McCain's temper was a big deal in 2008- but I'm thinking Romney is going...

[Poll_Blind]

...to lose it even bigger than he has so far, before November. Say what you want about McCain but most of the time he would just turn on that shit eating grin where you knew he was smiling because he was plotting the death by disemboweling of (whomever). While his temper flared up on occasion, I wouldn't say it was the rule.

With Romney there's a kind of hubris that Chimp had. That special brand of smugness. But the Chimp didn't have it upstairs enough to shoot little ripostes back like I've seen Romney do on a few occasions. It's like he has trouble letting it go. He seems to have a problem holding back from engaging.

He's wound really tight and while McCain didn't quite go for the key-jingling, I'm thinking Romney has no defense against himself in situations where he's put on the spot.

And that's cool because he looks like a motherfucker when he loses it. He looks and sounds every bit of the 1% that he is.

PB

[RedStateLiberal]

1. Just wait until the debates

then he'll really be put on the spot and all of America will get to see him squirm.

[gopiscrap]

2. I would love to see that ass hat completely lose his cool

live on national tv in front of milions..the only problem is that our lame MSM would by into the gop theme that the snarky, communistic liberals forced him into it and it's all their fault.

[Poll_Blind]

6. Maybe, but I think the format of a debate setting favors his style more than candid...

...moments on the campaign trail.

My reasoning is based on the assumption that whomever is pitching questions during the paltry 4 debates or whatever it is, is going to be pitching mostly softballs with no teeth whatsoever. To both Romney and Obama. They might look like they have teeth but I think their most "challenging" questions will be ones the candidates will have already prepared for well in advance.

So I don't think heat would be coming from the questioners. I don't know if it would come from Obama, either. It's likely during those formal debates that they'd both be trying to out-President each other. However, if Obama started going all 2008, there could be the possibility for sparks to ignite Romney's tender but that could be a little dangerous, perception-wise, for Obama do to if it didn't pay off.

I'm thinking outside of a formal setting, Romney is susceptible to dropping his balls on people who press him on a point or who otherwise break the bromide as he delivers it. It's almost certainly how he deals with people in real life when the cameras aren't around. Of course in a situation like this the cameras will be around almost 24/7 between now and November.

PB

[hifiguy]

3. Romney is one or two well-documented public embarrassments

from a complete and total meltdown, it would seem.

[elleng]

4. Good point that he 'has no defense against himself.'

Think of what we've heard about his treatment of his family, smashing their faces into dinner plates? 'He wants to win.'

He IS of the 1%, but I don't attribute his antisocial behaviors to that; not all the very rich act the way he does. I think its somehow different: he's not comfortable within himself, and he doesn't know how to act or speak.

[Tom Ripley]

5. It's gonna look like a Sear's catalog model in roid rage

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

7. The only reason I listened to a Chimp speech was to see a possible mental breakdown

or I was hoping to see a pratfall on the way to the podium. I think you're right about Romney's temper. If he blows up I just hope it's caught on camera and put on Youtube.

[LiberalFighter]

8. It needs to be a situation that might mimic him wanting to fire someone.

Putting him in the mode of employer.

[Hamlette]

9. Rumors about his temper during the Olympics

I live in Salt Lake and there have been persistent and wide spread rumors about him losing it and swearing like a stevedore (no offense intended). My guess is the rumors are true. Yelling at underlings, humiliating them in front of peers, etc.

You know he has an evil side, as evidenced by how he went against "his own" during the primaries. And the dishonest way he's going against Obama now.

It would be a thing of beauty to see. Although I must admit, today's news from London made for a great Schadenfreude filed day for me. Couldn't happen to a bigger ass....err arsehole.

[grasswire]

10. if that is so, then his buttons can be pushed and exploited

It's pretty easy to entrap a hot-head into making himself look bad.

[PatSeg]

11. I think you're right

We've all seen that look when he's asked something he doesn't want to answer (like almost every question) - it is that "How dare you ask me that" look. I noticed that he puts on his mask-face with the half-smile on his lips, but no expression in his eyes when being questioned. It looks like he is using all his will power to maintain his cool with a possible meltdown looming.

I think he has the kind of temper that comes with someone who is used to getting whatever he wants whenever he wants it, and he just has no tolerance for people getting in his way.

[calimary]

13. That's the CEO mindset at work, and on display.

The "how dare you ask me that." As though we're not permitted to dare such a thing. Which is how it is when you're a CEO in a big company and YOU are the 800-pound gorilla in the room and what you say is law and is not to be questioned unless you wanna risk getting yer ass fired for being insubordinate. Such is life in Corporate America, where you don't talk back to the boss. You keep your mouth shut, or you open it only so far as to say "yes sir!" Because he's at the top of the heap and you - and everyone else around him - is BENEATH him. He's accustomed to out-ranking you. And as CEO he's used to being the one people bow to and obey without question, because they all know he's the guy who can hire and fire. And we all know he likes being able to fire people who serve him.

And the President of the United States is NOT a CEO. He is the highest-ranking PUBLIC SERVANT in the land. All elected officials are PUBLIC SERVANTS. THEY work for US. It's NOT the other way around. And romney doesn't get that. He's never been in a position to get that - except in Massachusetts where, as I understand it, people thought he lost interest after two years in. (Hmmm... like palin?) And he didn't like answering questions back then, either, OR being transparent OR accountable. Which is what you have to be when you work for THE PEOPLE. And it's regular flesh-and-blood people, not the "corporations are people, my friend" people.

The CEO mindset is incompatible with the office of President of the United States. Because the POTUS very much IS INDEED accountable and answerable. The CEO thinks he isn't answerable to anybody. And at the top of the private corporate zigurrat, that's true. Government, however, is neither private nor corporate. And it IS accountable and answerable - to the public. In ways corporations aren't. The object of government is NOT to make a profit. That's what businesses are set up to do. The private sector. NOT the public sector. They're just fundamentally different. And romney doesn't get that. He can't. He has no template for it. Always the boss who never has to answer anybody else's questions because HE's the one who ASKS the questions of everybody lower-ranked than he is. The President, on the other hand, IS answerable to EVERYBODY.

[PatSeg]

14. I agree, Romney doesn't get it

I think he likes the "idea" of being president, but I don't think he would particularly like the actual job.

I believe he is in competition with his own father's legacy. He has surpassed him in business and finance. Like his father he became governor of a state and now he has the opportunity to succeed where his father failed in a run for president. He's going for the wrong job for all the wrong reasons and if he wins, the rest of us will have to pay for his Daddy Issues.

[Suji to Seoul]

12. McCain was just a firey tempered man with a bad attitude

Romney is a spoiled, privileged sociopath who feels he is entitled to everything and can only be questioned by people on his level.

Aristocratic asshole. McCain I could have a BBQ because he comes across as liking that. Romney has no idea what cooking means, unless it means hiring six chefs.