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Octafish

(55,745 posts)
Thu Jan 29, 2015, 03:01 PM Jan 2015

McCain to Kissinger protesters: 'Get out of here, you low-life scum'

Source: USA Today

Sen. John McCain didn’t mince words with the protesters who challenged Henry Kissinger at a Senate hearing.

“Get out of here, you low-life scum,” the Arizona Republican said Thursday to members of Code Pink, the anti-war group.

Code Pink members chanted “Arrest Henry Kissinger for war crimes” as the former secretary of State walked into the Armed Services Committee hearing chaired by McCain, R-Ariz. The hearing featured testimony from Kissinger, George Shultz and Madeleine Albright, all former secretaries of State, on global challenges and U.S. national security strategy.

McCain had U.S. Capitol Police remove the protesters, who said they were acting in the name of the people of Chile, Vietnam, East Timor, Cambodia and Laos. Shultz, secretary of State in the Reagan administration, can be seen on the video standing up at one point to get the protesters to leave.

“I’ve been a member of this committee for many years and I have never seen anything as disgraceful and as outrageous and as despicable as the last demonstration that just took place,” McCain said, telling the protesters that “you’re going to have to shut up or else I’m going to have you arrested.”



Read more: http://onpolitics.usatoday.com/2015/01/29/john-mccain-henry-kissinger-protesters/



