All they have is McCain’s temper
The media has dug deeply into McCain’s background and they only thing they can dredge up is his temper. The Washington Post ran a front page opinion piece disguised as news Sunday titled “McCain; A Question of Temperament” that makes him out to be some kind of wild-eyed nutjob. And, of course they can find plenty of witnesses to support their contention that he’s too dangerous to be in the White House;
Since the beginning of McCain’s public life, the many witnesses to his temper have had strikingly different reactions to it. Some depict McCain, now the presumptive Republican nominee for president, as an erratic hothead incapable of staying cool in the face of what he views as either disloyalty to him or irrational opposition to his ideas.
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Former senator Bob Smith, a New Hampshire Republican, expresses worries about McCain: “His temper would place this country at risk in international affairs, and the world perhaps in danger. In my mind, it should disqualify him.”
Of course that’s hyperbole writ large – only in the movies do people get so mad they blow up the world – but then they’re playing to the segment of our society that confuse movies with reality. Well, today, since the Sunday article didn’t generate much outcry, they tried it again. Michael Gerson writes in the Post “McCain’s Anger Management“. Gerson’s evidence of McCain’s temper?
His 1999 autobiography relates how, as an angry 2-year-old, he would hold his breath until he lost consciousness — the kind of family lore with the ring of truth.
Of course we all know how most 2-year-olds are rational beings not given to temper tantrums. John McCain seems to be the exception.
It seems to me that if John McCain was such an insane, irrational, ranting wildman, there’d be an arrest record, but sadly, for the media, there isn’t. However, I could probably dig up an arrest record on some Democrats who are truly insane. Congressman Jim Moran, who has been arrested for drunken brawling in his district, comes to mind, but the Post backs his candidacy every year as he runs for office across the Potomac in Virginia.
But John McCain held his breath until he passed out when he was two, so that’s much worse.
Gosh, I may be mistaken but if I didn’t know better, I would think he was joking around. Look really close. Notice how his right eye is closed as if he’s blinking? LOL.
Hey Jonn, did you have an opportunity to read the Military Times yet? There’s an article in there titled, “Construction begins on USS Jason Dunham.” Just thought you’d like to know. Have a great day.
Let’s see, he looses his cool when he perceives “disloyality or irrational oppisition to his ideas.” Has he beat up any blogers for covering his events, because of said “irrational oppisition”? Has he planted any planes into buildings because of the same oppisition?
As for “disloyality” I know of plenty of circles that it can cost a disloyal member their life and it’s done with no emotion at all. Seems to me that the “Plant the seed of conspiracy crowd” would have dug up a piece of dirt like someone loosing their life because they were disloyal to him.
Hey Jonn, we reacted much worse than that and we were a few years past 2! To our credit we out grew it and I figure
John McCain did too.
OK, gotta weigh in on this one. First, I think that John Mc Cain, at least as far as Domestic Policy is concerned, is about as Conservative as Lucy Ricardo was lucid. That being said, as far as National Security is concerned, there is no question that he is our Man.
In my opinion, that is about the only issue that is truly left on the table for the upcoming Presidential Election. That and Taxes. Although Senator McCain seems to have that “Green” Mold spreading over him, and that will lead to hidden Taxation, he will hold the line on the up front Taxation on things such as Capital Gains, Basic “Income” Tax, blah, blah, blah.
Those are the kinds of things that the 24 year old Wall Street types who are truly prone to two year old Temper Tantrums that effect our Economy, sadly, since they do so in haste most often, respond to. Never the less, that’s a good thing in the end.
As for the “Rage” expressed in that picture, am I the only living fossil who saw the look on Jimmy F(‘n) Carter’s face when the Swimmer challenged his Nomination at the Democrodent Convention back in, what was it, 1980? That was true Rage, man. Mr. Peace. If that had been Bill Bubba Clinton standing there, we’d still be looking for Teddy’s parched bones in Ft. Marcy Park.
The Long Knifes are coming out now, and make no mistake, there will be a “Swift Boat” attempt made at him.
I remain far less worried about John McCain swatting the button in a fit of pique than I would be about Hillary accidntally hitting it when she threw a lamp at Bill, or O’Bamaramadingdong casually leaning on it as he was off to a “Prayer Meeting” at Trinity.
OK, gotta weigh in on this one. First, I think that John Mc Cain, at least as far as Domestic Policy is concerned, is about as Conservative as Lucy Ricardo was lucid. That being said, as far as National Security is concerned, there is no question that he is our Man.
In my opinion, that is about the only issue that is truly left on the table for the upcoming Presidential Election. That and Taxes. Although Senator McCain seems to have that “Green” Mold spreading over him, and that will lead to hidden Taxation, he will hold the line on the up front Taxation on things such as Capital Gains, Basic “Income” Tax, blah, blah, blah.
Those are the kinds of things that the 24 year old Wall Street types who are truly prone to two year old Temper Tantrums that effect our Economy, sadly, since they do so in haste most often, respond to. Never the less, that’s a good thing in the end.
As for the “Rage” expressed in that picture, am I the only living fossil who saw the look on Jimmy F(‘n) Carter’s face when the Swimmer challenged his Nomination at the Democrodent Convention back in, what was it, 1980? That was true Rage, man. Mr. Peace. If that had been Bill Bubba Clinton standing there, we’d still be looking for Teddy’s parched bones in Ft. Marcy Park.
The Long Knifes are coming out now, and make no mistake, there will be a “Swift Boat” attempt made at John McCain.
I remain far less worried about John McCain swatting the button in a fit of pique than I would be about Hillary accidentally hitting it when she threw a lamp at Bill, or O’Bamaramadingdong casually leaning on it as he was off to a “Prayer Meeting” at Trinity.
Gotta love the lib-rul muttonheads for the unshakeable belief that THEY are right. Even though McVain is a RINO the “leftist fringe” is going to go nuts in December….