McCain Calls Obama Worse Than Jimmy Carter

[DonViejo]

CAITLIN MACNEAL – JANUARY 22, 2014, 1:23 PM EST

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) on Tuesday said that President Obama's approach to the conflict in Syria makes him a lesser president than even Jimmy Carter.

"I have never seen anything like this in my life. I thought Jimmy Carter was bad, but he pales in comparison to this president in my view," he said in an interview on Phoenix radio station KFYI.

McCain said that situation in Syria has become a regional conflict and that al Qaeda-affiliated groups have become involved.

"It is spreading throughout the region, and sooner or later it will affect the United States of America if you allow a place to become a base for al Qaeda," he said. "We now have thousands of fighters of this — radical, extremist, al-Qaida affiliated people pouring in from all over the world into Syria, fighting against our guys, who are the good guys and also not doing much fighting against Bashar Assad."

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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/mccain-obama-worse-than-carter

[Mass]

1. I liked Jimmy Carter. He was a good president in difficult times.

Same for Obama.

McCain has been wrong on most issues forever.

[shenmue]

28. Carter was awesome

[BeyondGeography]

2. What a fucking loser

Shut up already.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

39. McCain has no idea what is going on

he wants to be in the loop but he doesn't have a grasp

[JoePhilly]

3. McCain's views on foreign policy are a joke.

[underpants]

4. Hey uh .... W was so bad he made it hard for a white guy to get elected President

Ringing any bells there Senator? Anything?
Do you remember when that happened?


BTW- that line is from Chris Rock

[Botany]

5. ATTN John McCain

You lost the election almost 6 years ago. You do not get to
make foreign policy. Syria is not a threat to the United States.
Syria is getting rid of it's chemical weapons. America does not
need to get involved in a civil war in the middle east.

God Damn it we already have a Sec. of State his name is John Kerry
and he is doing a good job.



Remember what happened last time you visited Syria?

[marble falls]

16. But these murdering thugs were so photogenic!

[Botany]

17. Yes, the liked to cut off people they kidnapped fingers and then send ...

... the fingers to their victims families and demand a ransom payments.

But according to Grampy McCain these were people we could work with.

[liberal N proud]

6. 2008 is still gnawing at Gramps

And as for the rest of the republicans; they are still trying to defeat Obama and have not realized that this is his last term.

[Zambero]

7. A false premise and baseless comparison

Yet another neocon talking point pulled out of thin air by the sorest of sore losers.

[SamKnause]

8. Jimmy Carter

McCain you are a disgrace.

You have been a disgrace for a long time.

You have latched on to the government teat and you show no signs of letting go.

Your opinion means zero, nada, nil, nothing to me.

You unleashed Sarah Palin on this country.

The crazies flocked to her like flies to shit.

The country has been in a death spiral since the Bush administration.

You sicken me.

[GeorgeGist]

9. It'll be a red-letter day when no one ...

on DU thinks John McCain is worth parroting.

[karynnj]

10. From McCain's perspective, his neocon policies, that were Bush's policies,

have been firmly rejected in the last year. You can see his anguish in his comments - especially this one and the one that Kerry is a "wrecking ball" of American foreign policy. You see in this one, the Republican CW - that unfortunately gained too much currency among Democrats - that Jimmy Carter was a disaster. (It amazes me that 2004 was the first convention he spoke at after 1980.) Sadly, I bet it takes less time for the Republicans to rehabilitate GWB.

The silver lining in this comment is that it does make clear that President Obama HAS changed America's foreign policy. Syria is a mess, but it is certainly not clear what the US should or could do militarily. Given that the Geneva talks just started why is it not unpatriotic for McCain to be trying to gain political ground by attacking the President? This should be a point where he should do whatever he could to help diplomacy succeed.

The funny thing is that in the Iran negotiations (not the Syrian ones), it might be the world achieves the reset of the Middle East that the neocons thought they could create by regime change in Iraq. It might be that his real fear is that if Obama and the world succeed, that whole movement will be forever discredited (beyond where it is now).