Shut up now or after the arrests comes the gassing.
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McCain to Kissinger protesters: 'Get out of here, you low-life scum' (Original Post) Octafish Jan 2015 OP
McFail is an asshat UpInArms Jan 2015 #1
Also, McHat is an assfail. Elmer S. E. Dump Jan 2015 #12
What Happened To McCain? billhicks76 Jan 2015 #46
I think he has always been like this...since childhood. pangaia Jan 2015 #52
He's still an asshole. Enthusiast Jan 2015 #64
Remember the Keating Five? Octafish Jan 2015 #54
The mistaken belief McCain, Kissinger, Schultz and Albright have is that they are not the Dont call me Shirley Jan 2015 #2
That would be called Justice. Octafish Jan 2015 #55
Code Pink don't care Enrique Jan 2015 #3
Every one knows the Honey Badger don't take shit from NOBODY! Elmer S. E. Dump Jan 2015 #14
They are AWESOME! Octafish Jan 2015 #56
Or Condasleeza Dont call me Shirley Jan 2015 #58
Or Kinda-sleezy - nt KingCharlemagne Jan 2015 #59
Now those dirty hippies have gone too far SwankyXomb Jan 2015 #4
It was a mean thing to say to a NAZI. Octafish Jan 2015 #66
Are we SURE he wasn't addressing Kissinger? Richardo Jan 2015 #5
... undeterred Jan 2015 #48
It's not in McCain's vocabulary, like when talking about the assassination of President Kennedy... Octafish Jan 2015 #67
Kissinger his ass, you punks... Blue Owl Jan 2015 #6
Maybe the free speech part of the constitution eludes him albino65 Jan 2015 #7
Maybe the whole constitution eludes him... undeterred Jan 2015 #49
Wha'da goin' do, John? Sic Saran on 'em? KansDem Jan 2015 #8
Great photo! red dog 1 Jan 2015 #47
Fuck McCain !!! SamKnause Jan 2015 #9
a fuckstick defending a war criminal... dhill926 Jan 2015 #10
The people in the audience and the other 'testifiers,' including Madeleine Albright, barely react. MADem Jan 2015 #11
Low life scum is how I would describe most Senators and Congressmen nowadays Jack Rabbit Jan 2015 #13
And therein lies the greatest SamKnause Jan 2015 #33
Why would you disparage "scum." Being "scum" would be a vast improvement for them. olegramps Jan 2015 #36
And get off his fucking lawn, too!! nt msanthrope Jan 2015 #15
That's right, McFail... americannightmare Jan 2015 #16
It only makes sense that a light bulb factory bomber Dawson Leery Jan 2015 #17
McCain is such a class act Duval Jan 2015 #18
McCain Has Always Been Rather Nasty DallasNE Jan 2015 #19
Yes, in Prep School he was know as McNasty. I well earned title. olegramps Jan 2015 #38
lol.. SummerSnow Jan 2015 #20
Isn't he the guy who unleashed Sarah Palin redstatebluegirl Jan 2015 #21
Another Fascist... Bohemianwriter Jan 2015 #22
as soon as the words came out of his mouth, he realized he was standing in front of a mirror. olddad56 Jan 2015 #23
When it was announced that Reagan had Alzheimers, the (lapsed) Buddhist in KingCharlemagne Jan 2015 #60
A war criminal and his little lap dog. BlueStater Jan 2015 #24
K & R MoreGOPoop Jan 2015 #25
Dear Senator McNasty, "It takes one to know one and you know 'em all." catbyte Jan 2015 #26
Why are they testifying? Is this some sort of vanity hearing for McCain, to TwilightGardener Jan 2015 #27
"disgraceful and outrageous and despicable" rurallib Jan 2015 #28
obvious question? ellennelle Jan 2015 #29
John McCain, the ultimate Augiedog Jan 2015 #30
Thankfully he's an old asshat. obxhead Jan 2015 #31
President McCain BeyondGeography Jan 2015 #32
Aw!!!!!!!! MyOwnPeace Jan 2015 #34
Just the turd he is! BlueJac Jan 2015 #35
I have never seen anything as disgraceful and as outrageous and as despicable as the nonimation of Bluenorthwest Jan 2015 #37
This is it in a nutshell. Kudos for the re-focus! - nt KingCharlemagne Jan 2015 #61
Bravo\Brava Code Pink! - nt KingCharlemagne Jan 2015 #39
this guy has become a parody of himself lol! frylock Jan 2015 #40
Poor Henry forest444 Jan 2015 #41
Ha, good one! If the shoe fits, Henry. mountain grammy Jan 2015 #42
Don't like protesters John? SCVDem Jan 2015 #43
Yep.. busterbrown Jan 2015 #44
His own goddamned party kept him there longer, thanks to Tricky Dick's 1968 KingCharlemagne Jan 2015 #62
Don't forget Kissinger & Hillary are good friends benz380 Jan 2015 #45
Were they on his lawn too? aint_no_life_nowhere Jan 2015 #50
McCrappy pants to the rescue! lol wolfie001 Jan 2015 #51
hey, you hate-filled old coot--do us all a favour and retire. you are long past your sell-by niyad Jan 2015 #53
If you are willing to drone terrorists JEB Jan 2015 #57
Getting rid of the real scum in that hearing room wasn't worth the life of a single KingCharlemagne Jan 2015 #63
Kicked and recommended! Enthusiast Jan 2015 #65
McCain… what a coward... MrMickeysMom Jan 2015 #68
How dare you interrupt Insane McCains wargasm, Code Pink. roamer65 Jan 2015 #69
hes a warmongering globalist pos CullenBohannon Jan 2015 #70

UpInArms

(51,284 posts)
1. McFail is an asshat
Thu Jan 29, 2015, 03:08 PM
Jan 2015

and becomes less relevant by the day.

Kissinger should not be spending his days in the sun - he should die like the scum he is in a rundown tenement prison on 3-thread count sheets.

 

billhicks76

(5,082 posts)
46. What Happened To McCain?
Thu Jan 29, 2015, 06:40 PM
Jan 2015

Remember how he used to be? Now he has his tongue so far up guys like Kissinger's ass its bewildering. My guess is when he had his independent streak challenging the Bush Family Crime Syndicate someone must've invited him to a party with underage girls and filmed the activities to ensure his compliance for the next decade.

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
52. I think he has always been like this...since childhood.
Thu Jan 29, 2015, 09:14 PM
Jan 2015

Something happened to him..besides daddy envy...It happened early and repeatedly...

