Whenever I see senators Lindsey Graham and John McCain onTV, they always remind me of two very petty, spiteful, bitter, and grumpy oldmen.
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Do the "honorable and distinguished" senators Lindsey Graham andJohn McCain always pick up the phone every time there's a murder, armed robbery,home invasion or rape in South Carolina or Arizona -- and then badger the localpolice departments, demanding whether or not there was something more that couldhave done?
When Gabrielle Giffords was shot in Tucson Arizona, were JohnMcCain's constituents rushing to the phone and writing angry letters, demanding"what did he know, and when did he know it?"
It's completely unreasonable (and moronic) for the Republicans to expectPresident Obama to micro-manage every single aspect of every tiny detailconcerning the security of 275 diplomatic outposts around the globe, especiallywhen President Obama also has an entire nation to govern.
For the past four years the Republicans have been more concerned aboutpinning blame on Obama for everything that goes wrong, rather than trying tohelp fix the things that go wrong.
If John McCain had been the president (instead of Obama), the terroristattack on Benghazi would have most likely still occurred, much like the attackon the World Trade Center had occurred under President Bush's watch.
Lindsey Graham , John McCain, the Republicans and all the radical crackpotsin the Tea Party, have spent more time digging for "gotchamoments" against Obama, rather than addressing many of the other seriousproblems that our nation faces today...like jobs, bank reform, tax reform andimmigration reform.
Senators Lindsey Graham and John McCain (and most in the GOP) would ratherfocus the bulk of their efforts on a political or a made-made crisis, ratherthan on the more pressing issues that faces us today --- just like the Tea Partywould rather pass abortion laws rather than introduce jobs bills.
Why didn't the Republicans and the Democrats get together last year an appointa director to the ATF, or name Elizabeth Warren to head the Consumer ProtectionBureau, instead of wasting their time and the taxpayer's money trying to stickit to Obama? I don't pay angry old white guys $174,000 a year just to bash ourELECTED president, but to do The People's work.
What senators Lindsey Graham and John McCain (and most in the GOP) has beendoing for the past four years is much more that just partisan and/or childishbickering, it's disruptive, damaging and dangerous to our nation. TheGOP's obstructionism, and their mean and bitter attacks on Obama's character,doesn't help our country one iota --- just the opposite.
If they just want to play the "blame game", let's talk about RonaldReagan and arms to Iran, something our president did micro-manage. Let'stalk about George W. Bush and the war in Iraq, something our president didmicro-manage. Let's talk about Richard Nixon and the Watergate break-in(and the subsequent cover-up), something our president did micro-managed.
Or if they want to attack a Democratic president, let'stalk about Bill Clinton, who de-regulated the banks and opened the door foroutsourcing our jobs to China -- and who also lowered the capital gains tax rateon the ultra-rich from 28% to a paltry 20%. Let's talk more about that, insteadof whereObama was born.
I'm tired of seeing Lindsey Graham and John McCain on my TV set. They arepart of the problem, not part of the solution. We have too many pressing issuesto get bogged down in petty distractions, deceitful diversions and unnecessarypolitical bickering over "what Obama knew and when he knew it."
I'm sick of the Republican's broken record.
The tragedy at Benghazi was very unfortunate, but instead of JUSTpointing fingers, why don't the Republicans propose a bill to beef up securityat all our diplomatic missions, without demanding off-setting costs (like cuttingSocial Security and Medicare), or threatening to shut down our government.
From deep in Tea Party country, far up in woods of the Appalachian Mountainsof Kentucky, Rand Paul had told Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, that if hewere the president (ha-ha!), he would have fired her. So what exactly wasthat idiotic comment supposed to have accomplished? (In all fairness to RandPaul, he was not beating his chest, scratching his crotch and eating a bananawhile pontificating.)
I never liked Lindsey Graham (or Rand Paul), but I once admired John McCain.But since he lost the presidential election, his poor behavior and attacks onPresident Obama just proves to me that he is no longer the war hero I oncethought he was --- not when he has been viciously and unfairly attacking theleader of our country since 2008.
Lindsey Graham is just a smug and smirking ass, and Rand Paul is an ignoranthillbilly; but John McCain has served well past his time. He's just like an old athletethat stubbornly refuses to let go and retire; but instead, who insists onplaying a diminished game and making a mockery and fool of himself...just to getthe Tea Party support to save his piss-poor job. (John, please, justgo away...while you still have a smidgen of dignity.)
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