Senator John McCain plays poker on his IPhone during a U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing where Secretary of State JohnKerry, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey testify concerning the use of force in Syria, on Capitol Hill in Washington DC, Tuesday, September 3, 2013.
Busted!
McCain has received some criticism for this, but rather than deny it McCain copped to it with a touch of good humor.
Scandal! Caught playing iPhone game at 3+ hour Senate hearing - worst of all I lost!You know at his age I guess we should all be pleased that he managed to stay awake during the over three hour hearing. You know, something he was unable to manage during the State of the Union.
— John McCain (@SenJohnMcCain) September 3, 2013
P.S. Probably unrelated but McCain has just decided to withhold his support for the revised plan coming out of the Senate.
He normally just plays pocket poker.
ReplyDeleteUmmm can ANYONE IMAGINE THE SHITSTORM IF THIS WAS PBO?
DeleteSarah a$$hole screaming, the whole congress yaddayadda?
But teehee old Johhny mac make a joke? No I don't think so. We should all email are Senators and demand he step down. After all HE is the ONE PUSHING for(full on) war!!!!
I just wrote my Senator that JonnyMac be removed.
DeleteI said his judgement has been clouded for quite some time.
He's farting around on taxpayer time. We all know
what would happen if this was a DEM Senator or worse PBO!
And since he has so much free time....I tweeted him this: http://bit.ly/15zUdaG
If your on twitter please consider doing it.
Dang...i hate to be a nitpicker but here is something I don't get: the initials PBO. Now, Im pretty sure you are referring to the President, but his initials are BHO. I've just never encountered a person's title being used as part of their "initials." Don't rip my headd off but I have to wonder if I am the only person who gets weirded out reading "P-B-O?" Oh well....
Delete3:29 -
DeletePBO = President Barack Obama
Yes 4:06, I noted that in my comment. I don't understand it and don't think of Obama when I read those initials, since they are not his name initials.
DeleteHe's a fookin wanker.
ReplyDeleteOT Hi from Edinburgh. We'll be heading home tomorrow - Cheers!
And these TeaTHUGS are the asshats who say things like - kids should behave, be respectful and pay attention in school. They expect 8 y o to do what they cannot.
ReplyDeleteMaybe McCain wouldn't be waffling today if he had paid attention yesterday. That's what he gets paid to do - pay attention to the nation's business. The GOP simply disgusts me.
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Me too, Beaglemom, me too.
DeleteDid you really have to fry my retina's with that soft porn shot of sara holding her gun. Talk about how she's wasted away. You can really see it there.
ReplyDeleteActually that's photoshopped.
DeleteI used it to illustrate McCain's ideal vision of the woman he tapped as his VP choice.
I was going to ask about the picture's being photoshopped. This model has real boobs!
DeleteSarah wishes!!! The tits were the dead giveaway.
DeleteSarah's droopy died eggs don't show any cleavage. In fact, she probably photoshopped this picture herself, hoping she'd get credit for the tits she's never had, except for the fake ones when navel oranges are two for a dollar and Todd picks up a couple at the farmer's market.
He is supposed to be working, he is being paid by taxpayers to do a job. Imagine if this had been a democratic politician caught like this? Anyone else would be fired for goofing off like this. This little fake hero thinks he is better than anyone else. What a joke he is."Elder statesman" my lilly white arse. He is a gambling addicted old fool. Now after beating the war drums, he is against the decision they all made. Ugly little person that he is.
ReplyDeleteSarah with a gun
ReplyDeleteDoesn't get better than that
Lady liberty is so hot.
Snark I'm sure, good one.
DeleteTop photo just one more reason to wish Dickcain to run out of oxygen.
It's fake.
Delete11:46
DeleteNot as fake as Sarah.
Lady Liberty?
DeleteBwhahahaaaaaa!
The woman who wanted to ban books at the library...
The woman who censors the news when she can!
Lady liberty my ass! Unless its her takin' liberties with the law!
"I can do what I want until the courts tell me no"~Sarah fucking Palin
Fuck YOU BOT! Get yer hand out of yer pants, filthy perv. Prob Chuckles sr or jr. wrote that shit.
Posts every-day
DeleteThe Alaskan queen bedazzles all
Still they don't get it
Kudos, mate!
Kimosabe,
DeleteIts got to be chuckles sr or jr!
Only a perv and or dumbasses would post that shiet!
Not uncommon, some of those hearings are pretty mind-numbing. Generally during testimony you already know what a person is going to say, having them say it is to get them on record.
ReplyDeleteI remember one time my old boss was on the Judiciary Committee and during one of those hearings he decided to put binder clips on the tips of each of his fingers (this was not a simple man - he was incredibly smart). He knew what was going to be said, he knew how he was going to deal with the subject matter of the meeting, but he was a ranking member so he had to be there.
