More of this, please.
John McCain’s Democratic colleagues in the Senate are zeroing in on his oft-discussed temper, questioning whether that the presumptive Republican presidential nominee is too volatile to be commander in chief.
In separate interviews with Politico Tuesday, both Senate Majority Whip Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.) and Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) said they have seen McCain "explode."
"He has a huge anger problem," Boxer said. "And he never hid that....I have seen it happen on the Senate floor many, many times...He has exploded at me a couple times."
It sounds like McNopoly can't handle a widdle bit of pwessure...
"It’s all well and good to apologize," Boxer added, "but if you are in charge of that black box, I worry about that."
Durbin noted McCain’s temper is "well documented," saying that he had been on the receiving end of it for what he considered "minor things."
"I was in a confrontation with him... and he was quick to explode," said Durbin. "It simmered for a long time."
Republicans have accused Democrats of inventing the temper line of attack to knock the Arizona senator. But Durbin called it "an important issue."
Boxer pointed out that many of McCain’s GOP colleagues have also spoken out about his volatility, highlighting an incident told to the Biloxi Sun Herald by Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.).
THIS is great. I am glad to see this issue reach the public eye.
Who better than real coworkers who have had McPappy pop off at them to convey this message?
It goes right to his strength of being "tough": in fact, he's just the cowardly asshole who takes everything out on innocent people.
Cheer up, gang. Not all is lost.
UPDATE: From TPM:
Former Secretary of the Navy Richard Danzig, a senior national security adviser to Barack Obama's presidential campaign, said that he has never seen Obama lose his temper, even in situations of "exceptional stress."
By comparison, Obama's GOP rival John McCain is known for "losing it." Danzig said McCain is known for forming an opinion or a decision quickly and then "digs in." McCain's volatile temper is well known to Beltway insiders, but Democrats at their convention are trying to make this known to the larger audience, as part of a tug-of-war about who between the two candidates is prepared to be commander-in-chief.
Danzig traveled with Obama on his recent trip to Europe and the Middle East. At some point in Jerusalem Obama was so tired that he said he could fall asleep on his feet, Danzig recalled. But despite the "extraordinary fatigue... I have never seen Barack Obama lose his temper; I have never seen him lose his balance," Danzig said.
Danzig added that he was also impressed by Obama's ability to listen.
McCain has particularly touted his national security experience as a former Naval officer, Vietnam prisoner of war and a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee. He has attacked Obama for his lack of experience saying that he would not be prepared to be commander-in-chief.