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Updated 5:20 p.m. - Senate Republicans managed to achieve their goal of blocking U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice from becoming the next secretary of state after Rice, on Thursday, withdrew her name from consideration by President Barack Obama.
MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell and NBC's David Gregory joins The Cycle to report on Ambassador Susan Rice's decision to withdraw her name from consideration for Secretary of State and what this means going forward.
Republicans were more measured in their responses to the withdrawal than they had been in their earlier criticism of Rice, whose prospective nomination had come under fire for her role in publicly explaining the Obama administration’s assessment of the Sept. 11, 2012 attacks on a U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya.
"I respect Ambassador Rice’s decision. President Obama has many talented people to choose from to serve as our next Secretary of State," South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham said in a statement.
Related: Rice drops out of running for secretary of state
Graham, along with Sens. John McCain, Ariz., and Kelly Ayotte, N.H., had led an effort to pre-empt Obama from naming Rice as the successor to outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
"I respect Susan Rice's decision and appreciate her commitment to public service," Ayotte said in a statement. "However, my concerns regarding the terrorist attack in Benghazi go beyond any one individual."
Rice told NBC News in an exclusive interview on Thursday that she no longer wished for Obama to consider her for the position. In a letter to the president, Rice said she feared a confirmation fight in the Senate "would be lengthy, disruptive and costly." The full interview with Rice will air tonight on Rock Center with Brian Williams at 10 p.m ET.
McCain’s office said: “Senator McCain thanks Ambassador Rice for her service to the country and wishes her well.”
U.N. envoy Susan Rice is dropping out of the running to be the next secretary of state. Brian Williams will have an exclusive interview with Rice on tonight's "Rock Center With Brian Williams" at 10p/9c.
Each of the Republicans, though, expressed continued concern about the Benghazi incident in their statements, and said they would continue their efforts to probe the matter.
Obama said he has accepted Rice's decision, hailing her as an "extraordinarily capable, patriotic, and passionate public servant." He said Rice would continue to serve as U.N. ambassador, and as a member of his national security team.
The trio of Senate Republicans had vowed to work to block Rice's nomination if Obama settled upon the United Nations ambassador as his nominee, stemming from her explanation for the Benghazi attacks. Rice had appeared on public affairs shows the weekend after the attack to assert that the assault -- which left four Americans dead, including Amb. Christopher Stevens – to assert that it was the outgrowth of a spontaneous rally to protest an American video that was offensive to Islam.
An investigation in subsequent weeks revealed that the attack in Benghazi was actually a coordinated terrorist attack, which prompted pointed questions from Republicans about why the administration had first put Rice forth to assert otherwise. Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney tried for a series of weeks to effectively tarnish Obama politically with the mixed public explanation.
McCain, Ayotte and Graham pressed the matter further after the election, winning a meeting with Rice last month amid speculation that Obama wished to name the trusted adviser to fill the top diplomatic job.
"If Sen. McCain and Sen. Graham and others want to go after somebody, they should go after me," Obama said at a press conference following his re-election to rebuff the Republican troika. "And I'm happy to have that discussion with them. But for them to go after the U.N. ambassador who had nothing to do with Benghazi, and was simply making a presentation based on intelligence that she had received, and besmirch her reputation is outrageous."
But there were indications that the critiques had started to wear on the public perceptions of Rice. In the NBC/WSJ poll released Wednesday, Rice was rated positively by 20 percent of respondents, while 24 percent of said they had a negative perception of her.
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The three stooges managed to extract their pound of flesh!
I'm sure there is plenty of back-slapping & high-fiving going on right now amongst the terrible trio!
McNasty should be able to finally rest comfortably seeing how he finally managed to beat President Obama at something!
But at what cost...
Susan Rice is what a real American looks like and put country before party!
Shame the right will never understand that concept...
I wonder if the three stooges are ever going to fess up to what was said by Rice behind closed doors that made them so "deeply" troubled. Probably not. If this takes Ayotte, McCain and the super weird Graham out of the limelight for awhile, I'll be appreciative.
Best wishes for the holidays, Susan Rice. May you and your family have some peace.
The optics couldn’t be more clear … several white Republican men
piling on a small women and forcing her to submit to their desires.
Right before the presidential election, RepubliCONs were on an evil mission to destroy Pres. Obama's great record as an effective commander-in-chief in fighting terrorism.
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Ms Rice, always loyal, used her consummate skills to defeat GOP's evil attempt, having save President Obama from GOP's blitzkrieg. But the GOP failed.
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Best wishes to Susan Rice, and she will have plenty of great opportunities outside of government, more fulfilling than the GOP old hack John McChicken of Arizona
grow a backbone Susan! sheesh!
This is yet another GOP political assassination at its worst. The RepubliCONs have inherited their mentor Joseph McCarthy's evil approach so effectively.
Remember this one the next time Conservatives complain about "Borking" some extremist nominee.
I wonder if it occurs to any of those three imbeciles that they've been played. They certainly made themselves look like hysterical loons.
