The Myth of McCain
Posted on January 27th, 2007 by
jgilliam -
Sidney Blumenthal: “McCain’s political colleagues, however, know another side of the action hero - a volatile man with a hair-trigger temper, who shouted at Senator Ted Kennedy on the Senate floor to ’shut up’, and called fellow Republican senators ’shithead … fucking jerk … asshole’. A few months ago, McCain suddenly rushed up to a friend of mine, a prominent Washington lawyer, at a social event, and threatened to beat him up because he represented a client McCain happened to dislike. Then, just as suddenly, profusely and tearfully, he apologised.” Read more from Blumenthal →