John McCain: Susan Rice "Not Qualified" To Be Secretary Of State Because She's "Not Very Bright"

[EarlG]

McCain: Susan Rice "not qualified" to be Secretary of State after Benghazi

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[Fresh_Start]

1. so says the man at the bottom 1% of his class!

I guess he's not very bright and shouldn't be a senator.
Correction is was 894 out of 899 at the naval academy

[mercymechap]

90. That's too funny.

He picks the dumbest bimbo as his running mate and loses because of her, and he thinks that Susan Rice is not bright! The GOP keeps getting "stupider" by the minute.

[Botany]

2. R you kidding me John?

From Wiki:

Rice attended Stanford University, where she received a Truman Scholarship, and graduated with a B.A. in history in 1986. She was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.[7][8]
Awarded a Rhodes Scholarship, Rice attended New College, Oxford, where she earned a M.Phil. in 1988 and D.Phil. in 1990. The Chatham House-British International Studies Association honored her dissertation titled "Commonwealth Initiative in Zimbabwe, 1979-1980: Implication for International Peacekeeping" as the UK's most distinguished in international relations.[2][9]
Rice's classmates and professors at Oxford included advocates of the role of the United Nations and international law (Sir Adam Roberts, Benedict Kingsbury),[10] of global economic governance and international economic cooperation (Ngaire Woods, Donald Markwell),[11] and of a firm stance against Russian authoritarianism (Michael McFaul).

[Warpy]

8. McCain is a shining example of the Dunning-Kruger effect

and exaggerates his own competence while failing to recognize superior competence in others.

In other words, just consider the source here.

[oldhippydude]

50. if i am not mistaken

he was near the bottom of his class at Anapolis....

[Warpy]

59. He was

He's a deeply ignorant man who sees only military solutions to every problem. He's a fine candidate to use as an example of the Dunning-Kruger effect.

[Jenny_92808]

62. As some have said...

A man with a hammer, sees everything as a nail. McCain sees unrest in other countries as the nail and he wants to use the hammer (to start more wars).

[beac]

60. You are NOT mistaken and furthermore, his behavior while there would

have gotten him expelled had he not been the son/grandson of USN bigwigs.

John McCain is scum.

[dixiegrrrrl]

77. and THEN he says of Petraeus:

"he is the finest combination of intellect and leadership in American military that I have ever known."

Well, he oughta know...he picked that outstanding genius, Palin.

[AAO]

12. BUt but but but - Wikipedia is a George Soros funded site!

ust like the freeper I thought I had dead to rights until he told me "Snopes is a well known Soros owned site. Don't you ever read anything other than liberal propaganda?" I was too speechless to continue.

[luzzionz]

80. agreed! well said

Well Said.. this from a Guy that wanted Sarah Palin one heartbeat away from the Presidency .. I'd put Ms Rice's scholastic achievements up against any of the 100 Senators and Especially Up against 40 Republican GOOD ole Boyz and 3 Women.. where is Donald TRuMP Jr. when you need him, he could humble these twits into showing their school records and we could then compare !!! ohh wait this isn't about her Being of Color.. never mind ! ..

[avebury]

99. McCain is just jealous of Susan

Rice's academic achievements.

[jade3000]

103. Thanks for the reality check on her actual qualifications. nt

[genna]

106. I'm almost looking forward to Obama going to bat for her

He's never gotten that aggravated or angry in public.

[madrchsod]

3. i guess her rhodes scholarship does`t make her qualified

how many years and colleges did it take sarah to get her degree?

[Botany]

11. Standford Phi Beta Kappa and then a Rhodes scholarship to study @ Oxford

what does he want?

[stopbush]

32. Apparently, the only qualification for McCain is that the woman has to give him a boner.

That happened with Palin. Rice? Guess not.

[rhett o rick]

92. I doubt it happens at all. nm

[SoapBox]

4. ...asshole.

Retire Grampy...almost daily, you look like even more of a dick than we figured you to be....

[kardonb]

23. asshole

Grumpus McCain is deep in senility a last ! RETIRE already , you old fool , you ate way past your time !

[Rambis]

105. 'he was tortured you know"

that makes him mentally unstable. That was the whisper campaign the other republican primary opponents used against him.

