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rox63 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 09:36 AM Original message |
McCain's "temper" is probably PTSD, and that should be a valid campaign issue |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
1. Bush supporters tried that in 2000... |
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rox63 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 09:41 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. But I think it is a valid issue |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 09:44 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. We can't focus on any perceived illness, though, that would backfire. |
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leftofcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 10:38 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Only if you want it to backfire on ya |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 09:41 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Exactly. It was a Rovian tactic that worked but the public HATED the Bushies for doing it. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
4. I think it's better to just dismiss it as an ill-tempered nature. |
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nc4bo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
6. i agree with you 100% but it's no go - too bad actually. |
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momster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
7. He was mean before 'Nam |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
8. Or it could just be a temper. Still a valid campaign issue. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
10. why is it so obviously PTSD? |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
11. Why drag PTSD into his anger issues? Can't a guy just be angry? |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
12. why should mccain's military service be off-limits as a campaign issue--no other |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
13. Why does he need to be mentally ill instead of a garden variety asshole? |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 11:56 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Exactly; and everyone can relate, we all know people like that. |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
14. I think it is unwise to make psychiatric diagnoses |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
16. PTSD garners more sympathy-- an affliction obtained due to serving in the military |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
17. His temper should be a campaign issue; how he got the temper is up to the experts. |
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