McCain: Obama 'Directly Responsible' for Orlando Shooting

[geek tragedy]

Source: ABC News

Republican Sen. John McCain said that President Barack Obama is "directly responsible" for the mass shooting in Orlando, Florida, because Obama has allowed the growth of the Islamic State group on his watch.

McCain, who lost to Obama in the 2008 presidential election, made the comment to reporters Thursday while Obama was in Orlando visiting with the families of those killed in Sunday's attack and some of the survivors.


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He's as bad as Trump.

[Siwsan]

1. Apparently his bitterness hasn't abated, over the years

Pathetic.

[geek tragedy]

2. the man who gave us Palin has become Trump nt

[Dawson Leery]

3. Not A Hero said what?

Anne Kirkpatrick will defeat this non-hero in the fall.

[RKP5637]

4. What a damn F'en fool McCain is. Unfit to serve!!! n/t

[anoNY42]

5. Right, because it's not like people were...

willing to kill Americans for Al Qaeda. Or any number of groups prior to the formation of ISIS.

[geek tragedy]

6. it's also Obama's fault this guy was a self-loathing nutjob

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[AngryOldDem]

10. Everything is Obama's fault. Everything.

[IADEMO2004]

75. All that is wrong with America started the day of Obama Inauguration.

there are those who say.

and they are a load of poo.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

54. What the fuck???!?!?

[geek tragedy]

65. you don't recognize snark? nt

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

71. Apparently I'm slow today. It's been a long day. You forgot the sarcasm thingy, too.

[geek tragedy]

73. I forgot it, will add.

Though in my defense, the Internet has gotten pretty sad when such statements could reflect someone's actual beliefs.

[anoNY42]

93. Maybe McCain means that the shooter was mad that Obama kept claiming he (Obama) wasn't a Muslim?

[underpants]

37. And by leaving Iraq ISIS got access too the Internet

If we'd just left 30,000 troops there we could have cleared all the Internet cafes. Problem solved.

[AngryOldDem]

7. What is it with this bullshit?

Does everyone in the GOP now feel obligated to parrot whatever Trump says?

And while we're laying blame, John, how's about your good friends George and Dick? That's where it ALL started, if we're being honest here.

[63splitwindow]

8. Total fucking idiot! nt

[Liberalagogo]

9. It happened on Obama's watch

Hmmmmmm....what happened under a certain Rethuglican President's watch? Did McSenile say that it was that President's fault?

[Hawaii Hiker]

11. Well John, maybe if you were a better solider you wouldn't have been captured

"F" you..

After 9/11, this country united behind President Bush, and this was a guy who stole an election just a year earlier....Whenever a tragedy happens during this admin, Repukes can't wait to play the blame game...

[malthaussen]

12. Oh, go drop a bomb on your own flight deck, you silly old man. n/t

[Plucketeer]

13. It's too bad he was captured

I think the best way he could serve us now is to go sit with darling Sarah and keep an eye on Russia.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

23. Captured by Republicans / Trump? I hope you are not referring to his Vietnam War capture ...

... like tRump referred to him, as a "loser".

[Night Watchman]

14. Time for You to Go, Fool

Withdraw now and save yourself the humiliation in November.

[onehandle]

15. Retirement time. nt

[RogerM]

16. Assenine

Comparable and just as stupid as saying McCain directly responsible for being POW

[Grassy Knoll]

17. Well Sure It Is Johnny.....

But your Trump problem is complicated. Nice Magic Trick.

[LS_Editor]

18. McCain is pathetic. His "Country First" presidential campaign chose Sarah Palin as a running mate.

His judgment is fucked.

[OnDoutside]

19. I still chuckle when reminded of that ! What an idiot :) Both of them !

[3catwoman3]

32. I still seethe when I think of that.

He disqualified himself for fitness for POTUS by that act alone, and the harpy won't go away.

[OnDoutside]

39. Fingers crossed that you'll get your wish in November !

[63splitwindow]

34. No, it is nonexistent! nt

[AKing]

20. McCain:“There is not a history of clashes that are violent between Sunnis and Shias,...

so I think they can probably get along.”

[Bernardo de La Paz]

22. McCain is clueless. It has been happening since 632, the year Muhammad died.

The historic background of the Sunni–Shia split lies in the schism that occurred when the Islamic prophet Muhammad died in the year 632, leading to a dispute over succession to Muhammad as a caliph of the Islamic community spread across various parts of the world, which led to the Battle of Siffin. The dispute intensified greatly after the Battle of Karbala, in which Hussein ibn Ali and his household were killed by the ruling Umayyad Caliph Yazid I, and the outcry for revenge divided the early Islamic community.

-- Wikipedia

[tavernier]

21. Groan. Stop embarrassing yourself, John,

or you'll prove your esteemed candidate correct. (See John? In your party they'll let anybody be the flag bearer.)