Why did the Obama administration tell her to say those stupid things about the video? If anyone is to blame for Susan Rice's bad situation it is President Obama. The video had NOTHING to do with the attack.
You left wing wackos can't see the truth in front of you. It must be a pathetic life when you just blindly follow a liar.
I've just read her resignation letter. That is a class act, and I wish her all the best in whatever she chooses to do in the future. The GOP will not be content until the hole they are digging reaches their cronies in China...
I am going to be pretty blunt here, so if any are offended I apologize in advance:
John McCain, Lindsay Graham and Kelly Ayotte can go @!$%# themselves.
John McCain is a smug and insane bastard, Lindsay Graham is a gay man's worst nightmare come true, and Kelly Ayotte is simply repulsive.
There. I feel a little better!
Rice, a member of the administration, used the statement that the white house and cia had vetted for her, and the 3 stooges wanted her to say something different?
this is BS.... it's business as usual for the GOP and has nothing to do with governing or doing their jobs.....
if a GOP rep to the UN had done the same thing, the nomination would be getting railroaded through....
37 days since the election... 18 days till CLIFF... and the GOP is doing the same freakin thing.... nothing but complaining
at mid terms I won't vote for a single Republican no matter what..... they need a lesson
Well now the hideous Gits have got their way on deciding who will be norminated, before the candidates was actually nominated...
Are they happy now?
House GOP - sign the effing middle class tax extension!! Pronto.
This whole administration can go @!$%#themselves.
If this was anything other than politically motivated, they would have demanded that she resign from her current post.
OK, what's the next faux emergency that needs to be talked about on the Sunday shows?
Feisty: Every word in your blog was absolutely pathetic; BUT TRUE. The GNOP has become not only a disgrace to them selves, but to the nation.
The woman deserved to be fairly vetted. She didn't just withdraw--she was asked to and make it appear that Obama didn't cave. That's the way it usually goes.
For McCain to actually diss Rice's intelligence--the man who actually proposed that Sarah Palin be president if anything happened to him--is just priceless.
Somehow I think the bigger and more provable sin is that the entire Bush administration lied about Hussein buying yellowcake in Niger after they were told that it would be an impossible transaction to take place there. And of course there's always those pesky WMDs. Snort.
Has anyone noticed that the article says..."Obama administration’s assessment of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on a U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya."
Think about that.......
Alaska Girl,
That is part of their "problem"!
None of them have been @!$%#ed in years...
Someone set her up with the "talking points" rhetoric, demonstration went wrong.
It was not her fault, yet here she takes the blame.
I still think that she should stay in the running for SoS, but I respect her decision, what a class act.
Amazing that Petraeus, Mr. Intelligence, was never called or questioned about the 'talking points', that Amb Rice used!
Mc Cain, Graham and Ayotte are the worst kind of cowards....bullies who refused to accept facts, just like all TeaPeople.........
They continued their relentless meaningless assault on Ms. Rice, non-stop!
It's a sad comment on Washington's extreme level of dysfunction when such a dedicated and capable public servant's career is derailed over something as mundane as saying what she was told to say, which was presumably the best information available at the time.
Benghazi was a security failure and an intelligence failure, and it's not like we haven't had a few of those over the years. Anyone remember WMDs in Iraq? How is it Rice's fault that we thought one thing at first, then later found out it was another thing?
@ Feisty: Oh, that makes alot of sense, especially when you look at Ayotte's pinched up face! No, they've been too busy @!$%#ing over this country to participate in any pleasurable activities, although if I were married to either McCain or, omg, I feel vomit coming on, Graham, I would definitely seek out a lover.
Hope all of you old white bastards are happy now.
President Obama was right. He sent her out there and told her to repeat what he knew at the time was untrue. Its not her fault. It's his. Hillary would not have done it. Powell did. and so did Condi - and their reputations were justifiably tarnished.
There is something refreshing about a Sec of State who wont tell a bold face lie to the American people just because its convenient for the President.
Rice showed she is no Hillary.
If the President did not want her to be tainted, then he should not have chosen her as the tool to deliver his lie.
Feisty Redhead Roselle, IL
Pound of flesh? Hardly! Four of our diplomats are dead, quite possibly because of her. What part about that don't you get?!
...and even if she wasn't involved in the decision not to beef up security before the Benghazi attack, she did communicate one big lie as to why it all happened.
But, oh I forgot. It's only wrong, it's only a "scandal" if someone other than Barrack Obama and his people are involved.
For as long as his name is attached to it, you can get away with anything you want. Even, if it means four families won't have their loved ones at home for Christmas this year, or any other year, for that matter.
Wow, this board has turned into a bunch of radical political bashers and useless banter. Nothing intelligent or constructive. I had a day off and partook in some debate over the last two days but people on here apparently are not working a job and generating taxable income (there are a few who do the most... such as at the very beginning of this thread.. even suppress access to their previous posts, but looking back I see they do it day in and day out, hour by hour They must be getting paid or on the payroll of a political party. Actually one admits that exact statement in her profile but I am not sure if she is paid) One guy the other day said he had to get back to his 12 hour job to make ends meet...and could not understand why everyone had time to do this..and they EVEN hopped all over and degraded him and made fun of him. Unbelievable.
