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mfcorey1

(11,001 posts)
Fri Jun 13, 2014, 08:17 AM Jun 2014

McCain is on CNN talking about how he and Lindsay G had negotiated an offer to

keep troops in Iraq at the same time the President was making an offer that was rejected. He is worse than what his party accuses Berghdal of being. If the duly elected President is in negotiations with a foreign country, how can you and your buddy, Lindsay go in and undercut him? And with no shame he sits on all the shows and brags about it. Disgusting, just disgusting!!!

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McCain is on CNN talking about how he and Lindsay G had negotiated an offer to (Original Post) mfcorey1 Jun 2014 OP
Tell McBlood that he lost the Presidential elections in 2008 malaise Jun 2014 #1
That describes him perfectly... butterfly77 Jun 2014 #2
Down to the nipples malaise Jun 2014 #3
I see. LFMAO TxVietVet Jun 2014 #5
Given yesterday's trending in GD malaise Jun 2014 #6
They look pretty pointy don't they? panader0 Jun 2014 #23
Well he's always pointing so that's malaise Jun 2014 #24
Nipples? Oh noes!11!! FSogol Jun 2014 #7
ROFL malaise Jun 2014 #9
Exactly... butterfly77 Jun 2014 #14
Oh, my... Skidmore Jun 2014 #25
If McInsane wants troops into Iraq TxVietVet Jun 2014 #4
Agreed malaise Jun 2014 #8
McCains sons did go to Iraq yeoman6987 Jun 2014 #10
Send them back. TxVietVet Jun 2014 #15
It is easy to send other peoples families to war liberal N proud Jun 2014 #11
Yep, i say start a draft where every senator and house member family must serve frontlines randys1 Jun 2014 #51
I am still trying to figure out NippleGate... HipChick Jun 2014 #22
Here's a good thread on the excitement malaise Jun 2014 #27
Three different threads from jberryhill. TexasTowelie Jun 2014 #34
Tl, Dr: women's bodies are nasty and must be covered at all times Warpy Jun 2014 #52
you lost the election mccain. you are a loser. losers do not get their way. spanone Jun 2014 #12
So, he may have undermined the President's deal? Baitball Blogger Jun 2014 #13
You ask, "Isn't this grounds for removal from the Congress?" ljm2002 Jun 2014 #16
Doing so is illegal. MohRokTah Jun 2014 #19
That's some treasony shit right there Johnny. elehhhhna Jun 2014 #17
The DOJ should now charge both Senators with a violation of the Logan Act. MohRokTah Jun 2014 #18
Are there no laws in this country to stop private citizens from usurping the presidents role? This jwirr Jun 2014 #20
He believes he won malaise Jun 2014 #21
He is crazy and so is the media giving him airtime lostincalifornia Jun 2014 #26
The Logan Act (1 Stat. 613, 30 January 1799, currently codified at 18 U.S.C. § 953) elleng Jun 2014 #28
First thing I thought, too, Logan Act violation confession. nt ChisolmTrailDem Jun 2014 #31
So I guess with Eric Cantor gone, McLame is now the most hated asshole in the GOP. Rex Jun 2014 #29
I just don't understand why this sort of thing doesn't seem to bother Pres. Obama at all. n/t factsarenotfair Jun 2014 #30
Why the H would you ASSUME that??? elleng Jun 2014 #32
Isn't it an actual crime? factsarenotfair Jun 2014 #36
Yes, elleng Jun 2014 #39
Oh it probably did in his first term, all the open hatred for him and his administration. Rex Jun 2014 #35
Hmmm.... Well, that could be. factsarenotfair Jun 2014 #37
They do and have been doing so since Rush was on AFR 20 years ago. Rex Jun 2014 #40
He certainly has to be careful about what he says and does. factsarenotfair Jun 2014 #45
'situational awareness green.' elleng Jun 2014 #46
Why would you think that? Because he's not a pretend cowboy? Bear in mind the night bin Laden... Hekate Jun 2014 #38
Of course I can't tell what is really going on in the President's mind, factsarenotfair Jun 2014 #41
So you like the pretend cowboy style better? Hekate Jun 2014 #42
No. I'd like him to be more like Bernie Sanders when he communicates. factsarenotfair Jun 2014 #47
Thanks for this, Hekate. elleng Jun 2014 #43
yes, Obama's a different personality, style from someone like McCain JI7 Jun 2014 #49
Runs in the (GOP) family: truebluegreen Jun 2014 #33
Yes, and thanks for the reminder of the IMPORTANT history, elleng Jun 2014 #44
In McCain's own mind, he is the POTUS. SummerSnow Jun 2014 #48
That old warhorse needs to go out to pasture ASAP Warpy Jun 2014 #50
This is a good reminder I voted for the best candidate in 2008 & 2012, will Thinkingabout Jun 2014 #53

