Why Is John McCain So Bitter?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

[formercia]

1. You forgot: 'He's an asshole.' n/t

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. That Would Fall Under "It's His Nature.".

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[formercia]

14. Ah, then I think my parents should have sent me to Charm School.

I could have learned the art of nuance. As it is, I let my true feelings show. I still think McCain is an asshole.

[Champion Jack]

5. LOL! +10000000000000000

[Uben]

3. He was punked by Palin

He'll go to his grave regretting taking her on as a running mate. How could he have picked the most worthless piece of shit in the world? He's a fucking dumbass! That's how!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. He Would Have Lost Regardless

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[Uben]

6. I know, but he doesn't!

He still thinks the American public owes him something.

[JoePhilly]

7. Obama stole his "precious"

[DebJ]

10. That's a good one! n/t

[GentryDixon]

8. His sense of entitlement.

[SidDithers]

9. I think Cindy cut him off...nt

Sid

[Swede]

11. He was so close to being President.

It's driving him over the edge.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. He only THINKS he was close...

[Creative]

13. #3--But remember, they say that your mind is the second thing to go...

So who knows what state of regression he is in.

[rasputin1952]

15. Simply because he's alive...

at least I think he is...:D

[cherish44]

16. He lost

Come on get over it all ready. You didn't see Al Gore or John Kerry acting like toddlers missed that their naps when they lost...And actually Al Gore really WON the election and didn't become president so if anyone has a right to be bitter it's him. Yet he continues to be a class act...

[slackmaster]

17. Three years as a Prisoner of War, during which he nearly died, might have something to do with it

:shrug:

[ShadowLiberal]

18. I've read a growing number of people in Washington think he's motivated by revenge

I've read there's a growing number of people in Washington who think McCain is motivated by revenge in his fierce opposition to Obama, and by his former moderate positions on stuff under Bush.

Why? Bush beat McCain in the presidential primary in 2000, Obama beat McCain in the presidential general election in 2008.

I've seen evidence of this on the Bush end in a few stories over the last few years.

-At one point in the 2008 election, during the primary, a story surfaced that shortly after the 2000 election McCain held a big barbecue, inviting over lots of friends. At that gathering some guests claimed McCain implied he didn't vote for Bush in the general election (I think the claim was he shook his head and said 'shhhh' when asked if he voted for Bush). McCain's campaign viciously attacked the story, rather than do the more practical 'no comment'.

-Bush has claimed recently that he hated McCain so much that he would have endorsed Obama if 'they'd' (democrats) asked him for his endorsement, so the two aren't on good terms.

[thelordofhell]

33. And yet they ate cake together while a city drowned

[krispos42]

19. Deep down, he knows that his real self is not his public media self

So he distracts himself from that unpleasant reality by being a hypocrate

[Kaleva]

20. Tried too hard to live up to & surpass his father and grandfather's accomplishments.

[seaglass]

21. i think he realizes that there was a time he was admired by many and

he knows that now he is not. He not only lost the presidency, he lost everything.

[Skittles]

22. honestly, I think he has medically lost it

he is clownish now

[DailyGrind51]

23. 2008 was his last chance to become President, and he blew it!

[lunatica]

24. He feels he's been robbed of his Climatic life's ending as President

He's planned this ever since he first started in government. It was always about him and his career. And now he's been thwarted and he knows he won't get another chance because he's too old. Isn't it obvious?

[Boojatta]

31. "Climatic" = pertaining to climate. Did you mean "Climactic"?

[beac]

25. All of the above AND he's ALWAYS been a piece of scum and a jackass...

he's just not as good at hiding it anymore.

[Arkana]

26. He's angry that he sold his soul to try and become President

and in his cranky old guy brain that's somehow Obama's fault. Ergo, Obama gets the blame and is the target of his angry old-guy outbursts.

[krawhitham]

27. Because his legacy is now Sarah Palin

and it is killing him

[yellowcanine]

28. His tighty whiteys are too tight? Maybe he should switch to boxers.

[DailyGrind51]

29. Not enough fiber, chronic constipation!

[shirlden]

30. He sold his soul to Bush

and got nothing in return. Easy to be bitter and angry when you have no soul. I think he lost all respect for himself. Though I would never have voted for him, I did respect the man at one time. Until he sold out.

[rury]

32. He lost to a black man!!

[craigmatic]

34. He's bitter because he did all that suffering and politicing and selling out for nothing

so now he knows that he'll never be president. He lost to that idiot bush in 2000 and he knew bush was a failure and that he could do a better job as he watched him fail. Now he watches Obama, a guy who was a kid when he was suffering in Vietnam, do the job that he feels like should be his. On one hand you could sympathize with him but if you follow his antics in the senate most of that sympathy fades fast.