Sorry Charlie(sorry couldn't resist it :) ) but scum like McCain, Graham and Ayotte and a few others are the types who will never be happy. They will continue their road of destruction, tossing aside anyone that gets in their way. Ms. Rice is their most recent victim, but she will by no means be their last.
All you libs are @!$%#ing sick.
1. She oversaw two embassy attack coverups
2. Investments in Iran
3. Investments in Keystone
She was NOT a good person for SoS. Obama used her as a patsy for the election, but her past history and financials give her sides that conflict with the SoS position.
This is totally aside from her personality, which I don't know since I don't know her personally. Nothing against her, but SoS was not for her.
But continue to think it was just a personal attack on her.
@!$%#ing pieces of @!$%#.
AlaskaGirl-759554
McCain and Graham should have their probes all right - but I would use a cattle probe on them.
Four diplomats are dead because of her? Really?
Please list each one of those diplomats by name!
When you can't even get something that minor straight, you expect us to take the rest of your screed seriously? lmao
Thanks to you, I just wasted a minute out of my life I will never get back for bothering to read your crap!
What a moron!
Rice Bows out thanks to two lowlifes, John McCain & Lindsey Graham - These two Clowns should be the ones to hit the highway !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jesus had 3 wise men and the GNOP has 3 old fools
Those killed included U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens.
I have heard his name a few times. I actually saw a list/names of the others yesterday at some point.
No @!$%# Sherlock!
Is that the same Christopher Stevens whose family has pleaded with the right to stop politicizing his death?
Which people like you and numb nuts above IGNORE?
Now, I'm waiting for the other 3 diplomats names and what their titles were...
Smart guy like you shouldn't have any problem coming up with them since I have no faith ZipperMan can provide them!
There are actually 5 people on here (newsvine) who keep going over each others and the same posts and vote up to get stars. That is an interesting newsvine/mob tactic...I could not get a snapshot of it until I managed to get a live history of this board to see it...
How can we the American People stop the GOP and their Tea Loonies from Destroying our Nation !!!
Some of you have the audacity to spew your crap about Benghazi and the four men that were killed, but none of you are ever able to name them. Could it be because you really don't give enough of a crap about any of them to even be able to refer to them by name?
Here they are. Maybe those of you who enjoy the blood lust you get can copy and save their names so that at least the next time you post your nonsense you can at the very least include the names of the men that you are using to further your radical agenda.
U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens
Former Navy SEAL Commando Tyrone Woods
Former Navy SEAL Commando Glen Doherty
Information Management Officer Sean Smith (also famous online gaming master)
Feisty: Thanks for your help with the other thing! :)
When 240 marines were killed in a terrorist attack in 1983 in Beruit, all congressional Democrats were standing together with Pres. Reagan during such national tragedy. Democrats didn't blame the failure on Reagan.
This time, the GOP actually had voted down a measure in congress to boost embassy security sometime before the Benghazi tragedy. I can't believe Rice has to pay for RepubliCON failures.
I think the voters will make the GOP pay again in November 2014 for their unreasonable unpatriotic approach.
Thanks AlaskaGirl-759554
Fiesty was beginning to get on my nerves using these people as a political tool. It is quite shameful.
It was in my browser from a month ago and I am perturbed I cannot spend and hour to go back and verify them. I have to get back to work.
Thanks for ending it though
John McCain started this battle simply in an attempt to remain "relevant" in the GOP. He should have quit long ago. In my opinion he no longer possesses the capability to deal with issues in a competent way. He's turned into a nasty old man that needs to stay home in his rocking chair.
Alaska Girl!
BINGO!
Not only couldn't they name them, they couldn't be bothered to even take the time to look them up! Not to mention only ONE diplomat was killed!
Anytime GF!
OHHHHH NOOOOES!
Talk about a liberal leftard conspiracy! How DARE Newsvine give users the option to vote for comments!
The HORROR!
Seek some help for your paranoia pal!
LMAO@U
You're aware of this really neat thing called "Google"... yes? lol
The next Republican nomination for State MUST be blocked...just for paybacks! (You gets what you gives, I believe!)
It would seem that Ms. Rice has finally realized that when you can't even convince Democrat Senator Diane Feinstein you deserve the job its time to stop embarrasiing youself
Feisty, those killed: Ambassador Stevens, Info. Office Sean Smith, Navy Seals: Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods, 37 other personnel rescued.
Tim, you don't know that, the hearings have not adjorned, SS Hillary Clinton will be testifying.
The PARTY OF NO STRIKES AGAIN!
Thanks SkyParrot!
I knew their names.
Was just proving those who politicize the tragedy have no idea what or who they are talking about!
PS: I ♥ the new avatar!
Well Alaska Girl,
I'd tell you to go #^@$ yourself too, but the noise from your vibrator would drown out my words.
You are a trip girl!
Now name all those killed in Iraq while hunting for the WMDs that Bush et al swore were there.
Lil Michelle
grow a backbone Susan! sheesh!