malaise

(268,966 posts)
1. Tell McBlood that he lost the Presidential elections in 2008
Fri Jun 13, 2014, 08:18 AM
Jun 2014

and he should simply 'get fugging lost'

 

butterfly77

(17,609 posts)
14. Exactly...
Fri Jun 13, 2014, 04:17 PM
Jun 2014

warmongering bastard needs to go himself along with the other two amigos..Oldies love war especially ones who never fought.

TxVietVet

(1,905 posts)
4. If McInsane wants troops into Iraq
Fri Jun 13, 2014, 08:26 AM
Jun 2014

tell him to send his family, the whole f*cking bu$h family and the GFY cheney family. Conservanazis want wars. Let them send their own to fight them.
The conservanazis created the disaster in Iraq, let them go straighten it out.

bu$h/cheney attacked Iraq because of two things: bu$h wanted revenge on Saddam Hussien and GFY and Halliburton wanted oil and military dollars.

History has proven that Iraq was doing okay and functioning until bu$h/cheney came along and destroyed it's government and society.

Conservanazis, deal with it.

randys1

(16,286 posts)
51. Yep, i say start a draft where every senator and house member family must serve frontlines
Sun Jun 15, 2014, 07:39 PM
Jun 2014

If they are of the right age...guarantees no more unnecessary wars for profit or ego

TexasTowelie

(112,146 posts)
34. Three different threads from jberryhill.
Sun Jun 15, 2014, 03:53 PM
Jun 2014

Beginning on June 12. All three threads were hidden, but if you are curious you can find them in his journal. Two of the threads show female nudity (one with breast-feeding and another with childbirth). No NSFW warnings in thread titles were part of the controversy. Bait-and-switch thread titles, provocative and he refused to alter the thread titles to include a warning when requested.

Warpy

(111,254 posts)
52. Tl, Dr: women's bodies are nasty and must be covered at all times
Sun Jun 15, 2014, 07:44 PM
Jun 2014

so any picture of a woman nursing a baby (or about to) has to be marked NSFW.

You know, same old, same old.

ljm2002

(10,751 posts)
16. You ask, "Isn't this grounds for removal from the Congress?"
Sun Jun 15, 2014, 12:54 PM
Jun 2014

Not in this country -- well, not if you're a Republican, anyway.

If you're a Democrat or an Independent and try that shit, well, that's another story...

 

MohRokTah

(15,429 posts)
18. The DOJ should now charge both Senators with a violation of the Logan Act.
Sun Jun 15, 2014, 01:01 PM
Jun 2014

That's a felony that can carry a sentence of up to three years.

The Logan Act

jwirr

(39,215 posts)
20. Are there no laws in this country to stop private citizens from usurping the presidents role? This
Sun Jun 15, 2014, 01:05 PM
Jun 2014

is as close to treason as I have seen.

malaise

(268,966 posts)
21. He believes he won
Sun Jun 15, 2014, 01:07 PM
Jun 2014

In fact he never cared that he lost -he operates as if he is PResident.

The word is treason.

elleng

(130,882 posts)
28. The Logan Act (1 Stat. 613, 30 January 1799, currently codified at 18 U.S.C. § 953)
Sun Jun 15, 2014, 03:35 PM
Jun 2014

is a United States federal law that forbids unauthorized citizens from negotiating with foreign governments. It was passed in 1799 and last amended in 1994. Violation of the Logan Act is a felony, punishable under federal law with imprisonment of up to three years.