[think]

11. Will never forget when McCain sang a parodied verse of the Beach Boys "Barbara Ann" as "Bomb Iran"

Mad skills I tell ya. Mad skills that man....

[Arkana]

12. Still can't get over losing, can you Johnny Mac?

[LibGranny]

13. They say doctors only know one word - VIRUS

and McSame only knows one word - WAR! I thought he made a lot of money from beer but he must have his hands in other pockets!
All his vitriol against President Obama just sounds like SOUR GRAPES!

[geek tragedy]

18. so says the person who refers to the Obama administration as "Chicago thugs"

and who bashes everyone from Chicago as thugs.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=345526

[phleshdef]

19. I smell pizza.

[marble falls]

15. By extension then Romney was worse than Reagan?

[yellowcanine]

20. Dang it, who ignored the signs and woke up Grumpy?

[yellowcanine]

21. Where does that put you dickwad, being as you lost to him, by even more than Romney did?

[Xyzse]

22. Carter was a great President...

Obama doing worse than Carter? That could be considered a compliment in certain circles.

[geek tragedy]

23. McCain would put US troops in harm's way there, so this is a compliment nt

[Blue Idaho]

24. And who is worse than John McCain?

No one - absolutely no one.

[Coyotl]

25. Indeed, why isn't Obama more like Bush, starting his own wars, etc.

Syria...ously John?

[Auggie]

26. Hey gramps ...

this has your name on it. Time to retire.

[bowens43]

27. which means he is better then reagan or any republican since....

[Skittles]

29. McCain is bitter because Carter and Obama became what he will never be - PRESIDENT

yes INDEED

[otohara]

30. Wish They Cared About Our Gun Deaths

as much as they care about civil and religious conflicts in the ME.

[Blue Owl]

31. Whatevs...

Gramps is off his meds again...

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

32. So, let me get this straight: The guy who lost BADLY to Barack HUSSEIN Obama claims that said man is

worse than Jimmy Carter. Therefore, if transitive theory laws apply, that would mean that McCain is the worse than Barack Obama, which makes him the worst of all!

Oh, I get it.

[calguy]

33. I heard one of the pundits say awhile back.......

John McCain is and always has been just one war away from happiness.

[anti partisan]

34. I agree with Senator McCain for once

Obama is worse than Jimmy Carter, and I wish he were more like Carter.

[sakabatou]

35. Sorry John that you're so butthurt from the last election

No, wait, I'm not sorry. I feel pity. No, that's not quite right either.

[Third Doctor]

36. Mcsames opinions and judgement calls are not worth a damn.

He was dumb enough to pick Palin as a running mate.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

38. Knowing Palin as well as we all (unfortunately) do now, 5+ years later

He has lost any claim to having good judgement about anything IMHO

[Proud Liberal Dem]

37. Not to say I agree with McCain here

but if what he is saying is true, what does that make him- having lost to "worse-than-Carter" Obama? BTW it's ALWAYS easier to sit on the sidelines and snipe at the people actually in charge- not him- of making decisions of how, when, and where we should get involved.............

[Presidentcokedupfratboy]

40. McCain still hasn't let go

He lost badly to Obama and he still can't believe it. McCain's only response to every foreign problem is war, while Obama gives negotiations a chance.

[Paladin]

41. Piss off, Gramps. You lost your griping rights when you imposed Palin on us. (nt)

[ancianita]

42. Showing off more of his 'Palin judgment' -- the kind he later regrets publicizing.

[RBInMaine]

43. HEY OLD SENILE GRAMPY WAR MONGER: GO SHOVE A MISSILE UP YOUR ASS !!

This from the asshole said we should be in Iraq for a hundred years. Sorry GRUMPY McSAME, but the vast majority of Americans DO NOT WANT MORE OF YOUR ENDLESS GODDAMNED WARS.