AP: Will McCain's Temper Be A Liability?

[Hissyspit]

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Will McCain's Temper Be a Liability?
2008-02-16 11:01:39
By LIBBY QUAID Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) — Temper, temper.

Republican John McCain is known for his.

He's been dubbed "Senator Hothead" by more than one publication, but he's also had some success extracting his hatchet from several foreheads.

Even his Republican Senate colleagues are not spared his sharp tongue.

"F--- you," he shouted at Texas Sen. John Cornyn last year.

"Only an a------ would put together a budget like this," he told the former Budget Committee chairman, Sen. Pete Domenici, in 1999.

"I'm calling you a f------ jerk!" he once retorted to Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley.

With Cornyn, he smoothed things over quickly. The two argued during a meeting on immigration legislation; Cornyn complained that McCain seemed to parachute in during the final stages of negotiations. "F--- you. I know more about this than anyone else in the room," McCain reportedly shouted.

Cornyn chuckled at the memory of what he called McCain's "aggressive expressions of differences." The Texan has endorsed McCain. "He almost immediately apologized to me," Cornyn said last week. "I accepted his apology, and as far as I'm concerned, we've moved on down the road."

The political landscape in Arizona, McCain's home state, is littered with those who have incurred his wrath. Former Gov. Jane Hull pretended to hold a telephone receiver away from her ear to demonstrate a typical outburst from McCain in a 1999 interview with The New York Times.

McCain has even blown up at volunteers and, on occasion, the average Joe.

He often pokes fun at his reputation: "Thanks for the question, you little jerk," he said last year to a New Hampshire high school student wondering if McCain, at 71, was too old to be president.

Other times, his ire is all too real. This has prompted questions about whether his temperament is suited to the office of commander-in-chief or whether it might handicap him in a presidential campaign against either Barack Obama or Hillary Rodham Clinton, who are not known for such outbursts.

"I decided I didn't want this guy anywhere near a trigger," Domenici told Newsweek in 2000.

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[Skinner]

1. There's a quote that might come back to haunt McCain.

"I decided I didn't want this guy anywhere near a trigger," Domenici told Newsweek in 2000.

[Hissyspit]

13. I certainly hope so. n/t

[Happyhippychick]

2. His temper is legendary and I'm really beginning to suspect that

the guy is a bit unhinged. Cheney is famous for a bad temper but this guy makes him look like Bambi.

I feel badly for him because I'm sure it comes from the trauma of being a prisoner of war.

[Eurobabe]

5. I'd rather like to think it is PTSD from 20 ys in the Senate

that's long enough in WARSHINGTON to make anyone a grumpy old man.

[calmblueocean]

3. A: Yup, yes indeedy! It will.

Is this the man we want representing us to other nations? What affect does his temper have on his judgment? On his ability to reach out to new allies, and to maintain friendships with old ones?

Questions must be answered... :)

[kurth]

4. Nah. Nothing modern medicine can't fix

with a straight jacket.

[Mz Pip]

6. Only if the voters

get to witness some of it. Hearing about his blow-ups won't be nearly as effective as getting to see one on live TV.

Every interview I've ever seen with him he's been calm and almost sedate. He's all "My friends" and polite.

I want to see him explode with rage and yell at someone on live TV.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[coco77]

14. I have been waiting on that too,,,

if the reporters could get him in the right situation, I waited for it for Bush but they were too afraid to follow up and let him get away with what I have never seen other presidents get away with. I always hated that Sam Donaldson was not in on some of those press conferences. He is at the verge of exploding when he talks to reporters now, it cracks me up how he tries to pretend that he is so polite and nice.

[Ichingcarpenter]

7. John McCain as Miss South Carolina on economic issues.

He will be destroyed in the debates by any candidate of our choosing.
He lost his temper and his cool in the debates between his opponents many times



This is really funny though........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu-tg1kQ8dk

[kentj44]

8. mccains temper

as a wife beater,philanderer and a remark that chelsea was ugly because she is related to janet reno.

[Hissyspit]

12. Thank you. I'd forgotten about some of that.

It will be important during the General Election.

[Poiuyt]

17. Wife beater?

I had heard about the rest, but not that he was abusive. Do you have any links?

[kentj44]

18. common knowledge

but i guess not common enough,use to knock the stew out of his 1st wife and was running around with his 2nd wife while married to his first wife.typical rethug.

[poiuytsister]

20. You just have to love those

Republican family values.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

9. I'd like to see him go ape shit during a debate

I wonder which of the two Dem candidates could do the best job of getting under his skin.

[coco77]

15. Just think if he was in a debate with either of our candidates ,,,

and called either of them a N or B...

[my2sense]

19. YOu Beat me to it!

I think Hillary could get him to go off before Obama...as he's pretty cool and respectful in debates....Hillary would bring a full frontal assault and he'd go ape shit crazy...I'd pay to see that.

[coco77]

21. They would then start showing the clip...

of him agreeing with the old woman who called her B.

[KaryninMiami]

10. Let's just pray that the Dems have the balls to use some of those soundbites - early and often

He is dangerous- his anger concerns the GOP tremendously. He's also disgustingly insulting in his commentary and humor. Never mind that he just "flip-flopped" on waterbaording (torture), spent the day after Katrina while thousands were in peril, celebrating Bush's birthday.

[kentj44]

11. he looks like

he belongs in a hospice.5 plane crash mccain.

[DemoTex]

16. Temper? McCain? .. Nutso? McCain? Liability? HA!

Bu$hboy = Temper + Nutso
Poppy = Out-to-lunch
Reagan = Nutso for sure
Ford = Out-to-lunch
Nixon = Temper + Nutso

GOP screams WETSU!!! (We eat this shit up!)


Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr


The two remaining GOP candidates (Wizard of Whimsey)