McCain's Sharp Tongue: an Achilles Heel?

Well, the media's not so subtle euthanization of John McCain has set in - nasty headline and a photo that looks like a death mask.

McCain's temper ought to send a shiver through every 'right-minded' thinker (make that Voter) in America. I'm convinced that this fatal character flaw is a result of his being tortured by the Vietnamese while he was a prisoner of war. Be that as it may - can anyone really imagine him in a position of almost absolute authority with no restraints on his disposition and temper? I for one think he ought to be a consultant but certainly not the President of this great nation!

We need a president with some fire in his belly. So what if he blows his top once in a while, we all do-just proves he's human (unlike Hillary *grins*). What matters is the decisions he makes when he's calm and collected.

This man put his whole political career/reputation on the line with the surge because defending America/winning the war mattered more to him than being president. If that isn't a sign of virtue and integrity emblematic of a great leader, I don't know what is.

And he did this when nearly all the Dems, half the Cons and most of the country was declaring we've lost the war in Iraq and were demanding retreat and a humiliating defeat to our enemies. Now the surge's a resounding success-no one's more deserving of being president than McCain. Yes he has his faults, but he's shown he's willing to correct them and work with both sides of the aisle.

I'm voting for Obama, but McCain's saying "@!$%# you" and the like to a other senators who deserve it is impressive to me. Too bad he's had to sell a piece of his soul to various far right interests to get nomination.

This is a suggestion I sent to Senator Clinton today. "It's time to integrate immigration issues into a plan which would also address FAIRer trade, perhaps a "Clinton Plan" to work with all Latin and Central American countries which have the highest numbers of illegal immigrants ... to foster more business in their countries, as a way to live within their own borders? "Attack slavery and prostitution of women and children in Eastern Europe and Asia, in particular, China, as part of the overall illegal immigration reform act. "Attack big corporations for manipulating, in a time dishonored tradition for this country, working men and women in trades, crafts, and unions, by pitting them against a flood of illegal immigrants willing to work for less than even an absymally poor minimum wage. And, at the same time, buy out many Mexican and Central American companies with the massive profits they're raking in hand over fist, by buying off the Republican Party to supress wages, salaries benefits, and, rights to bargain and unionize; "Ask Bill Richardson to be part of your administration immediately. He could serve as: Secretary Of State; UN President, if we have a chance to propose that; special trade and immigration emissary for Central and Latin America -- a kind of special negotiator; "Continue to promise you will move to seat the delegates from Michigan and Florida; "Ask someone with firm labor and management credentials to work to actually prove John McCain wrong in his statement that Michigan will NEVER see old jobs return; "*******Begin hanging John McCain's statement about "we can be in Iraq a hundred more years," and "there will be more wars with Islamic jihadists in the future ..." as absolute statements he has made ... and they were either serious, or, they were flippant, and characteristic of a shoot-from-the hip man who also has a temper. "*******If you get the nomination, it will be ESSENTIAL to tweak McCain in a debate, so that the country can see him explode, live, on TV. The public needs to know he can be SADISTIC and VERY MALICIOUS when angered (see how he reacted to Romney's comments). Voice over: do we really want someone as President who is so mean spirited, and cruel, in his "humor" as John McCain? He says his comments about being in Iraq a hundred years; "bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran ..." and "more wars in the future" represent either a casual, shoot from the hipster, or, someone who you'll never know what he says, he means?????? "Tweak him with that when you debate him.***** "And, finally, challenge the press, which has reported a million times, in effect, "it's understandable that African-Americans are voting in huge numbers for Barack Obama. The media suggests: Why wouldn't they? But the media reinforces the view that it is NOT o.k. for women to ask the same question of themselves: "Is it typical of a mysogonistic society, or at least, a society that has minimized the role women have in politics, to demean the notion that women shouldn't vote for a woman because this is the first time a woman has run for President ... but it IS o.k. for the press to say it's all right for Blacks to vote for a Black man running for President? "Is it a double standard to somehow lay that trip on women? "Why does the Press indict the notion and practice of women voting for a woman, as an historic first? That really seems prejudicial. Why can't women have pride in the notion of a first woman President when African-Americans can have pride in one of their own running for President????? "I think the media has been fed a bill of goods. " It may be possible for YOU to surface this and begin a dialogue, but I certainly think leaders of womens' movements should be allowed to bring it up? Why can't you say that on Oprah? Or perhaps Chelsea could? "Why can't (shouldn't) women's groups, and donors, be asked to consider this question prior to the final primaries (in other words, between now and the convention)? It seems a double standard, and frankly, it seems to epitomize the kind of talk I've seen Chris Matthews have ... as well as David Shuster, of MSNBC. "There are some pernicious things going on here. "I think many whites in a general election, will NOT vote for Obama because he's black, and the press should be asked: why is it wrong, or racist, for a governor of a state where he knows his people, to state that? It's not a call to not vote for Obama because he's black. Rendel simply spoke a truth, ugly as it is. "At the same time, isn't it a least AS proper to ask: why do so many men HATE Senator Clinton, and for what reason(s)? Again, these are matters that women's groups can surface before the convention. It IS proper to ask these things, and I would suggest there are already thousands of hate emails out there for a social analyst to review, and analyze. What the hell has Hillary Clinton done to millions of men personally, for them to HATE HER. Not just not like her politics or policies. HATE HER? "It feels that women are being asked to subvert their own pride and desire to be part of history for WOMEN, by believing that it is improper for women to vote for Senator Clinton mainly because she IS, in fact, a woman!!!! This is really a very pernicious scam by the media, and I feel it comes from men who hate women or hate the idea of a woman in charge. "I would ask you to sit down with women's groups, and discuss this matter. And emphasize that this is not a "... it's just a woman's turn ... but a reasonable question to ask." Either it's ok. for an ethnic group to vote disproportionately for a member of their own ethnic group as a vote for history, and therefore, should be o.k. for a gender vote in the same vein ... or it's equally ridiculous." "Please, ask women's groups to invite you to discuss this. It needs to be put into the mix. A woman possibly becoming President would represent 50-51% of the population. An African-American as President will only represent 12% of the population. They both have equal validity in a neutral sense ... things worthy of a great nation. But there ARE, in fact, 38% more women in the country than African-American Men AND Women. " Don't let the media weasel out of this. It should be challenged by women that they have at least as much right to consider -- just even consider -- voting for a woman for historical reasons. We have heard a million times, well, there are obviously many African-Americans voting now out of a shot at history. "That's o.k., but it isn't o.k. to even SUGGEST the same logic might obtain for a woman!!!!!! "Women who automatically self-throttle that urge are being sold a load of crap by a male-dominated media. (I'm a 61 year old, disbled combat vet from Vietnam, civil rights supporter, child of the sixties and seventies and the feminist movement -- in terms of marrying at least one wife who enlightened me on many disparities women face in our society -- opening my eyes, as it were ... to the subtle ways women ARE KEPT IN THEIR PLACES. "Finally, CNN is having a "Race, Gender and Politics" special. Why not the rest of the networks? Use Chelsea's and yours encounter with a sexist statement by MSNBC. Not to pillory David Shuster, but also, take a look at Mika Brezinski and her partner the day after Shuster made the remark. "MIKA BREZINKSKI SAID SHE DID NOT BELIEVE SHUSTER MEANT THE COMMENT TO BE A PEJORATIVE STATEMENTS?!!! What world is she in, to think the notion of a mother pimping her daughter out for politics doesn't connote sexism at it's nastiest? Holy @!$%#! I can't think of a better example of how a sophisticated female network journalist has been sold a bill of goods than her not considering that conscious or unconscious, David Shuster's comments were ABSOLUTELY, PEJORATIVE, when he wondered whether Hillary Clinton, MOTHER, and Hillary Clinton, candidate, was actually 'PIMPING OUT HER DAUGHTER" for poltical gain! "THAT's mind boggling, in the extreme. I hope that this gets to the head of MSNBC, because those folks need to understand how they are part of the problem, and they seem to think they're LEFT biased, I guess, by whom they have on their shows. WWWOOOOW!"

