McCain’s temper(ament)

William Harryman at integral Options Cafe posts this video on McCain’s temper from the Huffington Post. The scariest part for me is a first-person account of McCain physically assaulting a woman who wanted to talk to him.

I posted about McCain’s temperament before, and I’ll copy that below:

I actually read this before I posted the Wesley Clark interview. It’s from Eyes on Obama and contains pretty damning quotes about McCain’s character. These are just some excerpts related to his character. I specifically omitted anything that was to do with policies.

“The thought of his being president sends a cold chill down my spine. He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and he worries me.”
Senator Thad Cochran, R-MS

“I decided I didn’t want this guy anywhere near a trigger.”
Senator Pete Domenici, R-NM

“He is a vicious person. Nearly all the Republican Senators endorsed Bush because they knew McCain from serving with him in the Senate. They so disliked him that they wouldn’t support him. They have been on the hard end of his behavior.”
Former Representative Charles LeBoutillier, R-NY

“John was very rough in the sandbox. Everybody has a McCain story. If you work in the Senate for a while, you have a McCain story. He hasn’t built up a lot of goodwill.” Former Senator Rick Santorum, R-PA

“His temper would place this country at risk in international affairs, and the world perhaps in danger. In my mind, that should disqualify him.”
Former Senator Bob Smith, R-NH

“I heard about his temper more from others. According to them, he really unleashed on some of them, and they couldn’t figure out why…It happened enough that it was affecting his credibility with some people.”
Grant Woods, McCain’s former Chief of Staff, former AG of Arizona, and current McCain staffer

“What happens if he gets angry in crisis in the presidency? It’s difficult enough to be a negotiator, but it’s almost impossible when you’re the type of guy who’s so angry at anybody who doesn’t do what he wants. It’s the president’s job to negotiate and stay calm. I just don’t see that he has that quality.”
Former Arizona GOP Chairman John Hinz

“No dissent, no opinion to the contrary- however reasonable- will be entertained. Hardheaded is one way to say it. Arrogant is another way to say it. Hubristic is another way to say it. Too proud for his own good is another way to say it. It’s a quality about him that disturbs me.”
Col. Larry Wilkerson, US Army (ret.) and former chief aide to Colin Powell

“I think it’s his style as much as much as the positions he takes…I think it’s his attitude that it’s his way or the highway.”
Former Senator Tim Hutchinson, R-AR

McCain “has a legendary temper and often uses foul and obscene language.”
Focus on Family Founder James Dobson

“…most of us in the media in Arizona thought of him as a guy who had a terrible temper, occasionally had a foul mouth, a guy who whined and pouted unless he got his way. McCain has a temper that is bombastic, volatile, and purple-faced. Sometimes he gets out of control. Do you want somebody sitting in the White House with that kind of temper?”
Pat Murphy, former editor of the Arizona Republic, and a former friend of McCain

Having read so many people saying essentially the same thing — people from his own party, mind — I have to agree with Thad Cochran: “The thought of his being president sends a cold chill down my spine.”