McCain continuing to Breakdown - Must see clip from today

[rufus dog]

From Kos front page - Breaking News

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHcPXfgD4jM

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/30/231224/007/123/616189


I think Johnie needs a nap!

[rufus dog]

1. kick - has to be seen

[Whalestoe]

2. To quote a YouTube comment: "What an asshole."

[Cha]

3. Totally Rec'd! I took the poll..But I can't stand looking

at john mccain anymore.

Poll
Will John McCain's temper be a liability?

Yes
66% 822 votes
No
4% 46 votes
If he can harness his anger towards House Republicans, it won't be.
2% 21 votes
You'd be angry too if you had picked Palin
29% 365 votes

| 1254 votes | Vote | Results

And, I thought this was very interesting..

From the Huff Post (care of Jed Lewison):

Panelists on this AM's special edition of Morning Joe were zeroed straight in on John McCain's angry debate performance last night.

Mika Brzezinski was particularly put-off by McCain's refusal to look at Barack Obama, which she said was not only rude, but made her wonder how McCain could debate issues if he couldn't even look at his opponent.

Joe Scarborough also thought McCain's demeanor reflected poorly on him, and Mike Barnicle thought McCain looked annoyed.

Even Pat Buchanan, who felt McCain won the debate, thought McCain's demeanor could very well be a negative for McCain.

[tuvor]

4. That anger isn't exactly going to help him live to a ripe old age.

[magdalena]

110. The good die young.

Assholes live forever.

[myrna minx]

5. Thanks for posting. K&R. What a jerk.

What a haughty, paranoid jerk. This is how he treats the Des Moines Register? Yeah...they're just like the Washington cocktail circuit. He really thinks he answers to no one. :puke:

On edit: What America needs right now is a clenched jawed, sarcastic, contemptuous, petulant jerk, who's delicate feathers are ruffled by the DesMoines Register Editorial Board!

Well according to the bizarre ads McCain is running in Minnesota: Change is Coming! :crazy:

[KatyaR]

132. "What America needs right now is a clenched jawed, sarcastic, contemptuous, petulant jerk"--

wait, don't we have that already?

[amborin]

6. this should be in a campaign ad

[Lorien]

7. Good Lord! what an ASSHOLE!

nasty, condescending, arrogant...he really is a piece of work! "I many not be an astronaut, but I can understand the challenge". Hey John, I know an astronaut, and no, you can't!

[GrantDem]

8. "...have you always been covered by a taxpayer financed healthcare plan?"

Answer:

"...I've never been an astronaut..."

:wtf:

[CTyankee]

62. I sent a LTTE on this issue but my paper hasn't run it yet. Once he has the debate

dealing with domestic policy, I expect that they will run it. In my letter I asked why McCain said that the American people "don't want" government run health care but consistently accepts it, even tho he, unlike most of us, is in a position (even with his preexisting condition) to buy private insurance.

[blondeatlast]

68. THAT is ripe for a 527 ad-picking. WTF? nt

[NewJeffCT]

86. WTF kind of answer is that?

but, I guess he could have said, "I didn't have government health-care when I was a POW for 5 years!"

[Eugenian]

133. re. "WTF kind of answer is that?"

I guess he could have said, "I didn't have government health-care when I was a POW for 5 years!"


Five and a half. Show some respect.


(Why do you hate the troops?)

[LooseWilly]

146. He basically DID mention the POW thing.

When he said that, for a while there, his health insurance wasn't so good. It was a definite implying of POW time...

[Cooley Hurd]

103. The space of time between his retirement from the Navy & his election to the House...

...he was MOST DEFINITELY covered by the Navy's health benefits. :eyes:<-for McCain.

[Wapsie B]

137. It's always some snotty conservative who's getting free healthcare

at the taxpayer's expense who wants to deny it for all. repugs like that make me glad I'm not an organ donor.

[CoffeeCat]

9. It makes me so sick and disgusted....

...to see McCain justify the ad that said that Obama was "for comprehensive sex
education for kindergartners' and then cut to a shot of Obama with a smarmy look
on his face, as if Obama he was looking down at a child--in a suggestive manner.