I think it has more to do with the news that she has so much at stake with this keystone pipeline project. What she has like 800,000 invested in it? IDK seems like that would be quite a conflict of interest. It's just funny she would capitulate now, the woman does have enough of a backbone to take on these distraction seeking jerks from the repub party, so I don't really believe that is the reason.
And yea, If the repubs are for it it's probably a bad idea for our nation.
These Republican obstructionists refuse to take responsibility for not properly funding embassy security around the world; but yet their more than willing to crucify a patriotic American like Susan Rice for their own failure.... they make me sick.
The goal of the self serving, Greedy Old Party has always been to get John Kerry nominated so they can re-run Wall Streets poster boy ex-Senator Scott Brown in Massachusetts.
If Republicans truly believe that Democrats will fall for their amateurish and obvious tactics then they’re dumber than they look and act. The only thing they and the washed up old Senator McMean have gained is greater resentment from real Americans.
The Republican Party is the most destructive force our country is facing right now. Every one of their actions either borders on or actually is treason. Unless Republicans start acting like Americans again and stop sowing hate and division their own hate will ultimately be returned to their doorstep tenfold.
1funnygirl, Now that was funny and well put. You go girl!
TO: JH-479998 who wrote:
You haven't been listening. It wasn't the Obama Administration who told her to say anything.
We already know Republicans are chomping at the bit to try to pin this on the President, but the fact is, if they could have, they would have done that before election day, November 6, 2012.
Yes...1(not)funnygirl....PLEASE go.
Alaska Girl - I love your perspective - right on girl. Thank you..
Total Dumbama BS - as usual.
Jesus did? I know he had 12 apostles but he had three wise men? Maybe you need to look at your nativity scene again
Just so John Kelly doesn't get nominated. I would take anyone but him.
The bullies won one as sometimes happens. Let's make it official. Chuck Hagel for Secretary of Defense and Charlie Crist as Secretary of State. The three Ogres will once again be burning candles at both ends to plan two simultaneous acts of consuming human flesh.
McCain’s office said: “Senator McCain thanks Ambassador Rice for her service to the country and wishes her well.”, right after stabbing her in the back!
McCain has had his 15 minutes of fame, now he needs to just go away like Sarah Palin. Two has beens that just don't know when the party is over and time to go home.
Lil Michelle.....grow a brain Michelle
And yet another brilliant master stroke in a seemingly never-ending display of inaction, disingenuity, and negativity by The Gang That Couldn't
ShootThink Straight.That's right....and he's not one of them.
Am I missing something? How does a UN Ambassador become in charge of security for a US Consulate?
No surprise there - GOPTP can't resist probing. What is surprising is we haven't seen a bill placed before Congress to authorize and approve the probing.
Good question, Layton.
You ARE aware that Susan Rice had no involvement in Benghazi beyond statements she made in the media following the attack that killed our four people?
It's completely absurd to blame Susan Rice for the death of our ambassador and three other diplomatic personnel, ZMan.
Next thing you know she'll be blamed for the 'War on Christmas'.
Lil Michelle ...
Who ARE you???
Which is it? Pandering to the masses or what exactly????
GOOD GRIEF!
And Theo ...
McCain's such a cheap Republican, he wanted his knife back!
A lot of work just to give Scott Brown another shot at the Senate. The only down side for the GOP is that they can't just turn around and reject Sen. Kerry after stating publicly he would "sail through" confirmation. This was NEVER about what Rice said on TV or what happened in Libya. It was about avenging their wounded pride from having Elizabeth Warren defeat their poster boy.
For a person who shows quality, character, integrity, and courage I would take Susan Rice over Sarah Palin, or Kelly Ayotte any day. She is a credit to this country at whatever she does.
is it ok drop F-bombs now?
i hope so...because Republicans, teabaggers, Fox news lovers, neocons, Limbaugh brown shirts, and red state Nascar half wits can all go @!$%# themselves
2014 is closer than you think and the American public will hold you obstructionist low-lifes accountable. kiss the house good bye, you vile scumbags.
What an irony...can the extremist GOP ever be measured any more?
On another note,that should cheer us up a little:
A twitter from NJ Governor Christie
"Yes Rush Limbaugh,I'm fat.Yes,I can be a fool.But at least I'm not a thrice-divorced fat fool caught illegally scoring painkillers."
Ouch,wonder what that's about. Someone pass the popcorn,this is getting good.
The facts are clear. Rice had access to classified data from the State Department before she went on the Sunday Morning talk shows and said what she knew was incorrect, the attack was a result of protests that got out of hand. My parents taught me that when you say something that is not true and you know it is not true, that is called a lie. No matter how you twist things around, Ambassador Rice lied and misled the American public to help President Obama's failed foreign policies. You don't get promoted for that!!!!
Alaska girl said,
"I am going to be pretty blunt here, so if any are offended I apologize in advance:
John McCain, Lindsay Graham and Kelly Ayotte can go @!$%# themselves.
John McCain is a smug and insane bastard, Lindsay Graham is a gay man's worst nightmare come true, and Kelly Ayotte is simply repulsive.
There. I feel a little better!"