The Act was intended to prohibit United States citizens without authority from interfering in relations between the United States and foreign governments. [1]

Passed under the administration of President John Adams, during tension between the U.S. and France.

§ 953. Private correspondence with foreign governments.
Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, with intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
This section shall not abridge the right of a citizen to apply himself, or his agent, to any foreign government, or the agents thereof, for redress of any injury which he may have sustained from such government or any of its agents or subjects.
1 Stat. 613, January 30, 1799, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 953 (2004).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logan_Act

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
29. So I guess with Eric Cantor gone, McLame is now the most hated asshole in the GOP.
Sun Jun 15, 2014, 03:37 PM
Jun 2014

Hear that McLame? Probably should start looking for a new line of work since you know what happened to the last guy.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
35. Oh it probably did in his first term, all the open hatred for him and his administration.
Sun Jun 15, 2014, 03:56 PM
Jun 2014

Told that the GOP would NEVER work one iota to help him move the country forward. NOW, after a second term, he probably just shakes his head and wonders how America ever survived the GOP in the first place. IOW, he thinks of them as weak and pathetic creatures he should take pity on.

factsarenotfair

(910 posts)
37. Hmmm.... Well, that could be.
Sun Jun 15, 2014, 03:59 PM
Jun 2014

However, they McCain and a lot of other Republicans seem to want to stir up actual violence by rightwingers.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
40. They do and have been doing so since Rush was on AFR 20 years ago.
Sun Jun 15, 2014, 04:04 PM
Jun 2014

Maybe Obama is just waiting for them to go too far (something they cannot just hide away) and then will pounce on them in a heartbeat for stirring up rebellion.

I really think (my own speculation) is that Obama knows it is healthier for him to pity them, then stay constantly furious at the things they do. Which doesn't mean secretly he is not fuming about their behavior, but doesn't want to let on - just think it would be the topic on Foxnews for months, "POTUS out of control and unstable...yadda yadda."

He has to be careful with what he says and does, plus Obama is always at situational awareness green...something rare in POTUSes imo.

factsarenotfair

(910 posts)
45. He certainly has to be careful about what he says and does.
Sun Jun 15, 2014, 04:15 PM
Jun 2014

I just wish national politics didn't look like good cop-bad cop Kabuki theatre most of the time.

Hekate

(90,662 posts)
38. Why would you think that? Because he's not a pretend cowboy? Bear in mind the night bin Laden...
Sun Jun 15, 2014, 03:59 PM
Jun 2014

...was taken out. Behind the scenes, complicated plans coming to fruition. In front of the cameras at the Correspondents' Dinner, an alternating poker face and laughing witty repartee.

How do you gauge what "bothers" President Obama sufficiently?

factsarenotfair

(910 posts)
41. Of course I can't tell what is really going on in the President's mind,
Sun Jun 15, 2014, 04:09 PM
Jun 2014

so all I have to go on is what I can see, and I see him being polite to people who are trying to destroy him.

factsarenotfair

(910 posts)
47. No. I'd like him to be more like Bernie Sanders when he communicates.
Sun Jun 15, 2014, 04:20 PM
Jun 2014

I'm thirsty for truths, not centrist memes.

JI7

(89,248 posts)
49. yes, Obama's a different personality, style from someone like McCain
Sun Jun 15, 2014, 06:40 PM
Jun 2014

i don't think he would have reached as high as he has without having that quality .

 

truebluegreen

(9,033 posts)
33. Runs in the (GOP) family:
Sun Jun 15, 2014, 03:51 PM
Jun 2014

see Nixon in '68, negotiating with the Vietnamese to hold out for a "better deal" and Raygun in 1980 re the embassy hostages (not to mention St Ronnie trading arms to Iran for the hostages in Lebanon several years later.

No government is legitimate but theirs.

Warpy

(111,254 posts)
50. That old warhorse needs to go out to pasture ASAP
Sun Jun 15, 2014, 07:34 PM
Jun 2014

Graham is going to have to go out feet first, having died of old age and stupidity and not being noticed until the smell got too bad.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
53. This is a good reminder I voted for the best candidate in 2008 & 2012, will
Sun Jun 15, 2014, 07:44 PM
Jun 2014

Be a really good reminder to continue voting Democrat forever.

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