<p>But how much of McCain’s legendary anger streak does the public actually know? Judging from snippets of Cliff Schecter’s new book “The Real McCain” - an advanced copy of which was obtained by the Huffington Post - the answer may be surprisingly little.</p>
<p>Take for instance the verbal-turned-physical attack McCain put on his fellow Arizona Republican, Rick Renzi, which Schecter uncovered through his research…</p>
<p>Two former reporters covering McCain, one who witnessed the following events and one who confirmed the facts provided by the first, relayed it to me as follows: In 2006, the Arizona Republican congressional delegation had a strategy meeting. McCain repeatedly addressed two new members, congressmen Trent Franks and Rick Renzi, as ‘boy.’ Finally, Renzi, a former college linebacker, rose from his chair and said to McCain, “You call me that one more time and I’ll kick your old *.”</p>
<p>It looks like there’s good documentation for what’s in the book.</p>
<p>“Anecdotes like these would stand out as highly abnormal if it weren’t for McCain’s history of similarly explosive behavior. As Washingtonian magazine documented (and Schecter notes in the book), McCain once “scuffled” with the Senate’s then oldest member, Strom Thurmond, during a Senate Armed Service Committee hearing in January 1995. Three years later, the Associated Press article reported that McCain dropped F-Bombs on at least three fellow Republicans.”</p>
<p>Bill Clinton had the worst temper of any President. Just ask George S. I guess having a temper is only permitted if you are a democrat.</p>
<p>BTW, I doubt the punches story. McCain can’t raise his arms because of the torture he suffered in Vietnam. </p>
<p>Sound like some liberal is just trying to sell books to other know-nothing liberals. They should be careful, selling books might be good for the economy.</p>
<p>"McCain can’t raise his arms because of the torture he suffered in Vietnam. "</p>
<p>Hmmm. There’s a pix on the Huffington site of McCain with his arms outstretched shoulder height. He may not be able to raise them over his head, but he wouldn’t need to do that to scuffle with someone.</p>
<p>In 2007, classmate Rony Amiris describes young Barry as enjoying playing football and marbles and of being a very devout Muslim. Amir said, "Barry was previously quite religious in Islam.</p>
<p>“We previously often asked him to the prayer room close to the house. If he was wearing a sarong he looked funny,” said Rony.</p>
<p>Amiris now the manager of the Bank Mandiri, Jakarta , recently said, “Barry was previously quite religious in Islam. His birth father, Barack Hussein Obama was a Muslim economist from Kenya . Before marrying Ann Dunham, Hussein Obama was married to a woman from Kenya who had seven children. All the relatives of Barry’s father were very devout Muslims”</p>
<p>Rony extrapolates further, that Obama at one point had to change his religion if he ever intended later to run for the office of President of the United States because America would never elect a Muslim to the be President of the United States . </p>
<p>Also in 2007, Emirsyah Satar, CEO of Garuda Indonesia , was quoted as saying, “He (Obama) was often in the prayer room wearing a ‘sarong’, at that time.”</p>
<p>“He was quite religious in Islam but only after marrying Michelle, he changed his religion.”</p>
<p>You are right Lax. After all, Obama’s middle name is Hussain. And Sen. Teddy Kennedy once referred to Obama as “Osama Obama.” Thus, based on this analysis Obama is a muslim. :)</p>
<p>McCain as a “fighter”. Won’t that help his image?</p>
<p>amazing truely amazing that even when mccain himself says he has a temper you just don’t believe it</p>
<p>By Michael Kranish
Globe Staff / January 27, 2008
WASHINGTON - Senator Thad Cochran of Mississippi, who has known Senator John McCain for more than three decades, on Wednesday endorsed Mitt Romney for president.</p>
<p>Cochran said his choice was prompted partly by his fear of how McCain might behave in the Oval Office.</p>
<p>“The thought of his being president sends a cold chill down my spine,” Cochran said about McCain by phone. “He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and he worries me.”</p>
<p>McCain’s run-ins with other Republican senators are legendary. Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa said in an interview that he was so upset by a McCain tirade that he didn’t speak to him for two years. Grassley, who said he will make no endorsement, nonetheless says McCain is the most qualified among the five GOP candidates to be president.</p>
<p>I remember when the press reported that during the 2000 primary campaign, the Bush people frequently circulated whispers that McCain was too unstable and temperamental to be president. Now the side that spent so much time planting the stories, are trying to reel them back in.</p>
<p>More from the Boston Globe article:
"During McCain’s 2000 campaign, his hometown newspaper, The Arizona Republic, published an editorial saying that the country should be warned about McCain’s “volcanic” temper.</p>
<p>In his memoir, “Worth the Fighting For,” McCain provided what appears to be his fullest explanation of the subject, acknowledging his temper but writing that he sometimes uses it strategically"</p>
<p>Where did I say he didn’t have a temper? Stop putting words in my mouth. Having a temper is one thing, everybody has them, actually physically attacking somebody (like the bs article that was posted) is something very different. Believing that McCain is some physically abusive senator is just as crazy as believing Obama is a muslim sleeper cell, even though I’ve cited “evidence” if you will.</p>
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<p>I mean no offense by this, but if you think that Obama has never called anybody a name then you are unbelievably stupid.</p>
<p>THis is funny - the same people who voted for Clinton twice (and who would vote for Hillary if Obama melts away) suddenly don’t want a president with a temper. Ask Dick Morris about Bill’s temper and how if it weren’t for Hillary pulling Bill off Morris after he knocked Morris to the ground he would have beat him to a pulp.</p>
<p>I don’t think it’s a matter of a double standard. I also don’t think this is anything new. It’s been known in D.C. politics for years that McCain is a hothead. This is not news. In fact, it was widely thought that it was the Bush campaign who pushed the issue in stories leading up to the 2000 elections. In any event, whether it’s an issue or not, is up to each voter.</p>