What an charitable, understanding, broadminded soul you have...
How tolerant of you!!
I don't think I have ever seen anything more treasonous then the attack on Rice. Those involved are using an American tragedy for political purpose. They should be rounded up, taken to court, given a fair trial for treason and then taken to the gallows where they cannot harm America again.
Maxx and Bill, go @!$%# yourselves. You stinking fascist bastards.
All signs point to the fact that what Rice perpetuated appears to be nothing less then a coordinated lie. If it is ever made public, the soon to maybe be released Benghazi report from the independent investigation should clear up the whole mess. But lets assume for the sake of argument that Rice was sent out to lie about the situation, then is that really okay with liberals? Look I know the first response is going to be Bush lied, which apparently means any liberal now has a free to lie card. But when is enough going to be enough? When are we going to stop adding up two wrongs and coming up with a right? When are we going to set a standard that applies equally to everyone and not just to the other side of the isle? If Rice knowingly lied, then quite frankly she has no business holding any government position and it should be that simple for everyone.
Too bad this couldn't be factored into the fiscal cliff negotiations, because this is EXACTLY what Republicans wanted - Rice out and Kerry in. They desperately want that senate seat and figure Scott Brown's a shoe-in at this point.
Which is why I don't think the nominee will be Kerry. There are other qualified individuals out there.
John,
The fact the Repub's are clamoring for his nomination should be a GIANT red herring!
I would like to see the President nominate either Powell or Huntsman...
No doubt Kerry is well qualified, he's just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Just my 0.02
I'll give you a quarter, Feisty!
I would like to see Powell as SOS. I think he would serve well, and I also think he would have the president's back, unlike any other Republican he may be considering. I know that the president does what he thinks is in our country's best interest, but I hope he limits his Republican choices. That party on the whole sure hasn't done him or this country any favors, and I am sure there are plenty of more than qualified Democrats out there who can do the job.
They ruined John Kerry's presidential run with lies they will do it again.
I agree that largely what's behind all this is that they figure Scott Brown is a shoe-in as a Kerry replacement, but I'm not so sure. Brown got in the first time due to a weak opponent and complacency on the Dems part that a seat vacated by Kennedy wouldn't flip. I think this cynical move of sliming Rice to put Brown back in place will energize the voters of my state next time to keep the Massachusetts Mistake out of the senate.
all im saying is Condie Rice, and Pat Tillman..dont think i need to say anything else.
I will never Vote on a Republican again !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I sure hope those Republican't and Fundamentalist Reconstructionist snakes are happy. And I sure hope President Obama doesn't even offer the Time of Day to Senator Kerry.
Shame on all of the Republican'ts! Shame on them!!!
And thats my opinion.
I sincerely Hope that low-life Scott Brown is not the beneficiary of the useless John McCain and Lindsey Grahams hate campaign against Susan Rice.
--The racist, classless anti-Native American campaign Scott Brown ran against Elizabeth Warren was a disgrace to the nation. And I would like to see Scott Brown finished in American politics.
Now, I wish the Dems would be as nasty and aggressive against Scott Brown as McCain, Graham and Ayotte were against Susan Rice -- turnabout is fair play.
I believe Colin Powell would not accept, I am sure Iraq still weights heavily on him due to the Bush administration using him as their mouthpiece to promote a false war. Think Powell gun shy, although he would be a wonderful SS. His integrity was called into question, falsely, but a fact none-the-less, will stay off the world stage.
Huntsman, would be terrific, I can't help him being lambasted for helping the President by being Ambassador to china, I believe he may answer the call to serve again, lets hope.
Did geezer McCain's head explode yet, after all he can't go after Rice in public again and I am sure that just eats at him, maybe it will eat him into retiring back to Brewer land.
Kerry, does he really want the spot? Don't think Brown has a chance of recapturing his old seat, Warren showed the world what a true elephant's ass Brown really is. Women won't forget Brown's opposition to the Lily Ledbedder Act and support of the Blunt-Rubio Legislation, how about the latest voting no on the UN Disability Treaty. Scott the ever loyal republican trooper.
The Republican party is so ANTI minority, so PRO "good ol white boy", its sickening to say the least...
I wonder how Condi and Powell managed to last that long...in a party full of closet KLAN members.
Not even Abraham Lincoln could have predicted this...200 + years later...
What a shame....
As a lifelong liberal and Democratic Party Member - I could go for Powell or Huntsman, two of the few non-ethically-challenged Republicans that exist on the planet.
As long as you can get over Powell lying us into a war along with that other Rice woman. Powell seems to have some level of contrition over his actions. That alone should bar him from the GOP for life.
How smarmy - and Brown just goes right along with the creepy plan even though he knows the voters rejected him. What a tool.
Patriotic American U.S.A.
And how do you accomplish voting on a republican? I thought your vote was tabulated either on paper or electronically!
New form of voting, huh?
charlie7274
Hope all of you old white bastards are happy now.
So, what color are you if I may ask????
Well, John McCain has slipped even further down in my estimation. He was/is the best of the Republican party. It's just sad. He tacked his sailboat too far right for political gains and as a result, he has lost much good will among middle-of-the-road Democrats.
