Senator John McCain of Arizona, the 2008 GOP Presidential nominee, once was treated with great respect, but it is apparent that he is now on a tirade against the Obama Administration in a way that reflects on him in a horrible manner.
McCain has totally politicized the tragedy of the death of Ambassador Chris Stevens, along with three others, in Benghazi, Libya, at the American Consulate in that city on September 11.
The fact that United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice, in an interview on a Sunday talk show, gave information from the Central Intelligence Agency that turned out to be inaccurate, has been used as a weapon by McCain, Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, New York Congressman Peter King, and many other Republicans as an excuse to question Susan Rice’s qualifications to be a potential Secretary of State in the second term of Barack Obama, with McCain claiming that Rice is not very smart, and ridiculing her credentials in a very dismissive manner.
President Obama has come to her defense, and has made it clear that he might elevate Rice to the State Department, and has clearly expressed his disgust with McCain, Graham and others for their personal attack on a good public servant, who was simply reporting what the CIA head, David Petraeus, had told her the weekend after the tragic event.
McCain has said he would personally block her nomination to be Secretary of State, so there may be a confrontation in the making.
This massively insulting and stupid behavior by McCain brings a few ideas to mind.
1. Is McCain still showing resentment and envy because Barack Obama defeated him in 2008?
2. Does McCain realize how ridiculous he sounds, regarding Rice’s not being smart and having a lack of qualifications, when he had the temerity to give us Sarah Palin as his Vice Presidential running mate, creating the fear of this supremely unqualified woman being a heartbeat away from the Presidency, and still defends his terrible choice to this day?
3. Also, McCain’s increasingly erratic behavior, and his growing anger and rage, and irrational stands on many issues, can make one wonder if he is starting to lose it mentally, and is in early stages of Alzheimers Disease. It makes one thankful he did not win the Presidency four years ago, and also makes one remember the thought at that time that his well known temper tantrums could be a sign of mental illness, caused by his imprisonment and torture in North Vietnam forty years ago during the Vietnam War.
The point is that there is a case that can be made that John McCain has passed his prime, and should consider resigning, due to his advanced age and weird behavior!
McCain is indeed off the rails. I hope someone who cares about him helps him retire…soon! Having cared for many patients in different stages of Alzheimer’s Disease i do believe he is displaying anger and other symptoms often observed in the initial stages. With McCain’s history of a seriously bad temper compounded with dementia symptomotolgy, he could be a danger to himself or someone else. His family should encourage him to have a complete physical and neuological, mental status testing with further neuropsychological assessment.
Although i dont agree with McCain’s politics, i do respect is past service to our country and in the Senate. He should be allowed to retire from the political arena with with what remaining dignity he has before he is forced to .
Great and perceptive comment, Maggie! Thanks! 🙂
John McCain lost his credibility even before he & his cohorts targeted Susan Rice. But, he certainly left no doubt whatsoever afterwards. I think Rachel Maddow (MSNBC) probably has it 100% right with her theory about the whole matter: Since John Kerry (Dem., Mass.) is also on the ‘short list’ for the position of Secretary of State. The Republicans would then be able to shoe-horn-in their guy (Scott Brown, Rep.) who just lost his bid for the US Senate against Elizabeth Warren (Dem. Mass.) The three or four Republicans (including McCain) who staunchly and quite visibly supported Scott Brown during his recent campaign are exactly the same Republicans who now are so strangely vociferous and against Susan Rice…….and, who seem to NEVER have their questions answered (even when the answers to their questions are already available.) Seems to me that Rachel’s hit the nail on the head again on this one. (there was a piece on her program both Tuesday & Wednesday evening of this week. (today is Friday, Nov. 30th.)