in Iraq. BUSH was the person who said “Go with that ideal” towards the buildup of a war against a nation who did NOT attack the U.S.
NOW, try and put RICE into that dictum ^^ above.
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oops: Using democrat accounting, sure, one could make that argument.
Only people with the mental faculties of a turnip would “make that argument” with a straight face.
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Stevie Ray Charles: .it make for many interesting pairings as well including: “don’t every blame Obama”, “female politicians/appointees never screw up”, “GOP whities should just get outta of the way..”
The FEMALE over the State Department is Hillary Clinton — where is HER blame for all of this? Conveniently, i’ve not hear one word…………I wonder why……………???
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HDB: YOU GO, GIRL!!
Top of the Morning to ya HDB!! Happy Friday! Did you get all of your XMas shopping done yet? I’ve got a about 10 more presents to get, (my two step sons want cars — Dudley and I are thinking about getting the oldest a Mustang when he graduates in May but NOT for Christmas!)
F. Sinkwich
December 14th, 2012
9:44 am
No Rice? No loss really.
Nominating Kerry will be much better political theater.
Hope those Swift Boat Veterans for Truth are still out there.
Jen-jus Kahn anyone?
stands for decibels
December 14th, 2012
9:45 am
“…lengthy, disruptive and costly..” wonder what that means.
no, you don’t.
moonbat betty
December 14th, 2012
9:45 am
“Romney was selected for liar of the year.”
and lil Kim Jong was voted Person of the year.
too funny!
Stevie Ray
December 14th, 2012
9:45 am
oops
December 14th, 2012
9:43 am
Rice would be better…all things being equal. She is brilliant and well liked and respected. Kerry is one of the most disliked big-heads in the game…
Brosephus™
December 14th, 2012
9:45 am
godless: Did Ms. Rice state why she was withdrawing from consideration?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/susan-rice-my-withdrawal-from-secretary-of-state-consideration-was-right-call/2012/12/13/ad69b3fc-4578-11e2-9648-a2c323a991d6_story.html
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Stevie Ray @ 9:35
Damn right I can take it. Seems that, if I tell you something 50 times, you should remember it without me having to offer up #51 though….
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LittleStream
December 14th, 2012
9:47 am
May not pay off for McCain if the voters remember in 2014. Lets hope they do.
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
December 14th, 2012
9:47 am
Angry Black women, here we go with the race thing again….
Funny, when Clarence Thomas stormed into his confirmation hearing talking of “High Class Lynchings of Uppity Negroes”; I remember a throng of the Conned standing behind him applauding.
I wonder if Clarence brought up race with that comment……let me think……………………..
stands for decibels
December 14th, 2012
9:48 am
It would be irresponsible not to speculate that Rachel Maddow had Dan Rather make an appearance on her show last night with the express purpose of hearing Mr. Rather call Barack Obama a coward.
Redcoat
December 14th, 2012
9:48 am
If they believe you, keep saying it……….those mean ol repubs
Mr Right
December 14th, 2012
9:48 am
Krugman at Treasury anybody
He’s toxic but would be the type Obama would pick!
F. Sinkwich
December 14th, 2012
9:49 am
“Dudley and I are thinking about getting the oldest a Mustang when he graduates in May but NOT for Christmas!)”
Good job. I’m boycotting GM too as long as O’bozo runs it.
Erwin's cat
December 14th, 2012
9:49 am
If she cant stand this type of national scrutiny, why would you want to put her on the world stage?
I thought you (Jay) speculated earlier this week or last that it is really an attempt to get McCain’s buddy Kerry’s seat in MA?…was it Brown?
JamVet
December 14th, 2012
9:49 am
RB, this is not a Klan blog. Perhaps you can locate one…
stands for decibels
December 14th, 2012
9:49 am
I remember a throng of the Conned standing behind him applauding.
I remember a right wing friend of mine calling me at home a few minutes after Thomas made that very statement. yep.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
December 14th, 2012
9:49 am
“McCain’s ugly campaign against Susan Rice pays off”
Ted (I left a woman to drown) Kennedy’s and Robert (I was a Klansman) Byrd’s ugly campaign against Condoleezza Rice DIDN’T pay off.
Sometimes you’re the windshield and sometimes you’re the bug.
Ooops! Forgot this …………….
TRANSLATION:
McCain is a conservative so what he did was “ugly”.
Kennedy/Byrd were liberals so what they did was “………”.
You fill in the blanks depending on YOUR persuasion !
oops
December 14th, 2012
9:49 am
“Krugman at Treasury anybody?”
That is Obama’s preferred choice. He also happens to be in the same club that believes in dancing fairies and skittle pooping unicorns.
Joe Hussein Mama
December 14th, 2012
9:49 am
F. Sinkiewicz — “Hope those Swift Boat Veterans for Truth are still out there.”
Hope those Smear Boat Veterans for Lies get subjected to the same level of scrutiny that Ms. Rice did.
Donovan
December 14th, 2012
9:50 am
Good morning looters. Let’s see what Bookman nonsense stirs up the old peanut gallery today…oh, it’s the attack on another Republican this morning. Once again, the face of liberalism. You myrmidons all know the drill. You all will join in with your hateful critique, hit the new leftist sound byte of “angry old white man” thing, and Fox News is a conspirator in the campaign against the Obama regime.
Common sense will tell you boys and girls that Susan Rice carried the water for the Obama cover-up and carried the lie so badly that the outcome was inevitable. You might say that when you play with fire you are going to get burnt. She did nothing more than you myrmidons do with Bookman and she ruined her chance of being Sec. Of State. Well, liars aren’t held in high regards for that position.
Put away the torches and pitch forks. Go lick your wounds and play nice. We still recall the tap dance your side did on the former Attorney General under GWB and the 8 year assault on GWB to get to where you are today. You liberals are such hypocrites. Who’s up to bat next? Mr. Heinz Ketchup? Funny how you hypocrites don’t chastise him for being rich, but go after the rich outside your elite circle.
Well, at least you all have something to look forward to in the short term with Jay’s weekend travel music.
Redcoat
December 14th, 2012
9:50 am
Clarence Thomas = RGIII…….?
skipper
December 14th, 2012
9:50 am
Somebody just brought up Hank Johnson. Remember, this is a blog about handling/mishandling a particular issue. Wait ’till later before we discuss representatives with IQ’s lower than a rusty nail.
Ron Bockman
December 14th, 2012
9:50 am
ugly campaign? This woman has the blood of many dead Africans on her hands.
TaxPayer
December 14th, 2012
9:50 am
Damn right I can take it. Seems that, if I tell you something 50 times, you should remember it without me having to offer up #51 though….
Cons have a reset button that wipes their prior day’s con talk out so they can rerun the same thing over and over by downloading a fresh copy daily from Fox without ever realizing what they’re doing.
Mike
December 14th, 2012
9:51 am
The first time McCain ran for president I would have voted for him even though I vote Dem more than not. A veteran, a man of principle, he was really someone I could identify with.
No more, he has pandered and compromised and pretty much sold his soul to the republican right in hopes of, and it has cost him everything.
The fact that he deep-sixed Rice, but selected Palin for VP says it all about John McCain, and/or the people he has surrounded himself with. A bitter old man, irrelevant in the Senate, who needs to step out of the way and let some of the forward thinkers of the day take over; What a sad ending to a once proud veteran.
Joe Hussein Mama
December 14th, 2012
9:51 am
E. Cat — “I thought you (Jay) speculated earlier this week or last that it is really an attempt to get McCain’s buddy Kerry’s seat in MA?…was it Brown?”
I think that is still the topic of widespread speculation, yes. Surely the GOP would love to get Brown back into a Senate seat, and prying Kerry out of the Senate and into the Cabinet would open up a nice, juicy Senate post in Brown’s state.
stands for decibels
December 14th, 2012
9:51 am
Krugman at Treasury anybody
There’s an app (ok, a song) for that.
james K
December 14th, 2012
9:51 am
Really , this attack on Rice was not about Obama or Rice. it was about John Mccain trying to sound tough with the Fo- follower crowd, who distrust him anyway. This is just a a Made for FOX event and does the president little harm. In the long run it will tarnish the McCain legacy. McCain is frustrated with the answers he was getting ( he said as much) and truth be told, this attack blindsided the state department and CIA who forgot that there are people in that part of the world who REALLY hate us – -believing in stead that the help we gave Libyan rebels would somehow protect US. The truth is that the administration cannot bring back the dead and most americans will not blame Obama. This frustrates the heck of of JM.
Stevie Ray
December 14th, 2012
9:52 am
Interesting article on the continued crap plight of african american men…guess the GOP is to blame here as well…
“Once upon a time, liberalism was about something more than the marginal tax rates and the interests of the middle class. Leaders such as Hubert Humphrey, Robert F. Kennedy and Daniel Patrick Moynihan focused national sympathy on marginalized groups. Moynihan gave sophisticated attention to African American males in his 1965 report on black families in America.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/michael-gerson-the-overlooked-plight-of-young-black-men/2012/12/13/3a15cbc0-4555-11e2-8061-253bccfc7532_story.html
Redcoat
December 14th, 2012
9:52 am
Enter your comments here
Welcome to the Occupation
December 14th, 2012
9:52 am
Donovan: “Common sense will tell you boys and girls that Susan Rice carried the water for the Obama cover-up ..”
Wait a second. You launch into a tirade against “liberals” for accusing Republicans, then turn around and assume …. an Obama “cover-up” ?
What cover-up would that be exactly?
Tell us exactly.
Go on, be specific.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
December 14th, 2012
9:52 am
McCain has become a whiny little child with regard to this Benghanzi matter. He basically said the same thing Rice did.
Rice chose to end her potential nomination for the good of the country. I am not sure that I agree with her but I understand in this political atmosphere she decided that the President should not expend his political capital on her at this time. The conned secessionists should read her letter and learn what true patriotism and putting country first means. But they wont. God forbid anybode challenge the Idiot America FIrst GOP Party
Anthony Long
December 14th, 2012
9:52 am
Quick someone find a copy of his book ” Character is Destiny” and send it to him. He obviously really needs it now.
