This is a subject that is starting to make the rounds more and more as the campaign goes on. There is a very interesting article at
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24223304/
which goes into a lot more detail. As much as this article talks about it, it does not go into the incident in the early 90's when McCain, responding to an attempted joke by Cindy McCain on his thinning hair, fired back with a remark which compared her to a trollop and also called her a name for a woman's private parts which is not considered a polite or kind euphemism. He did this in front of three witnesses. More on this will be coming out in a soon-to-be-released book on McCain. It's my understanding that denials of the event are not being issued at this point but instead explanations are being offered which relegate the incident to a joke. Of course, that must have been it.......most men I know with quick tempers certainly joke around with their wives in public by calling them such names.....I'll bet all those present must have been doubled over with laughter......
Anyway, I'm certainly tired of laughing at his antics. I'm also very tired at the passes he keeps getting from the media lapdogs (as referred to by Whit over at Whit's Whittlings) who seem to have fallen in love with the irascible bully. The media has continued to let him get away with his confused statements about who it is we're fighting in Iraq. He's done it five times that I can think of and if he didn't have his lapdog politico friend, Jerky Joe Lieberman, around to keep him in line who knows what else he might have said. This is the guy who's supposed to be the one we want to answer the proverbial phone at 3:00 AM????? Shoot, he'd answer it and tell them they had the wrong number.
I have some other questions I'd like to ask him specifically along with some of the questions I would have posed to Barack and Hillary and I'll get to those soon.
Stay tuned....
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You might want to see this video:
I first came across you over at Whit's place. I am glad that I stopped by. John McCaine can be gouded(without much effort) into showing his temper. I believe that will be evident when the general election begins in earnest. Obama seems unflappable, almost to the point of seeing the humor in the ridiculous subjects that his rivals and some of the media have latched onto.
I used to like McCaine, back in the days of his "Straight Talk Express", but anyone who is paying attention to this campaign can plainly see that he is saying what he needs to say to pacify the neocons, while at the same time trying to make like "Captain Bipartisan" when touring around with Joementum. Do I believe anything coming from his mouth? Yes. I believe that he will prolong and accellerate war in the Middle East, alienate the Russians, and bring China to begin calling in the loans on the U.S. that they hold. One crusty, scary old dude. And this coming from me, a almost-52 Y.O. guy.
Living in the Grand Canyon state, I am too familiar with the local lore about McCain's temper.
One of the most famous one (it will be interesting to see if this one make the book) is when Gov. Jane Hull decided to disagree with the Senator on at least one ocassion. The Senator took it upon himself to call Gov. Hull and express his displeasure. As the story goes, McCain yelled at the Governor calling her every name in the book. Apparently he spoke so loudly other people in the room could actually hear his voice. If I recall, she hung up on him.
I guess my thought, why should I vote for a man who treats the governor of his home state this way.
Furthermore, he has clearly declared his intention to be a warmongering president.