Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss. says he can't support McCain. Says McCain is an erratic hothead

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By INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY | Posted Monday, January 28, 2008 4:20 PM PT

Election 2008: John McCain claims his temper is not an issue. "I don't think I would have the support of so many of my colleagues if that were the case." Who are these supportive colleagues?

They certainly do not include Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss. Over the weekend, he announced he cannot endorse his colleague for the White House and is endorsing Gov. Mitt Romney instead.

"The thought of him being president sends a cold chill down my spine," Cochran said. "He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and he worries me."

Perhaps Cochran can't appreciate the maverick in McCain. But the same can't be said of Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, a noted reformer and friend of whistle-blowers. Grassley said in a recent interview that he was so upset by a McCain tirade that he didn't speak to him "for a couple of years." McCain got in his face and shouted an obscenity at him.

(Grassley says they're on friendly terms now and thinks McCain has the qualifications to be president. But he stressed he's not making an endorsement.)

McCain admits he's rubbed some senators the wrong way. But he explains that what they really don't like is his tough stand against farm subsidies and "pork barrel" spending.

If that were the case, we'd say more power to him. But it seems McCain goes ballistic on anyone who disagrees with him. And he's not just verbally abusive, but physically threatening.

He got in the grille of Sen. Richard Shelby — an inch away from the Alabama Republican's face — after Shelby voted against the 1989 nomination of John Tower as defense secretary. "I was madder than hell when I accosted him," McCain admits, half boasting.

"In his world, it's very difficult to have a simple policy disagreement," said American Conservative Union chairman David Keene. "Everything becomes personal. His position is right, and everyone else's is basically evil."

the media wanted to give Mac a free free ride, but the troops aren't going along. :rofl:

(I know this from a journalist very good friend who shall remain nameless).

He's known to blow up at the slightest provocation and this is old news here.

Doesn't this sound like the motto of the entire GOP, when you think of it?

"Everything becomes personal. His position is right, and everyone else's is basically evil."

"The thought of him being president sends a cold chill down my spine. He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and he worries me."

:nuke:

He apparently goes off with little provocation at times.

You just have to constantly remind them of all the reasons they hate him, like supporting amnesty, and being a Bush boot-licker.

He said that he would not support McCain in the general election, even if it resulted in the election of Hillary Clinton.

supported him publicly: Lindsey Graham, Chuck Hagel, Fred Thompson, and...I forget the fourth guy. Because they all worked with him and saw him up close, and apparently didn't like what they saw.

for the inevitable "macaca" moment? John McCain going postal will be a bigger campaign killer that the Dean scream.

He must be one bottled-up PTSDer!1