Who said Kerry is in? Republicans? Who cares what they think since they are the problems in congress right now?
If Rice knowingly lied she has no business ever holding any position in government. It really should be that simple. Once we start justifying lies, or rating them on a scale then we should never expect anyone to be honest in government. You cannot accuse one side of lying but dismiss it from your own party. We need to stop adding up two wrongs and coming up with a right. Those interjecting race need to go take a cold shower. This endless race card has got to stop. The partisan divide is growing not shrinking in this country, and the discourse anything but civil. Fidelity to principle is seriously lacking in this country.
GOP has failed in solving the fiscal cliff, but has push Nice Ms Rice over the political cliff.
Shame on you, GOPee.
When you are too stupid to see you are being set up as a scapegoat... you get what you deserve.
Obama couldn't stop the terrorist attack. He could have beefed up security but there is no guarantee it would have changed the outcome.
The tragedy is that within minutes of the attack they knew it was a premeditated terrorist attack, but they chose to lie about it and blame some video (protected by free speech). I wish we would make an anti-Muslim video weekly!
And even when every news outlet and American knew it was terrorism and had nothing to do with a video, they continued to lie and sent Susan Rice out to broadcast them. Any 3rd grader would know they were being sold a bill of goods. But only a true politican would go out and lie anyway.
DJO you are just another Republican with your head up your a--
McCain, Graham and their Tea Looney GOPigs are an disgrace and dishonour to our Nation !!!!!
God help America with these Clowns in office !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Funny how the Republicons are always strong for being against something, but never for anything.
Three white men raped a black woman. And in public, too.
TheRealChris-
You are a fool, or as I like to refer - "a Dick for a Brain". Your comments are repulsive.
And true, too.
Keep Seig Heiling the Republican crime family.
McCain, Ayotte and Graham have no honor. I repeat...they are not honorable citizens. Their success in the political assassination of Ms. Rice will besmirch their reputations for the rest of their dishonorable lives, and beyond.
If I could, I would vote your comment up over and over and over again.
I am not too concerned about Rice. I do find it strange that the republican party (and many democrats) would declare war on a country because of weapons of mass destruction, not find any and have no investigations into it. Makes me think the embassy thing is just a smoke screen.
Amen.
Susan Rice was just repeating what she was told. That other Rice (Condaleeza) perpetuated that myth about WMD long after it was obviously not true. To THIS DAY, she STILL defends that epic mistake of a war, and she never paid a political price for her role in the historical tragedy that was the Bush administration.
How anyone can defend the duplicity and destructive nature of the GOP is beyond me.
Once again, the Repubs are just plain nasty and get what they want. However, when the Demos do the same, the Repubcs start immediately wailing and gnashing their teeth about unfair play and being discourteous, blocking this and that, etc. Why do the Repubs continue to get a free pass about this? I really wish the Demos would have done this to keep Roberts off the Supreme court, but nooo, they had to compromise. Dum, da dum, dum, DUMB!
Have you read ANY of the posts above? The rude, nasty and gnashing of teeth by the political left? Sir I think you have your criticism focused on the wrong group.
Nothing but insults from the democrat supporters. Only a few posts that are not inflammatory or derogatory. What a shame that an adult forum is overun by such childish behavior.
repubs cannot stand having another "colored one" in the administration, that's the real reason. nuff said.
I agree, because its the "colored ones" that are constantly in the hot seat these days, and they are circling the wagons. Lets remember Lying Holder of Fast and Furious fame is "colored." 'Nuff said.
Eric Holder was the person who STOPPED fast and furious.. you should honor your screen-name and do a little research and get a reality check.
Black and female - the double whammy for republicans
It's no surprise that the GOP is racist and consider women second rate citizens when, in fact, they are the second rate citizens.
You are a fool!
The more you imbeciles post this stuff, the more you prove the rights point about how ignorant you are, but hey don't let that stop you, just keep spewing the same old tripe!
Colored? isn't it funny how the left accuses the right of being racists and the lefties are the ones using the racist words.
How can three people have enough power to do this. The Pres. should decline her withdrawl and fight for her if that is the person he wants. Nothing will get done if we let these Jacka$$ continue to run this government into the ground.
I agree, however Obama may want to choose his battles and this may be one that actually gives him an edge in another battle, however at Rice's expense.
I think they got away with it.. because Pres. was torn.. not over his loyalty to Susan Rice --- but torn over his loyalty to John Kerry -- J.K. wanted SoS NOT Sec. of Defense -- I think President Obama tried to interest Kerry in the position with Defense.. but it is said he doesn't want it. President owes him a great debt as he was Obama's debate partner and (imo) prepped Pres. into giving Romney a stern whipping in the second and especially in the third debate.
hmmmm....the phrase "high-tech" lynching does come to mind
John McCain used to be an American hero but now, he is nothing more than garbage and it is unfortunate that the Cong didn't put a bullet in his head when they had a chance. Lieberman has always been the biggest syncofant and kiss a$$ for Israel, as he prefers them to Americans. They both are nothing more than pond scum. I have always mixed my vote, but I see that is not possible now. Also, I am a 55 year old white man that makes 6 figures, and the Republicans can't lose many of us. McCain, Lieberman, 2 old white men beating up on a woman, even a minority woman, nothing new for you two huh?
