President Obama...by accusing the President of being "directly responsible" for the Orlando shooting...is downright and disgustingly evil. The gunman - who brutally killed 49 people and wounded 53 others in a gay nightclub in the early hours of Sunday, June 12th - had reportedly sworn allegiance to ISIS. McCain blamed Mr. Obama for the rampage in Orlando because the Arizona Republican feels it's the President's fault for the growth of the terrorist organization. McCain believes that Mr. Obama should never have pulled American troops out of Iraq, as the Senator thinks that enabled al-Qaeda to go to Syria and become ISIS.
After McCain uttered such incendiary and inflammatory remarks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC - on Thursday, June 16th - the Senator released a statement...saying he "misspoke."
To put it bluntly...that's a bunch of crap. My mind is actually thinking of words more vulgar, but because I generally don't speak them...I won't write them.
Does Senator McCain really want me - and the entire country - to believe that he repeatedly made a flagrant and reprehensible comment...but that he - in reality - didn't mean what he said? No way. What came out of McCain's mouth is exactly how he feels. So to say, after the fact - "I did not mean to imply that the President was personally responsible. I was referring to President Obama's national security decisions, not the President himself." - then why the hell didn't he say that to begin with? Why would he say...three times...that the President was "directly responsible?"
If McCain had responded to the reporter's question about the Orlando massacre...and - one time - said that President Obama was "directly responsible" for the shooting...but then said he "misspoke"...maybe I'd buy it. Maybe. But the reporter - a second time - asked McCain the same question and he reiterated the same words. The reporter gave McCain a third chance to correct his egregious allegation...by phrasing his question in the same manner as the Senator had answered...asking McCain if he is saying that President Obama is "directly responsible" for the Orlando shooting. And McCain firmly replied..."That's what I said."
There was no misspeaking. Senator McCain should be ashamed of himself and he owes President Obama a public apology for his cruel, vicious and unthinkable charge.Shame on you, Senator McCain. Shame on you.
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Senator McCain did not say President Obama personally he said directly and he corrected himself later to say that was the President’s policies and his administration which gave us ISIS and that is a fact. Which in turn has given us crazy’s that are willing to kill and die for ISIS. I know you will not agree with that, being the Bush hater that you are, you will continue the lie that it is President Bush’s fault. The truth is that it is President Obama and Hillary Clinton’s actions that has enabled ISIS and their follower throughout the world. You said Senator McCain should be ashamed of himself, maybe Obama and Clinton should be ashamed of themselves for giving us ISIS, remember they were the JV team, that’s what Obama called them, what are they today, thanks to him and Hillary.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, I have been ill thus the delay in responding to your comment. As for your remarks, I noted in my commentary that Senator McCain later stated that he "misspoke." But that doesn't change the fact of how we know he really feels. You know I'm really tired of Republican readers calling me a "Bush hater." I do not "hate" President George W. Bush. I think his poor judgment and lack of Presidential leadership contributed to destroying our country for 8 years, which unfortunately then continued in to the Obama years, at no fault of President Obama. All that being said, I don't "hate" President Bush. You and other Republicans continue to criticize President Obama and Secretary Clinton with regards to ISIS. If there was no al-Qadea, there'd be no ISIS. And al-Qaeda is the result of President Bush's failure to listen to advisers before 9/11. GBD
DeleteYou should be ashamed of yourself to continue the Bush hating lies you tell about President Bush and 9/11. You must really hate him; maybe you never got over him beating Gore. Maybe you can’t stand that a Republican kept you and all of us safe after 9/11. I feel sorry for you!
ReplyDeleteAmazing! Simply amazing! It truly astonishes me when Republican readers call me a "Bush hater." I have said time and time again that I have no hatred whatsoever for President George W. Bush. I feel that his policies destroyed our country over his 8-years in office, but I DO NOT HATE HIM. I don't hate anybody. Hatred is an emotion that is not worth feeling. As for keeping "all of us safe after 9/11"...well...if Mr. Bush would have taken advice given him, there would not have been a 9/11. For you and other Republicans to say that President Bush "kept us safe after 9/11" brings me to this point...he didn't keep us safe on September 11th, 2001...and there was the possibility for him to do so. Just read Richard Clarke's memo from July 2001. As for your ridiculous comment about "never (getting) over (Bush) beating Gore"...well...there's too much evidence to prove that if Vice President Al Gore had done what he should have done...and that is to demand that every single vote in Florida was recounted...then it would have been Mr. Gore as our 43rd President and not Mr. Bush. But I don't blame President Bush for that. If Vice President Gore had asked President Clinton to campaign for him in Mr. Gore's state of Tennessee or Mr. Clinton's state of Arkansas, then Florida wouldn't have mattered because winning just one or those two states would have given the election to Vice President Gore and he would have beaten Mr. Bush without "The Sunshine State." So there is nothing for me to be ashamed of...and for you to "feel sorry" for me...is a shame. GBD
ReplyDeleteHere we go again with the Bush hating lies. Nothing in any memo of Clarke's would have prevented 9/11, just more Bush hating, left wing lies. I must give you credit, you and the left have told this lie for so long and so well you either deserve an Oscar or you truly believe it now, that would be sad. As for recounting Florida in 2000 every legitimate recount showed Bush winning.
