Columnist: "Nothing here for McCain to become angry over . . . I hope!"

[Bluebear]

Sen. John McCain declared recently that he does not lose his temper, and without proof to the contrary I would not dare dispute him. :sarcasm: Particularly since I tried that once and received a very . . . animated telephone call from the senator, followed by 12 years of the silent treatment. In a Baltimore Sun article Sunday about McCain, the unannounced presidential candidate was asked about his reputation as a guy who can fly off the handle.

Not that I would know anything about that based on a long-ago phone call I got from the senator. One that began with him saying, rather loudly, "You have, Mr. Montini, lied about me, and what I said, and I demand a retraction and apology from you, and I demand it immediately." And which ended with what I believed to be a slightly veiled threat to get me fired.

Or maybe I misinterpreted the whole thing. That must be it, since this is what the senator told the Sun reporter about his temper: "Just because someone says it's there, you would have to provide some corroboration that it was. Because I do not lose my temper. I do not. Now, do I speak strongly? Do I feel frustrated from time to time? Of course. If I didn't, I don't think I would be doing my job.

"But for someone to say that McCain became just angry and yelled or even raised my voice or - it's just not true. It's simply not true. And so these rumors continue to circulate about - quote - temper. They're going to have to find some concrete examples of it, and they aren't there."

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0323montini0323.html

John McCain....the last "Bush Republican"

[ThomCat]

1. McCain looks more and more like a loose cannon.

I'm glad he's a repuke. I could never support that bastard.

[lies and propaganda]

2. MCCain, my crap senator, makes me ill.

and if this picture doesnt scream a million words...

A friend of mine worked at the Capitol during the last election when a virtual nobody was running against McCain. He refused to grant an interview with the Capitol Times because he said he wasnt 'actually running a race.' SOB.

[enigmatic]

3. I love Ed Montini

When I lived for several years in Phoenix and read the Republic Ed was just about the only one who was nailing both McCain and Joe Arpaio to the wall for their corruption and general slime; I'm glad to see he's still at it..