MANGLER
December 14th, 2012
9:53 am
So I’m leaving a bar because the crowd has grown too … McCain’ish for my tastes when I stopped, turned around, and shouted “Benghazi”. As I walked out the door, the hostess said “you just ruined their night ya know, they’re gonna be riled up and yelling about that until closing time”. “I know”
Stevie Ray
December 14th, 2012
9:53 am
Redcoat
December 14th, 2012
9:52 am
What does that entry mean? You are sitting this one out?
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
December 14th, 2012
9:55 am
SoCoBro: There have been attacks done by both sides, but at least previous attacks were done on ACTUAL nominees, not somebody who MIGHT be nominated.
As to intestinal fortitude, I think she showed more “Country First” by stepping out of the way than anybody else in DC has ever shown
In this whole contrived fiasco, she’s (Rice), has shown MORE patriotism than any of the so called uber-patriotic republicans have.
Their only allegiance is to power and money.
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Moonbat — what is it with you and Oprah? You’ve got a girly-crush on her or something?
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Joe G
December 14th, 2012
9:55 am
The political lynching of Susan Rice by the Republicans to get Scott Brown another shot at a senate seat in Massachusetts is now complete. How these people can look themselves in the eye in the mirror in the morning is had to figure out.
SBinF
December 14th, 2012
9:55 am
Hey, congrats McCain. You finally beat Obama at something!
Brosephus™
December 14th, 2012
9:56 am
EC @ 9:49
I’ve seen that idea tossed around the internet at different places. If it was me to decide who to nominate, I’d find somebody way off the radar just to piss off the establishment. I’d have to make sure it’s somebody that they would look like idiots if they tried to go attack mode, but somebody who they would hate to nominate.
In all seriousness though, I think the president should be able to nominate and have his picks confirmed without all this crap unless that pick has a serious criminal issue or some issue that specifically impedes their ability to do the job they’re being nominated for. The whole idea of the nomination process has been so f**ked up that I think it’s useless now. Then again, most anything a politician gets involved with ends up being f**ked up anyway.
stands for decibels
December 14th, 2012
9:57 am
rut roe. Let me re-state that.
Wait ’till later before we discuss representatives with IQ’s lower than a rusty nail.
Ok, skipper, if you’re not too busy having tea and crumpets with Thurston and Lovey over there in the hut–kindly tell me how you’ve come to decide that Hank Johnson’s IQ is below yours.
And you’re going to have to do better than “he said ‘tip over’ and that is teh phunny.”
Country Before Party
December 14th, 2012
9:58 am
So Rice shows up on the Sunday morning talk shows citing incorrect information from our intelligence community and she’s torn apart but McCain quotes incorrect reports on Iraq’s WMD’s and we get 5000 Americans killed and he’s still in Senate? Maybe time for McCain to take page from Rice and do ride off into sunset.
Joe Hussein Mama
December 14th, 2012
9:58 am
MANGLER — “As I walked out the door, the hostess said “you just ruined their night ya know, they’re gonna be riled up and yelling about that until closing time”. “I know”
Man, that’s just SO wrong.
Like throwing a gazelle into the cheetahs’ cage at the zoo.
Stevie Ray
December 14th, 2012
9:58 am
Brosephus™
December 14th, 2012
9:45 a
Glad you can take it. Seems that me and many others who are bestowed your obligatory response are all in the same boat eh?
RE Rice’s chicken letter, she’s clearly being kept from the hearings for reasons political.
As mentioned she would be a better choice than others, but she is hiding from or being directed away from process…at least if she was allowed, or had the stones to stand up to these dopes, I’m sure she’d clear the air…maybe.
V is for Vendetta
December 14th, 2012
9:58 am
“How these people can look themselves in the eye in the mirror in the morning is had to figure out.”
Vampires don’t have reflections doofus.
Erwin's cat
December 14th, 2012
9:58 am
So I’m leaving a bar because the crowd has grown too … McCain’ish for my tastes…
We’re you outside the perimeter MANGLER?..Is there a right leaning bar equivalent to Manuals?
Chris
December 14th, 2012
9:58 am
Susan Rice is a well-heeled political statesperson that would have served the country well – irrespective of her gender or race. Agree with you Jay, unfortunately she became a political pawn that was an easy “target of opportunity” / low-hanging fruit for the Right that haven’t gotten over a 2nd loss to Obama.
Joe Hussein Mama
December 14th, 2012
9:59 am
C. B. Party — “she’s torn apart but McCain quotes incorrect reports on Iraq’s WMD’s and we get 5000 Americans killed and he’s still in Senate? Maybe time for McCain to take page from Rice and do ride off into sunset.”
Co-sign. ^^^
I want a new car too!!
December 14th, 2012
9:59 am
Will the Obama administration spend another $9 billion for new cars for this term?
SB
December 14th, 2012
9:59 am
Rice intentionally lied to America, do we understand that, she intentionally lied, she is just as corrupt as Obama!
Erwin's cat
December 14th, 2012
10:00 am
Bro @ 9:56
I completely agree
JamVet
December 14th, 2012
10:01 am
Donovan,
Please tell us again how stupid and free loading everybody else is and how smart, successful and patriotic you are.
I love that one…
Chuck Field
December 14th, 2012
10:01 am
As for me, I will never vote for the treasonous party of hate again. From their decietful agreement not to raise taxes on the 1% to their disrespect for a standing president, the party of hate’s days are numbered. Thank goodness. Its been a long hateful ride.
TaxPayer
December 14th, 2012
10:01 am
Newsflash,
President Obama has nominated John McCain for head of the Department of Angry Old White Guys Carrying a Grudge But Cannot Remember Why.
Brosephus™
December 14th, 2012
10:02 am
DDR: Their only allegiance is to power and money.
Hell, that’s most of them in DC. I read her piece that she wrote in the WaPo. That’s why I posted a link earlier. The last thing DoS people in Iraq/Afghanistan need is to be demotivated because of the bullsh*t in DC. It’s not like they don’t already have enough to worry about simply trying to stay alive.
JamVet
December 14th, 2012
10:02 am
SB intentionally lied to the blog.
barking frog
December 14th, 2012
10:03 am
They got all over her, like white on Rice…
Stevie Ray
December 14th, 2012
10:03 am
KRUGMAN at Treasury? I thought we’d generally do better with a practicing economist as opposed to sheepish pundit. At least we know what he stands for…more borrowing, more currency in play, trillion dollar stimulus’ and the like…
Hope he and BO get everything they want..be great if they had to actually be held accountable without escape..the dopey GOP should simply cave to all..
RB from Gwinnett
December 14th, 2012
10:04 am
Jammie, “RB, this is not a Klan blog. Perhaps you can locate one…”
A perfect example of why nothing good comes of race discussions with liberal morons. I point out a purely racist statement made by somebody else and Jammie tells “ME” to go look for a Klan blog. Now, Jammie, why would I want to go look for a Klan blog. I’m not the person making racist statements. Why don’t you spend your time more wisely and perhaps send an email to ESPN demanding the individual who made the racist statements be terminated?
You could even tell them if Trent Lott had to go, so does “whoever said it”.
Run along now, tool.
Common Sense isn't very Common
December 14th, 2012
10:05 am
DDR
sorry about picking on your cooking abilities. I know you are learning.
Try a standing rib roast or crown roast in the oven this year.
As to Rice, yeah I think McCain should have waited UNTIL the confirmation hearings until the cons vented their ARGUMENTS.
It seems as if the cons are in a prevent defense.
IMO
John Konop
December 14th, 2012
10:05 am
Jay,
The bizarre part about the Susan Rice situation is her political views lean toward interventionalist / NEOCON on foreign policy, which matches McCain and company……verse Kerry who is more old school and conservative about getting involved in foreign entanglements, and is now the nominee via the attacks by McCain and company. This is typical Washington, we debate all the bs and avoid policy. What we really need is a debate on the roll of the USA in the world. I will give Ron Paul credit for being the only candidate to bring this up clearly on either side. I would not go as far as him on foreign policy, but I definitely lean way farther his way than the NEOCON view……….
Ted
December 14th, 2012
10:05 am
Here is my take, The Repubs knew that if Rice was knocked out of contention they could expect Obama to pick Kerry for the nomination, thus opening a Senate seat in Mass. They want control of the senate and will take it one seat at a time if the can. Now we will see if Brown has a chance to regain his seat in the June special election. So, nothing personal here just power politics played by the goon squad.
Stevie Ray
December 14th, 2012
10:05 am
BRO,
Despite our spat this morning, I definitely agree with your 9:56. Maybe we will be surprised..Huntsman seems to have the right tone and experience…that will happen when pigs fly out of my rear.
Pay Back
December 14th, 2012
10:06 am
It was simple pay back for her comments about him. How petty and weak.
Country Before Party
December 14th, 2012
10:07 am
SB—- So I guess McCain also knew he was lying? It works both ways. SO I could reword your post: McCain intentionally lied to America, do we understand that, he intentionally lied, he is just as corrupt as Bush!
Clarence
December 14th, 2012
10:07 am
Blind liberals can’t understand why people did not like the fact that Obama’s administration chose someone without a clue about Benghazi to go on all the news shows and “slant the facts” during the last weeks of the presidential campaign. After all, everyone knows that thanks to this administration al quaeda is now irrelevant.
joaniekins
December 14th, 2012
10:07 am
It’s time for McCain to disappear. He’s contributed nothing to the good of the country, and
his age reflects his very bad, surly, bitter attitude. He acts like the loser he is.
stands for decibels
December 14th, 2012
10:07 am
Hope he and BO get everything they want..
At the risk of stating the obvious–what BO and Krugthulu want are, clearly, not one and the same.
Brosephus™
December 14th, 2012
10:07 am
Glad you can take it. Seems that me and many others who are bestowed your obligatory response are all in the same boat eh?
