Sen. John McCain declared recently that he does not lose his temper, and without proof to the contrary I would not dare dispute him. :sarcasm: Particularly since I tried that once and received a very . . . animated telephone call from the senator, followed by 12 years of the silent treatment. In a Baltimore Sun article Sunday about McCain, the unannounced presidential candidate was asked about his reputation as a guy who can fly off the handle.
Not that I would know anything about that based on a long-ago phone call I got from the senator. One that began with him saying, rather loudly, "You have, Mr. Montini, lied about me, and what I said, and I demand a retraction and apology from you, and I demand it immediately." And which ended with what I believed to be a slightly veiled threat to get me fired.
Or maybe I misinterpreted the whole thing. That must be it, since this is what the senator told the Sun reporter about his temper: "Just because someone says it's there, you would have to provide some corroboration that it was. Because I do not lose my temper. I do not. Now, do I speak strongly? Do I feel frustrated from time to time? Of course. If I didn't, I don't think I would be doing my job.
"But for someone to say that McCain became just angry and yelled or even raised my voice or - it's just not true. It's simply not true. And so these rumors continue to circulate about - quote - temper. They're going to have to find some concrete examples of it, and they aren't there."
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0323montini0323.htmlJohn McCain....the last "Bush Republican"