Octafish

(55,745 posts)
54. Remember the Keating Five?
Fri Jan 30, 2015, 12:50 AM
Jan 2015

That was just the tip of the iceberg for that guy, one of Texas Turdball Phil Gramm's foot fighters for deregulatin' Savings & Loans.

Phil Gramm's still around, working with Bill Clinton and other big wigs at UBS. Real Buy Partisanship since the repeal of Glass-Steagal, they've specialized in all kinds of Wealth Management:

http://financialservicesinc.ubs.com/revitalizingamerica/SenatorPhilGramm.html


Dont call me Shirley

(10,998 posts)
2. The mistaken belief McCain, Kissinger, Schultz and Albright have is that they are not the
Thu Jan 29, 2015, 03:09 PM
Jan 2015

disgraceful, outrageous, despicable and scummy ones. We should have them arrested.

Octafish

(55,745 posts)
55. That would be called Justice.
Fri Jan 30, 2015, 01:00 AM
Jan 2015

McCain, Kissinger, Schultz and Albright are war criminals. Ms. Albright, for example, claimed the price of letting thousands of children die every month from preventable illness and malnourishmet was "worth it." The half-million or more deaths were the a result of economic sanctions against the Dictator we installed, Saddam Hussein. These are innocent children of a country which never attacked the United States nor threatened to attack the United States nor was capable in any way of damaging the national security of the United States.

Which proves what we got now is "Just Us" for just some people. The rest of us are mopes and cannon fodder.

 

Elmer S. E. Dump

(5,751 posts)
14. Every one knows the Honey Badger don't take shit from NOBODY!
Thu Jan 29, 2015, 03:29 PM
Jan 2015

Least of which aging senile bought and paid for politicians.

SwankyXomb

(2,030 posts)
4. Now those dirty hippies have gone too far
Thu Jan 29, 2015, 03:10 PM
Jan 2015

They have awakened the wrath of Panamanian strongman "Crash" McCain. They will rue this day. Rue, I say!

Octafish

(55,745 posts)
66. It was a mean thing to say to a NAZI.
Fri Jan 30, 2015, 03:57 PM
Jan 2015

Maybe there's a better word. Uh, evil?



McCain linked to group in Iran-Contra case

Organization had ties to former NAZI collaborators, right-wing death squads

Associated Press
updated 10/7/2008 6:10:04 AM ET

WASHINGTON -- GOP presidential nominee John McCain has past connections to a private group that supplied aid to guerrillas seeking to overthrow the leftist government of Nicaragua in the Iran-Contra affair.

McCain's ties are facing renewed scrutiny after his campaign criticized Barack Obama for his link to a former radical who engaged in violent acts 40 years ago.

The U.S. Council for World Freedom was part of an international organization linked to former Nazi collaborators and ultra-right-wing death squads in Central America. The group was dedicated to stamping out communism around the globe.
The council's founder, retired Army Maj. Gen. John Singlaub, said McCain became associated with the organization in the early 1980s as McCain was launching his political career in Arizona. Singlaub said McCain was a supporter but not an active member in the group.

'New guy on the block'

"McCain was a new guy on the block learning the ropes," Singlaub told The Associated Press in an interview. "I think I met him in the Washington area when he was just a new congressman. We had McCain on the board to make him feel like he wasn't left out. It looks good to have names on a letterhead who are well-known and appreciated.

"I don't recall talking to McCain at all on the work of the group," Singlaub said.

The renewed attention over McCain's association with Singlaub's group comes as McCain's campaign steps up criticism of Obama's dealings with William Ayers, a college professor who co-founded the Weather Underground and years later worked on education reform in Chicago alongside Obama. Ayers held a meet-the-candidate event at his home when Obama first ran for public office in the mid-1990s.

CONTINUED...

