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(81,198 posts)MOST amusing story in TPM - where he let his temper fly at a CNN reporter who dared to ask him a rather pointed question. But note the post below it - someone referring to "'Wet Start Johnny' in 1967" ?!?!? Sounds like some sort of military slang?
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) flashed his temper on Thursday morning when confronted with questions from a reporter regarding the former Republican presidential nominee's absence from a briefing on the September terrorist attacks at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya.
According to CNN, most Republican members of the Senate committee in charge of investigating the attacks were absent from the classified briefing, which was led by Obama administration officials on Wednesday. On the same day, McCain held a Capitol Hill press conference to call for a special investigation of the attacks and also took to the Senate floor to issue a blistering criticism of President Obama's handling of the situation in Benghazi.
Approached by CNN's Ted Barrett on Thursday, McCain said he had no comment on his schedule or "how I spend my time to the media." When Barrett pressed McCain, the senator became agitated.
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Thomas Cleaver an hour ago
Don't go away mad, you senile old incompetent fool, just go away. the Navy was right when they decided to get rid of "Wet Start Johnny" in 1967 (a decision you only reversed by being stupid enough to get yourself shot down, going back over the target you'd just bombed, and thereby demonstrating the truth of the Navy's decision.
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/questioned-about-missed-briefing-on-benghazi-mccain-snaps