Does a bear sh*t in the woods???
mbtc
December 14th, 2012
10:08 am
“Despite what the lefty loonies believe, the entire truth has not come out.”
That’s what they said about Whitewater.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
December 14th, 2012
10:08 am
JAY:
Please post a photo of Ted Kennedy and Robert Byrd up there next to McCain …….. will ya ??
Mr. Snarky
December 14th, 2012
10:08 am
John McWho?
guy
December 14th, 2012
10:08 am
Alex, you will be crucified now for telling the truth. Get ready,my friend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ken from Maine
December 14th, 2012
10:08 am
Where was McCains / Grahams/Collins indignation when Condaleza Rice mislead us about Sadam’s WMS or Colin Powells mis-adventure and falsehoods @ the United Nations regarding the same?
It amazes me that McCain, after being personally attacked by the right wing of the GOP and practically branded a coward for being a POW, can still carry their water.He has become irrelevant nationally after his pitiful run for the White House and creating the Sara Palin legand. Time to stand down Senator.( You have your “victory” why not go out now)?
bookman parrot
December 14th, 2012
10:09 am
jay it is “funny” (not funny ha ha though) how libs think politics is “ugly” if against a lib, but when same is done against a con, it is just good politics or deserved or whatever justification can be employed at the time. libs – the party of the double standard.
JamVet
December 14th, 2012
10:10 am
RB, along with pogo, your racist demons are legendary here.
You absolutely are obsessed with black people. I should say their failures, because I have never once seen you write one single, solitary positive thing about them. Not one.
Living in the 1950s, like you do, is not emotionally healthy.
Get help. Preferably from a black psychologist! LOL…
skipper
December 14th, 2012
10:10 am
Stands,
Amazingly, it does not always take a medical evaluation and tons of systematic research to note that somone is not brilliant. (Remember Traficant form Ohio?)No, I’m not talkin’ about someone with a different opinion; I’m talking about someone who does his best every time he speaks to back up all notions of lack of intelligence. And don’t try to bring race, arrogance, or anything else into it……I do not take tea and crumpets! Lack of intelligence know no racial/sexual of other boundaries. There are plenty in all groups to supply the need.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
December 14th, 2012
10:10 am
Ah, you libs. like attacking conservative veterans.
But it will be “wrong” to attack a veteran like Kerry ……… now won’t it !
Oh, the HYPOCRISY !
Brosephus™
December 14th, 2012
10:10 am
Stevie
I thought Huntsman for a minute, but I don’t know if he’s the one I’d put at DoS. With his business background, I think he’d be better suited for Commerce if he were to be used, but that’s just my view.
Welcome to the Occupation
December 14th, 2012
10:11 am
Did somebody just say “Al Qaeda”?
Yeah, what about Al Qaeda?
Let’s hear more!
Brosephus™
December 14th, 2012
10:11 am
You absolutely are obsessed with black people. I should say their failures, because I have never once seen you write one single, solitary positive thing about them. Not one.
Melanin envy does that to some people.
Jefferson
December 14th, 2012
10:11 am
Yea, but his wife’s daddy owns a beer store….
Sasha
December 14th, 2012
10:12 am
Susan Rice for SOS? Give me a break
JamVet
December 14th, 2012
10:12 am
They got all over her, like white on Rice…
frog, too easy but still kinda funny…
barking frog
December 14th, 2012
10:13 am
Not sure that the Rice withdrawal is a ‘payoff’ for McCain and
may hurt Kerry’s SOS chances more than help them. Hilary may
be ‘persuaded’ to stay on a bit longer.
Morality?
December 14th, 2012
10:15 am
The radical Susan Rice has political skeletons in her closet – she withdrew to avoid embarrassment – some call that getting “BORKED”.
Just same old same old
December 14th, 2012
10:16 am
A seldom visitor here, it seems to me that all the AJC has is a liberal view. How short-sghted this publication is. To its detriment I might add,
barking frog
December 14th, 2012
10:17 am
JamVet
the difficulty is in the depth and convolution…
Get Realican
December 14th, 2012
10:19 am
Sorry Jay, no fabrications or distortions…she intentionally mislead the American people right before the election. We still do not know who told her to go out and do that and we still do not know why the pleas for help went unanswered…..doesn’t that bother you at all or are you so in love with anything Obama says or does that you do not care?
stands for decibels
December 14th, 2012
10:19 am
With his business background, I think he’d be better suited for Commerce
no no no and no.
We need to run Defense “like a business.” It should turn a profit. Remember?
Stevie Ray
December 14th, 2012
10:19 am
stands for decibels
December 14th, 2012
10:07 am
How do you suppose Krugman differs strategically? Both are big government guys..
alex
December 14th, 2012
10:20 am
Knoop, interesting point and from what I read about her policies she WAS more aggressive than Kerry will be, therefore,again, she may have done this country a disservice when she backed away from the senate hearings…..She well may have neen very good.. Agree with those who relate that Mcains choice of Palin was innane , this was classic death by primaries and bending to the whims of the far right. This recent election is the result of this ( and many otherZ) actions of the repubs to satisfy the TEA partiers, hopefully the repubs will advocate a more moderate collection of policies…
Ken perhaps Mcain simply thought her incompetent….Because SHE withdrew WE will never know…
barking frog
December 14th, 2012
10:20 am
Just same old same old 10:16
have you visited the Wingfield blog ? Never mind that was a
stupid question or else that was a stupid comment.
TiredOfIt
December 14th, 2012
10:20 am
Why are there so many angry, rich, old republican white guys?
stands for decibels
December 14th, 2012
10:20 am
The radical Susan Rice
ha ha ha.
that’s a good’un.
JamVet
December 14th, 2012
10:21 am
The radical Susan Rice has political skeletons in her closet…
Riiiiight. Which explains why you listed them all.
And according to you empirically challenged Republicans, the planet is cooling.
Credibility much, cons?
stands for decibels
December 14th, 2012
10:21 am
How do you suppose Krugman differs strategically? Both are big government guys..
Stevie, please concern troll someone else. I know you’re not anywhere near as ignorant about this as you’re letting on.
Corbin Sharpe. Baby Boomer...and got the scars to priove it!
December 14th, 2012
10:22 am
You have to forgive McClain. After all he is the first white guy to be beaten by a black guy for President. That left a scar…
———————–
But, having joked about that, I am disappointed in President Obama for not insisting that Susan Rice stand for the job. The President keeps showing a lack of backbone that I find disturbing, especially in light of the “Fiscal Cliff” BS and the upcoming fight with the debt limit. I thought he had grown a couple, but now I’m not so sure. He can redeem himself some if he does not nominate Kerry and make it possible for the Republican’s to gain a seat in the Senate.
Steve Spafford
December 14th, 2012
10:22 am
The stink would have been avoided had Rice no Lied.
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
December 14th, 2012
10:22 am
But the Benghazi thing doesn’t sit right with me. It wasn’t handled well.
By whom? Why is the preponderance of blame put on Rice’s shoulders? Why not lay it at the feet of the people in charge of the State Department AND the Intelligence Community? What ever happened to common sense?
Good job. I’m boycotting GM too as long as O’bozo runs it
StinkyBeeyoootch: Since you are FOR the Mustang, I’m going to suggest a Corvette for Jonathan. Anything that YOU like is obviously bad for an up and coming young man.
Quick someone find a copy of his book ” Character is Destiny” and send it to him. He obviously really needs it now.
Too funny!
How these people can look themselves in the eye in the mirror in the morning is had to figure out.
They look at their checkbooks and see all that brand new “bought and paid for by the Koch’s” money and feel so much better. Hey, THEY won’t be around in 50 years, what do they care?
UNCLE SAMANTHA
December 14th, 2012
10:22 am
relax liberals……………. she is just LEADING FROM BEHIND NOW
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
December 14th, 2012
10:23 am
“some call that getting “BORKED”.”
bollocks.
this was a whisper campaign – unlike Robert Bork, she had no writings that pointed to how unsuitable she was for the position.
they couldn’t say anything concrete – all they could do was say they had “concerns” about her.
this was nothing more than a smear campaign – and McCain should burn for it.
Typically Uneducated GA Voter
December 14th, 2012
10:24 am
This was never about Rice’s qualifications.
Very few people have a resume that supports a nomination to the position of SoS.
Susan Rice is certainly one of them.
Nothing is new under the sun in D.C., and this is 100% political.
In an attempt to seize momentum in a power vacuum within the GOP (since the death of Reagan, ha ha), McCain has struck out against a superlative diplomat.
The real reason: the Republicans want Sen. Kerry to give up his seat in MA so that the biggest loser himself Scott Brown can run for it in a special election against whomever Gov. Patrick appoints.
The sad truth for Brown is that there is a well-qualified Kennedy waiting in the wings.
Mr Right
December 14th, 2012
10:25 am
Chuck Field
December 14th, 2012
10:01 am
As for me, I will never vote for the treasonous party of hate again. From their decietful agreement not to raise taxes on the 1% to their disrespect for a standing president, the party of hate’s days are numbered. Thank goodness. Its been a long hateful ride.
Did you forget the Bush years? The left didn’t appear to have a whole lot of love then, guess they love everyone but those that disagree with them, in other words , they hate the so called haters then pat themselves on the back for hating on those that “hate”.
Brosephus™
December 14th, 2012
10:26 am
dB
My bad… I got my business departments confused.
GT
December 14th, 2012
10:26 am
The Republicans load up with these insufferable types. I listened to Giuliani last night talk about how dumb Rice was on CNN. Now that is rich coming from the right, it is like these guys have a pass on telling the truth. They just got through running a liar take all presidential primary, and then Romney cleans his liarboard and makes up new lies to match whatever he is wearing that day, then you got Newt. How may lies does Newt tell his wives and family everyday? Herman Cain was such a liar he had to withdraw from a primary designed for the biggest liar winning. And now they find room in their busy day of lying to tell us how dumb Rice is.
mr common sense
December 14th, 2012
10:26 am
she gave out bad information about bengazi and the republicans say she now isn’t qualified tor sos. What about all the bad information the republicans gave out about iraq? if she isn’t qualified, they aren’t qualified.
