Mccain Temper

Why Obama Would Be Better on National Security than McCain

Steven L. Spiegel | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics

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Steven L. Spiegel

If Obama is far more likely to resolve the current crisis, which is widely accepted polls tell us, then he can provide a critical national security function which McCain cannot.

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McCain Wants to Be President: Those Who Know Him Best Express Alarm

Win McCormack | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics

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Win McCormack

Not for nothing did McCain carry the moniker "McNasty" during his prep school years. McCain's struggle with a volcanic and unstable temper has apparently been life-long.

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McCain & the Missiles of October

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 10.15.2008 | Politics

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Robert S. McElvaine

Many voters are attracted to McCain's quick, "don't look back" decision-making and fancy that he will keep them secure. But would he? The experience of October 1962 strongly suggests otherwise.

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Report: McCain Exploded With Rage During Gambling Outing

The Huffington Post | Nico Pitney | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

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Writing for the Daily Beast, Michael Kinsley relays a disturbing story about John McCain from Jeff Dearth, former publisher of the New Republic, when ...

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Advisers And Friends Worried About "Grumpy McCain"

Politico | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics

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When Politico's Ryan Grim approached Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) after the evening of the Senate bailout vote, the reporter didn't even get his questio...

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The Sen. McCain Method of Campaigning

Michael Showalter | Posted 10.02.2008 | Politics

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Michael Showalter

Watch John McCain recently and you will see a grown man seethe, froth, squirm, stare, glare, intimidate, wince, scowl, grimace, pick your SAT word for "act mean." It's really, well, uncomfortable to watch.

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Sam Stein

McCain Gets Testy With Des Moines Register

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.01.2008 | Politics

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On Monday, John McCain had a truly combative meeting with the editorial board of the Des Moines Register, discussing heatedly everything from Sarah Pa...

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McCain's Week Of Theatrics Offers Insight Into His Management Style

Peter Sussman | Posted 09.29.2008 | Home

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Peter Sussman

The best available gauge of executive qualifications may be the way the candidates conduct their own campaign. In the hothouse of a presidential campaign, temperament and decision-making style are critical.

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Erratic McCain Parachutes into Temperament Narrative

Joseph Romm | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics

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Joseph Romm

McCain has made another desperate gamble that is likely to do him no good and may even go bad. More importantly, he has introduced a major opening into his character and temperament.

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Fire, ready...AIM! Does McCain Have the Temperament to Lead?

Ryan Mack | Posted 09.24.2008 | Business

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Ryan Mack

I don't know about you, but being smart has always been a characteristic that I look for in a potential President. I hope America agrees.

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Chicagoland: Lack of Experience Versus Cranky Old Age

James O'Gallagher | Posted 09.10.2008 | Home

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James O'Gallagher

In contrast to the Democrats I spoke to, the Republican lawyer said she saw no problem with McCain's militarism, nor that of the neoconservatives more generally. She didn't worry about the possibility of a draft. She felt that the Iraq War was "mismanaged" but that there was no hidden agenda and no "conspiracy" to lead us to war.

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POWer Play

Paul Cohen | Posted 09.09.2008 | Politics

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Paul Cohen

We tend to excuse Senator McCain's irrational outbursts and inappropriate behavior -- including a 1995 scuffle with a 92-year-old Senate colleague (from his own party, no less) -- by referring to their root cause.

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Report: McCain Pushed Woman In A Wheelchair

The Huffington Post | Posted 09.07.2008 | Politics

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On Sunday, McClatchy Newspapers published a story on Sen. John McCain's oft-discussed temper, detailing one incident in which McCain allegedly pushed ...

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Chicagoland: Lack of Experience Versus Cranky Old Age

James Gallagher | Posted 09.05.2008 | Home

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James Gallagher

Note: This article was authored by James O'Gallagher. Any other versions are the result of a technical glitch. ...

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Harry Reid: McCain Doesn't Have "Temperament" To Be President

MyDD | Posted 08.28.2008 | Politics

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Joe at AMERICAblog catches an interview Harry Reid did with the Nevada-based pundit Jon Ralston: "I just think he doesn't have the temperament to...

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Angry Man McCain

Max Bergmann | Posted 08.26.2008 | Politics

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Max Bergmann

The question really needs to be asked whether a man with such an angry temperament and who is prone to an overly hawkish foreign policy should be president.

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McCain Surprised He's So Close In The Polls

Posted 08.01.2008 | Politics

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The Washington Post does a long profile of John McCain, talking to the candidate and the aide who co-wrote all his books. They talk literature: He ...

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Joe Klein: I Said McCain Was "Honorable," But "I Was Wrong"

Time | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics

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A few months ago, I wrote that John McCain was an honorable man and he would run an honorable campaign. I was wrong. I used to think, as David Ignatiu...

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McCain Denies Roughing Up Sandinista

AP | BETH FOUHY | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics

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CARTAGENA, Colombia — John McCain denied a Republican colleague's claim that he roughed up an associate of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega on...

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Deconstructing John: Revisiting His Bad Language

Jodi Lampert | Posted 05.20.2008 | Home

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Jodi Lampert

Eminem doesn't even countenance use of the epithet McCain is reported to have called his wife. We get endless videos of Rev Wright, who is not even running for President. But nothing about this. So this must be bad.

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Questioner Dragged Out Of McCain Town Hall Talks To OffTheBus

Keith Dinsmore | Posted 05.02.2008 | Home

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Keith Dinsmore

"It was a mental health question. A guy who would call his wife a cunt in front of reporters is not only a jerk but dangerous. It's scary to think of a hothead like McCain having his finger on the trigger."

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Defining Insanity

Mike Lux and Erica Payne | Posted 05.01.2008 | Politics

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Mike Lux and Erica Payne

Here we are in 2008 -- the same thing is happening as we saw happen to McCain and Gore in 2000 and John Kerry in 2004.

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McCain Responds To Report That He Attacked Congressman

The Huffington Post | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics

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On Tuesday, The Huffington Post published an explosive excerpt from Cliff Schecter's new book "The Real McCain," alleging that Sen. John McCain once p...

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John McCain Accuses Me Of "Trash Journalism" While He Engages In "Trash" Propaganda During The Petraeus Hearing

Cliff Schecter | Posted 04.08.2008 | Politics

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Cliff Schecter

It's far from the first time the "maverick" has made himself into a liar, and today's opening statement to General Petraeus once again showed it won't be the last.

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Sam Stein

New Book: McCain Once Physically Attacked Fellow Congressman

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.08.2008 | Politics

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UPDATE: McCain has responded to the report below. Watch the video here. * * * Appearing on Fox News this past Sunday, Sen. John McCain attempted t...

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