GOP Senator Apologizes for McCain (Temper) Tantrum at Syrian Christian Leader Meeting

Judicial Watch ^ | February 05, 2014 | Judicial Watch

[RipSawyer]

“Not really. The wife usually has the job of apologizing for the loutish behavior of her husband.”
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Sometimes it’s the other way around.

[ek_hornbeck]

The issue, arming the Syrian rebels, is not about political parties, it is about foreign policy doctrine. What do the NeoCons(R) think? What do the Liberal Interventionists(D) think? What so the Realists(R & D) think? What do the Isolationists(R) think? What do the Antiwar Pacifists(D) think.

Unfortunately, when it comes to foreign policy, our choices seem to have narrowed down to neocons (GW Bush, McCain) vs. liberal interventionists (Obama, Clinton). We haven't had a realist candidate on the ballot since Reagan or an "isolationist" since Robert Taft ran for President. And the Democrats haven't run a "pacifist" since McGovern.

[ek_hornbeck]

Everything I've seen of McCain from his 2000 campaign on suggests that his way of dealing with information and facts that clash with his prejudices and worldview is to throw a tantrum.

Stories of Al Nusra's acts of terrorism and persecution of Christians don't square with McCain's view of them as heroic freedom fighters, so his senile, quasi-demented brain copes with the information in the best way that it can: by blocking it out.

He threw similar hissy fits when confronted with facts about crime and poverty along the AZ/Mexico border when lawmakers in his own state opposed his push for amnesty.

[sport]

I understand that he has his warts, but the Republican voters in Arizona, as demonstrated by their votes, love him, warts and all.

[ek_hornbeck]

I understand that he has his warts, but the Republican voters in Arizona, as demonstrated by their votes, love him, warts and all.

You can say the same about any hack politician who gets re-elected. Nothing helps more than being an entrenched incumbent. It worked for Obama in 2012, didn't it?

[Ann Archy]

McCain is INSANE and people are afraid to admit it.

He also can't tolerate someone disagreeing with him and he will come at them with a VENGEANCE!!!

[Ann Archy]

oooohhhhhhh....you could be right!!! Making Linda look reasonable......hmmmmmm.

[Ben Ficklin]

The problem is not neocons vs liberal interventionists. It is the coalition between neocons and the liberal interventionists.

You can make the broad generalization that under Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, and GHW Bush that the Realists had the upper hand but under Clinton the liberal interventionists rose to power and under GW Bush the neocons rose to power.

In 2008 McCain campaigned on a NeoCon foreign policy and Obama campaigned on realist foreign policy. In 2012 Romney went to great lengths to try to project that Realists and NeoCons would have a place in his admiministration, but towards the end of the campaign it became obvious that the NeoCons would be in charge if Romney won.

Bill Clinton retained General Powell(realist) as joint chief, but he resigned because he strongly disagreed with the liberal interventionist Albright. General Powell also resigned under GHW Bush because he strongly disagreed with NeoCon Cheney.

[ek_hornbeck]

I agree, there really isn't that much difference in foreign policy between liberal interventionists like Clinton and neoconservatives like McCain. The only difference I can see is that the liberals emphasize the "humanitarian" aspects of their agendas more, but there's plenty of overlap here as well.

Obama campaigned in 2008 as a Brzezinsky style realist but governed more or less like a liberal interventionist. George W. Bush promised a realist foreign policy as candidate in 2000 but governed like a neocon.

[Ben Ficklin]

"liberals emphasize the humanitarian"

The liberal interventionists and neocons are called Idealists, sometimes Wilsonian Idealists and their idealism manifests as humanitarianism, nation building, and spreading democracy. So it is really the Idealists versus the Realists.

As for Obama, he did follow the realists in 2009 and 2010, but when he began his campaign for re-election in 2011 he shifted to the liberal interventionists. He didn't want to get Carterized. And after his re-election he is back to realist.

For example: He hired George Mitchell(realist) as special envoy to push on Israel regarding the Palestinians. And when Obama began his re-election campaign in 2011, he got rid of Mitchell and stopped pushing on Israel, but not totally. Obama appointed Dan Shapiro(realist) as ambassador to work around Bibi. Then, after re-election, he put Kerry(realist) in as SoS who is pushing very hard on Israel.

That was probably a mistake. It doesn't make any difference how hard Kerry or anybody else pushes on Israel, Israel ain't gonna make a deal with the Palestinians.

By moving Kerry from chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to SoS, Obama lost control of the committee. Liberal Interventionist dem Menendez now controls the committee and Realist republican Corker is very weak.

[Grampa Dave]

[Mr. Peabody]

The infiltration is nearly complete on both sides of the aisle. Huma Abedin with Hillary and the democrats then the Honey Pot Elizabeth O’Bagy to capture McCain and the republicans.

[RetiredTexasVet]

Mc Cain is not insane. He is just following orders of his Progressive masters. The Progressives have enough on him that he would dance naked on 19th Street if told to do so.

[piroque]

McCain reminds me of the senator in the movie Shooter

[Chad_the_Impaler]

McCain is Protestant, but these Syrian Christians are descendent from Catholic and East Orthodox churches.

[ConservativeMan55]

bttt

[ponygirl]

I understand that he has his warts, but the Republican voters in Arizona, as demonstrated by their votes, love him, warts and all.

Not true. McCain gets elected and re-elected by Democrats and Independents every time. He's made sure our primaries stay open.

[hinckley buzzard]

Impaired judgment and defective impulse control are major signs of advancing dementia. Sen. McCain is clearly not fit to continue as a United States Senator by reason of mental defect.

[Lazamataz]

If John McCain had been elected President in 2008, the entire world would be a radioactive, smoldering husk.

[xzins]

...but he’s our SOB