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
December 14th, 2012
10:27 am
“The sad truth for Brown is that there is a well-qualified Kennedy waiting in the wings.”
and the fact is, Scott Brown will pay the price for the political wrangling that’s going on. If people don’t think that the Dems will make hay over the fact that Scott Brown is ONLY a candidate because they career-assassinated Rice, then they’re hopelessly naive.
UNCLE SAMANTHA
December 14th, 2012
10:27 am
RICE ISNT DUMB
she’s just cowardly
Bobby
December 14th, 2012
10:29 am
McCain hides behind his POW status. What he doesn’t mention is he violated U.S. laws while a POW. Yet he wants to condemn others who have short comings. Senator McCain was a disgrace in service to his country in the military and and is such as a member of Congress.
I guess we just need to be thankful the American electorate saw through this shallow excuse of a man and did not elect him President.
skipper
December 14th, 2012
10:29 am
As far as Kerry goes…..(and I find it hard to believe I am saying this) but: “Stay, Hillary!!”
Old Goober
December 14th, 2012
10:29 am
The torpedo job on Susan Rice is equal parts spite and plotting. The GOP wants Scott Brown back in the Senate—he sounds moderate but always votes Tea Party. They think he’ll win if there’s a vacancy. But the Democrats plan to run Markey, who’s pretty popular in that state.
This is mostly vengeance on the part of McCain et al. They’ve been beaten soundly, and part of their retribution is taking out one of Obama’s favorite appointees. And they still haven’t given up on whacking Social Security and Medicare—see Real Clear Politics.com for a good rundown on this issue. There’s nothing like holding a pair of deuces and playing as if you’ve drawn a royal flush.
Let’s go over the cliff. It’s better than allowing the Republicans to beat up seniors. People will adjust to the higher taxes, and a good cliff-dive will restore some humility to the arrogant Republicans.
stevehammer
December 14th, 2012
10:30 am
I’m not sure whats so “shameful” about McCain having an opinion and standing firmly behind it. The article did get one thing right: it’s his right as a US senator to play a role in the selection of the next SoS. The nation needs to be behind the next SoS not just the White House. [registered democrat]
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
December 14th, 2012
10:30 am
Get Realican @ 10:19
THANK YOU !
Not so much
December 14th, 2012
10:31 am
Her incompetence is just a refelction of the rest of the current gang in power. Like her boss, she’s in way over her head.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
December 14th, 2012
10:31 am
Bobby:
………….. and Kerry hides behind his medals he threw over the White House fence.
Dispicable !!!
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
December 14th, 2012
10:32 am
Not so much @ 10:31
THANK YOU !
Brosephus™
December 14th, 2012
10:32 am
The radical Susan Rice has political skeletons in her closet
You know too??? McCain sent me this photo he found of Rice and a few of her friends from back in the day….
http://radfag.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/women-free-huey-rally-oakland-1968-photo-bypirkle-jones_jpg.jpg
Mr Right
December 14th, 2012
10:33 am
GT
December 14th, 2012
10:26 am
(yawn) And the left NEVER lies! (Romney caused a woman to die from cancer)
The Ghost of Edward R. Murrow
December 14th, 2012
10:33 am
Gosh, JayBama…I don’t recall you firing off feverish howls of disgust when REPUBLICAN Presidents had their would-be nominees for cabinet posts highjacked by DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSES….
What’s next from the Obama Press Office templates…..a piece on the sexism and racism of Senate members who inconveniently fall into the categories of politically incorrect genders (Male) and ethnicity (non-minority) or viewpoint (non-liberal)?
Dan
December 14th, 2012
10:33 am
Stop watching FOX. It makes you stupid.
Class of '98
December 14th, 2012
10:34 am
Obama directed Rice to say the attacks were because of an anti-Muslim video, which, despite what the administration says, they knew to be untrue.
He did this to increase his chances of being re-elected. It worked, but now that it is clear the Rice willingly deceived the American public, Obama dropped her like a bad habit.
That’s what happened. Deal with it.
Corbin Sharpe. Baby Boomer...and got the scars to priove it!
December 14th, 2012
10:34 am
Brosephus™
December 14th, 2012
10:32 am
John Konop
December 14th, 2012
10:34 am
Both sides are in a debate about Susan Rice and most of you have no clue about her via policy. Some of you should do your homework before spewing talking points from your side…………..
……….. Rice was in the vanguard of the Libya operation, and is credited with pressuring a reluctant President to get involved in an adventure he was sure to regret. As the idiotic left-neocon John Avlon enthused in Newsweek/The Daily Beast:……..
“The Libyan airstrikes mark the first time in U.S. history that a female-dominated diplomatic team has urged military action……………
http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2012/11/20/susan-rice-is-bad-news/
The Real Problem With Susan Rice
…………. To understand what’s at stake in Rice’s potential nomination, it’s more useful to listen to a different set of interviews, conducted roughly a decade ago. Between the fall of 2002 and the spring of 2003, NPR’s Tavis Smiley interviewed Rice four times about the Bush administration’s looming war with Iraq. I’ve spent the better part of an afternoon listening to those interviews and I still can’t tell whether Susan Rice supported the war or opposed it…………
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/12/10/the-real-problem-with-susan-rice.html
UNCLE SAMANTHA
December 14th, 2012
10:34 am
rice is a disgrace and embarrasment to us women of color
to walk away from a fight in congress sets us back decades
she should be ashamed of herself
Fed Up with LIES!
December 14th, 2012
10:34 am
MAYBE… she “pulled out” because she was “ASKED TO”. I REALLY believe the WHOLE BUNCH of “UPPER CLASS GOV’T” is TRYING to “COVER UP” everything about this Benghazi attack!! They SURE thought we would BELIEVE all this about “the Video” even the President told this!!
We are NOT stupid!!
Jerry Eads
December 14th, 2012
10:39 am
The one thing McCain has ever been good at is being ugly. The sad part is he manages to suck enough trolls and idiots into his scat to change things for the worse.
John Konop
December 14th, 2012
10:40 am
Uncle Samantha,
………..rice is a disgrace and embarrasment to us women of color
to walk away from a fight in congress sets us back decades
she should be ashamed of herself………
You like Susan Rice via her McCain aggressive NECON views in the Middle East?
Daedalus
December 14th, 2012
10:40 am
As McCain has once again demonstrated, hatred, vitriol and charachter assasination works.
Susan Collins is simply afraid to go against her party’s hardliners. Always going along with your party in lockstep, whether democratic or republican isn’t courageous, its cowardly.
PATRICIA
December 14th, 2012
10:41 am
McCAIN IS A OLD MAN HE WAS CAPTURE SO WAS OTHERS THEY DID NOT BECOME SENATOR WHEN WE SEE HIS NAME IN HISTORY THIS IS HOW WE WILL TELL OUR CHILDREN ABOUT HIM NOT THAT HE WAS IN THE WAR BUT HIS SICKNESS MADE HIM NOT FIT TO BE SENATOR HE SHELL FROM THIS DAY BE CALLED McCAIN
Thulsa Doom
December 14th, 2012
10:41 am
Jay shouldn’t be mad at McCain. He should be mad at the administration and Obama. It was they who sent Rice out on 5 different Sunday talk talk shows to propogandize a L I E about the embassy killings and the “spontaneous demonstration” being about a stupid video. They set that woman up to go out and make a damn fool of herself. And somehow this is McCain’s fault? Puh-leeze!
Welcome to the Occupation
December 14th, 2012
10:41 am
To be denied a shot at the top job in your profession because of fabrications ..
Ah but you see that’s the rub.
One man’s fabrications are another man’s valid objections.
DBCOOPER
December 14th, 2012
10:42 am
She was lying. We all know it. And expect it out of Washington these days. Who really cares anymore?
The Bookman’s of the world won the election. It’s there’s. Let them have it. Just when they come after what’s mine. Then things will probably start chnging.
UNCLE SAMANTHA
December 14th, 2012
10:43 am
i dont like susan rice anymore…………. she is letting a bunch of grumpy old white men push her out the door……………. us women of color fought hard to over come both race and gender discrimination……….. and now she is walking away because it wont be EASY
guy
December 14th, 2012
10:43 am
Read what Steve Spafford wrote. She lied for Liebama!
Thulsa Doom
December 14th, 2012
10:44 am
………….. and Kerry hides behind his medals he threw over the White House fence.
Scout,
Now we really don’t know that for sure. After all there were 3 different video clips of Kerry on 3 different television programs giving 3 different versions of what he did with his medals and ribbons. Hard to say which of his many versions is the true one.
stands for decibels
December 14th, 2012
10:44 am
At the risk of projecting a bit…
I thought he had grown a couple, but now I’m not so sure.
Can we who are rational please dispense with this ongoing “does Obama have stones” drama? Obviously the man who said “please proceed, Governor” has courage and a willingness to pick and fight some tough battles. This must not have been one he especially wanted.
I’ve called Obama an “a$$hole” exactly once—it was when he announced verrrry quietly, I think over a weekend that he was ending his membership in Trinity United Church of Christ, back in ‘08. I was furious at him. If ever there was a hill he should have been willing to die on, it was over his own freedom to worship where he chose, and I was certain that he was being a coward. Did I mention I was furious?
It generally sinks in sometime later that the “god damn America-gate” thingie, or the “butthurt over Benghazi” business, it isn’t about me, or you, or what we dirty effing hippies want.
It’s about the course Obama and (now that he’s President) his Administration are trying to chart. We have little beyond the first clue of what their actual must-haves / nice-to-haves / ok-we-can-fall-back-here lists look like. I don’t mean that as a knock, it’s just what it is, in any Administration.
John Konop
December 14th, 2012
10:45 am
Get Realican,
………… Sorry Jay, no fabrications or distortions…she intentionally mislead the American people right before the election. We still do not know who told her to go out and do that and we still do not know why the pleas for help went unanswered…..doesn’t that bother you at all or are you so in love with anything Obama says or does that you do not care?………..