Is poor impulse control a bad thing for a President?

Yes.

Are their worse things?

Yes. Being beholden to big business; being a warmonger. That's just off the top of my head, thinking of the worst President in living memory.

Harking back to an earlier election, Ann Richards counted on W's temper to blow the election, and not only did he keep it in check her attempts to hammer him made her look like an ass. I'd say that a candidate should hope that their opponent has a good tantrum, but don't build a game plan on it.

Honestly, I have not made up my mind about who I'm going to vote for President, but if this guy wins the primary I will definitely look more into his policies. Quite frankly, it's about time someone has had the audacity to tell some of these people to F... off! I like the idea of a President with some damn balls because if we had had one a few years back, we wouldn't be in this war in Iraq and Osama would be spooning with satan. We need to have a President that will tell some other countires to kiss our asses (i.e. France). It is about time that we take care of our own damn country and stop patroling the world like half assed policemen. Anyone that has read the 9/11 commission report will understand the deeper meaning of this fact. I just can not understand what drags us into these situations. I have heard many candidates say that they want to pull out our troops from Iraq immediately, well if your a moron you will probably agree with this. We can not just pull out first thing, we have started this @!$%# and we need to complete it responsibly and not just leave a country in a s... hole. We do need to get out of there asap; however, we need to finish the job, we need to accept the responsibility that we f..... up and stand up like men. Once we get out of there we need to focus on OUR COUNTRY! We need to invest in our country and fix the school systems and this outrageous economy that we have right now needs to be a first priority fix. I'm tentative to vote for someone to conservative, or to libral for that matter, but McCain seems like he is ready to take charge of this country, something that we have only seen in a couple Presidents that have long been gone.