[russspeakeasy]

5. John "The Liar" McCain said what ?

johnny hates, and I mean hates this country. His hatred and dementia are coming out at every opportunity.
The only thing johnny hates more than this country is its President.

[PearliePoo2]

6. LOL! Yeah McGrump...your "Snow-Drift Snooki" is a real Mensa candidate!

Man...this country sure dodged bullets in 2008 AND 2012!

[A Simple Game]

26. I like "Snow-Drift Snooki", is that your original?

You're right, we did dodge a lot of bullets. I guess I need to start saying "much lesser of two evils".

[PearliePoo2]

31. Nope...not my original!

read it years ago on an Alaskan blog (they were trashing her) and I thought it had a "nice ring to it".

[mac56]

33. I've always liked "Klondike Kardashian."

[PearliePoo2]

39. The "Tundra Turd"

has always been a favorite (also...too...you betcha..)

[Doc Holliday]

47. Not to mention

the ever-popular "Caribou Barbie."

Methinks Uncle Fester's bulb is flickering just a bit.

[technotwit]

69. And I always liked

Bible Spice

named after the Spice Girls....

[onehandle]

7. Enough. Thank you for your service. Retire. nt

[Rocky888]

9. I just sent him a message

I sent McCain a email about how he should use his powere for good instead of vengeance. And that his voting record reflects how little he really cares about our war heros. And many more indefensible things he and his party have done and now that four great men have died, he's ready to bring down his old opponnet, yet, it was okay for thousands to die based on the lies of his party in Iraq.

I am so tired of this man getting a free pass because he couldn't fly a fighter jet and go caught. He votes against every bill that helps our vets, while pretending to be their hero. He is the worst of the worse.

[John2]

49. I'm

a veteran myself and had family and friends died in Vietnam. THeir names are on that Wall. McCain is nilking his status as a war hero because the nation recognized him but their were many others that deserved it and did not get recognized. So I don't hesitate from criticizing this man.

He supported a man who got waivers from Vietnam. That is how much John McCain is dedicated top veterans that truely fought and died in Vietnam. He also supported a symbol which is divisive when he ran for President while campaigning in the South. He recognized the heritage of the Confederacy while ignoring the heritage of many African Americans in the South by honoring the flag of the old Confederacy. He also attacked General Colin Powell when he endorsed President Obama as if Powell owed something to him. He also neglects Civil Rights in his own state but only gives it lip service as that state's U.S. senator. He is a phony.

[AAO]

10. How can this cretin say that with a straight face!

[genna]

107. Republicans are going to give Susan Rice the Anita Hill treatment

[Zambero]

13. Sure John. Why not Sarah Palin then?

Palin met McCain's criteria as someone who could step in as President and Commander-in-Chief if that heartbeat thing happened. So when in doubrt about someone's credentials, just ask good ole John McCain!

[SemperEadem]

27. heck, she can see russia from her house...

[Jenny_92808]

65. What degree did she have....

Palin only had a journalism degree which she had to jump around to a few colleges to finally finish it.

Btw, great point!

[NYtoBush-Drop Dead]

14. Ya gotta feel sorry for all the...

old, white, irrelevant guys....

[joesdaughter]

15. Senator

I call on you to REFUDIATE that statement.

[closeupready]

20. And who are you - a lib-rul re-educator?

Thought so.

[joesdaughter]

24. Nail on the head

Damn, you're good.

[MoonchildCA]

16. He's confusing her with Codoleeza Rice.

Time to retire, John.

[NYtoBush-Drop Dead]

17. The Palinization of America and the downfall of the GOP

What part did John McCain play in the dumbing down of America? After he put the lip-sticked pig on the ticket, every wack-a-doodle thought that he or she could be president, so the GOP had the likes of Bachman, Cain, Perry, Paul, Santorum, Newt, Romney (who am I missing?) Everyone of them unelectable.

[Botany]

19. who am I missing? Louie Gohmert

Louie Gohmert the dumbest of the dumb asses

[BainsBane]

18. McCain has gone senile

He's gone over the bend.

[closeupready]

21. Has Sarah tweeted her thoughts on McCain's comments?

??

[A Simple Game]

28. She's waiting for her asssistant to come back from vacation. Then she will

have something to say, darn tootin'.

