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 c*nt." McCain's excuse was that it had been a long day.
Cliff's [ed, Cliff Schechter, who broke the story] point about this McCain explosion (and it's a very valid one) is that it hardly bodes well for American diplomatic relations if the guy very publicly blows his stack at something as minor as his wife teasing him about his hair, not to mention that he might be especially ill-tempered if he gets a phone call at 3:00 a.m.
But my first reaction to this verbal abuse was more visceral: This woman paid for your Senate seat, you ungrateful, lumpen prole. She has been your personal ATM. You ignominiously dumped your wheelchair-bound first wife to marry this sylphlike beer heiress; her daddy hired your sorry ass when you retired from the Navy because you were never going to receive a commission flag rank, Mr. "Keating Five Wheee I Love Flying in Lobbyists' Jets." So, my friend, you'd better be watching what you call her, especially in front of large groups of people with tape recorders.
(I'm hazarding a guess that if Cindy McCain was probably jacked up on her ill-gotten painkillers at the time and didn't even hear him; I can't imagine him walking away with all of his parts intact if she'd been remotely aware.)
Say bye bye to more women voters, John. Who else will you alienate before November?
And the real point is that. McCain gets a pass from the mainstream press, but as the campaign grinds on, we'll see more and more of this behavior. The stories of his temper are legion, and he won't stay bottled up through the long hot summer. Stay tuned, it's going to be fun.
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Using the c word can come back to haunt you.
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