McCain's Character Flaw: Top 10 Anger Moments

There is no lack of documentation on John McCain’s anger management problems. The Media has done its share to report on just a few of those incidents but its true implications have never been entertained. What does this character flaw mean and what are some examples of McCain loosing his cool?

Psychologists claim that, “anger causes a loss in self-monitoring capacity and objective observability.” The Washington Post wrote an article about 10 years ago on McCain and his temper tantrum. So here is a list of McCain behaving non-Presidential like by stating:

1) "F- - - you!" @ Senator John Cornyn [New York Post]
2)  “A - - hole” @ Senator Pete Domenici [Newsweek]
3) “F- - -ing Jerk” @ Senator Charles Grassley [Newsweek]
4) Yelled and Humiliated Young Volunteert [The Arizona Republic]
5) Told Senator Kennedy to “Shut-up” [Boston Globe]
6)  “Sh- - Head” @ fellow Senator [NewsMax]
7)  “F - - - you” @  Republican Senator [NewsMax]
8) “C- - -” @ Cindy McCain [Raw Story]
9) Got Mad at Foreign Diplomat [The New York Times]
10)  Screamed and Acosted Senator Richard Shelby [Boston Globe]

Olberman does a great job of reviewing this issue in the YouTube video to the right. This begs the question of whether this type of behavior is appropriate for a President. It is fellow Republican Senators that do not agree with McCain’s approach. In fact that is why most of them did not support him during his bid in 2000. Those actions speak loudly. People that know him well and interact with him on a daily basis are turned off by his behavior. Bob Smith, a New Hampshire Republican claims, “His temper would place this country at risk in international affairs, and the world perhaps in danger. In my mind, it should disqualify him." McCain has even admitted that as an “angry 2-year-old, he would hold his breath until he lost consciousness.”

We dealt for 8 years with an incompetent President . . . can we really afford an someone that can not control their emotions? If the qualifications for U.S. President are someone that can not control their temper and is a geriatric . . . then all of sudden folks across America that live in retirement homes have become front runners for the GOP.