You know, just when I was about to talk myself out of voting for Sen. John McCain, the Drudge Report links to a Mississippi newspaper article about the man's temper.
GOP Senator says McCain roughed up Nicaraguan.
Apparently back in 1987, the freshly minted Arizona senator got involved in a physical altercation with one of Daniel Ortega's Sandanista henchmen during a diplomatic reception.
According to Mississippi Republican Thad Cochran...
"I saw some kind of quick movement at the bottom of the table and I looked down there and John had reached over and grabbed this guy by the shirt collar and had snatched him up like he was throwing him up out of the chair to tell him what he thought about him or whatever."
No doubt McCain couldn't stomach being in the same room with a member of a communist-backed regime that was responsible for cold-bloodedly butchering thousands of its own citizens.
Could a Chuck Norris endorsement be in the near future?
The fact that McCain has/had a tendency to go all Robert Mitchum in a film noir movie by roughing up communists for some reason doesn't seem that troublesome. At least not when the only other choice is some limp-wristed metrosexual that the Democrats put on top of their ticket this election season. The least that the D's could have done for America was nominate a real man like Hillary.
Matt Drudge, who it has been reported is no fan of the the Arizona senator, probably chose to link to the Sun Herald article in order to discredit the man. But stories like this shouldn't hurt McCain when it comes to the average voter.
Americans like tough guys and abhor wimps.
If the presumptive GOP nominee wants to win in November he has to recapture the gruff, straight-talking, no-nonsense Maverick image he cultivated prior to the 2000 election. The milquetoast stuff about having a respectful debate with Obama has gotta stop.
Maybe by shaking loose some of the faux GOP douchebags from his election team, as has been reported, will add a little backbone the faltering campaign.
And if he cold-cocks Chris Matthews the next time he gives McCain lip during an interview, so much the better...
Posted by DonWard at July 02, 2008 09:04 PM | Email ThisFor God's sake man, grow a pair.
Posted by: Andy on July 2, 2008 10:21 PMDon...can you stop writing such funny posts? I always happen to read them late at night, and then I chuckle, snort, and wake or startle someone. Congratulations.
I'm pretty sure Drudge was a Romney-bot. I think he needs to get over that.
Posted by: Cydney on July 2, 2008 11:49 PMPersonally, I'd prefer a president that isn't so goddamn stupid as to assault a foreign official at a diplomatic reception. (Unless you're planning on getting him to wrestle Putin for anti-missile defense, of course.)
And before you get high and mighty about the Sandinistas, remember that the US government was doing a pretty good job of supporting the Contras, who were responsible for "cold-bloodedly butchering thousands of its own citizens" themselves.
Posted by: demo kid on July 3, 2008 03:16 AMChuck Norris doesn't endorse anyone or anything. He just tells you the way things are going to be.
Chuck Norris doesn't endorse anyone or anything. He just tells you the way things are going to be.
assault a foreign official
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HAHAHAHA, I can see your either to young back in the 80's or you know nothing about Ortega.
Posted by: Army Medic/Vet on July 3, 2008 06:37 AMSenator McCain Keep roughing up socialist/communists bastards both in this country and abroad!!!!!!!
Posted by: TruePatriot on July 3, 2008 08:01 AMSenator McCain Keep roughing up socialist/communists bastards both in this country and abroad!!!!!!!
Posted by: TruePatriot on July 3, 2008 08:02 AMSenator McCain Keep roughing up socialist/communists bastards both in this country and abroad!!!!!!!
Posted by: TruePatriot on July 3, 2008 08:03 AMSenator McCain Keep roughing up socialist/communists bastards both in this country and abroad!!!!!!!
Posted by: TruePatriot on July 3, 2008 08:35 AMThanks I'll remember that. (-:
Posted by: Army Medic/Vet on July 3, 2008 09:06 AMLosing your temper is OK if you live in a world where personal physical violence works. Unfortunately, we left that world behind a long time ago. We have machines, and technology, and billions of people, and the thumping your chest doesn't accomplish much against a guy with nukes. Sure, that guy may not have pecs as large as yours, but if he pushes the button, you and yours are vaporized. Bill Gates is a nerd, and I'll bet every one of you could beat him to a pulp, but he's a lot richer than any of you. So go ahead, beat on your chests, talk big, swagger, and proclaim that your penises are larger than those of people you disagree with. You're still losers. Rationalism crushed testosterone a long time ago.