It was...so...sick.

Yes, Obama supported a bill that called for comprehensive K-6 sex education, but the
kindergarten portion of the bill was ONLY about teaching children about protecting
themselves against child sex predators.

I'm still so upset about that ad, that I can barely articulate my thoughts.

Does John McCain think that it's funny to lie about teaching sex to kindergartners?
Is John McCain against teaching kindergartners to protect themselves against sex predators?
Does John McCain think it's amusing or a neat trick to deceive the American public about
someone wanting to teach kindergartners about sex--when that's not the case?

It's just so beyond the pale. I wish we hadn't moved on from this subject, because
John McCain deserves to lose the election--solely on this ad alone.

It's reprehensible, evil and the most vile political ad EVER made in the history of this country.

[democrat2thecore]

20. You're so right - even Karl Frickin' ROVE said that ad was "over the top"!!!! -nt

[ForeignSpectator]

85. But only because there was backlash, that slug has absolutely NO ethics at all, too!

[Sorceress]

83. EXACTLY!!!!

McCain's dismissive nature didn't bother me. I guess I am accustomed to that one now. However, his flat out insistence that his lies were the truth really cut me the wrong way.

He lied. The program was not comprehensive for kindergarten students! It was comprehensive for the upper grades. The kindergarten students were going to be taught about "good touch/bad touch" type of stuff. Things that are imperative for a young child to learn. And to be honest, McCain's opposition to this makes me question whether he doesn't just LOOK like a dirty old man...

[frogcycle]

147. and Obam should demand an apology for it during the next debate

or maybe the last one would be better. Step away from the podium, turn to face him, and politely state the facts and ask for an apology. Then just be quiet. Mcpow's head would explode.

[Chulanowa]

10. Astronaut? What?

I have... no clue what he was getting at there.

[starroute]

46. Oh, I understand all too well

He was saying you don't have to be an astronaut to understand the challenges of going into space -- and therefore you don't have to live without health insurance to know what that's like.

It was a false analogy to begin with, because as a pilot McCain has experienced many of the same challenges as an astronaut, if on a smaller scale. But he has never, ever been poor and struggling, and he clearly has no clue.

But beyond that, it was an example of something I'm starting to sense about McCain -- which is that he has almost no empathy in him for other people. When asked about challenges or suffering he either relates it to his own experience or it has no reality for him.

I think this may be why he keeps referring back to his POW experience. It isn't so much a campaign ploy as it is the only way in which a man without empathy can relate at least indirectly to the suffering of others.

[rufus dog]

52. Interesting take

The whole POW stories have no emotion, alway bothered me that it was so easy for him to bring it up yet he was so cold when he discussed his experience.

[olegramps]

71. He is an immoral bastard

His compassion was well demonstrated when he dumped his wife because she was crippled. The guy is a genuine asshole. When he was attending church services in Phoenix on giant-screen TV he was shown saying that his "greatest moral failure" was when he dumped his first wife. He attempted to mitigate his actions by saying in the interview with the Rev. Rick Warren, "I have been a very imperfect person." This is very indicative of his reasoning. Everyone is imperfect, so my moral failure is understandable. This is not some minor indiscretion, but a major decision to break a sacred vow he took that in sickness or in health until death do us part. It never ceases to amaze me how so-called Christians have no problem with outright hypocrisy. I can understand when divorce and separation can be warranted, but not in this case. It was predicated solely on his greed. What I also find appalling is that they have attempted to use the fact that his first wife has not condemned him, because she actually is a Christian, as justification for his actions. Well they attempt to argue, if his first wife doesn't condemn him for being an immoral cad, then you shouldn't either.

[bedazzled]

79. lack of empathy just like george? actually mccain's got MORE empathy than bush!

i guess it's because george never suffered anything!

mccain's definitely got worse interpersonal skills,
though.