[struggle4progress]

22. he's a mean and angry little fellow

[heaven05]

25. Is

it a black thing? FU J. Mcdip.

[genna]

108. I'm expecting Susan Rice to get the Lani Guinere treatment.

[stopbush]

29. "Remember that Beach Boys Song? Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran? Heh heh"

Not very bright?

Pot, meet kettle.

[qanda]

30. What's up with these idiot Republicans calling Black people

"Not so bright"? What does that even mean?

[genna]

109. Remember Dr. Joycelyn Elders

Republicans are going to ballistic over Susan Rice.

I don't know if sex education is a good comparison with foreign policy, but Republicans have a way of targeting women in confirmation hearings which is stark and uncompromising.

http://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/31/us/clinton-has-nominee-for-surgeon-general.html

[Sekhmets Daughter]

34. Right Johnny, 'cuz Phi Beta Kappa is for morons just like you.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

35. This is soft bigotry and not just a coincidence about how these people view successful blacks.

Exhibit #1: Rush Limbaugh questioning whether or not Obama wrote his own books. Translation: Black people can't write.

Exhibit #2: Donald Trump suggesting that Obama benefitted from affirmative action and was unqualified, hence, the request for his transcripts. Translation: Blacks are not smart enough to attend Ivy League schools, and if they do, their acceptance is a result of the type of affirmative action based solely on race and not merit.

Exhibit #3: John Sununu calling the president lazy and "not too bright". Translation: Black people are lazy and unprepared, and because they're "not too bright," they are incompetent.

Exhibit #4: John McCain. Same deal.

These people are disgusting! They are racists. Pure and simple.

[genna]

110. Republicans have a history of short changing Obama's nominees

" And Mr. Obama has also added judicial diversity further down the federal ladder. His administration has placed a higher percentage of ethnic minorities among his nominees into federal judgeships than any other president.

So far, Mr. Obama has had 97 of his judicial nominees confirmed — compared with 322 for President George W. Bush and 372 for President Bill Clinton, who each served two terms. So far in Mr. Obama’s presidency, nearly half of the confirmed nominees are women, compared with 23 percent and 29 percent in the Bush and Clinton years. "
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/us/politics/07courts.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

111. Exactly!!!

[skeewee08]

36. Oh no he didn't !!!!!!

Oh how I forgot that Sarah went to Harvard, I mean Yale or was it Princeton....Miss I can see Russia from my land.....

[John2]

37. This

is why I think the President, Democratic Party and definately the African American community should weigh in on John McCain and Senator Lindsey Graham from South Carolina vicious attacks on this African American woman. She did nothing wrong but represented the President. If those two have a problem, then they should take it up with the President and Hillary Clinton. Don't throw her under the bus, like you did to another certain African American woman I know when they viciously attacked her. This is just a repeat and time to draw a line with these two phonies. And let this fight be in front of the Nation if they want it.

[USMCMustang]

38. How Many Jets Did He Crash, Destroy or Damage?

Before he was shot down?

[niyad]

73. the one in which he was shot down was his fifth, I believe--oh, and, if I remember correctly, it

was an unauthorized flight.

[lumpy]

84. McCain was known, while in training, to be a hot-shot party boy and a shitty pilot,

reckless and feckless. Because of his ineptitude, he crashed his plane 3 times, that I am aware of. Shot down in Nam' wounded/incarcerated and got special treatment from Viet because he was son/grandson of Admirals. Hailed as a war hero, got a swift foot up in politics. Has continued to screw up ever since.

[Shuhered]

40. Bitter, Table for One?

What a bitter man John McCain is. He chose Sarah Palin, therefore he must not be very bright because 5 days later, he stuck with her. He must not be very bright. He must not be very bright, bright bright bright bright....

Sorry, was just seeing if saying anything over and over like Fox News does made it true. Nope--- therefore that are all NUTS!!!!!!!!!!! Life in the Bubble.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

41. Wow, Johnny boy has a bad case of jealousy against Obama that won't go away

This morning he was calling for a "Watergate-style" independent investigation of the Petraeus matter, using those inflammatory words. Boner's face may be brown, but McCain's face remains bright green since his 2008 debacle.

