Ah, the smell of RW desperation: "argues the advantages of having an unstable personality"

[ProSense]

It's the Personality Disorder, Stupid

By Josh Marshall

National Review argues the advantages of having an unstable personality as president.

From the link:

The issue of temperament has played an outsized role in media coverage of this year’s presidential election. John McCain has been criticized as hot-headed, volatile, and rash. Barack Obama, meanwhile, has earned praise for never losing his temper, for staying above the fray, and for listening to all sides.

Obama himself suggested that his temperament is more suited to the presidency than McCain’s and wishes it to be one of the central issues of the campaign. In his acceptance speech in Denver last month, he said we should have “a debate about who has the temperament and judgment to serve as the next commander in chief.”

And, at the first presidential debate, it seemed he wanted to prove just that. He was cool, judicious, and fair-minded. He clearly wanted to appear more presidential than his opponent, and to let McCain come off as ornery or even irascible.

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McCain, by contrast, is what Hippocrates would call choleric. Cholerics are passionate, decisive, opinionated, stubborn, and driven. To paraphrase one notable choleric, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (largely regarded as a great president), there is nothing cholerics love so much as a good fight. McCain’s temperament is, in part, what enabled him to survive imprisonment and torture at the hands of the Viet Cong.

:rofl:

[terrya]

1. Yeah, I've always wanted a President with an unstable personality...

with the authority to launch a nuclear first strike. Gosh, that WOULD be so exciting.

[Curtland1015]

2. Wow, and here I thought he was crazy asshole!

Turns out he's perfect to be President! Who knew!?

[Neecy]

3. Maybe they should channel Dick Nixon

...and ask how well the 'madman theory' went during the Vietnam negotiations.

[treestar]

4. Zeal and passion are not the same thing as a bad temper

Moran conservatives. :rofl: Obama has more passion in his little finger for this country than McCrap has in his entire addled head.

Being ill tempered and having poor judgment shows his love for his country? What assholes.

[ProSense]

8. LOL! n/t

[Lucky 13]

5. That's some impressive spin they got there. Who is National Review?

I don't know anything about them. This is now the 2nd of their crazy articles today.

[ProSense]

7. Here

National Review

[Chloroplast]

6. I've yet to see the MSM refer to McCain as 'hot-headed', 'volatile' or 'rash'.

WE'VE read the accounts of his Congressional colleagues but the media hasn't reported on it. The GOP knows McCain is about to blow at any moment; I can't wait.

[Forkboy]

9. We should bow down before this. This may be the best spin I've ever seen.

I mean wow...just...wow. :wow:

My head hurts. I'm going to lie down.

[blogslut]

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BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

The POW reference is too awesome!