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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIt's time for John McCain to undergo an exam for mental competence
The man has lost it. His personal vendetta against Susan Rice defies reason. His principal complaint seems to be that Rice did not disclose classified information about Al Qaeda's role in the attack in Benghazi. But if Rice had disclosed that info, she would have violated the law. Surely McCain should know this. So what is behind his relentless attacks on Rice? The election is over. The man has lost it. It is time for him to undergo neurological and psychiatric examinations.
I don't see Graham and Ayotte as real factors here. Graham always follows McCain's lead, and they've somehow convinced Ayotte to join them so they don't look like two guys attacking a woman. When McCain shuts up, the others will follow.
Champion Jack
(5,378 posts)mucifer
(23,574 posts)They pick and chose things in an ugly fashion sometimes and they sure made it look like she messed up in a scary way.
geckosfeet
(9,644 posts)The man is blinded by hate - and then yes there is the senility thing....
jerseyjack
(1,361 posts)BainsBane
(53,074 posts)but it would start to explain McCain's grudge, that and my original opinion that he's just lost it. Therapy does wonders. He needs to try it.
butterfly77
(17,609 posts)if anything he is leading McCain whatever the matter,I have been watching Graham for years and he is an asshole on his own he has always been a nasty piece of work. I have been wishing him gone for a long time now.
BainsBane
(53,074 posts)They always seem to be in lock step. Do you know of one?
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)xfundy
(5,105 posts)All GOPigs need a transvaginal ultrasound. Done through their ears.
Couldn't happen to nicer guys.
Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)transcranial
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)be the "October Surprise" that was to embarrass Pres Obama and give Rmoney the edge. What a foreign relations coup. And let's say that McCain and Rmoney knew about it. Rmoney was quick on the talking points and seemed sure that it was the coup de grace. And could believe that it failed. Anyway, let's continue with my CT, intelligence doesnt want to tip their hand that they were investigating who was responsible, maybe even a General, so they submit a cover story to stall. When McCain hears Ms. Rice relating the cover story that he knows is not true he goes off the rails. After all he is pissed that the "Surprise" wasnt as intended and someone had to pay.
Who says CT's cant be fun?
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)Seriously, Meghan needs to intervene, daddy's a psycho.
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)I don't say that with intent to be disrespectful. I think he is more a danger to himself. I don't think he is leading Graham Cracker or Wily E Ayotte. If anything they should be trying to talk McCain out of his tree instead of humoring him.
Hekate
(90,846 posts)Strom Thurmond ended his exceptionally long career passing out candy to his colleagues, voting the way his "assistants" told him to. IIRC
BainsBane
(53,074 posts)And make sure he gets plenty of nap time. He'll be drooling all over the microphones before long.
AAO
(3,300 posts)BainsBane
(53,074 posts)I'd be surprised if a good percentage of those tea baggers weren't popping narcotics.
struggle4progress
(118,378 posts)BainsBane
(53,074 posts)It's covered.
Isoldeblue
(1,135 posts)Now he's a PAW
Here's my Serenity Prayer version:
Accept
Reject
Haul Ass
Hulk
(6,699 posts)You know how we all sort of nick-named him "McGrumpy"? Well, it's fitting. He's really been under way too much stress. Start with his stint as POW that has earned him a lifetime of service in the Senate - and that's no stretch.
From then on, it's gone down hill. How many repuKKKe races did he run and get spanked in? Then he runs against a little known Senator named Barack Obama, and gets his ass handed to him in humiliating style.
Now, he has no claim to fame; but LOTS of anger and lots of defeats in his pathetic life. Hell, he's got all the beer he'll ever want to drink with his mistress/wife. Pack your bags, you crazy old fart, and go out to pasture. The country doesn't need you now, has never needed you, and you never really served your country other than to be a poster child for POW's in Vietnam.