[otohara]

42. He's Just A Mean Old Man

Megan, it's time to put your dad in assisted living, he's clearly losing his mental capabilities.

[AnnieK401]

43. Is he f**#@#g serious?

He's got to be kidding.

[calimary]

44. Well, he would know, wouldn't he?

[elbloggoZY27]

45. No Valid Comment

The President will submit a name of a very responsible candidate to replace Mrs Clinton and that alone will be very difficult.

[frazzled]

46. Give this man the hook: he needs to be escorted off the stage

Not bright enough: this accomplished woman with Stanford and Oxford degrees and years of experience in foreign policy?

I say John McCain is not qualified to be a senator who gets to vote on Susan Rice.
Obama needs to put this nomination before the Senate no matter how many doofy Republicans swear to block it: let the world see them do it. Make them make good on their revolting positions.

[LynneSin]

48. How bright can Susan Rice be? Did she go to 6 colleges in 5 years for degree

That's a pretty darn smart woman to accomplish 6 colleges in 5 years

[HopeHoops]

51. Yep. That's irony.

[MADem]

52. Because she believed the phony briefing of a GOP left-over turd?

And McCain knows all about picking the best and the brightest!!



The only reason he wasn't the anchor man at the Academy is because his daddy and gramps were flag officers...but he was something like third from the bottom of his class.

[Lord_Maculus]

53. McCain knows all too well about "Not Very Bright" women in his life

From Cindy, to Sarah, to his newest little lap dog Senator Ayotte, he sure has a way of picking 'em.

It's sad to see a man I once greatly admired (at least personally) end his career on such sour and childish notes, all because his Presidential build-up never panned out for him. Face, John, President Obama was and still is simply the better man.

[DallasNE]

54. And Where Did McCain Graduate In His Annapolis Class?

What, 5th from bottom. No wonder he ended up picking Palin to be his running mate. Double irony.

[politicasista]

55. From Romnesia to Palinesia n/t

[Coyotl]

56. Well, Palin did get more votes than Paul Ryan

And he knows it

[uwep]

57. John McCain and John Kerry

Kerry earned several metals for valor and was defamed, McCain broke under
interrogation and torture and gave information and support to the enemy.

Ask those that were imprisoned with him how much of a hero that the
senator and presidential candidate was. Many VN vets would have a different
opinion.

Is McCain even qualified to be a U.S. Senator? Oh yes, He did graduate from
a military academy (just barely).

[Skittles]

66. I'm not a big fan of McCain but....

please don't mitigate the torture he endured - it is unseemly

[niyad]

74. just remember that he would not have been in that position if not for an unauthorized mission,

if I remember correctly. and, how many other pilots could have crashed four previous planes and STILL been allowed to fly?

remember that his fellow prisoners called him "songbird"??

[Skittles]

75. I don't care

pick on him because he's a repuke and an asshole in general - that's plenty enough material

[niyad]

76. sorry, too many people know exactly how he behaved as a prisoner, so, no, I don't feel sorry

for him in the least.

[frylock]

58. show us your grades from the academy, mensa

[olegramps]

61. His soul reflects that of the GOP. Black and as evil as the depth of hell.

[santamargarita]

63. This bastard is from Arizona where no Right Wing asshole is...

qualified to scrape shit from President Obama's shoes.

[dixiegrrrrl]

79. When is he up for re-election???? I wonder.

[santamargarita]

104. Two years, I think. He will just steal it again.

Arizona elections are corrupt.

[AndyA]

64. To quote someone who served with McCain:

"Some of us were smart enough to not get caught."

[inamatteroftime]

67. As usual, this GOPer has it ass backwards, right is wrong/wrong is right. nt

[GoldenOldie]

