McCain skips Benghazi briefing, gets testy when questioned by CNN

[geek tragedy]

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Source: CNN

When CNN approached McCain in a Capitol hallway Thursday morning, the senator refused to comment about why he missed the briefing, which was conducted by top diplomatic, military and counter-terrorism officials. Instead, McCain got testy when pressed to say why he wasn't there.

"I have no comment about my schedule and I'm not going to comment on how I spend my time to the media," McCain said.

Asked why he wouldn't comment, McCain grew agitated: "Because I have the right as a senator to have no comment and who the hell are you to tell me I can or not?”

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According to a Democratic aide on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, only three of the eight GOP members of the committee attended the two hour briefing that ran from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET. By contrast, seven of the nine Democratic members were there.


Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/11/15/mccain-skips-benghazi-briefing-gets-testy-when-questioned-by-cnn/

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Angry McBitter is determined to win Sore Loser of the Week.

[Canuckistanian]

1. "Because fuck you, that's why"

A real statesman.

[Kingofalldems]

2. McCain and 4 other repubs couldn't be bothered

This is a travesty.

[Plucketeer]

3. McVain needs to find one of his homes

and have Cindy wait on him, hand and foot - the ass hat!

[Roland99]

4. McPain (in the ass)

freakin' retire already, you pompous windbag!

[Thinkingabout]

5. Perhaps if the GOP's attended the briefings they may need to "investigate".

Goes to show it is about spending money uselessly.

[Dubster]

6. Spam deleted by gkhouston (MIR Team)

[DCBob]

7. His offiice later released a comment that he had a scheduling conflict.

LOL.. why didnt he say that at the time?

[geek tragedy]

8. The Senator was scheduled to pose in front of a camera and engage in pointless

partisan flamethrowing.

[alcibiades_mystery]

13. He forgot how many homes - er, I mean appointments - he had

Hey, remember when McCain ran for President against Barack Obama and Barack Obama kicked his ass eight ways to Sunday?

That was awesome.

[Thav]

9. Although the top answer is great,

Maybe saying, "I live in your district and you're my senator, so therefore you work FOR ME. Now I DEMAND to know why you missed that briefing."

Wait, McCain's a republican and no one should be allowed to question them.

[alcibiades_mystery]

10. Temper temper

He comes across as slightly unstable.

[AntiFascist]

11. Republicans live in their world....

rather than analyze, logically, what went wrong in Benghazi they prefer to place the blame on the most convenient Democrat.

[glinda]

12. Hope they are making sure McInsane does not have a gun or anything.

I think the Conservatives have become so aggressive that they are now c-r-a-z-y.

[kiranon]

14. McCain didn't go because he didn't want to learn anything that would

contradict his fantasy about "what really happened." Same for the other GOP members.

[reflection]

15. I'm starting to think that the strategy when engaging any Republican

is merely to give them carte blanche to say and do whatever they want. They always shoot themselves in the foot eventually. We saw it in the debates with Romney, Mourdock and Brown, we saw it in the Libya presser Romney called in the middle of the night, we saw it in the talk shows with Akin, we see it in the Capitol hallways with McCain. They just can't help but self-destruct.

Obama now has a bulletproof shield against McCain. Someone else will have to carry the message. McCain is ruined on this issue. He couldn't be bothered to attend a briefing on Benghazi at the same time he was yelling into a microphone about Obama not paying attention to Benghazi.

[Wellstone ruled]

16. Some one should

schedule a hearing about all the Sh*t McGrumpy gave the NVA while at the Hanoi Hilton. Yes Johnny,your a traitor.

[Mr.Bill]

17. It was his nap time. n/t

[Rhiannon12866]

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