McCain On His Comey Questions: Maybe I Shouldn’t Stay Up Late For Baseball

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., questions former FBI Director James Comey during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Thursday, June 8, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) on Thursday reflected ruefully on his questions to fired FBI Director James Comey during an open session of the Senate Intelligence Committee.

“I get the sense from Twitter that my line of questioning today went over people’s heads,” McCain said in a statement. “Maybe going forward I shouldn’t stay up late watching the Diamondbacks night games.”

McCain said he wanted to find out whether Comey believed “that any of his interactions with the President rise to the level of obstruction of justice.”

“While I missed an opportunity in today’s hearing, I still believe this question is important, and I intend to submit it in writing to Mr. Comey for the record,” he said.

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  1. I don’t stay up late to watch the game if I’ve got a teleconference in the morning, and I’m half your age, senator.

  2. “I get the sense from Twitter that my line of questioning today went over people’s heads,” McCain said in a statement. “Maybe going forward I shouldn’t stay up late watching the Diamondbacks night games.”

    Rosetta Stone Walnuts Edition - “In spite of being 80 years old, when I don’t get enough sleep, I become much, much, smarter than everyone else, and in the future, I should try not to embarrass them with my brilliance”.

  3. Maybe you should retire already and allow Arizona to get some fresh blood and brainpower in the Senate for a change. Its time gramps. Waaay past your due date. Go to one of your many houses your wife has and just chill already, would ya?

  4. McCain said he wanted to find out whether Comey believed “that any of his interactions with the President rise to the level of obstruction of justice.”

    Bullshit. Your enfeebled mind constructed a non-existent connection between Hillary Clinton (OOGA BOOGA) and the Russian election meddling. Time to retire, you senile old coot.

  5. “I get the sense from Twitter that my line of questioning today went over people’s heads,” McCain said in a statement.

    Um, er, well, um…

    Sir, if your line of questioning wasn’t designed to confuse the public, leave Comey saying that he’d spoken to a lot of humans, force your fellow senators to hide their faces so that their true WTF feelings couldn’t be seen, provide bewilder but raucous laughs at DC bars, and make you look like a demented doddering old man, then yes, I’d have to days that your line of questioning went over many people’s heads. Perhaps everyone’s head. Quite a feat there!

    Um, yeah, sure, what the heck, good, okay…

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