[glitch]

139. Not more empathy, more entitlement. If you can imagine that... nt

[FirstLight]

125. Typical sociopath response

Sociopaths think that those who suffer are actually sub-human... they believe in their own mond that they are superior, and that's why they can manipulate so well. they can even manipulate with emotion, but it is all an act, to get the sub-humans to buy their story and take them in...so they can then rape & pillage and take what they want. after all, if you are taking from someone who is "less than" then it can't be bad

really twisted way of perceiving the world. there was a post on DU months ago that called it something else, a socio-pathic government... really interesting. i will try and dig it up

edit! found it!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3141216

"How societies become Pathocracies"

[Monk06]

11. Why has Cindy stuck with this prick so long. Trash mouth, arrogant loser.

[Erin Elizabeth]

15. Like follows like.

I'm sure she's not such a treasure herself. They're probably both huge assholes.

[myrna minx]

53. Look at Cindy guffaw when Palin mocked( i.e. lying) about 'Heahren abought

Biden's speeches since I was in theh seckohnd grahed!" Considering is Cindy is married to a man who is 6 years older than Biden: Haw, Haw, Haw.

Please. Please. Please. As a feminist and a Minnesohhhtan, Palin, makes me embarrassed as a woman, and as a Coen Brothers archetype. I want to reclaim my accent and my gender. Palin makes we Minnesotans sound like polished Shakespearean orators.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqqBXNOu7so

[abumbyanyothername]

45. Why did Cindy stick?

Maybe she likes being called a cunt in public.

[Virginia Dare]

76. She was marrying her daddy basically..

classic Freudian scenario, Cindy's daddy was an arrogant prick just like Johnny McSame.

[FatDave]

134. Comes in handy to be married to a senator.

Especially when trying to duck drug convictions.

[barack the house]

12. Snarky snarky Mr. McCain it's not nice to treat the press like that.

[EffieBlack]

13. Oh, my God - this man is unraveling!

That video is really frightening - he looks like he thinks he's on trial being cross-examined.

This is scary, scary stuff.

[tridim]

14. A glimpse at his potential executive demeanor

If he was my boss, I'd quit.

[democrat2thecore]

25. Seriously, He could make Bush look like Abraham Lincoln. Seriously. He's terribly unbalanced. -nt

[Erin Elizabeth]

27. OMG. I shuddered.

Remember when Bush started rubbing Angela Merkel's shoulders (PM of Germany)? He doesn't have any social skills and it's been a long, embarrassing ride.

But just imagine McCain, freaking out and yelling about his pen and astronauts and making everyone call him the sheriff. Fucking a. You're right--he'd make Bush look like some sort of amazing statesman. Four years of that and none of us would even recognize a good leader if we saw one.

Again: shudder.

[democrat2thecore]

32. Can you imagine McCain in private meetings acting like he did with the Des Moines Register? -nt

[genna]

67. Exactly! I WOULD NOT WORK FOR A SARCASTIC ASS LIKE THIS GUY EITHER.

I do not want to listen to his judgemental ass during a national emergency either. It is hard enough believing Bush whenever he appears from a hidden location during an emergency.

He is dismissive in the worse sense of the word. What I don't get is these Hillary women think he is a more attractive candidate than McCain. In what respect?

[FrenchieCat]

16. A spoiled 72 year old child!

I don't have to be an astronaut to know how space works? :wtf:

[Erin Elizabeth]

Not only was it a dodge, but WTF did it even have to DO with

the question ASKED???

[Cha]

31. mccain is all about dodging..if he put as much energy into

vetting sarah palin he wouldn't have nearly as much dodging to do.

mcdodge.

[democrat2thecore]

17. He was CLOSE...oh so close....to that EXPLOSION we've all been waiting for -nt

[Erin Elizabeth]

18. Wow. How much ya wanna bet the Des Moines Register

editorial board recommended people vote for Obama?

:rofl:

The man is a prick. A complete douchebag. A professional asshole.

I got really pissed at his dodge of the taxpayer covered healthcare plan question. That's a good fucking question. It DOES seem he's been covered with healthcare on the taxpayer dime for most of his freaking life. But he can't even admit to that. Instead he goes off on some incoherent thing about astronauts. WTF? This is not a man you want talking to world leaders.