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/27062761/ns/politics-decision_08/t/mccain-linked-group-iran-contra-case/#.VMvg-GjF-UU



These are the people who've risen to the top since Nov. 22, 1963.

Octafish

(55,745 posts)
67. It's not in McCain's vocabulary, like when talking about the assassination of President Kennedy...
Fri Jan 30, 2015, 04:28 PM
Jan 2015

McCain said the JFK assassination was an ''intervention in Dallas" during a presidential debate.

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Octafish/1007

Seeing how JFK stood up to the warmongers and banksters, I'd ask, on behalf of whom?

SamKnause

(13,108 posts)
9. Fuck McCain !!!
Thu Jan 29, 2015, 03:18 PM
Jan 2015

Fuck Kissinger !!!!!!!!!!!!

Fuck Albright !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They are ALL SCUM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MADem

(135,425 posts)
11. The people in the audience and the other 'testifiers,' including Madeleine Albright, barely react.
Thu Jan 29, 2015, 03:22 PM
Jan 2015
#t=63

I think McCain's overreaction to what really was a rather small demonstration is what was silliest about the whole thing--I mean really, people in public life are accustomed to criticism. His comments were a living and breathing example of poutrage. That wasn't the 'worst thing ever' -- there are lots of things way worse than a few people wearing pink with faux blood on their hands waving signs and a pair of handcuffs in this world. USA is a democracy, and protest is part of our fabric.

I do fault the Capitol Police in one regard, though--the protesters were entirely TOO close to that table, and one of them was dangling metal handcuffs. You'd think they'd be picked up by the metal detectors going in to the building, perhaps they were. If that is the case, then, I get the sense that the CP may have been aware that this was going to happen because they had a lot of security in the room--but I think they should have done a better job with the spacing.

Jack Rabbit

(45,984 posts)
13. Low life scum is how I would describe most Senators and Congressmen nowadays
Thu Jan 29, 2015, 03:24 PM
Jan 2015

Low life scum born to high places is how I would describe their billionaire masters.

SamKnause

(13,108 posts)
33. And therein lies the greatest
Thu Jan 29, 2015, 04:32 PM
Jan 2015

threat this country faces !!!!!!!!!!

They are morally bankrupt and have no concept of right or wrong.

They have no empathy or sympathy, so they can never admit their evil deeds.

Money and power are their masters.

americannightmare

(322 posts)
16. That's right, McFail...
Thu Jan 29, 2015, 03:33 PM
Jan 2015

Align yourself with yet another war criminal! That's the legacy you want! Jeebus!!! And if Code Pink was afraid of being arrested, they wouldn't be there, you lying, hypocritical rat!

Dawson Leery

(19,348 posts)
17. It only makes sense that a light bulb factory bomber
Thu Jan 29, 2015, 03:39 PM
Jan 2015

would defend a war criminal.

Richard Carmona or Mark Kelly must run next year and remove this relic from public office.

 

Duval

(4,280 posts)
18. McCain is such a class act
Thu Jan 29, 2015, 03:47 PM
Jan 2015

as in Zero! I'm just sorry I wasn't able to be among the protesters. Kisssinger....double ugh!


redstatebluegirl

(12,265 posts)
21. Isn't he the guy who unleashed Sarah Palin
Thu Jan 29, 2015, 03:51 PM
Jan 2015

"i can see Russia" on us? What does he know about an ass hat? We have the right to question our government John, get used to it, that is what you fought for remember?

 

Bohemianwriter

(978 posts)
22. Another Fascist...
Thu Jan 29, 2015, 03:56 PM
Jan 2015

...Who hates free speech and peaceful assembly.

Couldn't you arrest this piece of garbage for anti-American subversion or something?

olddad56

(5,732 posts)
23. as soon as the words came out of his mouth, he realized he was standing in front of a mirror.
Thu Jan 29, 2015, 03:58 PM
Jan 2015

getting about time for the rest home for poor ol' John.

