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McCain Hires Controversial Syria Analyst Elizabeth O'Bagy
The Cable ^ | 9/27/13 | Shane Harris

Posted on 09/27/2013 12:55:41 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55

Sen. John McCain has hired Elizabeth O'Bagy, the Syria analyst in Washington who was fired for padding her credentials, The Cable has learned. She begins work Monday as a legislative assistant in McCain's office.

O'Bagy was a young but well-respected adviser at the Institute for the Study of War and had emerged quickly as an important voice among those arguing in favor of intervention in Syria. McCain and others had cited her work publicly before her nascent reputation collapsed when it was discovered that her claims to having a combined masters/PhD were false and that in fact she had not yet defended her thesis.

(Excerpt) Read more at thecable.foreignpolicy.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: assclown; collaborator; elizabethobagy; grahamgraphic; mccain; mccaingraphic; obagy; recall; sellout
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To: ConservativeMan55; rdcbn
I just found this.

Can U.S. Senators Be Recalled?

121 posted on 09/28/2013 10:11:31 AM PDT by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
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To: ConservativeMan55

He sure knows how to pick ‘em. She is just a double faced as Mclame is.


122 posted on 09/28/2013 1:09:59 PM PDT by Maryhere ("HE comes to rule the earth")
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To: Girlene

You’re right; after he switched parties the late Arlen Specter was thereafter ignored by the media and failed to be nominated.


123 posted on 09/29/2013 6:16:18 PM PDT by Theodore R. (The grand pooh-bahs have spoken: "It's Jebbie's turn!")
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To: ImNotLying

People in AZ can’t admit that they are wrong. They are wrong nearly all the time. Even Goldwater was a disappointment in time.


124 posted on 09/29/2013 6:17:53 PM PDT by Theodore R. (The grand pooh-bahs have spoken: "It's Jebbie's turn!")
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To: ConservativeMan55

He can be recalled under AZ law, but the U.S. Senate won’t accept the recall.


125 posted on 09/29/2013 6:19:26 PM PDT by Theodore R. (The grand pooh-bahs have spoken: "It's Jebbie's turn!")
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To: Warriormom

TX has NO recall except in certain municipalities.


126 posted on 09/29/2013 6:21:48 PM PDT by Theodore R. (The grand pooh-bahs have spoken: "It's Jebbie's turn!")
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To: Theodore R.

Thanks for the info - I’ve lived in Texas most of my life and have never been so dissapointed in an elected official that I to need to know if they could be recalled.


127 posted on 09/29/2013 7:05:47 PM PDT by Warriormom
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