(I never EVER thought there'd be anyone who would make Bush look good by comparison, but folks, I think the GOP found him. Wow.)

[democrat2thecore]

29. You know, Molly Ivins....(inside)

Molly used to make people mad by saying that she knew Bush well, and that while his policies were bad and he is a "shrub", he is a genuinely nice guy on a personal level and very hard to dislike.

Can you imagine ANYONE saying that about John McCain? Even his friends know him as a foul-mouthed and hot tempered know-it-all.

EDIT: I left out a word that made the sentence sound pretty stupid.

[Erin Elizabeth]

30. Yep, I used to think she was crazy for saying that

but now I see.......

God, how crazy. I really thought Bush was the WORST of the worst.

[Stardust]

49. Not only tax-payer funded health care, but he collects Disability, too.

Not that he doesn't deserve it, but if he were truly conservative, seems to me he'd turn it down.

[dmr]

124. Most likely covered by taxpayers as a child too. His dad was

an admiral, so wouldn't it stand to reason his health care has been financed by taxpayers for his entire life, sans the time between the navy and his Congressional stint? He went to work for his father-in-law, and I'm sure his health care was the best. So he's been well taken care of, hasn't he? No worries.

I'm not complaining about receiving health care via his father's, then his own military career - the military must care for those who serve. The point is, but for a short period of time, his health care has been covered by taxpayers. The program works, and it can work for all of us, if there aren't assholes interfering (sabotaging) its implementation.

[xxqqqzme]

126. Funny you should bring that up......

'...In case you thought that the Des Moines Register is some sort of liberal rag that is out to get John McCain-- they endorsed him for president less than a year ago!.....'

edit ti add: http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/30/231224/007/...

[DefenseLawyer]

19. It was a success!

John McCain makes it through the entire interview without calling anyone a c*nt. Kudos John!

[chupacabranation]

21. "Well, I'm not an astronaut, but I think I know the challenges of space"???!?!

BWAHAHAHAHA

You just got

PALINNED!!!!

[Erin Elizabeth]

23. I can see the moon from my house!

Hey, give the old man a break, HE HAS A PEN! AND HE'S NOT AFRAID TO USE IT! HE'S THE SHERIFF! HE'S NOT MISS CONGENIALITY!

Gah.

[Lorien]

28. .....

:spray: :rofl:

DUzy!

[dgibby]

89. Uh, you forgot he was a POW!

[burythehatchet]

22. Honestly, is Palin really that much more cringeworthy?

[Erin Elizabeth]

26. They're a pretty good (bad) match, aren't they?

He's an asshole who knows nothing, she's an airhead who knows nothing.

[Lorien]

24. This MUST go viral

every undecided voter needs to see it!

[democrat2thecore]

34. Kinda reminds me of an old and arrogant Vice Principal I had in High School -nt

[Cali_Democrat]

33. Disturbing video to say the least

McCain CANT be trusted with the presidency of the United States. He's a loose cannon.

[democrat2thecore]

38. Remember in 1994 when he wanted an immediate attack on North Korea?

You are SO right. Loose cannon.

[neomonkey]

35. I know lots of condescending, curt & narrow-minded people,

so none of his behavior is really a shock to me.

That said, all the people I know who fit this description...uh, they are not U.S. Presidential candidates.

[backscatter712]

36. Nice to see that Obama still has McCain on tilt!

Keep at it! Keep McCain pissed off, making rash decisions and flushing his own campaign down the toilet!

[KathieG]

37. Jesus...this guy is a world class asshole

I hope this goes viral, it needs to be seen!

[TheKentuckian]

39. One thing that MUST be demanded of the media

is an answer that is at minimum, in context with the question asked. It would be cool to demand the actual truth but a response that is connectible to what was asked is the least anyone can do.

[saltpoint]

40. Grumpy, grumpy, grumpy.

I bet McCain just charmed the socks off that editorial board.

[saltpoint]

41. And anyway, why is he even campaigning in Iowa in the first place?

He's down by a formidable margin there and just last week reiterated his opposition to ethanol.