On this I'll cut Johnny Mac some slack, especially considering his twitter response.
really? You have any idea how much he got paid by us to play poker on his phone? Fuck him. A kid making minimum wage would probably lose his job if he got caught ignoring it while playing poker on his phone. if he's got time to play poker, he's got time to find a replacement and retire.
DeleteCut him some slack?? Are you kidding me?
DeleteThese were VERY important WAR hearings. He has been very vocal about what he expects....and to sit and ignore his job around him to play poker??
I don't give a shit what his reaction was when he got caught. The truth is HE GOT CAUGHT.
This is bullshit that we have to pay for this guys wages to sit and ignore something so important.
Boscoe12:23 PM
DeleteEXACTLY!!!!!!
FUCK JOHNNY MAC, HE SHOULD BE FIRED!
"Not uncommon, some of those hearings are pretty mind-numbing."
That is a flippin' JOB!!!! Dinty are you out of your flippin' mind???????
They changed his meds, he gets more uppers now. That is the only reason he isn't sleeping.
ReplyDeleteI don't find it admirable that he admitted anything. He was caught and it was nothing he could deny.
His job is to manipulate and obstruct. May be our most crooked Senator. Too bad his hotness with Sarah Palin didn't reveal the truth a about him.
By all means, we must hear from that senile old fucker that's sitting up there playing video games instead of listening to testimony. Seriously, John, this is serious.
ReplyDeleteSenate just approved military action in Syria! So fuck you McCain--- you and your stupid ideas an fuck you even more along with more stupid running mate. You both need to get your heads out of your asses and realize its 2013, not 2008.
One of the not-stated-often-enough character studies of Sen. "I'm a War Hero" McCain is that he is a compulsive gambler, visiting Las Vegas for binges.
ReplyDeleteIt's clear that, with Sarah Palin, he decided to put all his chips -- and the country's -- on running with an unknown governor who no one knew anything about. "What could go wrong in ten weeks?" he asked himself. "Then, we'll win and no one will have to hear from her again, including me."
Only then Katie Couric and the implosion of the economy spun the wheel to Obama '08. Sorry, Johnnie. You lost! And it looks like you're still losing.
What was worse in my opinion was the disgust on Rand Paul's face when Kerry was answering his questions. He had that 'oh right, like I'll ever believe a word you say" creepy expression. And he wants to be POTUS? Let me guess, another 'entitled' Republican..Daddy didn;t make it, so Randy will do it. Yes, worked well for Mittens, huh?
ReplyDeleteRand Paul, forget about his politics for a second, he is nothing but a whining ass freako!
DeleteCan't wait until the dirt starts leaking about HIM! You know it will. He has a whining ass attitude and needs to be bitchslapped all the way OUT of DC.
How he even got elected, cheating by r's, b/c he is a no-nothing little creepy a$$hole.
And his politics suck also,too!!!
It's hard to take an idiot seriously that has the same hairdresser as the Quitter.
DeleteBoth Rand and Sarah look like the transplants they received were from the pubes I had extracted with my Brazilian waxes for the past couple of years. But thanks for recycling, y'all.
Rand Paul, the little wigged runt! I watched him and he totally disgusted me! No way in hell would he EVER be elected POTUS.
ReplyDeleteHillary Clinton, please announce you are going to run although I understand your doing it later vs now. Cannot imagine going through what you'll have to run and be elected. Can hardly wait to vote for you!
Ed is doing a great job giving his perspective and passion on not interfering in Syria.
ReplyDeleteI, just like many, am still perplexed and don't know how the United States should respond.
Looks like McFlipper actually DID vote for the Syrian resolution, after trumpeting that he wouldn't. And Randy Paul after declaring that he would use everything in his power to stop a vote, undeclared his planned filibuster.
ReplyDelete...McCain, long a proponent of intervention in Syria's two-year civil war, demanded -- and won -- an amendment that said the U.S. aim was to change the momentum in the war in favor of the rebels...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/04/syria-resolution-vote_n_3867690.html
And the big GOP donor is on board:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/04/sheldon-adelson-syria-strike_n_3866457.html?ref=topbar
That old fucker tells his attendants that he doesn't have to wee wee and then pisses himself before Lindsey can help him get his Depends on straight.
DeletePlaying a fucking video game while the adults are discussing WAR is disgusting. His handlers should insist he apologize and step down for the good of this country. How embarrassing.
McCain would have made a horrible POTUS. You cannot trust him - says one thing and does another. Absolutely do not understand why media is giving him so much coverage of late.
ReplyDeleteAnd, I do not consider him a war hero! Never have!
Florida man cites ‘Bush doctrine’ after pre-emptive killing of neighbors at Labor Day cookout
ReplyDeleteLawyers for a Florida man this week cited President George W. Bush’s pre-emptive war in Iraq and the “Bush Doctrine” as a defense after their client killed two neighbors and attempted to kill a third on Labor Day.
