Is John McCain merely angry or is he, perhaps suffering from...

[jhrobbins]

some sort of mental condition? The following is from an article by Howard Kurtz - Washington Post writer - and he seems to imply (or is it just my own inference) that McCain is a bit more than an angry man on occasion. This behavior, to me, could be construed as symptomatic of mental illness. He writes:

Most liberal criticism of John McCain lately has focused on the war, but some are resurrecting the "temper" issue of 2000, including Sid Blumenthal in Salon:

"As recently as a few months ago, McCain suddenly rushed up to a friend of mine, a prominent Washington attorney, at a social event, and threatened to beat him up because he represented a client McCain happened to dislike, and then, just as suddenly, profusely and tearfully apologized.

"Within the Republican Party nearly everyone who has had serious dealings with McCain distrusts him (including traditional Republican moderates, not just conservatives). While taking right-wing positions on social issues like abortion and gay marriage, his simmering resentment of Bush led him to virtually caucus with the Democrats in early 2001 (before Sept. 11), using the Democratic Leadership Council as his back channel. Then, abruptly, he rushed to embrace Bush."


What is the consensus here?


Link - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/linkset/2005/04/11/LI2005041100587.html

[snowbear]

1. Maybe a little of both?

...

[adigal]

2. McCain has been driven insane but his unrealized ambition

of being president. Now, he sees it will never happen. Good. Pandering piece of garbage does not deserve to ever be president.

[CrazyOrangeCat]

4. yeah, he wants to be king, too . . .

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

3. He's suffering from insufferability.

in·suf·fer·a·ble
ADJECTIVE:

Difficult or impossible to endure; intolerable

[Imagevision]

5. Johnny McCain has been reading too many polls that are giving him very bad ratings

[Imagevision]

6. McCain keeps supporting Bush and the a-hole is wondering why his numbers are tanking!!

dumbshit!

[Skidmore]

7. Several years ago I read an article about McCain and

his temper and how unpredictable his behavior can be at times. McCain, I believe, is just as unstable as *.

[Kagemusha]

8. Just as? Bush didn't spend years in a POW prison.

Bush, if anything, is consistent. I wouldn't consider him unstable at all. McCain though...

He scares people.

[Skidmore]

11. McCain is consistent too in spite of his rhetoric.

Both are unstable. *'s instability would be more apparent if he didn't have so many people covering for him all of the time and he weren't so insulated from public contact.

[saltpoint]

9. Can't say if McCain is clinically nuts, but his voting record

in the Senate is dangerously right-wing.

He seems erratic and compromised since losing the GOP nod in 2000 to Dubya. He appealed to many voters because he was seen as refreshingly maverick, but his tongue is quite a distance up Bush's nether orifice, and the political footsie he's playing with Falwell is just sickening.

Were he to live in the White House, I suspect his judicial appointments would be people who are just as dangerously right-wing as he is.

I respect his bravery during his years of captivity in Viet Nam but I hope he is not the Republican nominee in 2008.

[Imagevision]

10. McCain doesn't seem too convinced in himself lately...

[Graybeard]

12. Nutty as a fruitcake...

...and will do ANYTHING to sit in the oval office and play president. No matter how craven or demeaning McCain will do it...has done it! Just keep showing the pic of the "Bush embrace" if there is any doubt.

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

13. He's suffering from American Enterprise Institute Disease.

There is no cure at this present time. Perhaps a prayer or two might help?

:evilgrin: direct said prayer to kagen and keane to~ "Leave McCain Alone!"

[Generator]

14. Asshole disease

He got it from that Bush kiss.

[Rosemary2205]

15. Well KKKarl told us 8 years ago that McCain is messed up.

maybe it wasn't just a campaign tactic after all?? :shrug:

[MadMaddie]

16. Here is my two census.....

McCain is suffering from PSTD...The Iraq war is bringing up old memories, flashbacks and he is becoming unhinged....

He does not look very well when we see him....

He has mental problems that he has been able to keep at bay until the Iraq war...

That's all...

[Disturbed]

17. This moment says a lot about McLame.

Every post about McLame should include this photo.

[jhrobbins]

19. Yikes!!! I've never seen that pic before - it's scary. McCain looks

so content.

[drm604]

20. And * actually looks uncomfortable.

Maybe he'd be happier about the hug if McCain was bald.

[Skidmore]

21. * has the look of a man who has just beat the proverbial pee out

of someone and is still kicking him when he's lying unconscious on the ground. He's showing the gathered crowd that he owns the moment. Classical bully boy.

[DesertRat]

18. McCain's temper is legendary here in AZ. n/t