He should have called for the elimination of hog farming while he was in town and as well, denounced the Hawkeyes' football team as a bunch of wusses.

This guy is burning it down everywhere he goes.

[blondeatlast]

69. Hey, I'm happy he's there--buit I'd say that it calls his judgment into question.

Seriously stupid move on his part; not that many EVs anyway.

And yet, I applaud the decision!

[bullwinkle428]

80. He's still spending LOTS of money here - more proof that he's

an utterly clueless asshole! Piss it all away, Mac-Daddy...turn yourself into a laughingstock!

[chalky]

42. So don't take it personally, Barack...

It would seem that he's an asshole to EVERYBODY.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

43. in the other videos onYou Tube he says very rude words!

I'm shocked!

[EC]

44. When I watched it

I kept thinking about how he reminds me of his mother...hard and bitter...

[Parker CA]

47. I think this video clip is definitive proof that McLiar is

taking a lot of medications, and this is an instance where the effects of the medications had not exactly taken effect.

His entire demeanor is of a person who is about to break, both verbally and physically. He keeps shifting in his chair, clenching the jaw, being so condescending that he can barely contain himself. He is putting walls up after every statement and challenging the interviewers to just even try to push through those walls. He is all but completely losing it in these segments.

He is also very cornered on many levels. A large bookcase behind him, a chair between said case and a table that is encroaching on him, and directly across, out of camera view are the multiple, female interviewers. His campaign would be wise to never put him in a physical location like that during another interview. He is on the defensive before he is even asked any questions, and when they start, he is in such a compromised position because of his literal position in the room and because of the position his failing campaign has put him in over the past two months, that his fuse is 95% burned down.

There has to be a way to articulate these kinds of actions, behaviors, language, and sense of entitlement that this man feels in a statement from Obama either directly or through ads or speeches. This kind of man is terribly close to a serious breakdown on a level that if repeated often enough, warrants being committed or completely doped up and locked away in one of his seven homes. There is absolutely no sane person who could convince me that this type of personality would be anything but an enormous detriment to the United States.

Oh, and wow, just WOW. Epic failure number, how many is it now? I've lost count.

[Grinchie]

121. I've never been a Pyschologist, but I tell when someone is a high functioning Pyschopath

and that is McCain, a tick firmly embedded into the hide of the American Government.

This election cycle is a joke, probably a bet by Rove to the effect - I can make it look like this Brain dead Grampa can get elected while being investigated for High Crimes, and make the RNC a bit pot of money to defend us when Obama wins.

Trouble is -- Americans are stupid enough to fall for it.

[Princess Turandot]

48. As his folksy straight talk shtick has collapsed..

he seems to be losing his ability to control himself. I'm surprised that he didn't lash out personally at one of the women in the room with him. And while I think that Strom Thurmond was a deplorable bigot in his heyday, I can't imagine getting into a physical scuffle with a 92 year old man no longer in control of his faculties, as McCain did during the former's last term (I think) in the Senate.

He must be functioning in a state of constant rage these days. Whatever else was going on with his attitude towards Obama during the debate, he was clearly seething. I suspect that not looking at him was in part his way of keeping himself from blowing up. I can see his handlers telling him to pretend he was the only person in the room, as a coping technique.

[Binka]

50. Jesus Christ The USS John McCain Narcisisst Is About To Blow

What a fucking ASSHOLE! This nasty fuck has never been challenged and his sense of entitlement is so surreal. Filthy fucker. Fuck him. Fuck him.

[myrna minx]

51. kick n/t

[1corona4u]

54. Go to the DesMoines Register and watch the whole pile of clips..

It was tough, and I'm not done, but he's a freak...

http://www.desmoinesregister.com

Try this link to go straight to the video page...don't miss the one where he defends Sarah....right hand side

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=videonetwork

[blondeatlast]

72. "Member of the PTA.." Hey, sign me up! I guarantee I'll be a better Veep than Sarah.

