John McCain is too small to be President. It's not just that he's too short. He's 5' 6". But he's too small in so many other ways. He lacks integrity, honor and honesty. He lacks all the qualities we look for in a leader. He lacks magnanimity, vision and an open mind.
He has repeatedly displayed bitterness, disdain and contempt for Senator Obama and people he views as his inferior, which seems to be almost everyone.
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At heart, Senator McCain lacks honor and integrity. He is a man who has shown a willingness to lie about anything at any time. He will lie about what he said last year, last month and even yesterday. He has no shame. What is most remarkable is his ability to delude himself. No matter how dishonest his statements, or mean spirited his behavior, he's able to convince himself that he is noble, admirable and principled. He's not just a maverick. He's a straight-shooter.
But then his spiteful anger and rage bubble to the surface, and the ugliness is apparent to everyone. This is narcissistic rage, and he projects all his anger and shortcomings onto Senator Obama. It's why he is accusing Obama of his own behavior and actions. McCain is a Narcissist. He is unable to accept or acknowledge his own "bad" behavior. He is unable to integrate his behavior into the idealized vision he has of himself. So he splits it off, and projects it onto someone else. In this case, Senator Obama. He pretends he didn't say it, or do it. And if an interviewer asks him about it, that's what he'll say.
Psychologically, this makes Senator Obama his "great devil" and an enormous threat to McCain. McCain fears that Senator Obama will somehow give him back all the negative things he has projected onto him, and in the process destroy him.
In part, this explains the narcissistic rage that McCain has directed at Senator Obama. But only in part. That rage has always been with him. It's been with him since he was a child. No matter what McCain has gotten in life he has always felt that it was not enough. He has never gotten enough respect, admiration or accolades. In any situation, he thinks he should be the most important person in the room. The center of attention. And he will treat anyone who challenges him for the spotlight with disdain and contempt. He thinks he should be President not because he wants to do anything with it, but because he thinks it will validate how important he is. That it will make him the most important person in the country. He feels entitled to it.
But then Barack Obama stands in his way, attracting adoring crowds, praised for his eloquence and intelligence and McCain's rage bubbles over. Is it any wonder he can hardly bring himself to look at him? He is filled with bitterness, envy and resentment. He is barely able to contain it.
McCain truly does not know who he is. He thinks his identity is like a coat he can put on or take off. A costume. Yesterday he was the rugged free trader who had fought regulators for 20 years. Today he is the champion of the common man who has always sought to regulate the Barons of Wall Street. The fact that the two statements are completely at odds with each other doesn't matter to him. Reality is what he says it is. That was yesterday. This is today. Tomorrow it could be something else.
He truly doesn't know the difference between fact and fantasy. Between right and wrong. There is one set of rules for the rest of the world and another set for him. He is allowed to do whatever he wants, to say whatever he wants, because he wants to do it. That is the only standard he has. His entire world revolves around himself and his desires.
He is dangerous. He is unstable. He is unworthy of the office. He is just too small. He is too small to be President.