This twisted old fart seriously does need a mental evaluation. I'm first to sign the paper. He's so full of piss and vinegar; and remember - we aren't talking about the sharpest knife in the draw from the start - fifth from the bottom of his class at the Naval Academy.
Just go away mcAncient. You've been a rock around our neck since you became one of Mitt the Draft-dodging Coward's 47%.
DollarBillHines
(1,922 posts)BainsBane
(53,074 posts)tpsbmam
(3,927 posts)SCVDem
(5,103 posts)This all started with Fox and their 'unnamed sources and some say' connected to unsubstantiated declarations.
Make shit up and keep reporting it until people believe it.
Nothing new here.
Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)BainsBane
(53,074 posts)as is McCain's obsession.
DirtyDawg
(802 posts)...take another look at 'Game Change'. Fact is the writers and producers made him look, almost, Presidential. Certainly came off better than he deserved.
notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)cause if he aint crazy, he's on something.
lib2DaBone
(8,124 posts)Now... he is senile....and it's showing worse than ever.
Isoldeblue
(1,135 posts)Makes for an excellent argument for term limits for the Senate and Congress.
Some of these guys, like Ryan, are still relatively young, but are already batshit-crazy with their extreme, whacky ideology. Can you imagine what they'll be like when they get to McCain's age? Oy vey!!
zentrum
(9,865 posts)...that irritability can be one of the early signs of Alzheimer's. Meaning---irrational irritability. The "You rotten kids, get off my lawn" kind.
post below.
BainsBane
(53,074 posts)at being caught missing an intelligence briefing on Benghazi to complain to the media about how the administration refused to provide him with information.
SCVDem
(5,103 posts)In a different look at this, Rachel Maddow surmised that this is all about getting John Kerry as Sec State so they have a chance to get a Repub back in. Scott Brown?
It sucks having to not nominate someone due to not losing the seat. Kerry is stuck.
Sounds better than McCains nonsense.
BainsBane
(53,074 posts)and actually makes some sense.
jeff47
(26,549 posts)McCain has hit the Republican caucus's term limits for his ranking member seat on the Foreign Affairs committee. The only ranking member seat available for him in the new Congress is on the Indian Affairs committee.
That committee isn't going to keep the press kissing his ass. Heck, it'll be hard to keep getting on the Sunday shows every weekend.
But if there's a special committee to investigate Benghazi, someone will have to sit in that ranking member seat. And the person in that seat will get all sorts of attention from the press.........
Cha
(297,770 posts).. and, you just answered it!
Thank you.
BainsBane
(53,074 posts)but not why she is going along with them.
Cha
(297,770 posts)someone suggested "2016". Whatever, I can't wait until she's sorry she ever knew McLindsey.
TheKentuckian
(25,029 posts)bluedigger
(17,087 posts)AnotherMcIntosh
(11,064 posts)Aren't his public displays nuts enough?
spinbaby
(15,090 posts)...but competence and sanity aren't job requirements in the Senate. The only requirement is breathing, and I'm not even so sure about thatsee Strom Thurmond.
cali
(114,904 posts)there's nothing different about McCain. He's always been a petty, nasty little fuck.
BainsBane
(53,074 posts)To say they do whatever McCain tells them. Rather, it speaks to their poor character.
MineralMan
(146,336 posts)There are no requirements regarding mental stability for being a Senator. It's almost impossible to remove a sitting Senator, except at the next election. It's conceivable that the Senate itself could refuse to seat or remove a Senator, but I don't think that's ever happened. It's not likely to, either.
Work to get rid of him in the next election. That's about it.
just1voice
(1,362 posts)and still believes every falsehood. Which raises the old question: are repukes really that stupid or are they just paid-off whores for corporate backers? The answer is both, plus most repukes have some mental health issues.
BainsBane
(53,074 posts)now that the election is over. McCain refuses to let lose of it. Maybe he wants to discredit Rice so Kerry will be nominated and that opens up a senate seat for Scott Brown, or maybe the man is just crazy.