For instance, I read Newsweek and I know what's happening in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India. :eyes:

[1corona4u]

74. Has the Des Moines Register endorsed yet?

If they do, I bet it's Obama. ;-)


I think all of us know more about the world around us than she does.

[dgibby]

90. Yes, they endorsed McCain.

Had already endorsed him before this interview. Bet they wish they hadn't done that!:rofl: Wonder if they'll pull the endorsement?

[1corona4u]

91. They should....really. He was a bastard to them.

[Inspired]

143. Only for the Repuke nomination. They haven't endorsed for President yet.

[Greyskye]

92. "The American people have shown their overwhelming approval of her (Palin)"

Most detached from reality candidate - EVER! :wtf:

[DrZeeLit]

114. Goober. What a goober. So, George Will is a cocktail conservative? Oooooh, I'll bet he will love

hearing that said about himself.

His head is so far up his ass his eyes should be brown. (are they? I can't see through the shit)

[smoochpooch]

55. John, you've got no one to blame but yourself for the state of your campaign.

You chose Palin, now live with it. If you let someone else pick her for you for political reasons, you're equally responsible. He clearly regrets his choice, he's tired of talking about her qualifications and her interviews but that's also his fault for choosing a dunce.

He has actually started to believe the bull they spout everyday: he actually thinks he's a victim, he actually thinks the media is playing "gotcha" by asking the potential VP questions. After he loses, he's going to end up crazy and muttering to himself about how he got screwed.

[mod mom]

56. Lying seems to be not problem for this man-definitely following the neocons down the road

of destruction.

[tekisui]

57. They most have accurate internal polls, and he is about to blow a

gasket!

BLOW, JOHNNIE, BLOW!~~~~

[Hepburn]

58. Snarky old asshole, IMO...

...and I can hear him whistle out, "Hey kid, get offa my laaaaaawn!"

Wow ~~ he sure came pretty close to unglued at the end of that one. The remark about "Georgetown Cocktail Person" was very telling to me. Guess he does NOT like any criticism as to his pick of the Saracuda!

[workinclasszero]

59. What a ass!

That video, his debate performance and his pathetic judgment in picking Palin as his VP are all a clear warning to Americans.

If McCain gets elected it will make the Bush years seem like a walk in the park! That hot headed idiot will have us at war with Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and Russia in no time!

If your not ready to see your kids drafted to fight McCain's neocon wars you better do all you can to see that Obama is our next president.

[mwb970]

60. Most politicians aren't such blatant pricks.

They're like con men - likability is the "front" that lets them do their dirty deeds in the dark. Look at Huckabee - he comes across as a super-nice guy despite his crazy ideas. Even empty suit Romney is at least affable. You have to seem at least somewhat human in order to win votes, or so you would think.

Not John McCain. He comes across, as seen here, as an angry, arrogant asshole. He's basically a punk, the oldest punk I've ever seen or heard of. His bitter sarcasm against Obama and his general lying prickery make me sick to my stomach on a daily basis.

I already dislike McCain even more than bush, something I never would have thought possible! This dipshit is truly the very, very bottom of the barrel.

[1Hippiechick]

61. My post on YouTube for this video:

That sums up McCain-how DARE anyone question him? I'm surprised he didn't drag his POW lie through the mud again, using his admonishing tone-I mean, how COULD anyone question this war hero who sacrificed so much for us? BS! He wasn't the only POW. What else I love about this interview shows his contempt towards WOMEN-I haven't seen him display this behavior with male interviewers. Again, he chose airhead Palin, trying to get stoopid women's vote. Well guess what, Johnny boy? We ain't buying.

[underpants]

63. Georgetown cocktail party conservative huh?

What like your wife or your entire campaign?

[chupacabranation]

77. Pretty much. I'm amazed at how he just doesn't care about the votes of people...

...that don't agree w/him...