68. McCain has worn out his POW (hero?) status.

He couldn't fly a plane.
He whined and whined and whined, etc., etc., about being mistreated by the "chinks," and whined again when he didn't get the "hero's," welcome home that HE thought he deserved. While those serving with him as fellow PO W's, the majority of them being foot soldiers, carried their wounds and sacrifices to themselves. They asked for nothing more than returning to their families and than the right to live in peace.
McCain became a politician from Arizona, simply of his marriage to Cindi, whose very rich Daddy, in Phoenix, bought it for him.
Once gaining political power, he didn't fail to use his political strength, to not only cover up Cindi's drug abuse, but also her selling of stolen drugs to her rich friends.....I only know this because of Federal inside info related to me, that more serious charges against Cindi were squashed.
McCain never failed/fails to ignore the needs of fellow veterans or active duty military members, ie John Kerry, military benefits. Yet he stands tall for military contractors, who not only fail to perform their contractual duties, but at times have put our troops in danger.
Last but not least, Candidate for POTUS John McCain, names Sarah Palin to be his VP. She is without a doubt the most ignorant individual that ever graced the media or the electorate, yet John McCain stood tall to defend her. This alone was a total stab in the back to every military man and woman who died and those who were maimed or PO W's. They and their families did not sacrifice, only to have the likes of a John McCain destroy it all.
I'm a long time Arizonan and I detest John McCain and all he stands tall for.

[lumpy]

86. McCain has little to be proud about. He had a pass upward because his family was headed

by Admirals. While training he had a reputation as a party-hard boy. Famous for crashing planes because of his carelessness and hot shot ways. Even got special treatment while a Viet prisoner because he let it be known that daddy was an admiral.

[HangOnKids]

94. APPLAUSE

Thank you for this post. McCain is an asshole of the highest order!

[GeorgeGist]

70. Dead last in his graduating class.

His moment is coming.

[ciking724]

71. Coming from a guy who picked someone who did not even have a college degree as his VP running mate.

The nerve of this guy is unbelievable.

[Cha]

72. McCain is a liar.

Thanks for highlighting it, EarlG

[hrmjustin]

78. Mccain needs to retire.

[BigDemVoter]

81. Sheesh. . .

Stupid Ass!

[shrdlu]

82. That's some brass (thanks WJC)...

...for a failed fighter pilot who lost five aircraft. I know zip about Rice but the whole world knows about McCain's talent for judging exceptional women. Where is Sarah these days, anyway?

[inamatteroftime]

83. Both Narcissists, which explains their inability to grasp reality. nt

[NoGOPZone]

85. Says the guy who thinks Czechoslovakia is still a country. nt

[pnwest]

87. isn't that like the stove calling the kettle black after nominating the pot as VP pick?

[muntrv]

88. John McCain: "I know because I appointed a stupid woman for VP."

[niyad]

89. just looking back over your record, you cretin. let's see, how many planes did you crash? and

what really happened aboard the forrestal? oh, and the affairs you were having in florida, and dating cindy while still married (and your wife still trying to recover from a serious car accident)? hushing up cindy's drug addiction, your part in the keating 5 scandal--oh, and the capper-- sarah barraquitter. the world thanks you for that one!

you are indeed a piece of work, johnny. now, you senile old coot, retire, and quit embarrassing yourself and us.

[Major Hogwash]

91. We need mandatory psychiatric tests for Senators over 60 years old.

This nut is senile.

[genna]

112. 65 or 70ish? Checking for dementia.

[Initech]

93. Says the man who gave us the Palins....

[HeartlandDem]

95. LOL old man...

Mr. Crankypants is not only a jackass, but I'm thinking he's just plain old jealous right now.

[AngryOldDem]

96. Yeah....isn't it ironic, dontcha think?

Rewatched Game Change on HBO a few weekends back, and I am still stunned at how Palin managed to get on the ticket, and why Steve Schmidt is now considered to be some kind of political guru.

Calling Ms. Rice "not very bright" is a huge insult.

[4lbs]

97. I would venture to say that Susan Rice has much more experience and education regarding foreign

policy and experience than John McCain.

Much more than watching Putin from her porch in Alaska.

McCan't must still be bitter from 2008.

[liberal N proud]

98. Would Luke Russert ask this man if he were too old to serve?

Because he should, this guy is senile.

[Hubert Flottz]

100. Jon still hasn't gotten all that lipstick off his dipstick.

Ever noticed Jon's faint little Hollywood grin, that is so prominent when he's lying? He looks more like Nikita Khrushchev every day.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

101. Now now grampy

Time for your sponge bath and warm milk.

[KansDem]

102. I'll wager Ms. Rice knows how many houses she owns...

Not very bright, eh, Senator?

[LiberalElite]

113. Come in out of the Arizona Sun, John - your brain's baked nt