Since you are against Susan Rice that must mean you are against the GOP foreign policy since she was on their side?
Keep Up the Good Fight!
December 14th, 2012
10:45 am
She was lying. We all know it.
Absolute bull and at this point if you dont know that, you must be stupid because you can’t be ignorant of the facts.
Secretaries of State and Potential nominees for Secretary of States: Being held accountable for talk show appearances and talking points prepared by the CIA since 2012.
Rockerbabe
December 14th, 2012
10:46 am
Two ancient grumpy white boys well past their prime and in need of being put out to pasture.
Nero
December 14th, 2012
10:47 am
The butt hurt here is staggering. Even Bookman is sad. It’s Awesome!!
kady
December 14th, 2012
10:47 am
I hate to be this way….she got deeped six for “reading” talking points on a TV SHOW. She is a well spoken woman of color being blased by white bitter old men. I’m losing respect for John McCain. Now, having said that, I have no idea if the Pres. was even going to nominate her or if she would be the best person for the job. Republications will never learn..
John Konop
December 14th, 2012
10:48 am
Uncle Samantha,
…… i dont like susan rice anymore…………. she is letting a bunch of grumpy old white men push her out the door……………. us women of color fought hard to over come both race and gender discrimination……….. and now she is walking away because it wont be EASY……
What you are saying is even though you disagree with her NECON views you want her anyways because she is a woman of color? Did you have the same view about justice Thomas?
Road Scholar
December 14th, 2012
10:50 am
This is bigger than her qualifications….By Rice being denied, Kerry is the next allegedly in line. That would open a Senate seat… and McCain is a friend of Scott Brown, who recently lost his seat. Brown wasn’t bad… but a Dem beat him. The question is, if Kerry is selected and approved (Not swift boated) then who do the Dems have to run against Brown? Maybe as a moderate he’d join the Dems?
Sen McCain is a great American, but he is way past his prime…he is losing his mental edge.
Jim Turner
December 14th, 2012
10:50 am
This is a woman who had the primary role in misleading the media and the public over the true events in order to further a political campaign. We were attacked on American soil and lost American lives. That would hardly qualify as a peripheral event.
stands for decibels
December 14th, 2012
10:50 am
Being held accountable for talk show appearances and talking points prepared by the CIA since 2012
I think you’ve just answered the question on everyone’s minds: “What will we tell the children?”
Moon Mullins
December 14th, 2012
10:51 am
@oops — John McCain and his Three Amigos have morphed into The Three Stooges.
And, he is no more a moderate than he is a conservative than he is a wing-nut. He’s whatever he feels he must be to maintain a semblance of ebbing relevance. He’s a panderer who tries to play both ends against the middle.
And, my guess is the good folks of Arizona are growing weary of this ol’ man and will bring him home next election to sit by the pool sippin’ a few of his wife’s cold Buds.
stands for decibels
December 14th, 2012
10:52 am
Brown wasn’t bad…
for a guy who couldn’t keep his trap shut about a disastrously wrongheaded “we can’t elect the Commie cuz she mighta lied about being 1/32nd Native American” talking point.
Call it what it is
December 14th, 2012
10:53 am
Not qualified, she is actuall more qualified than the last two S.O.S. Funny that the G.O.P. didn’t grill Condoleeza Rice when she went before the nation and stating Iraq had WMD’s. knowing the C.I.A. had never verified it. She briefed what was given to her and nothing else. This was simply a witch hunt from a defeated party that over the next decade will be insignificant.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
December 14th, 2012
10:53 am
I should apologize for my 10:45. I said someone must know the facts by now. I forgot that Fox News views are misguided, ill-informed, ignorant and misled by the manipulation of the Fox Idiot channel.
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
December 14th, 2012
10:55 am
“rice is a disgrace and embarrasment to us women of color
to walk away from a fight”
yes, I’m sure your concern-trolling is heartfelt and genuine
Welcome to the Occupation
December 14th, 2012
10:55 am
Jim Turner: “We were attacked on American soil and lost American lives”
Uh, not so much.
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
December 14th, 2012
10:55 am
RB, this is not a Klan blog. Perhaps you can locate one…
Good luck with that one…………………
Rice’s chicken letter, she’s clearly being kept from the hearings for reasons political.
Which are?
Rice intentionally lied to America, do we understand that, she intentionally lied, she is just as corrupt as Obama!
Well, now we know whats on Right Wing Radio this morning……………thanks for the update.
Bro: The last thing DoS people in Iraq/Afghanistan need is to be demotivated because of the bullsh*t in DC. It’s not like they don’t already have enough to worry about simply trying to stay alive.
Word. They only have to worry about the republicans “outing” their safe houses and/or operatives for political gain now………………….same as usual…………..
Why don’t you spend your time more wisely and perhaps send an email to ESPN demanding the indvidual who made the racist statements be terminated?
How do you know he DIDn’t do that? Your crystal balls not working today?
Common: sorry about picking on your cooking abilities. I know you are learning.
No worries. EVERYONE picks at my cooking! When I was in college I was supposed to bring the Mac & Cheese for a “potluck” dinner for the holidays – So I brought in some Macaroni Salad, put some cheese no top and put it in the oven. To this DAY I’ve never lived that one down!
Common: Try a standing rib roast or crown roast in the oven this year.
Oh come on!! Are you nuts!?! I can’t even make beans and you want me to do a RIB ROAST?!?
Blind liberals can’t understand why people did not like the fact that Obama’s administration chose someone without a clue about Benghazi to go on all the news shows and “slant the facts” during the last weeks of the presidential campaign.
Its so sad to see people going through the first stages of Dumbazz. I will light a candle for you and your family that you try and pull yourself up out of blind ignorance as soon as you can……
===========
Jam: RB, along with pogo, your racist demons are legendary here. You absolutely are obsessed with black people. I should say their failures, because I have never once seen you write one single, solitary positive thing about them. Not one.
Bro: Melanin envy does that to some people.
The President keeps showing a lack of backbone that I find disturbing, especially in light of the “Fiscal Cliff” BS and the upcoming fight with the debt limit. I thought he had grown a couple, but now I’m not so sure. He can redeem himself some if he does not nominate Kerry and make it possible for the Republican’s to gain a seat in the Senate.
Word.
Call it what it is
December 14th, 2012
10:55 am
Grand O’l party is the perfect name… Old men, Old ideas, and since the election last month Old news.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
December 14th, 2012
10:56 am
Thulsa:
I saw and heard what Kerry said about my service in Vietnam.
He was dispicable !
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
December 14th, 2012
10:57 am
” I’m losing respect for John McCain. ”
you’re only just now losing respect for McCain ???
I lost any final shred of respect I had for him in the early 1990s for the shameful way he treated the Clintons
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
December 14th, 2012
10:57 am
Stop watching CNN. You’ll get dumb.
UNCLE SAMANTHA
December 14th, 2012
10:57 am
at least Thomas had the courage to face the firing squad
he didn’t let a bunch of grumpy old white men chase him away like a coward
you may not like someones views
you may like what the KKK says……..but you have to defend their right to say it
i may not agree with all of her views but to be pushed out because you are a black woman is disgraceful………… she should have stayed and fought
Ronald Reagan
December 14th, 2012
10:58 am
That maneuver is straight out of the Liberal play book! Attack first & never explain! Good job guys!
getalife
December 14th, 2012
10:59 am
I am sure women and minorities will flock to the gop now thanks to the sore losers mcain and graham.
White flour!
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
December 14th, 2012
11:00 am
“i may not agree with all of her views but to be pushed out because you are a black woman is disgraceful………… she should have stayed and fought”
concern trolling, Warp Drive
JustMe
December 14th, 2012
11:00 am
Obama and Rice “campaign” killed 4 White Americans.
So, they have that going for them…
Call it what it is
December 14th, 2012
11:00 am
you good ol boys still crying the liberal line… didn’t you get the election results???? Your party is not the face of America anymore, You tried jerry mandering, shortening election days, voter ID, and you still LOST BIG…. Now you’re blaming the closest thing to an electable candidate you had.. Gingrich, Santorum, or Caine would have lost by a bigger margine…. So you Good Ol Boys go ahead and bask in this Susan Rice victory, Come mid terms you will be sorry for it.
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
December 14th, 2012
11:01 am
getalife … 10:59 – exactly – keep up the winning strategy, GOP!!
alittlecommonsense
December 14th, 2012
11:01 am
Rice either willfully lied to the American public for political gain, or she was duped into it by Obama. If she willfully lied, then she shouldn’t be promoted. If Obama duped her into it, then the blame lies with him.
That Black Guy
December 14th, 2012
11:02 am
Brosephus™
. “Moderate Republican” is the oxymoron of all oxymorons. There’s one, so you can drop the plural stuff. McCain is no moderate. Graham is no moderate. Collins is the only GOP moderate in the Senate
___________________________________________________
Sorry Bro, Sen. Olympia J. Snowe makes it plural.
DaTruth
December 14th, 2012
11:02 am
Im thinking if the Ambassador and those Seals were Black, Obama would have pulled out all the stops to rescue them.
Its obvious.
Mr Right
December 14th, 2012
11:02 am
I lost any final shred of respect I had for him in the early 1990s for the shameful way he treated the Clintons
Oh boo hoo!
getalife
December 14th, 2012
11:03 am
“getalife … 10:59 – exactly – keep up the winning strategy, GOP!!”
The gop will stay the course because they are not capable of change.
Brosephus™
December 14th, 2012
11:03 am
<i.Obama and Rice “campaign” killed 4 White Americans.
Damn, I guess they have a DeLorean or some other time machine, huh? What a way to put your critical thinking skills on display for the world to see. We can use the world’s most powerful electron microscope to see them in their full glory…
You do realize that the so-called coverup came AFTER the attack, right? Geez….. Somebody must be passing out the stoooopids today.