 

KingCharlemagne

(7,908 posts)
60. When it was announced that Reagan had Alzheimers, the (lapsed) Buddhist in
Fri Jan 30, 2015, 09:24 AM
Jan 2015

me shook my head at the appropriate workings-out of karma.

I'm now scratching my head, trying to think of what a similarly fitting karmic demise would be for McInsane. Somehow a 'rest home' does not quite fit the bill -- a little too placid and comfortable, imo -- although I'm at a loss as to what John's karma should secure for him.

Some people simply deserve an extra helping of suffering in this lifetime to right their karmic scales.

BlueStater

(7,596 posts)
24. A war criminal and his little lap dog.
Thu Jan 29, 2015, 04:00 PM
Jan 2015


Someone please remove this piece of shit from the senate next year.

TwilightGardener

(46,416 posts)
27. Why are they testifying? Is this some sort of vanity hearing for McCain, to
Thu Jan 29, 2015, 04:07 PM
Jan 2015

try to make himself look like a statesman?

Augiedog

(2,548 posts)
30. John McCain, the ultimate
Thu Jan 29, 2015, 04:12 PM
Jan 2015

Expert on being outrageous, disgraceful and despicable. Here is a United States Senator who has sold himself and his office to the highest bidder calling people who are acting on the behalf of peace and justice names. Never forget McCain that as you point your finger, the other three fingers are pointing at you.

 

obxhead

(8,434 posts)
31. Thankfully he's an old asshat.
Thu Jan 29, 2015, 04:18 PM
Jan 2015

We shouldn't have too many more years before this asshole steps down.

 

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)
37. I have never seen anything as disgraceful and as outrageous and as despicable as the nonimation of
Thu Jan 29, 2015, 05:03 PM
Jan 2015

Sarah Palin for the Vice Presidency of the United States. Fuck you John.

 

SCVDem

(5,103 posts)
43. Don't like protesters John?
Thu Jan 29, 2015, 05:57 PM
Jan 2015

He forgets it was protesters who got his ass out of the Hanoi Hilton a little sooner.

Ass!

 

KingCharlemagne

(7,908 posts)
62. His own goddamned party kept him there longer, thanks to Tricky Dick's 1968
Fri Jan 30, 2015, 09:29 AM
Jan 2015

shenanigans (that may have involved Kissinger, come to think of it).

Irony abounds and I appreciate your perspective.

benz380

(534 posts)
45. Don't forget Kissinger & Hillary are good friends
Thu Jan 29, 2015, 06:24 PM
Jan 2015

Warhawks of a feather stick together. I'm sure there are Kissinger haters on here that are also Hillary lovers. What a love/hate relationship.

niyad

(113,518 posts)
53. hey, you hate-filled old coot--do us all a favour and retire. you are long past your sell-by
Thu Jan 29, 2015, 11:27 PM
Jan 2015

date.

 

JEB

(4,748 posts)
57. If you are willing to drone terrorists
Fri Jan 30, 2015, 01:19 AM
Jan 2015

and live with collateral damage, that would have been the mother of all targets.

 

KingCharlemagne

(7,908 posts)
63. Getting rid of the real scum in that hearing room wasn't worth the life of a single
Fri Jan 30, 2015, 09:35 AM
Jan 2015

civilized person. But I take your point.

MrMickeysMom

(20,453 posts)
68. McCain… what a coward...
Fri Jan 30, 2015, 08:14 PM
Jan 2015

Tell you what… Dropping bombs in Vietnam from 1,000s of feet on innocent people is a war crime. What a hypocrite!

Stamping out free speech is a hallmark of fascism and those that benefit from it.

Hey, John, shut the lights off and go home.

roamer65

(36,747 posts)
69. How dare you interrupt Insane McCains wargasm, Code Pink.
Sat Jan 31, 2015, 12:31 AM
Jan 2015

I'm sure the old coot was near orgasm just being around the war criminal Henry.

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