Posted by: Chris Crawford on July 3, 2008 09:18 AMGo re-read the story. The incident happened in 1987. That's 20 years ago for the math impaired. It's not like he did it just last week.
Posted by: Ken on July 3, 2008 10:37 AM(I try to picture a man that cant' lift his arms above his shoulders attacking someone)
McCain POW days has left him a little out of shape when it comes to fighting or jerking someone around.
Posted by: Army Medic/Vet on July 3, 2008 10:38 AMArmy Medic/Vet seems to suggest that the report is false because Mr. McCain is physically incapable of attacking somebody. I'm happy to entertain the possibility that the report was false. Was it ever denied? Was there any corroboration? In any event, comments such as The fact that McCain has/had a tendency to go all Robert Mitchum in a film noir movie by roughing up communists for some reason doesn't seem that troublesome. suggest that readers here approve of such behavior. That's what I criticize: the approval of uncivilized behavior.
Posted by: Chris Crawford on July 3, 2008 10:52 AMFor being 115 years old Don, you sure are immature.
Posted by: Noble on July 3, 2008 10:59 AMThe thing I love most about McCain is that he's got a bit of a temper. People thought W was a cowboy? Wait'll the get aload a McCain. The UN might just stop pushing us around.
Posted by: WFP on July 3, 2008 11:04 AMAnd this is just ridiculous. You know this will never happen.
Posted by: Noble on July 3, 2008 11:09 AMAlright... if this is a pissing contest, I'm certain that Putin will be quite willing to kick McCain's ass just to prove a point. Sidney's T-Rex arms would be no match for a Jujitsu master...
@11, 12, 13, 15: Senator McCain Keep roughing up socialist/communists bastards both in this country and abroad!!!!!!!
Hey, he can do whatever he wants, but the "socialist/communists bastards" will be quite willing (and justified) to do that back to him if that happens.
Posted by: demo kid on July 3, 2008 12:30 PMPlease talk about and "Compare And Contrast" the " Presidential Temperament" of our Presidential presumptive nominees. I will also request and plead to the nominees themselves [ Hon. Senator McCain and Obama ].
Our nation has been applying this yard and stick tor the appointments and confirmation process of our Supreme Court Justices nominees.
Our Greatgrand Nation Foundations are as under:
Family, friends, fellows, faith, funds, fun, with fairness & freedom And without fear, favor, and failure.
It will be disgrace and shameful if the nominees and media will not look into this critical and crucial aspect under current challenging times and circumstances within our country and all around the Globe.
America wake up and the discuss the " Presidential Temperament" of our presumptive presidential nominee's [ Hon. Senator McCain and Obama].
Yours sincerely,
COL. A.M.Khajawall [Ret].
Disabled American Veteran
Forensic psychiatrist, Las Vegas, Nevada
But hey, at least the man knows how to keep his trollop of a wife in line, right?
Posted by: Andrew Brown on July 3, 2008 12:44 PMAnd if politics should be decided by fistfights, then shouldn't we be voting for professional boxers and wrestlers? How about these yard signs:
Vote Big Bruiser "Who needs to vote when you can kick ass?"
Muhammed Ali for Senate: Because he doesn't care, he hits.
Incredible Hulk for Congress: Third Congressional District Rules!
Actually, Congressman Hulk's political slogan is "Hulk SMASH earmarks!!!"
Posted by: Don Ward on July 3, 2008 01:34 PMI wish that McCain would start being McCain more in this campaign. He seems somewhat muzzled and don't think that is serving anyone's best interests. Michael Murphy would be someone good for him to listen to and hopefully his campaign strategy will evolve and he will be able to radiate more optimism and confidence and watch Ronald Reagan campaign films. Obama's optimism is thinly veiled - if he goes into any depth, one sees that he is pessimistic and believes Government is the answer, like Jimmy Carter. He speaks out of both sides of his mouth.
Posted by: KS on July 3, 2008 10:45 PMThis country was begun because of over taxation, and it is time to take it back.