Nero
December 14th, 2012
11:04 am
http://youtu.be/KK74G7wDfk4
Brosephus™
December 14th, 2012
11:04 am
TBG
Snowe’s on her way out. I’ll give you lame duck plurality.
Brosephus™
December 14th, 2012
11:06 am
Rice either willfully lied to the American public for political gain, or she was duped into it by Obama. If she willfully lied, then she shouldn’t be promoted. If Obama duped her into it, then the blame lies with him.
So what should happen if she read talking points from a memo prepared by intelligence analysts from the CIA? You know, the place where the actual intel came from? The CIA is not the White House, and Obama is not the director of the CIA, contrary to popular misguided conservative thinking.
Call it what it is
December 14th, 2012
11:06 am
John McCain is evrything thats wrong with the GOP, he was once an honorable moderate, He ran for the presidency on a conservative platform and got flattened just like Romney… Yet the party still don’t get it… this country is not a right leaning country..Stay out of our bedrooms, and religious beliefs.
Maggie Silver
December 14th, 2012
11:07 am
McCain does something good for once and you want to call it McCarthyite? Susan Rice is a lying witch who facilitated genocide in Africa in the 1990s and now LIED to the nation about who killed our Ambassador and four other brave souls in Benghazi, and she should be Secretary of State?!
Obama is in bed with Al Qaeda in Syria and Libya-that’s who’s running Libya since Obama’s illegal war in that country, and his illegal murder of Qaddafi-in collaboration with Al Qaeda!
And if you want to accuse someone of “McCarthyism”, why don’t you go after Obama for the NDAA,? You think it’s okay for the President to insist on a law that would allow American Citizens to be indefinitely detained in a military prison without a trial??? And don’t forget his love of sending drones into Pakistan to kill “terrorists” and hundreds of innocent bystanders!
Please-don’t pretend this is about party or right vs. left-Obama makes Dick Cheney look like a Liberal!
OSG
December 14th, 2012
11:08 am
I think it was a deliberate plan. The Republicans were smarting from the election smackdown. The Dems wanted to show the American public, just how bad the Republicans can be…so that when 2014 comes around, the Dems will be able to show the American public (along with the budget cliff discussions) on how incompetent the party of “no” can be. Kerry was the candidate all along, and Rice took the fall, to embarass the Republicans. Rice will re-appear…in a better position somewhere in the Obama Cabinet, AND the Clinton Cabinet. Remember, she took the bullet for Mrs. Clinton as well.
JohnnyReb
December 14th, 2012
11:08 am
Do you Moonbats really think that if the Benghazi mess was as clean as you would like to believe that Obama would have backed away from Rice?
Rice withdrew at Obama’s request in hopes the situation will fade to black. Her confirmation hearing would have made public things Obama prefers not.
You can demonize McCain and whoever you want. That does not change the fact that Rice knowinlgy and intentionally participated in a coverup just before the election to protect Obama. BTW, there are more Congressmen than McCain, Graham and Ayotte who think she did and would not support her as SoS.
As you who will be the SoS nominee, Kerry will likely be Obama’s ridiculous choice. Little Barry continues to disappoint.
Call it what it is
December 14th, 2012
11:08 am
Hillary 2016
getalife
December 14th, 2012
11:10 am
Sheets.
stands for decibels
December 14th, 2012
11:11 am
Thulsa:
I saw and heard what Kerry said about my service in Vietnam.
He was dispicable !
Nonsense. And if you’d actually read the transcript of his testimony–which is what your whining here is surely based on–before the Senate in ‘71, in its entirety, and not in carefully edited dribs and drabs, you wouldn’t be embarrassing yourself with such foolishness now.
heading upstairs.
JohnnyReb
December 14th, 2012
11:12 am
BTW, this is the third strike for Rice. She was involved with the bad decisions on the Rwanda/Congo genocide and Bozo’s decision not to take OBL when offered up on a platter. Yet the Left thinks she would be a good SoS. I wish I was surprised.
Nero
December 14th, 2012
11:12 am
pillow cases.
Krystal'sBalls
December 14th, 2012
11:13 am
I honestly do not think it was ever Pres. Obama’s intention to have Rice as Secretary Of State to begin with. Ever cynical, I TRULY believe that the Administration simply allowed the whole ordeal to take on a life of its own, much like he did with Romney in debate 2. Give the media and the Right Wing something to froth at the mouth over for a couple of weeks or so, while you work in the background to shore up the situation for when Kerry takes the position, lest the GOP find a way to slime their way into the MA senate seat. That’s my estimation of it.
I have thought all along that Kerry is the best person for the job on many fronts. Plus, I think his loyalty to Obama and his policies should count for something
She was a (willing) “red herring”. My estimation.
Nero
December 14th, 2012
11:13 am
dribs and drabs…LOL!
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
December 14th, 2012
11:14 am
Obama directed Rice to say the attacks were because of an anti-Muslim video…..blah, blah, blah, blah……………..He did this to increase his chances of being re-elected……blah….blah….blah……. It worked, but now that it is clear the Rice willingly deceived the American public, Obama dropped her like a bad habit.
You know i”m kinda glad you said that — it just goes to show you very STOOOPID Faux News has made a great deal of Americans.
the polling for MONTHS had shown Obama ahead of Mittens – but according to you and Faux News, it was the “Great Lie About A Video” that put him over the top.
Your republican math strikes again……………..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXV_kY1VzBo
That’s what happened. Deal with it.
David Shivers
December 14th, 2012
11:15 am
Ever since his choice of Sarah Palin as running mate and his subsequent loss of the Presidential race to Obama, John McCain has become increasingly empty of any honor and nobility he once brought to the office of Senator. What a damned shame!
WrteStufLA
December 14th, 2012
11:15 am
It’s truly sad to see: that one time principled warrior turned bloated, blotchy, bitter old man — the Formerly Honorable John McCain.
They BOTH suck
December 14th, 2012
11:15 am
Maybe Rice was a decoy from the start… A way to somewhat clear the path for the actual nominee.
Who knows? Politics is tough game but Rice backing out will give talk radio a few new talking points for sure
Brosephus™
December 14th, 2012
11:16 am
Do you Moonbats really think that if the Benghazi mess was as clean as you would like to believe that Obama would have backed away from Rice?
Not a Moonbat, but do you Benghazists think that, if this mess was as bad as you think it is, Rice is more culpable than Petraeus or Clinton? That’s like tackling the backup quaterback on the sideline and trying to get credit for a sack. I always thought that some conservative’s logical reasoning skills were quirky, but reading some of the things here makes me think quirky is too quaint a word to use.
Nero
December 14th, 2012
11:16 am
Conspiracy theories and strategery are coming out! YES!!
Tom Middleton
December 14th, 2012
11:16 am
All I know is that Susan Rice delivered the United Nations for President Obama’s unorthodox, unproven approach to ridding the world of a tyrannical scourge in Libya, and it worked magnificently!
She’s a hero, in my opinion, and not only deserves a Presidential Medal of Freedom but flowers, chocolates, and a magnificent patriotic parade to end all parades at the earliest possible convenience.
She’s what we need more of in Washington these days, out-of-the-box, highly adept patriotic thinkers, not the likes of a has-been, dufus old-school McCain!
wayne
December 14th, 2012
11:16 am
John Kerry is not fit for the job (like turning a fox loose in the hen house) and the Obama administration sent Susan Rice to 5 talk shows to tell things that were not true. She should have refused to do it. Sadly we have gotten to the point in this country where the truth is not acceptable. People like Jay sure don’t like to hear it. Go to youtube and search 65 outrageous lies told by president Obama. Oh yeah listen to him tell them, not someone else accusing him!
skipper
December 14th, 2012
11:16 am
I am an independant “moderate” if I may. I am more right center in some things, but DEFINITELY not far right at all! And I am watching the republican party commit suicide right before my eyes. Not all the Rice stuff….thats just one issue. But when you have to listen to Mitch McConnel??? The only person who could p*ss folks off while handing them the winning lottery ticket. Yeah, we gotta cut spending, for sure. But how about cutting useless and wasteful government entities and too much foreign aid to cess-pools like Pakistan before we talk about raising the Medicare age to 67?
Mr Right
December 14th, 2012
11:17 am
Stay out of our bedrooms, and religious beliefs.
Yea,stop paying for contraception!
Nero
December 14th, 2012
11:17 am
formerly honorable…..HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
Nero
December 14th, 2012
11:18 am
independent “moderate”…..BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
Welcome to the Occupation
December 14th, 2012
11:20 am
Isn’t it a little weird that Sen. McCain, who strongly supported the intervention in Libya despite participation of groups that at various points could arguably have been classified as Al Qaeda “affiliates”, is behind this campaign to destroy the Rice nomination?
Anybody else think that’s a little, uh, interesting?
Brosephus™
December 14th, 2012
11:21 am
skipper
They BOTH suck
December 14th, 2012
11:22 am
If the nominee is Kerry the comedic tirades on this blog will not match the wailing and whining of some since the election, but it will be pretty damn funny for sure.
Nero
December 14th, 2012
11:24 am
As opposed to Barry and the rest actually giving those “affiliates” weapons and anti-aircraft missles? Yeah interesting. *snicker*
Brosephus™
December 14th, 2012
11:24 am
They BOTH
You know they’re coming too…
Tundra Dude
December 14th, 2012
11:25 am
JB wrote, in part:
I don’t support or oppose Rice’s nomination for the job, straitroad. If there are legitimate reasons to deny her the job, let’s hear them and make a decision on that basis.
One might find legit reasons by digging into her background.
Ignoring the rantings of the Right, what I’m left with is less than glowing reviews.
For starters, here’s from The Black Agenda Report:
A Second Wave of Genocide Looms in Congo, with Susan Rice on Point
“Susan Rice has abetted the Congo genocide for much of her political career.”