[AngryOldDem]

24. He's walking back his comments.

What he meant to say was that it's been Obama's policies, not Obama himself, that are directly responsible for ISIS.

SOP for these bastards. Say shit and then claim it's not what you meant.

[AlbertCat]

28. it's been Obama's policies, not Obama himself, that are directly responsible for ISIS.

Well.... that's just as ridiculous as his 1st statement, so...

walking in circles, not "back"

[Journeyman]

25. Perhaps now Mr McCain will share his "secret plan" for defeating terror in the Mideast . . .

the plan he had ready to go once elected President in 2008.

Or perhaps, as he is today, he can only speak out his ass . . .

[rjsquirrel]

26. Bitter much old man?

Bitter old white guys everywhere you look lately. Privilege is a beast to lose.

[villager]

27. So *by his own logic*, McCain votes to make weapons available to domestic Islamic terrorists. nt

[fantase56]

29. Maybe this election it'll be his turn to talk to an emtpy chair....

[atreides1]

41. He'll have too

Because if he loses, there will be no one to talk to him! You ever notice how his wife and children aren't really a part of his life?

He'll either end up staying here in the D.C. area or he'll have one of seven houses to choose from, or was it eight?

[elleng]

30. The guy's lost it.

Often reminds me of tweety, off and on their meds.

[Solly Mack]

31. and fuck him too

Just read the article about Georgia Rep. Rick W. Allen.

[ailsagirl]

33. WTH?? I thought McCain had a modicum of common sense.

At least, compared to others of his party.

Apparently not.

[Trust Buster]

35. Let's see if I have this straight.

1) Bush and Cheney destabilized Iraq looking for WMD's that did not exist.

2) Bush and Cheney further destabilized Iraq by throwing all Sunnis out of the government amid military and handing the whole country over to the Iran-friendly Shia.

3) The Iran-friendly Shia government that Bush and Cheney installed refused to re-negotiate the SOFA agreement that Bush and Cheney originally negotiated because Iran wanted the Americans out and the atrocities committed by Blackwater would no longer be shielded by said agreement.

4) The leader of ISIS, which was imprisoned by the U.S. in Iraq during the Bush/Cheney Administration was released in 2004 after being deemed a non-security risk.

5) The Senator from Arizona represents a Party that has refused to declare war on ISIS in the form of a Use of Force Agreement that the President requested 18 months ago.

AND THAT''S THE REASON WHY THIS AMERICAN BORN KILLER, WHO PROFESSED HIS DISGUST FOR OUR DROPPING BOMBS IN IRAQ, DECIDED TO ATTACK GAYS IN ORLANDO.

TIME TO RETIRE OLD MAN.

[asiliveandbreathe]

45. Trust Buster - you got that right!

I was pondering the same points with my husband just yesterday...like peeling back the onion...and who started all this - stirred the hornets nest??? You make it all so clear....thank you...

We are mobilizing against McCain as I speak..voter registration efforts everywhere in AZ everyday.....

[atreides1]

46. +1,000,000

I have to borrow this, please?

[Trust Buster]

49. Sure, go ahead.

[classof56]

83. Well said and thanks for the post.

[applegrove]

36. Now McCain says "I misspoke". It was not Obama himself but his national security decisions. Senator

McCain sold his integrity to the GOP in 2008, and he's been a mouse ever since.

[Kelvin Mace]

52. I never saw evidence of intergrity in the first place

[applegrove]

60. I meant he was a maverick. He followed his own core (which I did not always agree with) .

Now he's a patsy.

[Kelvin Mace]

85. Maybe it is just me

He claimed to be a maverick, the kewel kidz in Washington certainly thought he was, but every time push came to shove, the best he could manage was an opinion not as batshit insane as his comrades in stupidity. On average, he peddled the usual discredited lies and smears.

[applegrove]

88. You may be right. I just saw him give in completely to the kool-aid on the economy

once he was nominated. That is I was thinking. I was also thinking of McCain Feingold.

[CherokeeDem]

38. McCain is a...

prick.... Just wants his name in the news...

[Wellstone ruled]

40. My memory fails at times.

Seems to me,this all got it's start with President Cheney and his sidekick Georgie the Braindead. Something about over throwing some Guy named Saddam. And then all hell broke loose. Was it not Johnny Boy who was one of the Cheer Leaders in this Stupid Act. And now it is Obama's fault. Of course,according to the Rethugs,everything is his fault. And of course History tells us,ISIS was created in a American run Prison some were in Iraq and their Leadership was the Guys that Viceroy Bremer purged from the Iraq Army and Bathist Party. Seems to me this all went down under Cheney and Braindead.

[hamsterjill]

62. Yes, and if memory serves ME correctly...

Wasn't there also a time limit imposed by the war vote on how long we could be in Iraq? And Obama had to stick to that time table to get us out of there?