Obama 60%, roll back all tax cuts, spend like a monkey buying bananas, the most liberal individual in a long time,
NO WAY
Posted by: gs on July 3, 2008 11:05 PM1. As to the suggestion that Mr. McCain should take off the gloves and show his true conservative colors, I rather like that idea -- because it would surely lead to a landslide victory for Mr. Obama, demonstrating how completely the American people reject the conservative philosophy.
2. As to taxation issues, I agree that Mr. Obama will raise taxes -- it's the only rational course because we are in deep deficit. While it is a commonplace to denounce liberals as 'tax and spend' politicians, Mr. Bush has turned out to be a 'don't tax but keep spending' politician -- which is even worse. The primary task facing our government is to lower spending, and the best way to do that is to eliminate the biggest discretionary component of our spending: the war in Iraq. Terminating that war will alone save more money than the increases implicit in ALL the spending proposals offered by Mr. Obama. In short, Mr. Obama is proposing to shut down a fiscally disastrous war and use part of the savings to fund domestic programs.
Posted by: Chris Crawford on July 4, 2008 07:39 AMThe message is clear-a recession will become a reality with your guy. McCain voted for a balanced budget amendment back in 1998, but the Republican who kept it from passing was Mark Hatfield _ R, OR. I'll trust a veteran centrist who has worked with both sides over a neophyte leftist in anything that involves fiscal and security.
Posted by: KS on July 4, 2008 09:41 AMThe cumulative cost of the Iraq War is now up to at least $2 trillion. That's roughly $400 million per year. If Mr. Obama winds down the war three years before Mr. McCain does, then he will have saved us $1.2 trillion. Are you claiming that Mr. Obama's domestic spending proposals exceed $1.2 trillion?
Posted by: Chris Crawford on July 4, 2008 01:41 PMYES. Universal Health Care (insuring 15 million illegal aliens) and Medicare alone will exceed that amount.
Posted by: KS on July 4, 2008 02:20 PM...And McCain and Bush and Co. have thrown our distinguished American Soldiers under the bus for the last 7 years with their illegal war. I say, anyone dumb enough and cold-hearted enough to vote for McCain should be arrested and tried for conspiracy to commit murder. You're animals who have no respect for country or for the families of our fallen.
Posted by: Ron Paul for Obama on July 4, 2008 05:17 PM"I say, anyone dumb enough and cold-hearted enough to vote for McCain should be arrested and tried for conspiracy to commit murder. "
You are off of your meds and are spewing nonsense. With that appalling misinformation, you really shouldn't vote. McCain did not get us in this war, silly. McCain had no more to do with us getting in the war than John Kerry or Hillary Clinton. Bush did and he has left it to the next president to have us win and then leave.
Posted by: KS on July 4, 2008 05:35 PMThere is no guarantee that even if a conservative R gets elected in 2012 that he will be able to undo the freedoms that an Obama administration will taken away from us, as he will expand Government and get us linked in with the World Court and Global Governance, not to mention do-nothing about oil drilling or nuclear power here and continue social engineering in an attempt to get us out of our cars and tax and spend us into oblivion with his new programs.
McCain is not the ideal candidate, but can you tell me who ever was ? It's all about the lesser of two evils nowadays and would hope that you rethink your position between now and November and vote for someone who has a real chance to win.
Posted by: KS on July 5, 2008 05:52 PMNow if we are talking temperament, I want to know if McCain's temperament was responsible for the worse single casualty event the Navy suffered during Vietnam. That is the 1967 disaster aboard the USS Forrestal resulting in the Deaths of 134 soldiers.
There has been some credible claims that this was caused by McCain "Wet starting" his A4. "Wet Starting" was a dangerous process that young hot shot pilots often did.
Also it is a historical fact that McCain while he was a pilot lost five airplanes. If you wonder why this needs to be brought up,it is because McCain has brought up his military service in his campaign.
Lots of American Vets have come out as strongly against McCain as they did Kerry. And it seems like they have a good reason to do so.
Posted by: Fred on July 7, 2008 08:13 AMAnd This video shows why so many Vietnam Vets don't support him.
As for the Forrestal disaster it is possible that the whole thing was an accident, just an electrical failure but why was McCain transferred immediately from the Forrestal?
Posted by: Fred on July 7, 2008 12:23 PM