Sunday, July 27, 2008

Angry Old Man

Do you want an angry old man answering the red phone?

John McCain's bad temper is well-known. Is this hot-head too dangerous to put in the White House?

The Nation: (excerpt)
If you've followed Senator John McCain at all, you've heard about his tendency to, well, explode. He's erupted at numerous Senate colleagues, including many Republicans, at the slightest provocation. "The thought of his being President sends a cold chill down my spine. He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper, and he worries me," wrote Republican Senator Thad Cochran, shortly before endorsing McCain....

And you've heard, no doubt, about McCain's stubbornness. "No dissent, no opinion to the contrary, however reasonable, will be entertained," says Larry Wilkerson, a retired army colonel who was former Secretary of State Colin Powell's top aide. "Hardheaded is another way to say it. Arrogant is another way to say it. Hubristic is another way to say it. Too proud for his own good is another way to say it. It's a quality about him that disturbs me...."

Doesn't McCain sound like an angry old man? I think that what with we've had in the White House the last 8 years, McCain won't win us any friends with his bad temper. Here is more on the famous McCain temper from You Tube:




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