[Wellstone ruled]

84. Gee Whiz,

believe the answers are yes to the time line and believe President Cheney and Braindead Georgie signed off on the Iraq Government's demand that we get our sh-t out of their Country . And of course the former CEO of Haliburton complied .

Maybe McGrumpy found a different Revised History in some Texas History Book. Nah!

[asiliveandbreathe]

42. Panderer mccain - AZ has moved past this old man..

Just go away - vile and vicious rhetoric doesn't work anymore for those of us who can see through this piece of crap...

Mobilizing DEM voters here in AZ - maybe we can get a morphing of McCain and trump in an AD!

[Sherman A1]

43. And

Senator, just what was Your vote on the resolution to authorize the use of force in Iraq, back in the Bush era?

[DonCoquixote]

44. There are so many times

I am so glad we never had to endure a McCain presidency.

[bucolic_frolic]

47. He always did think

like his VP running mate

[hibbing]

48. Gee...I'm wondering if he'll be on all the Sunday shows AGAIN n/t

[Rocknrule]

50. Republicans also think that

Clinton was president on 9/11
Obama was president when the economy tanked
Bush killed bin Laden

[Mira]

51. He is senile n/t

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

53. He's a fucking vermin! A piece of shit. And he faces a formidable opponent this year who I hope will

kick his tired ass.

[world wide wally]

55. Shut up and get off my fucking lawn, you old senile dweeb

[mainstreetonce]

56. The killer has been spouting about terror

Since he was a child. His self radicalization far precedes Obama.

John McCain. Resign. Save the cost of a lost election.

[doc03]

57. Miserable decrepit old fuck n/t

[jalan48]

58. Looks like the Republicans are formulating their election strategies.

Hillary will need to Hawk Up.

[dhill926]

59. he was a piece of shit as a pilot...

he was a piece of shit as a senator, he was a piece of shit as a presidential candidate....and he's still a piece of shit. Desperate and out of touch.....fuck him!

[narnian60]

77. Well said.

[gordianot]

61. Has John ever figured out who he met with in Syria?

Guess not!

[blackspade]

63. What a fucking lying sack of shit.

He is one of the ones directly responsible based on his IWR vote which started this whole ISIS mess.
Douche bag....

[geardaddy]

64. Fuck you, you senile old fuck.

[SaschaHM]

66. Between this and his "build that dang wall" ad...

He's not making it difficult for Kirkpatrick to chain him together with Trump. I hope she kicks his ass in November.

[geek tragedy]

68. he has to pander to the Trump crowd to win the Republican primary.

Arizona produces some real winners on the GOP side.

[SaschaHM]

78. Serves him right.

He created this craziness by enabling Sarah Palin. If he facing a tough primary opponent this go round?

[Kimberly1990219]

67. does he support trump?!

He's clearly senile and has been since choosing Sarah Palin as a running mate.

[geek tragedy]

70. he apparently shares a brain with Trump nt

[sinkingfeeling]

69. Well, since it only came into existence with GW Bush, I

Guess it would have grown since Obama was president.

[turbinetree]

72. John McCain---------------

Honk-----------------for a political revolution

[SwankyXomb]

74. Panamanian strongman Crash McCain strikes again

[MFM008]

76. Bitter much????

bitter bitter old man.

[MariaThinks]

79. mccain is terrible. Inconsistent and Petty. Did he say the same about bush and 911?

[SusanCalvin]

80. OMFG. nt

[acuity24]

81. Mccain

It's always so sad watching McCain carry on.
Somebody should go ahead and tell him he didn't win the presidency .

[DesertRat]

82. Fuck McCain. Please support his Dem. challenger Ann Kirkpatrick

http://www.kirkpatrickforsenate.com/

[Odin2005]

86. Shut up, you senile old fuck.

When did he turn from being a respected moderate to being a POS?

[videohead5]

87. Bush is The One

That signed the agreement to pull our troops out of Iraq.it was Bush's fault for going into Iraq in the first place with false made up BS about WMD's.

[BumRushDaShow]

89. Guess I have to pull this one out again

and again and again and again....

[spud_demon]

90. McCain is blaming Obama for the rise of ISIS? It was his bad idea to send those Toyotas!

I remember McCain going on and on about needing to support the Syrian rebels back in 2011. All the shit we sent them went to ISIS in the end.

[Vinca]

91. The old fart should be blaming Bush. He signed the withdrawal agreement.

Imagine where we'd be if we had McCain and Palin these past 8 years. A McCain loss in November would be almost as good as a Trump loss.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

92. Senile old fool

Thanks for inflicting the Klondike Kardashian on all of us, it is your legacy asshole!

[Vinca]

94. Someone on "Morning Joe" just produced a McCain blurb from 2010 that was celebrating the last

troops leaving Iraq and suggested George Bush deserved credit for it. Someone needs to tell the old coot about all the new-fangled methods of recording things FOREVER.