ReplyDeleteIt's laughable that you and other Republicans continue to actually believe that "nothing in any memo of Clarke's would have prevented 9/11." As I published in my commentary, dated January 19, 2014, "President Bush was re-elected in 2004...even though there is concrete and definitive proof...that the President's chief counter-terrorism adviser on the National Security Council, Richard A. Clarke...advised the Bush Administration in a January 25th, 2001 memo to then National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice..."urgently" requesting a high-level National Security Council review on al-Qaeda. In his book...Against All Enemies...Clarke wrote that in the summer of 2001 - just a couple of short months before 9/11 - the intelligence community was convinced of an imminent attack by al-Qaeda. It was July 5th, 2001 when - at a gathering at The White House - Clarke told members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Secret Service, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, the Coast Guard and the Federal Aviation Administration...that "something really spectacular is going to happen here...and it's going to happen soon." At that same meeting...a memo was read from now retired U.S. Army Lieutenant General Donald Kerrick - who was Deputy National Security Advisor - stating that the National Security Agency needed to "pay attention to al-Qaeda and counter-terrorism"...and that the United States would be "struck." Testifying before Congress on May 19th, 2004...Richard Clarke - under oath - said he and then Central Intelligence Agency Director George Tenet "tried very hard to create a sense of urgency" but that their warnings were not heeded. Clarke also told Congress that prior to 9/11...the FBI was well aware...that at least two of the 19 hijackers...were in the United States...but that the information never made its way to President Bush...or to the highest levels of power under him." These are facts...and they are undisputed. So for you to continue to call me a "Bush hater" is not only unfair, insulting and outlandish...but altogether untrue. And my statement is not in any way a "left wing lie." As for Vice President Gore's election in 2000 against then-Governor George W. Bush...you can't spin my words the way you want to. What I said, was that IF...Vice President Gore had demanded a recount of every single Florida vote, he would have won the election. Since there was no recount - except for 3 districts - there was no "legitimate recount." That is no fault of Mr. Bush, but unfortunately of Mr. Gore. By the way, if you want to read the aforementioned memo concerning al-Qaeda...you can Google it yourself...and you will see that I am right. GBD
ReplyDeleteThis was sent 3 days ago, I guess you don't publish when someone proves you wrong:
ReplyDeleteOnce again your facts are wrong and or incomplete. From the 9/11 report: based on the intelligence from Clarke and the CIA and others the following are the full FACTS of what was done to try and prevent an attack by al Qaeda based on the information: July 5, 2001 - The FAA issues another warning, specifically the threat of "using explosives in an airport terminal." July 5, 2001 - President George W. Bush requests more information about the recent upswing in terrorist threats and "chatter" from National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice. July 2001 - The CIA warns the White House of possible attacks against President George W. Bush during the July G8 Summit in Genoa, Italy. July 18, 2001 - The FAA issues another warning to airlines concerning possible terrorist attacks. July 31, 2001 - The FAA issues another warning to airlines advising that "terror groups are known to be planning and training for hijackings." August 6, 2001 - President George W. Bush receives a CIA report about al Qaeda and the possibility of airline hijackings. The warning is passed on to embassies and other overseas facilities. August 16, 2001 - The FAA issues an alert about "disguised weapons." Airlines are alerted the terrorists might use common objects such as cell phones or clothespins as weapons. August 23, 2001 - CIA director George Tenet, concerned that an al Qaeda attack is imminent, orders the CIA to search their files for leads. An urgent cable is sent to the FBI, State Department, Customs and INS, alerting them to the CIA's concerns about Nawaf Alhazmi and Khalid Almihdhar. After the INS reports that Almihdhar re-entered the country on July 4, the FBI begins searching for them. September 4, 2001 - The national security advisers to President George W. Bush approve a draft version of a plan to combat al Qaeda. It includes provisions for $200 million to arm the enemies of the Taliban. The advisers plan to present the draft to President Bush on September 10, however the president is traveling and does not see it. September 10, 2001 - The National Security Agency intercepts two communications from Afghanistan to Saudi Arabia. One says, "Tomorrow is zero hour," and the other says "The match begins tomorrow." The messages are not translated until September 12. Stop blaming and hating President Bush. Stop acting like the liberal media and tell the complete sorry not sound bites. The above are the true FACTS!