As a 51 year old white liberal that makes six figures, there used to be a day when you and I could have had a conversation about what is best for the country. The modern GOP took that away from us.
I have nothing but respect for your decision. There was a time when I mixed my vote too, pre-Reagan.
You guys are really missing the point/barking up the wrong tree...
She had little public support from Democrats when it counted. When she met with the Republicans, there should also have been "praise" meetings with Democratic Senators and Congresspeople.
Where were the previous SoS's?
Where was Madeline Albright, for example? Rice was left to swing in the wind, as it was always going to be John Kerry's job if he wanted it. It's called politics for a reason.
Partisan politics is nothing new. Amb. Rice made a statement though which should be cause for concern that she may be too naive to be effective when she apparently stated "the Secretary of State shouldn't be politicized." Excuse me, but has been an appointed position of the President (ergo the President's party) since 1776.
She was left to swing in the wind because that was the plan all along. She was the sacrificial lamb. Another one throw under the bus buy o'bammy...
"by Obama"
Reality,
I'm curious, what is your point/goal of using "o'bammy"? It seems to tell more about you than POTUS.
You a racist,,, or just stupid?
Sacto,
it always dose. People that defame the office of the President with slurs and other names are all spitting on one of the most sacred offices of this nation. Sure Democrats have, in the past, done the same thing with Republican Presidents however I doubt that a large majority of them meant those cat calls in a literal way like the current batch of Neo-Republicans (aka tea party, they do not deserve to be called Conservatives at this point because Conservatism has been dead since Bush, twice dead with the coming of the tea party).
They just hate this President because he is Black, because they believe the non-factual assertions that he is a Muslim, because they believe the lie that he is a Socialist. They do not even know what Socialist means they are so pathetically misinformed; they believe that Socialism is Communism, just better disguised which is a complete falsehood.
They do not understand that we are not a Capitalist nation, we have both Socialist and Capitalist policies ranging from our free market (Capitalist) to our military (Socialist).
So long as Republican politicians have to kneel-tow to the misinformed like Reality they will not be able to do well on the national stage and those in Washington know it; that is why they are trying to raise so much crap over nothing like Benghazi, Rice, Fast & Furious, and anything else Obama tries to do. All of this stuff and more has happened in the past and we never saw such fervent back stabbing as what is going on over the past four years.
Is he a racist or stupid - kind of looks like both.
Reality Check should change his name to Spell Check...
A senile MCCain who can only remember one course of action to keep us 100 years in war and to always is for bombing other countries has not been able to cope with losing to Obama in the first place and he has turned into an old, grumpy or better nasty man who is probably only fit to retire. It is sad that this clown and Graham do not shy away to destroy other peoples life to position themselves with the right wing.
McCain cannot cope with losing to Obama and no one can understand McCain selecting the idiot from the North as his VP.
McCains only qualification to be a POW which he thinks qualifies him to speak on foreign policy?? and for him to say a women with several degrees from top schools is unskilled is quite something. He probably does not even understand complex problems and his actions in this case are frivolous.
Republicans are only out to destroy America for the 1%.
Have you seen a vote for even one job by the republicans since they ran on jobs, jobs, jobs? They run on jobs and then instead start attacking women's rights, voter rights and union rights. The old bait and switch.
Vote for a republican at your own peril.
I hope McCain and company don't stop now.
I just want Obama to apologize to the American people for perpetuating a lie for weeks.
He did nothing to try to save those people. He knew within an hour it was a terrorist attack and not a peaceful protest.
And peaceful protest or not, when you attack America soil... you should be carpet bombed for three weeks. Instead, Obama spent three weeks lying to Americans. But too cowardly to do it himself, he sent Susan Rice to do it. But if she has any honor, she would have turned him down.
djo-34 , the entire affair is not a political football, period. Yet, the Wrong Party of NO continues to bark up the wrong, dead ole', tree. Pathetic beings all!!
So sorry of your political loss in your dear Mr. Mittens not going to Washington, but you guys picked the flippy/flopper and got what you deserved; that would be an ASS KICKIN' !!
If it wasn't for the gerrymandering done over the last 2 years, you fools would have lost the House too! Brilliant is not a description for the GOTPers.
So your bullies beat up on Ms. Rice, hope they feel like gladiators------------NOT!!
They won't be getting Sen. Kerry either , dorks. We'll keep the majority i the Senate instead. TTFN!!!
They never said it was a peaceful protest. They said it was an attack perpetuated by a protest against the video in which militants and other terrorists co-opted and turned it into a flash mob. This is partially true but not the full truth. Obama did not lie about anything. He said what the CIA, FBI, and other intelligence agencies provided to him about what happened.
