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McCain demands Susan Rice go on TV and apologize
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) is demanding that U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice go on television and apologize for her characterization of September attacks in Benghazi if she has any hope of being appointed the next secretary of state. The Arizona senator last week pledged to block Rice…
Maddow: McCain ‘the engine driving the crazy’ on Benghazi conspiracy theories
Thursday night on “The Rachel Maddow Show,” host Rachel Maddow discussed Sen. John McCain (R-AZ)’s recent attacks on U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice and declared that the former presidential candidate is grasping at relevance with this controversy and sullying whatever positive accomplishments may be left in his legacy…
CNN: McCain ditched Benghazi hearing to hold Benghazi press conference
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) says a “scheduling error” is to blame after he missed a Senate hearing on the attacks in Benghazi on Tuesday and instead held a press conference where he called for an investigation into those same attacks. CNN Senior Congressional Correspondent Dana Bash reported on Thursday that…
McCain: ‘Will do everything in my power’ to block Susan Rice appointment
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) is vowing to block U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice from becoming the next secretary of state because he says that her early assessment of attacks in Benghazi, Libya make her “not qualified” for the job. “Susan Rice should have known better and if…
Working class voters: Why America’s poor are willing to vote Republican
Tracey Owings is fighting hard to keep the home that has been in his family for 34 years. In 2000 his mother refinanced. In 2006 she died. In 2009 he lost his job and had no paid work for nine months. He fell behind with the mortgage. The bank moved…
McCain suggests Harry Reid ‘doesn’t care’ about US ambassador’s death
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) says that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) is accusing Republicans of politicizing an attack on the U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi because he probably “doesn’t care” about the death of U.S. ambassador Christopher Stevens. McCain told CNN’s Candy Crowley on Sunday that the Obama administration…
McCain, Condi call for wars at the Republican Convention that even Republicans don’t want
On Tuesday, Gov. Chris Christie told the Republican National Convention, “Real leaders don’t follow polls. Real leaders change polls.” On Wednesday, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made a valiant effort to do just that, by laying out the cases for military interventions in Iran…
McCain says Ryan is a ‘bold choice’ like Palin
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) on Sunday compared GOP hopeful Mitt Romney’s selection of Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) for vice president to his 2008 pick of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R). During an interview on Fox News, guest host John Roberts told McCain that there is “danger that the running…
Gohmert to ‘numbnuts’ McCain: Shut up about Bachmann’s anti-Muslim attacks
Texas Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert on Tuesday lashed out at Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and other Republican “numbnuts” who have criticized Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) for suggesting that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s deputy chief of staff, Huma Abedin, had infiltrated the U.S. government on behalf of radical Islamists in…
McCain: No proof gun control prevents gun violence
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) says there is no proof that gun control leads to less gun violence, but he is willing to “look at everything” following a massacre in Aurora, Colorado that left least 12 dead and 58 wounded. “I don’t know, to tell you the truth, what we can…
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