“Rice said not a word about ethnic cleansing and racial pogroms against black Libyans and sub-Saharan African migrant workers.”
http://bit.ly/WvsGwg
Freedom Rider: Susan Rice and American Evil
“The people who hold these supposedly august positions are in fact no better than criminal enforcers in organized crime families.”
(snip)
It was during the Bush administration that the black face in the high place joined in committing the worst kinds of dirty work to be carried out by the United States around the globe. It was also the first time that black Americans began to look the other way and excuse their government’s inhumanity. Defending Colin and Condi became substitutes for analysis and the ideology that once made black Americans the group least supportive of their government’s acts of aggression.
http://bit.ly/T8IchY
Nero
December 14th, 2012
11:25 am
http://youtu.be/vwAXcR6wRuQ
WAW
December 14th, 2012
11:27 am
Spent a couple of days sitting in doctor’s waiting rooms this week having to listen to the Fox talking heads. The one time I was alone in the waiting room, I asked the receptionist if she would turn off the TV. You don’t need to go to Waffle House for breakfast and listen to the liars table talk, just do 10 minutes of Fox and you know what the conversation will be as you pour the syrup. Same goes for reading all the post on these blogs. There are major problems in this country and the roots are no where near the White House. If “these people” would just remember two things before they open their months it would save them from confirming their foolishness: 1. The South lost the Civil War, we are “one nation under God” and 2. None of the Romney’s Day One actions are going to take place because the President won the election. Sorry old farts, you’ve lost twice and probably will not get another chance.
Tundra Dude
December 14th, 2012
11:27 am
Susan Rice: “A Very Typical D.C. Animal”
John R. Schindler, professor of national security affairs at the U.S. Naval War College, writes:
[U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice] would be a terrible choice for Secretary of State and President Obama is really blowing necessary political capital here. Not to put too fine a point on it, but Rice has a well-honed reputation for self-promotion considered excessive even in DC, where throw-granny-under-the-bus ambition is a sine qua non, she plays poorly with others, and is too blatantly beholden to the President to be effective at Foggy Bottom. She is a very typical DC animal: a bright person with proper pedigree who excels at excelling and gets places fast through personal loyalty more than skill. If this marks me as a racist and/or sexist in the eyes of bien-pensants, by saying what is well known to countless persons inside the Beltway, so be it.
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Susan Rice’s Imperial Credentials
Washington Post contributor Dana Milbank headlined “Susan Rice’s tarnished resume,” saying:
She’s “ill-equipped to be the nation’s top diplomat.” It’s for reasons unrelated to Libya. She “managed to make an impressive array of enemies – on Capitol Hill, in Foggy Bottom and abroad.”
She’s an equal opportunity offender. She doesn’t care who she insults. Perhaps her chickens are coming home to roost.
Rice has close ties to Rwanda’s US puppet leader Paul Kagame. Washington trained him at Fort Leavenworth, KS. She’s also connected to Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni. He recruits child soldiers. He trains them to kill.
http://bit.ly/QCN1lt
GT
December 14th, 2012
11:28 am
JohnnyReb the Democrats actually have Secretaries of State that do something. The Republicans had alienated the world to the point the Secretary of State’s phone wasn’t ringing much. One way to keep out of harms way is not go to work, lock yourself away from the world, except when you are heading to war or lying about mass destruction to the UN like the Bush’s administration set Powell up to do. You ever notice the duped person with these Republicans is always a black person. “Let Mickey eat it he will eat anything”, what a party.
Regnad Kcin
December 14th, 2012
11:30 am
“Obama and Rice “campaign” killed 4 White Americans.”
Obama and Rice killed people? I’m sure you’re the most shameful and hateful kind of liar. What a sick, twisted mind you have!
Seek help immediately.
Typically Uneducated GA Voter
December 14th, 2012
11:32 am
Dear Haters: Say what you will about Susan Rice. She’s no longer a candidate for the job, so it doesn’t really matter. Not that anyone outside your circle (and by circle I mean your stuffed animals and your talking back to Sean Hannity’s image on TV) really cares whether you approved of her or not.
The truth remains that Barack Obama is your President for four more years. And Hillary after that. And then probably Elizabeth Warren after that. And they will continue to appoint cabinet members who reflect their positions – you know the nuanced philosophies that you don’t comprehend and so resort to calling “socialist” and “gutless.”
But go ahead and load up on GOP leaders in your little fiefdoms of ignorance. Your feelings will never reflect the values of this great nation. Far too many of us have evolved for you to be relevant on a national level.
(Also, “Uncle Samantha”: we all know you are not a “woman of color.” It’s time to stop posting. If you don’t go to school you’ll miss the fifth grade holiday party.)
luangtom
December 14th, 2012
11:35 am
Someone had to take a fall. Rice was that person. She was the lamb sent to the slaughter by the current administration. Missteps on the Benghazi affair put her at risk and she paid for not having an administration that stood behind her 100%. If this pre-appointment wrangling put her ill-at-ease, then we did not need her as head of the State Department. She would not have been thick-skinned enough for the job. Better to opt out now than to not be able to handle the heat later. It was a good move on her part. It is not a question of just McCain being behind it, one must ask how the administration could leave her to her own devices if they so wished her to be Secretary of State?
Bill Orvis White
December 14th, 2012
11:36 am
OK, I’m going to throw several layers of the truth here and for liberals, the truth hurts. Let me be the one to repeat these facts: “Miss” Susan Rice, is arrogant, incompetent, lazy and simply dangerous to democracy, pure and simple. The United States Secretary of State’s role is to protect the nation’s vital interests throughout the world. The role was never created to appease dictators, thugs and jihadists — as “she” clearly intended it to be when “she” interviewed with Senator McCain and Senator Graham. If an arrogant, incompetent “woman” were to interview with me and displayed such foolishness to me, I would eject her from my property quicker than a jack rabbit running from my warm rifle. OK now, calling her what “she” is not mean-spirited or even racist. To call these correct labels “racist” as naive secular socialistic folks like Jimmy-Jim Clyburn and Al Sharpton lamely attempt to do is bogus and I would go even further and call them what they rightfully are: racists! Yes, Clyburn and Sharpton are racists just like Louie Farrakhan. Amen, Bill
JohnnyReb
December 14th, 2012
11:36 am
Brosephus – when two people rob a bank and one only holds the door open, do you let the doorman off? No. There is a lot more going on than what Rice participated in, but she is not innocent and does not deserve a pass.
Nero
December 14th, 2012
11:37 am
“your President”….”great nation”…LOL!
They BOTH suck
December 14th, 2012
11:38 am
Nero @ 11:25
How funny you post a youtube video of yourself on election night..
Thanks for the laughs
Common Sense isn't very Common
December 14th, 2012
11:41 am
DDR
The next time I’m in AT I will give you some real cooking lessons
Brosephus™
December 14th, 2012
11:42 am
JReb
In your instance there is verifiable proof that both people are in on the robbery, even if one only holds the door. To date, nobody’s produced any tangible evidence to show coverup or to show that Rice was a willing participant in a coverup. All Rice’s attackers have is their opinions. Opinions are fine to have and share with others, but opinions won’t get you a conviction in a court case. You have to have facts. When anybody starts to produce facts, then I’ll pay attention. Otherwise, the opinionating is nothing more than the white noise a tv makes when the station goes out.
When you or anybody else can prove her guilt, I’d love to see the evidence.
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
December 14th, 2012
11:42 am
Also, “Uncle Samantha”: we all know you are not a “woman of color.” It’s time to stop posting. If you don’t go to school you’ll miss the fifth grade holiday party
Nero
December 14th, 2012
11:42 am
Suck,
No, that was you earlier. Cry some more over poor Ms. Rice. Maybe she’ll write you a thank you note later.
spiker
December 14th, 2012
11:46 am
Rice (in true lapdog form) was sent out by OB or his close team of Axelrod, Jarret, etc. with this announcement.
Under oath testimony on Benghazi was going to come out at her confirmation which they don’t really want out there.
It’s all part of the ongoing Beghazi coverup. The longer OB can keep the facts (on Benghazi) from coming out, the better.
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman
December 14th, 2012
11:48 am
JR: . There is a lot more going on than what Rice participated in, but she is not innocent and does not deserve a pass.
Like WHAT JR? Could you give us some specifics please……….
Common: The next time I’m in AT I will give you some real cooking lessons
Whatevah…..
RB from Gwinnett
December 14th, 2012
11:49 am
Jammie, “RB, along with pogo, your racist demons are legendary here.”
You’re impossible, Jammie. If I post “the sun is shining”, somehow you make that out to be racist because it fits YOUR stereotype. It’s from the same toolbox as “if the only tool you have is a hammer….”. I guess when you’re out of relevant discussion, call ‘em a racist, right Jammie?
But just so you’re clear on where I stand with the black community, let me make it perfectly clear for you.
I think the black community needs some leadership to follow that will actually take them in a positive “get an education and make something of yourself” direction. Al, Jesse and the good reverend Wright ain’t it.
I think African Americans need to stop separating themselves and just be Americans. Being an American doesn’t need a qualifier. Besides, very few of them have ever been to or will ever go to Africa. And if they did, they would likely conclude they had no idea what “poor” really looks like.
Making excuses for people who are capable of helping themselves is NOT helping them, Jammie.
HDB
December 14th, 2012
11:52 am
Thought of the Day: Since Susan Rice withdrew her name as a candidate for Secretary of State…..Obama should NOT select John Kerry…..he should select John McCain!! Here’s why: it puts McCain’s Senate seat up for grab…and Richard Carmona should run for it! Then McCain would HAVE to work with Obama and follow ORDERS pertaining to policy….something McCain can NOT set on his own!! Then, Obama can FIRE McCain for going off-the-reservation…….
Brosephus™
December 14th, 2012
12:08 pm
I think African Americans need to stop separating themselves and just be Americans.
Why not help by not using the term “African American” to begin with. Charlize Theron is an “African American” and she’s quite melanin deficient.
