Why is John McCain so angry?

[mfcorey1]

[HopeHoops]

1. His Depends are bunched up.

[Zoeisright]

24. [phone]

LOL!

[lonestarnot]

2. Other.

He's lumpy.

[Hawkowl]

3. He has PTSD

That would be my guess.

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. Absolutely NOT WORTH IT

Self delete.

[Hawkowl]

12. What's funny about PTSD?

Are you so ignorant of PTSD you accuse others of making fun of it? I know people with PTSD and there IS NOTHING FUNNY ABOUT IT. NOR IS THIS POLL FUNNY.

The man flys into rages at the drop of a hat. Could it possibly be because he was tortured for years, suffering permanently crippling physical and mental injuries?

[nadinbrzezinski]

14. It is REALLY NOT WORTH IT

Self delete

[Hawkowl]

21. Again your ignorance is astounding

You apparently know nothing NOTHING about PTSD. There is nothing irrational about PTSD. Angry beyond war time experience? Angry beyond PTSD? THERE IS NO SUCH THING. That is the highest possible level of anger most people could possibly imagine (you obviously can not). What could make you angrier than killing someone or stopping someone from killing you? Or being tortured day in, day out, all day, every day for years? Do you have an answer? Maybe you have a very tight, little emotional range where getting angry to you means a sternly worded letter to the editor?

Make no mistake, I don't like McCain's politics, but I deeply sympathize with his rage issues. There is no cure for PTSD. Very, very old men suffer from it because of traumatic war experiences decades ago. Once your brain has been rewired, you can not unwire it. You simply build coping mechanisms. Some do better than others. Just because some suffer more than others doesn't make them weak or stupid. You, you need to stretch that tiny little thing you carry around in your skull.

[nadinbrzezinski]

23. You know it is not worth it

Self delete

[Jazzgirl]

35. You do know McCain had serious rage issues long before

he went into the military? He had them as a child. I can't say his rage didn't deepen after his experience but he had the most awful rage attacks where he would hold his breath until he passed out. Yes, this was long before the military.

[IDemo]

4. There are kids on his lawn n/t

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

5. Other: He never recovered from losing the 2000 primary (nt)

[nadinbrzezinski]

7. It is the legacy thing

he is not that good as a legislator, Oh and yes loosing the election don't help. But it is a legacy thing.

[GoCubsGo]

30. Yep. He has a legacy, alright.

It's just not one to be proud of. And, it's not just all the losing, either. It's his involvement in the Keating Five, suspicion that his "hot dogging" ultimately caused the deadly USS Forrestal fire, callously dumping his first wife for a much younger heiress after she was maimed in a car wreck while he was a POW, his ties with Jack Abramoff, authoring legislation allowing the taking the Dineh Navajo people's land, water, and Coal, to give to greedy corporations, his ties to the Mafia, and countless other scandals we never get to hear about. He wanted something under his belt to make everyone forget about all corruption...

[Ozymanithrax]

8. Other: McCain is not angry, he is being a Maverick

[justiceischeap]

9. "Cause somewhere in his small mind, he's realized he's peaked

Nowhere to go but down from here...

[formercia]

27. He peaked a long time ago

somewhere around 2000. He's been building up a good head of bile since.

[cjbgreen]

10. McCain

He has PTSD and has aligned himself with his captors. Suggested by a few psychologists I know.

[eleny]

11. I believe it's all an act

[formercia]

13. He should have retired before his mind became a liability

Like a lot of elderly who are fading out, he expresses it with anger at things he has no control over.

[Obamanaut]

33. There are quite a few senators who should retire because of their age,

if in fact age is an issue with McCain.

Including McCain, there are 26 senators who are 70 or older. There are 17 who are older than McCain, including Inouye, Akaka, Specter, Feinstein. If indeed one of the over 70 crowd needs to retire, they all should.

[Angry Dragon]

15. Onset of senility

[Crankie Avalon]

16. Other: Frustration over his ability not matching his ambition.

I read his father--the admiral--was a dim bulb, too.

[JustAnotherGen]

17. None of those

I just think he needs a nap.

[Lasher]

18. It is his nature.

Sometimes the true McCain ekes through the PR facade. Having lost in his Presidential bid, and after having just been reelected to another term in the Senate, he's probably not going to run for public office again. And so I don't think he's concerned as before about hiding his true self from the public.

"At least I don't plaster on the makeup like a trollop, you cunt." - John McCain to wife Cindy, during his 1992 Senate bid

[Dulcinea]

40. I've never understood why Cindy doesn't kick him to the curb.

I assure you my husband would NEVER talk to me like that. And, she's the one with the money! What does she need him for?

[Lasher]

44. Well they have a prenup and Cindy is 18 years younger.

Cindy publicly endorsed DADT repeal while John fought against it. Maybe that's a sign she's had about enough.

[Lucky 13]

19. Constipated

[WinkyDink]

20. The Lost Years. Not joking.

[hobbit709]

22. Someone once gave him a super wedgie and he still resents it.

[BrklynLiberal]

25. organic brain syndrome?

His body has outlived his brain...

[ChairmanAgnostic]

31. in his case, inorganic.

[Dulcinea]

26. Daddy issues.

He'll never measure up to his father & grandfather, & he knows it.

[stuntcat]

28. long-term, his legacy will be how he helped Palin

he's a weener! oops I meant winner!

[Island Blue]

29. He's just a nasty, extremely unhappy old man.

That's the way it is with some people.

[TheWraith]

32. Numbers 2, 3, and 4 all at once. nt

[AngryOldDem]

34. Just getting to be a crochety old man.

The times they are a'changin' and Johnny Boy doesn't like it one bit.

I feel sorry for his family if he is half as pissed off at home as he appears to be on the Senate floor anymore.

[spanone]

36. cause he's an asshole

[DainBramaged]

37. You forgot corn cob stuck up his ass.....

[Vickers]

38. Piles. n/t

[Rochester]

39. He's a politician, trying to represent his constituents,

...the majority of which are evil mouth-frothing idiots. He does represent a red state after all.

[terrya]

41. He's been in a childish snit since November 2008

[Rockholm]

42. The side effect of Viagra. Cruel isn't it.

Pop some Viagra. Hope on Cindy (or some other woman) and rail against liberals. If only he was taking the low dose Cialis, he would be a tad more mellow.

[Iggo]

43. He's going to die more hated than loved. (n/t)