Florida Today reported on Wednesday that attorney’s for William T. Woodward had filed a motion asking for charges against him to be dismissed under Florida’s Stand Your Ground law, which says that gun owners do not have a duty to retreat in the face of an “imminent” threat.
According to officials in Titusville, Woodward had snuck up on his neighbors while they were having a Labor Day barbecue. Police responding to the scene found that Gary Lee Hembree, Roger Picior and Bruce Timothy had all been shot.
Hembree and Picior were later pronounced dead. Blake survived, even though he had been hit 11 times.
In their motion, Woodward’s attorneys claimed that the victims had called him names and threatened to “get him.”
The motion referenced Enoch V. State, which suggests that an “imminent” threat can include something that is likely to occur at sometime in the future.
“I think legally that term has sort of been evolving especially given changes of our government’s definition of ‘imminent,’” attorney Robert Berry, who is representing Woodward, told Florida Today. “It’s become more expansive than someone putting a gun right to your head. It’s things that could become, you know, an immediate threat.”
The court document filed by the defense also cited “The Bush Doctrine,” a foreign policy principle used by President George W. Bush to justify the invasion of Iraq. “The Bush Doctrine” embraces “preventive” or pre-emptive war.
Watch the video below from Florida Today, broadcast Sept. 4, 2013.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/09/04/florida-man-cites-bush-doctrine-after-pre-emptive-killing-of-neighbors-at-labor-day-cookout/
OMFG! They should cut off his balls and then his head!
DeleteWhat a flippin lunatic.
Well there ya go. GOP politics in action. I'm surprise we haven't seen more of this since GZ got off.
Damn shame. Poor neighbors. In this case...If only they had a gun and blew his brains out!
Me thinks he learned from the Navajo council.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of TRAITORS like McCain, here’s former NSA counterintelligence officer John Schindler on what we know so far about Edward Snowden’s shady connections to Wikileaks and Russian espionage: Snowden, NSA, and Counterintelligence.
ReplyDelete'All roads here lead to Wikileaks. We know that Snowden in late 2012 reached out to Glenn Greenwald and other members of the spy-ring - all of whom can be considered cut-outs for Wikileaks when not paid-up members - that stands behind the massive leaks. After making this contact, Ed took a contractor job with Booz Allen Hamilton to increase his access to NSA secrets. I’ve been stating for a while now that Wikileaks is functionally an extension of Russian intelligence; it’s become a minor meme as a few journalists have decided that such a scandalous viewpoint is worth considering.
Of course, for anyone versed in the ways of Russian intelligence, the notion that Wikileaks is a Moscow front that’s involved in anti-US espionage is about as controversial as, say, the notion that the sun will rise in the east tomorrow. Running false flags, creating fake activist groups, using Western journalists and activists for deception purposes - this sort of thing is in the DNA of Russian intelligence going back to the 19th century and is second nature to them. They call espionage tradecraft konspiratsiya (conspiracy) for a reason.'
Read the whole thing; lots of interesting details in here about Russian operations and strategies.
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/42476_Snowden-_All_Roads_Lead_to_Wikileaks_and_on_to_Russia#rss
...From nearly the outset I’ve stated that Snowden is very likely an agent of Russian intelligence; this was met with howls of indignation which have died down in recent weeks as it’s become apparent that Ed’s staying in Russia for some time, along with whatever classified materials he had on his person. (Since Glenn Greenwald’s partner when stopped by British authorities at Heathrow had 58,000 highly classified documents on him, thanks to Ed, one can only wonder how big the initial haul actually was.) That Snowden was in contact with the Russian consulate in Hong Kong during his pre-Moscow visit there, including spending his 30th birthday with his new friends, is now admitted. Even President Vladimir Putin has conceded that Ed’s contacts with Russian officials did not commence when he landed at Sheremtyevo airport, rather before.
But when? That of course is the key question that NSA counterintelligence surely wants – needs – to know. All roads here lead to Wikileaks.
http://20committee.com/2013/09/04/snowden-nsa-and-counterintelligence/
Thanks. Good trail of links.
DeleteThree hours, the topic is blood, guts, war and Mr Bloodlust "Bomb Iran" McCain pays poker (and whatever that thing is in his left hand, I don't want to know). Gee, you'd think the little missus would have packed him a thermos of coffee, some no doze and those five hour energy boosters.
ReplyDeleteStewart and Oliver Team Up to Take Down McCain: Are We ‘Interrupting Your Video Poker Time?’
ReplyDeletehttp://www.mediaite.com/tv/stewart-and-oliver-team-up-to-take-down-mccain-are-we-interrupting-your-video-poker-time/
There should have been a huge uproar, back awhile ago, when Republicans--very well paid public servants--admitted to not reading bills they sign into law, because they are TOO LONG.
ReplyDeleteThat reeks of the kind of utter stupidity that NO ONE in America should be asked to endure.
Now we find a U.S. senator playing video games instead of paying attention to important testimony.
At what point will even the dipshit TeaBaggers cry, "ENOUGH!"
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