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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Mon Sep 18, 2017, 09:34 AM Sep 2017

McCain: I Fumbled My Inquiry During Comey Hearing Because Of Graham

Source: Talking Points Memo




By NICOLE LAFOND Published SEPTEMBER 18, 2017 8:33 AM

Calling his line of questioning during former FBI Director James Comey’s June 8 testimony in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee “a colossal screw-up,” Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said he got distracted by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) just minutes before it was his turn to question Comey.

During an interview with Esquire last week, McCain said his staff had meticulously prepared for the hearing, but he messed up by asking questions about why the FBI was still pursuing the investigation into Russia meddling in the 2016 election when it had already ended the probe into Hillary Clinton’s private email server, even though those are two separate investigations that had nothing to do with each other.

McCain told Esquire that a staffer had given him an iPhone with an email from Graham displayed on it, asking McCain to ask Comey some additional questions. McCain didn’t have the password for the iPhone and claimed that after the phone went black he couldn’t unlock it to keep reading.

“I was looking at it and, naturally, the message fades,” McCain told Esquire. “I think, ‘What the fuck am I going to do here?’” He said he wanted to make sure he asked the questions Graham had sent him because he values their relationship.

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/mccain-fumbled-inquiry-during-comey-hearing-because-graham

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McCain: I Fumbled My Inquiry During Comey Hearing Because Of Graham (Original Post) DonViejo Sep 2017 OP
Honestly he looked and sounded senile inwiththenew Sep 2017 #1
So what the fuck are going to do with your buddy Graham & Cassidy, there new proposal to FUCK people turbinetree Sep 2017 #2
I sense a IWFI-BFIWAI moment coming bucolic_frolic Sep 2017 #3
Me too. Never, EVER, EVER turn your back on McCain. pangaia Sep 2017 #5
"Can you build another battleship for me?" bucolic_frolic Sep 2017 #6
"I value Graham so much I'm going to help him kill Obamacare before I die" dalton99a Sep 2017 #4
As always, McCain values his party affiliation more than serving justhanginon Sep 2017 #7
Wow mercuryblues Sep 2017 #8
If he wasn't ready, he could have asked for a short break FakeNoose Sep 2017 #9
So if "McCain said his staff had meticulously prepared for the hearing" LiberalLovinLug Sep 2017 #10

turbinetree

(24,632 posts)
2. So what the fuck are going to do with your buddy Graham & Cassidy, there new proposal to FUCK people
Mon Sep 18, 2017, 09:39 AM
Sep 2017

on the ACA...........................or do you need a fucking password.................


bucolic_frolic

(42,676 posts)
3. I sense a IWFI-BFIWAI moment coming
Mon Sep 18, 2017, 09:42 AM
Sep 2017

McCain about to reverse his position and vote to end Obamacare

"I was for it before I was against it. Socialized medicine is the worst boondoggle outside defense procurement."

Oops.

bucolic_frolic

(42,676 posts)
6. "Can you build another battleship for me?"
Mon Sep 18, 2017, 10:02 AM
Sep 2017

It's important that taxpayers support our economy and make us strong!

justhanginon

(3,287 posts)
7. As always, McCain values his party affiliation more than serving
Mon Sep 18, 2017, 10:04 AM
Sep 2017

his constituency many, many who rely on the Affordable Care Act for allowing them the chance to get health insurance. His legacy will be one of harm to his neighbors in Arizona and to the people of this country.
Thoughts and prayers for you John McCain but not the kind you would wish for. More like the kind you seem hell bent on wishing for the more vulnerable of our society.

FakeNoose

(32,351 posts)
9. If he wasn't ready, he could have asked for a short break
Mon Sep 18, 2017, 12:02 PM
Sep 2017

McCain is just making shit up again. There have been plenty of times during the Senate hearings that a particular Senator will ask for a break and they just move on; they come back to him later.

He could have done that so easily. But no, it wasn't about the questions and it wasn't about Graham. McCain just looked like an ass on TV because he is an ass. Well he looked very confused, and people kept saying he looked like something's wrong with him. Only a day or two later, everybody found out that something definitely is wrong.

So why make up shit now McCain? It doesn't matter anyway.

LiberalLovinLug

(14,154 posts)
10. So if "McCain said his staff had meticulously prepared for the hearing"
Mon Sep 18, 2017, 02:14 PM
Sep 2017

Why was he flummoxed when he lost some last minute additional questions from his buddy?

I always remember his snide lambasting of Michael Moore during the RNC in the run up to Bush's second term as Michael sat in the stands. He called him a "disingenuous" film maker. Well, I cannot think of a better word to describe Mr. McCain, not only in this instance but throughout his career.

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