This was a 9/11 style Intel. failure and I do not understand why you and others cannot seem to understand this. We knew they were going to attack back then but because the CIA/FBI/et al did not coordinate with the FAA terrorists who were known and on the no-fly list for those agencies were not on the FAA lists and so were allowed onto the planes.
There is no coverup unless you believe there was a coverup of 9/11. People are dead and as Obama said it is ultimately his responsibility but he did not cover up any information nor did he conspire to hide anything. If you want to place blame for the content of the intel look to the Intelligence community. They know much more about the situation than the President did at the time.
Of course everyone knew it was a terrorist attack. In fact the act itself is an act of terror. What you mean, and what you should say because what you just said is factually incorrect, is that they knew it was an Al-Qaeda or AQ affiliated attack but did not divulge that information.
This statement is factually correct. To state that they knew it was a terrorist attack but said it was not a terrorist attack is a misconception, in fact a down right lie.
NBC News - Get your dates right - "explaining the Obama administration’s assessment of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on a U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya."
It was in 2012.
Good catch.
I've asked you clowns before,,, can't you hire a proofreader?
Major fail on NBC's part. Time to fire the editor I suppose. Get your dates right. America was attacked on September 11, 2001. Benghazi was attacked on September 11, 2012, eleven years later.
There was a time when a president first nominated someone for a post and that nomination was fully-scrutinized DURING the approval process. The fact that these 3 senators were scrutinizing Rice before she was even nominated was appalling.
And the GOP expects cooperation after smearing this lady as they did with the most egregious of insults????
Aint gonna happen! One more reason the Republican brand is headed for oblivion!! Id LOVE To see Reid strip some GOP senators of their most cherished committee assignments!
Her letter to Obama shows why she is and will always be more classy than Graham, McCain and Ayotte put together. These three care more about getting their faces in front of the camera rather than doing what voters need for them to do.
How sad for New Hampshire, Arizona and South Carolina- embarassing and an enormous waste of resources and leading examples of the worst of Congress.
This has been just a glorified witch hunt by three clowns.
Benghazi... Get it? you never will. Seems a bit of a coincidence that billery bumps her head and she is unable to testify in front of congress about what happened... Oh wait I know it's all Bush's fault.
Screw McCain, Graham and all the rest of those blowhard jerks. They have embarassed the republican party, and their leadership is what's a disgrace to America. The republicans have acted like small minded children who whine and cry when they don't get their way. They care nothing for America or Americans, and when they lose their positions, no one will give them any sympathy or caring.
Is it possible to embarrass the modern day republican party?
Absolutely not! When we made up this non-issue story and attempted to make it the centerpiece of our strategy to make people forget the 47% comment, we never realized that we would have to continue to make fools of ourselves after the election was over. We assumed the vote would be stolen if not won and Slick would be heading for the White House about now.
The problem with our sacred Republican Party is that we put too much power in the hands of the idiot, Rove, who blew all the money making up irrelevancies and buying TV time that was not in Spanish... I have a law suit in the works right now to get the $12m back that I loaned that SOB. "No results, no leniency," I told him.
Sorry, gotta go, I have a call coming in from my drilling foreman in the Grand Canyon. He's been working to plug that bitch before it starts pouring over Havasu Falls. At $100 a barrel that would be a disaster...
I used to admire McCain, always thought Graham was little more than an opportunist with his finger in the air checking the wind direction, and Ayotte has started her career off being labeled a shoot first, aim later person.
McCain, who barely graduated the Naval Academy, dumped a couple of fighter jets, and has played the POW most of his adult life, is a bitter old man.
Obama will need to carefully husband his chits in the coming months and Ms. Rice's withdrawal was gracious and helpful. Two traits the Republicans have yet to display.
It is not difficult to see why they lost the election. To quote an old sports saying"play the ball not the man"!!!!
I am disappointed that she will not become Sec. of State but I think this is another sound political move for the President for several different reasons. It will only be a matter of time before the republicans come up with something else to make themselves look silly about.
McCain’s office said: “Senator McCain thanks Ambassador Rice for her service to the country and wishes her well.”
What a hypocrite. Somebody in the Department of Justice should investigate the story that went around on the internet over the last few years that McCain never spent a second as a NV POW. The story said that he spent his Nam years living over a bar in Saigon getting drunk and using opium every day. His dad, a mucky muck in the Navy, got his status changed from AWOL to POW in trade for McCain to straighten up before he was shipped home. When he came home, the only thing he could do was get into politics since he had no marketable skills and was willing to say and do anything for the votes. The first story I read was by a guy who said he knew him in Saigon and named the bar. I have seen several confirmations by Nam vets that support the story.
Please share em with us Tex2c
McCain and Graham, at best, are a couple of "bullies" who use their office to intimidate and coerce people to push their own agenda for their own political purposes and to serve the interests of the very few, their strong supporters and masters. The people's interests are not served by them as they take for granted that the people can be conned and public opinion can be manipulated. No matter what anyone thinks of S. Rice, McCain's and Graham's tactics are disgusting in their efforts to gain attention, fault others and promote their own political agenda with over zealous attacks and tongue-in-check criticisms. The fact that they got away with it is a real shame as that just encourages them.