[Essene]

105. george will, david brooks, kathleen parker... you know, the ones who used to like Mccain

[AzDar]

64. Unnerving.

:wow:

[olegramps]

65. His arrogance is appalling

I am sure that lock-step Republicans would interpret his attitude as presidential. However, I believe that any foreign head of state would find his arrogant attitude to be less than acceptable. I am not saying this because I am a Democrat. I am an Independent because I saw in my own family what can happen to a person's objectivity when their loyalty to a party blocks their reasoning even to the extent when their loyalty is self destructive. It is my opinion that Republicans tend to be more inclined to be ideologues than Democrats. Democrats seem to be far more open to discussion, however, I will remain to be an Independent so I can maintain a degree of objectivity that finds McCain to be wholly an undesirable, if not dangerous, candidate and Palin to be an airhead.

[NatBurner]

66. i already knew he was a dick, but damn

this is just overkill

[alcibiades_mystery]

70. McCain calling CONSERVATIVE Washington "elitists" (hahahahaha)

This should endear him to the Rich Lowry's of the world. "If there's somebody at a Georgetown cocktail party who calls himself a conservative..."

:wow:

That would be the staff of the National Review! Needless to say, he's still furious at this crowd for preferring Bush to him, and for preferring Romney to him, etc. He knows they loathe him, so if he can wiggle out of the obvious fear and disgust that is now circulating through conservative circle at the prospect of a Palin Vice-Presidency by sticking it to them, he's happy to do it. But the real question is how much shit these people will eat before they dump this guy. Do you think the editors of the National Review will put up with 4 years of insults from angry McCain, when they can make more money and bump up circulation four-fold under a hostile Obama presidency? C'mon.

[Oak2004]

116. Keep it going. John

You might cause the National Review to endorse Obama out of spite.

[blondeatlast]

73. Wow. Just wow. Un-effing-believable. This man needs to retire. nt

[Virginia Dare]

75. Cindy needs to up his meds, I recommend more Xanax...n/t

[Indenturedebtor]

78. LOL the bit about healthcare is PRICELESS!!!!!! n/t

[Labors of Hercules]

81. Now he's dismissing Conservatives?

This is a nasty little fraction of a man.

[Renew Deal]

82. Most politicians are looking for votes.

And then there's McCain. :wtf:

[NC_Nurse]

84. What an asshole.

Lovely interview. Is he TRYING to lose now? :o

[agentS]

87. Forget President! Is McCain even ready to be president, let alone senator?

Honestly people. He should've known those questions were coming. Especially the one about the Sex-Ed/Prevent child sex abuse ad, which he lied about AGAIN...

Now he wants to get all angry. Being angry is good. Being angry all the time...not so good. Being angry all the time b/c your campaign ran itself off the freeway and into a zoo b/c you were wholly unprepared for the opposition...very very not good.

Who wants to take bets on a McCain meltdown at Debate #2?

[SallyMander]

88. K and R!

Astronaut???? :crazy:

[doublethink]

93. Wow ..... how did I miss this video last night ?

John McCain = Dirt Bag.

[Fire1]

94. This isn't half as scarey as his 'followers' who think his temper

is a GOOD THING!

[Zookeeper]

95. John McCain has a sense of entitlement.

Indulged rich kid, dashing hero, decades of Presidential ambition.

This has nothing to do with wanting to serve the American people.

[yorkie]

96. he is an angry old man

and how condescending he is to that reporter.
Where has he been hiding his head if he doesn't know Conservatives are turning against Palin? Yet another reason not to vote for the man-he does not even keep up with current events having to do with himself!

[curse10]

97. AP Now Reporting: McCain turns irritable, sarcastic in interview

http://www.salon.com/wires/ap/2008/10/01/D93HR50G0_mccain_editors/index.html

[Stinky The Clown]

98. Right below the surface is a seething anger

Seething ...... clenched teethed ....... controlled nostril flaring ...... real, deep seated anger.

[rufus dog]

99. Andrea Mitchell just played part of the clip

Specific to Sarah Palin, they cut it before he went on his Washington cocktail party rant, she only read that part. Damn it, show the money shot!

[AspenRose]

100. Not surprising

Considering his running mate is more popular than he is (though her novelty is wearing off), and everyone's acting like they're waiting around for him to die....


