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THE CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
April 25, 2008
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Book: McCain temper boiled over in '92 tirade
Filed by Nick Juliano
John McCain's temper is well documented. He's called
opponents and colleagues "shitheads," "assholes" and in at
least one case "a fucking jerk."
But a new book on the presumptive Republican nominee will
air perhaps the most shocking angry exchange to date.
The Real McCain by Cliff Schecter, which will arrive in
bookstores next month, reports an angry exchange between
McCain and his wife that happened in full view of aides
and reporters during a 1992 campaign stop. An advance copy
of the book was obtained by RAW STORY.
Three reporters from Arizona, on the condition of
anonymity, also let me in on another incident involving
McCain's intemperateness. In his 1992 Senate bid, McCain
was joined on the campaign trail by his wife, Cindy, as
well as campaign aide Doug Cole and consultant Wes Gullett.
At one point, Cindy playfully twirled McCain's hair and
said, "You're getting a little thin up there." McCain's
face reddened, and he responded, "At least I don't plaster
on the makeup like a trollop, you cunt." McCain's excuse
was that it had been a long day. If elected president of
the United States, McCain would have many long days.
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The man who was known as "McNasty" in high school has
erupted in foul-languaged tirades at political foes and
congressional colleagues more-or-less throughout his
career, and his quickness to anger has been an issue on
the presidential campaign trail as evidence of his fury
has surfaced.
As Schecter notes, McCain's rage is not limited to the
political spectrum, and even his family cannot be spared
the brute force of his anger.
Schecter, who also blogs at The Agonist, said in an
interview the anecdote is "an early example of his
uncontrollable temper." In the book he outlines several
other examples of McCain losing his cool and raises the
question of how that would affect a McCain presidency.
What should voters make of this pattern? In February 2008
Tim Russert succinctly described McCain on MSNBC's Morning
Joe. A devilish grin spread from ear to ear as Russert, no
McCain hater, leaned forward and spoke in a whisper, "He
likes to fight." Russert got it right. But the big question
isn't whether McCain likes to fight: it's who, when, and
how.
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The exchange between McCain and his wife was not reported
anywhere when it happened, Schecter said (a LexisNexis
database search confirms this). In 1992, McCain's mention
in the national media revolved mostly around his involve-
ment in the Keating Five scandal, and only local reporters
closely followed his re-election bid.
McCain is well known for his rapport with the national
media covering his presidential bid (he's jokingly referred
to the press as "my base"), but Schecter said this incident
was buried not out of fealty to the Arizona senator.
Rather, it was uneasiness about how to get such a coarse
exchange into a family newspaper, and he didn't fault the
local press for not covering the incident.
"Members of the media are squeamish covering stuff like
this so they let it go," Schecter told RAW STORY in an
interview Monday. "Back in '92, when people use naughty
words, [reporters] don't know as much what to do with it."
Much has changed since then. President Bush's reference
to a New York Times reporter as a "major league asshole"
was reported in at least 47 newspapers during the 2000
campaign, when the off-color remark was overheard, accord-
ing to a database search. And more than a dozen newspapers
have reported Dick Cheney's recommendation that Sen.
Patrick Leahy "fuck yourself."
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McCain and his aides have brushed off suggestions that his
temper could impede his ability to perform the sometimes-
delicate tasks asked of a president. The candidate was
asked about his legendary temper last week on "Fox News
Sunday," where he cited his ability to work "across the
aisle" while in the Senate.
"You can't scare people or intimidate them if you're
going to reach agreement with your colleagues and your
contemporaries And I've worked hard at that, and that's
what the American people want," McCain said. "The second
thing is if I lose my capacity for anger, then I shouldn't
be president of the United States. ... When I see the
waste and corruption in Washington, I get angry."
McCain's campaign did not return a call from RAW STORY
seeking comment Monday morning.
Schecter says McCain's anger is much more than a passion
for the issues. One can only imagine what would happen if
McCain were to try to squeeze that temper into the tight
confines of diplomacy.
"The public certainly has to know what this guy might do
as president," Schecter says. Examples like the ones in
his book "should worry people, quite frankly."
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