Dave
December 14th, 2012
12:15 pm
Nice little history re-write Jay. Susan Rice became the face of Bengazi because she was part of the story. Bengazi is a brutal attack that resulted in the first death of a US Ambassador since Carter was President. Susan Rice because she went out on talk shows did become the face of what, based on facts that are starting to come out, a flat out lie by the administration. The idea that what happened was due to a video and not a designed attack. The more that comes out the more plain it is that someone failed, Obama and his team tried to deflect and the story fell apart, the story continues to fall apart even though the media and such Nobel men like Jay Bookman try to cover. What do I mean how about a simple; we don’t really know what happened and we are trying to determine it before we speak out. That was Obama a week or so after. Then why have Rice out there right way telling the tail. And yes Mr. Bookman if she is willing to tell the lie, she has no business being the UN ambassador much less the Top US diplomat, she has proven that she is just a partisan hack.
Curious
December 14th, 2012
12:16 pm
She withdrew because she didn’t want to answer the questions that would have been asked in the confirmation process. And, I would not be surprised if the President didn’t let her know that he needed her to send him the letter.
They BOTH suck
December 14th, 2012
12:21 pm
Nero
and if you can show one post where I said I backed Rice for SoS, I will take you to Chops whenever you are ready…….
Thanks for the laughs
James
December 14th, 2012
12:21 pm
Obviously, Rice’s comments on the Sunday morning talk shows was less than accurate.
Did she decide on her own to lie? I doubt it. Someone gave her the intel.
We now know that the Intel agencies knew that her statements were false; yet, she went on the shows. So…who gave her the marching orders? Better yet, why did she go on the shows? Shouldn’t Hillary be the one speaking for the State Department?
Ben Shockley
December 14th, 2012
12:22 pm
There were ugly campaigns against judge Bork, against Justice Clarence Thomas, against Sarah Palin, against Mitt Romney, ad infinitum Bookman curiously can’t muster outrage against those, though.
Politics is for big boys and girls Jay.
burntgrassroot
December 14th, 2012
12:58 pm
Susan Rice is a wife, mother, philosopher, career diplomat and asset to the United States Diplomatic Corps. Notice the absence of the characteristic, “politician” (I omitted race and gender because not only are those qualities federally protected, but should never be an excuse or advantage). Her withdrawal from consideration as Secretary of State is a loss for the American people. Her remarks during her tenure as President Clinton’s senior director of African affairs after the 1994 Rwandan genocide have proven prescient-”I swore to myself that if I ever faced such a crisis again, I would come down on the side of dramatic action, going down in flames if that was required.” The information she gave in reference to the tragedy at Benghazi was that which was given to her. The hypocrisy and vengefulness of those who engaged in a vendetta to prevent her from serving as Secretary of State does not discredit her fitness to serve in that capacity; it is a Pyrrhic victory at best. Vice-president Biden, during his debate with Rep. Ryan pointed to the austerity measures that Republicans in Congress inflicted on the Diplomatic Corps; it is the charge of the Diplomatic Security Service to protect members of the US Diplomatic Corps. Today, roughly 2,000 Diplomatic Security agents guard 275 American embassies and consulates around the globe. That works out to a whopping seven agents per facility. Unlike a US embassy, the consulate in Benghazi, and any other US consulate, does not have protection of the US Marines (who are at embassies to protect US property, not the occupants of the building).
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/11/benghazis-lesson-diplomacy-cant-be-done-on-the-cheap/265380/
weetamoe
December 14th, 2012
1:05 pm
I wonder if Rice, Susan, feels a twinge of shame over her advice (when she was assistant Sec of State in Bill J. Clinton’s administration) to ignore the genocide going on in Rwanda.
cmac22
December 14th, 2012
1:06 pm
BOOHOO … lesson for all, don’t be a lying shill for anybody!
Welcome to the Occupation
December 14th, 2012
1:13 pm
Politicize this tragedy. POLITICIZE it.
Eduardo
December 14th, 2012
1:16 pm
McCain, a bitter old man who should be kicked out of office on his back side. Lindsey Graham a lapdog’s lapdog and Susan Collins an unprincipled lapdog. Peter King is among them and he should be kicked out of office as well. This was outright pathetic.
david smith
December 14th, 2012
1:22 pm
Hey, I’m the last guy who would stand on Graham or McCain’s side on a lot of things, but you can’t deny that Rice lied over and over again. Doesn’t honesty and integrity matter any more?
james
December 14th, 2012
1:40 pm
give me a break. She lied to our country and to the world on 5 TV shows and now she should get nominated. Please…….She has security clearence and had access to the truth and either decided to follow the script or didn’t do her research. Either way, I dont want her representing our country in any role. You all are crazy
Jim this is played
December 14th, 2012
1:43 pm
Jay,
have you ever bothered to go through her track record while at the state. How about when she was sent home from an assignment. her academic record is impressive, her record at the State department is not. She picked some real winners in Africa right.
When you go out on national TV and mislead the country, whether is be deliberate or not, you are not suite for the head of state, combine that with a horrible record and you get objections. This was the right decision.
I wish you would write with some thought instead of being a blatant partisan. It really is tiring. Contribute to society with some real thought, not what is pushed from the WH media room.
Dirty Dawg
December 14th, 2012
1:46 pm
When in hell are we gonna stop giving that senile SOB – McCain – a pass? The a-hole called Rice, a Stanford grad and Rhodes Scholar, ‘not bright’…the guy that got into Annapolis cause his Daddy and Graddaddy were Admirals, ‘graduated’ in the bottom 1% of his class, got into flight school, again, cause of his Daddy, crashed about a half-dozen planes due to ‘pilot idiocy’ even before he got shot down – and even then didn’t have the sense to ‘punch-out’ properly, thus busting his shoulders to the point he had to be dragged out of the water (by North Vietnamese), then, ultimately, said what his captors wanted him to, dumped his disabled wife for a Budweiser distributors daughter who then bought him a Senate seat, was pictured as marginally competent as a Presidential candidate in Game Change, but still managed to give the world that Palin woman…and he’s calling this lady ‘not bright’?
Rabbit
December 14th, 2012
1:51 pm
The thing that irks Sen. John is that in 15 years, maybe even 10, nobody will even remember his name – or want to. If he comes up in conversation, it’ll be “…oh, you know his name, something, you know, the Ghostly looking fellow who was always spouting off on the Old Fox News.
Cosby
December 14th, 2012
2:41 pm
Rice was a pawn in Obama’s campaign. She will be well rewarded by him as already iundicated – some high position in his administration. the Fact that she blatently lied to the public, went to extremes to do so – you do not just show up on every Sunday news talk garbage progam and get 100% attention – now all are being called racist, hate mongers etc…but then that is what we have had for more than four years- hate speech, class warefare, if you do not agree with our side you must be racise, and yes, more lies than ever coming out of the mouths of the DC elitest…..and just look what happened in NJ…yep..blame it on who you will..but that is the dfirect out come of hate, class warefare, you owe us syndrom…yep the USA is now 100% a third world country thanks to DC, Barry, the press..thanks you thank you thank you
jaypat
December 14th, 2012
3:17 pm
John Kerry is John McCain’s choice for Secretary of State. Be forewarned.
Former Senator Bob Graham of Florida would be a much better choice.
Intown
December 14th, 2012
3:35 pm
You gotta wonder whether Kerry was in on the smearing of Rice, even tacitly so. Same with Hillary. But, are we setting up a Kerry v. Clinton Democratic primary in 2016?
John Konop
December 14th, 2012
4:02 pm
Japat,
…John Kerry is John McCain’s choice for Secretary of State…
Are you serious? Susan Rice is the one McCain agrees with not Kerry.
burntgrassroot
December 14th, 2012
4:44 pm
Although racism is the elephant in the room, I think that racism is really fear and intimidation between tribes, or ethnicities. People need to be taught more than reminded about black people in the diaspora, and reminded more than taught about settlers of diaspora. With leading examples such as St. Augustine of Hippo (present day Annaba, Algeria) to Crispus Attucks, a black man, first casualty of the American Revolution, to Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright, decorated Marine and Pastor Emeritus of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, many black people have surmounted the difficulties of their society to embrace and defend its ideals. Just as there are people of goodwill and villainy in each gender and every ethnicity, each should be evaluated based on conduct, not gender or ethnicity. The concept of equality is not only identity, any more than integration should be assimilation. It’s incumbent on all of us to, without partiality or favoritism, use our time, talent, finances, resources for not only our interests, but also for the interests of others.
Sven Ottke
December 14th, 2012
8:18 pm
Nah I’m pretty sure it was because she lied her face off on TV over and over and over.
Brandt Hardin
December 14th, 2012
8:43 pm
The situation in Libya is being politicized and the victims and there families being instrumented as a ruse to create doubt of Obama’s leadership. Public access to real facts is being whitewashed by this rhetoric while conservative hands paint the Blackface on our President. Watch them mix and apply the paints to his face in a portrait of Obama being Bamboozed by the Far Right at http://dregstudiosart.blogspot.com/2012/10/bamboozling-obama.html
You Reap What You Sow Is the Pay Off
December 14th, 2012
10:28 pm
The Bible talks a lot about reaping and sowing.
Job 4:8 says, “As I have observed, those who plow evil and those who sow trouble reap it.”
azwi
December 15th, 2012
5:08 pm
It’s a shame and appalling what John McCain did to Susan Rice. Ms. Rice is the REAL military and foreign affairs expert NOT John McCain. What McCain is. is a racist, dating back to 19880 McCain was one of a few senators that voted AGAINST the MLK Holiday. What McCain is besides from being a trouble making racist, is a dirty, bitter, jealous, hateful, warmongering, liar. There’s no room in Washington for underhanded politicians like John McCain. McCain is a poster boy for term limits and politicians like McCain is what’s wrong with the GOP party today. The leadership of the GOP should demand that McCain retire, before he takes the whole party down with him!
http://pol.moveon.org/mccain10/thanks.html?id=-17340335-0gXtorx
sho-nough
December 18th, 2012
5:31 pm
McCain wanted nothing but the cookies………oooooooooh!