John McCain Caught Playing iPhone Poker During Senate Hearing on Syria

[Newsjock]

http://gawker.com/john-mccain-caught-playing-iphone-poker-during-senate-h-1247579763

E McMorris-Santoro ✔ @EvanMcSan
PICTURE of McCain playing poker during Syria hearing is up http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics-live/the-senates-syria-hearing-live-updates/?id=ed01ca14-222b-4a23-b12c-c0b0d9d4fe0a … pic.twitter.com/ejMzAAbh0E
3:04 PM - 3 Sep 2013

[Avalux]

1. That, my friends, is all we need to know. n/t

[KittyWampus]

4. about what? McCain was always an empty suit with a great PR person inventing his bio (Salter)

[Avalux]

6. About the state of Congress.

I doubt many of them much care; it's a dog and pony show.

[Glimmer of Hope]

8. What a joke it is.

[tazkcmo]

2. Except instead of chips

he wins dead soldiers and dead brown people.

[Autumn]

3. I'm pretty damn sure he's a yes vote.

he's a fucking pig.

[Hydra]

17. Lol

That was my first thought. "I already know how this is going to go...time to sit back and wait for the cash to come in."

[notadmblnd]

5. But he has his Sharpie in his hand.

That means that he's ready to write the important stuff from the meeting on his other hand.

[surrealAmerican]

7. It's high time to retire this man.

Although he was never a great thinker, he's clearly not engaged in his work now.

[2naSalit]

9. He's done his

part/dirty deed so now he just has to wait for the checks to roll in from his benefactors.

[Jefferson23]

10. He's been gambling with other peoples lives for years. n/t

[chimpymustgo]

12. PIG. Waiting for the checks to roll in.

[avaistheone1]

13. Evidently so.

[Initech]

29. You'd seriously think a guy who spent five years as a POW would be the last guy to advocate war.

Sadly the "big club" has claimed another victim.

[Jefferson23]

30. I don't see how one can conclude he learned anything from his experiences...other

than, I made it home..screw the rest of them.

[avaistheone1]

11. Ssssssh

The Senate is a sacred place where they do serious, important things for the American people.
I can't image anyone soiling the dignity of the Senate and the hearings in such a way!

[longship]

14. Well sourced. WaPo journalist.

Photo looks enhanced to bring out contrast on iPhone display. Nothing wrong with that if it is, IMHO.

Senator. Do you take these proceeding seriously?

R&

[NightWatcher]

15. He just copped to it on CNN. He said he was bored during the hearing

[Scuba]

16. I call bullshit. No way McCain can work an iPhone.

[WillyT]

19. LOL !!! - Perfect !!!

[WillyT]

18. K & R !!!

[jakeXT]

20. He may be old like Doyle Brunson, but he's not good at it

Scandal! Caught playing iPhone game at 3+ hour Senate hearing - worst of all I lost!

https://twitter.com/SenJohnMcCain/status/375022721169506305

[Botany]

23. To John it is a just a big joke

"Scandal! Caught playing iPhone game at 3+ hour Senate hearing - worst of all I lost!" he tweeted.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57601230-71/john-mccain-laughs-off-iphone-poker-during-senate-hearing/

[B Calm]

21. Why don't that old man retire?

[mercuryblues]

22. thousands have died

thousands more will die, no matter what we do. But the worst part of it all, according to asswipe? He lost fake money playing online poker.

I have an incredible urge to rip off his head and shit in his neck, while playing Candy Crush. Of course the worst part would be not getting the sugar rush to beat the level.

[jsr]

24. He's waiting for Shock and Awe to come on

[caseymoz]

25. But he's come out against Syria incursion.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/04/john-mccain-senate-syria_n_3865660.html

Apparently, he had already made up his mind it was a bad idea.

[lonestarnot]

26. Our kids are just chips.

[jakeXT]

27. “Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy.” Henry Kissinger

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/218473-military-men-are-just-dumb-stupid-animals-to-be-used

[xocet]

36. That is a damning quotation....

Here is the source as best as I could find:

The Final Days
by Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein
1976

page 194:

...

                                        He (Haig) tolerated with superhuman strength[br] the abuse that Kissinger heaped on him.
     "Only someone schooled in taking shit could put up with it," Hicks[br] observed to his colleagues.
     In Haig's presence, Kissinger referred pointedly to military men[br] as "dumb, stupid animals to be used" as pawns for foreign policy.

...

http://books.simonandschuster.com/Final-Days/Carl-Bernstein/9780743274067

[lonestarnot]

38. Bloody Kissinger.

[NutjobMichele]

28. "GodDamn spies with their secret cameras!!!

Shouldn't they be busy keeping those dadgum kids off of my lawns!!!!"

[RoccoR5955]

31. We are just lucky.

That they didn't show pictures of him playing pocket pool!

[47of74]

37. Or Angry Birds

[madrchsod]

32. what?!

he`s not playing candy crush?

[sakabatou]

34. XD

[Blue_Tires]

33. If a Dem was caught doing this, the GOP would be starting a recall campaign

[judesedit]

35. Thank you God and country for President Obama!