Do Americans really want to play Russian roulette with John McCain's mental state?

[BurtWorm]

Besides his well-documented history of anger management issues, which even Republicans say make him a risky bet to lead in situations where a cool head is needed, McCain has been demonstrating a dangerous unpredictability, not only in his mood but in his actions and reactions to events.

Of course, no one in this forum needs convincing of this. But perhaps the American public needs to hear it loud and clear. If the McCain camp wants to manufacture doubts about Obama's loyalties to the United States to exploit native phobias of strange names and dark skin, then they really should have to pay the consequences--through the nose. I don't think it's unfair to make them pay for spreading untruths by raising the most serious concern anyone should have about John McCain, and that is his erratic mind. It may seem creepy to go there--a little Rovian--but this country and the world cannot afford NOT to go there.

The McCain camp's despicable lying about Obama is not just an excuse to unleash this kind of assault. It's a great big target.

[CoffeeCat]

1. Have you read the "Rolling Stone"...

..article on McCain that came out this week?

I'm printing out copies and sending them to every address that I see has a McCain sign
on their lawn.

I will probably piss people off, but maybe--someone will take the time to read the article
and decide not to vote for that life-long crazed lunatic.

[BurtWorm]

2. I haven't read the whole thing, but I did read about his experience with his captors in Hanoi.

And it made me think the American people need to know how that fucked with McCain's brain.

Decent people have a tendency to want to stay away from such a sensitive issue as mental health. But we can't afford to stay away from it. If McCain were being successfully treated for his mental issues, it would be one thing. But when they manifest themselves so regularly, it's clear he's not being treated in a way that allows him to manage them. In fact, he seems to think he can use his erraticism as a sort of leasership style. This is a dangerous situation for Americans to be in, to have this person in such a position to access this power.

[BurtWorm]

3. From the Rolling Stone article by Tim Dickinson

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/make_believe_maverick_the_real_john_mccain/page/5

Even those in the military who celebrate McCain's patriotism and sacrifice question why his POW experience has been elevated as his top qualification to be commander in chief. "It took guts to go through that and to come out reasonably intact and able to pick up the pieces of your life and move on," says Wilkerson, Colin Powell's former chief of staff, who has known McCain since the 1980s. "It is unquestionably a demonstration of the character of the man. But I don't think that it is a special qualification for being president of the United States. In some respects, I'm not sure that's the kind of character I want sitting in the Oval Office. I'm not sure that much time in a prisoner-of-war status doesn't do something to you. Doesn't do something to you psychologically, doesn't do something to you that might make you a little more volatile, a little less apt to listen to reason, a little more inclined to be volcanic in your temperament."