Even still, he is a first-class, major-league a-hole of the first order.

[DB1]

101. That guy has one very short fuse.

[BelgianMadCow]

102. The exposure of this thread proves again to me the Political Videos forum is no good

recommended :-)

[Essene]

104. my god, his defensiveness and anger is palpable. amazing

[AtomTan]

106. It's too bad ...

... more reporters aren't willing to ask real questions. In our current environment, these ladies are heroes. Anybody get their names? We oughtta send them a gift card or something.

I just wish one of them, when McCrank started bristling, had said, "Sorry, Maverick, but around here I'm not known as Miss Congeniality."

[EnviroBat]

107. This asshole will bring tyranny and martial law to this nation.

I guarantee it. He's looking more like the angry dictator every day.

[BrklynLiberal]

108. What an arrogant asshole!!! Too bad this side of him cannot be exposed to everyone who thinks

that this lying POS could be a good president.

[eleny]

109. Wasn't McCain covered by VA medical upon leaving the military?

After he left the military and before entering Congress he could have been covered by the VA since he had his disability.

So he may have been out and out lying during this interview. Or just forgot.

To put it in terms McCain often uses - :shrug: :eyes:

[BanzaiBonnie]

111. Bush redux

[Cosmic Charlie]

112. this clip is even better:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7GZheZbc7A

Li'l Johnny wants to be Master of the Universe!

[Oldtimeralso]

113. Clip is no longer available. n/t

[rufus dog]

122. Give it another shot

Both worked for me.

[DemoTex]

115. He needs to lay off the Starbucks coffee!

It makes him jervous and nerky (and assholic).

[klook]

117. "I know what it's like to be an astronaut"

"I'm floating right now! Whoa....."

[Patriot Abroad]

129. Yeah, that gets the WTF for the day

:scratches head:

[TrogL]

118. That is a full-blown sociopath

Watch for the smile about half-way through.

I've had someone smile at me like that just before he tried to break my fingers.

[nam78_two]

119. ...

:scared:

[Doodler71]

120. He smells the blood in the water and he is

starting to lash out. His poor judgement doesn't even need to be pointed out, it's glaringly obvious.

[honkydonkey]

123. Could you imagine living with this horses ass?

We've had eight years of a president who is a dumb ass acting like a smart ass. I think that W. doesn't hold a candle to McCain's obvious temper problem. This guy could literally pop a blood vessel in his brain if put under too much pressure. His jaw is so clinched, I wonder if his super polident ever comes unglued.

[OwnedByFerrets]

127. This man is NOT FIT to be the leader of our country. PERIOD.

[Barrymores Ghost]

128. God, he's SO sexy when he uses his tongue to suck the shit out of his teeth on-camera...

:puke:

[MNBrewer]

130. Ughhh!

I can't bear to watch the whole thing. What an asshole!

[Delgado]

131. Hmm

Old man John is getting pissy.

[codjh9]

135. Thank God it was only 1:58 long. :^) What a smug prick! Is there a FACTORY where

they MAKE these people? Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, McCain, Barbara Bush, Reagan, Gramm, Armey, Helms, Gingrich, Lott, DeLay... like Charlie Brown used to say, "AAUUGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!'

[eggplant]

136. Sacrilege!

Am I the only one who noticed the book title behind him?

[PVnRT]

138. I think he needs his prune juice and a nap

[eppur_se_muova]

140. Gives my "one straightjacket away from the Presidency" remark new piquancy ...

(re Ms. Palin/Fundie Spice) natch)

[TankLV]

141. Remember all those DU'rs this spring who were pushing to run WITH him

on a "unity" ticket?

wonder what these IDIOTS think NOW - or are they all banned now?!

[Imagevision]

142. As McCain's numbers drop he'll go balistic, it's in him, Bush jerked him over now an almost

unknown kicks his ass? - how the heck does he face going back to his old job??

[valerief]

144. I love the question about did he always get taxpayer-funded health insurance! nt

[graywarrior]

145. Yipes.

Cranky ain't he? I get like that when I'm NOT GETTING MY OWN WAY!