John McCain calls Congressmen "boy," gets into a fight

[Poiuyt]

From Cliff Schecter's new book:

Perhaps the most remarkable story of McCain's temper involved Arizona Congressman Rick Renzi. Two former reporters covering McCain, one who witnessed the following events and one who confirmed the facts provided by the first, relayed it to me as follows: In 2006, the Arizona Republican congressional delegation had a strategy meeting. McCain repeatedly addressed two new members, congressmen Trent Franks and Rick Renzi, as 'boy.' Finally, Renzi, a former college linebacker, rose from his chair and said to McCain, "You call me that one more time and I'll kick your old ass." McCain lunged at Renzi, punches were thrown, and the two had to be physically separated. After they went to their separate offices, McCain called Renzi and demanded an apology. Renzi refused. Apparently this posture made McCain admire him, as they became fast friends.

more =

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/McCain_camp_lashes_out_at_reports_0408.html

[aquart]

1. Men.

[Ichingcarpenter]

2. Boys

[seabeyond]

9. lol lol lol. ya... clever, but ya. n/t

[aquart]

26. Yes. True.

[jazzjunkysue]

4. !

:rofl:

[annabanana]

3. That is a telling story. McCrazy has very little self control.

NOT what we need for a President in this tinderbox world

[opihimoimoi]

5. BULLYesque signs.....the man is a bully and a fraud....now where did we find this before...?

[Hubert Flottz]

21. McDumbya?

He's Pappy Bush's fourth term worm.

[opihimoimoi]

22. Both dumb as a bag of bolts.....faking their way thru life.....what progress have these 2 ever made

for Humanity....our Nation even...?

Worm you say? Yup, can't get much lower than worms....

Come, get Willie, we go fish....

[Jackpine Radical]

7. "Medvedev called me WHAT? GIMME THE FUCKIN' FOOTBALL.

I'm pushin the fuckin button RIGHT NOW!!"

[williesgirl]

6. And that was a younger McSame - wait til the dementia really shows. It's sad when just a regular

American has this illness and you can feel sorry for him and try to help. But as our President? No fucking way. I still can't believe the Repukes will let this guy go forward all the way to the GE. I think he's going to have to step down at some point due to health reasons. God only knows who they really have in mind to replace him. rec'd

[Voice for Peace]

12. Liberman. nt

[lonestarnot]

16. I've been screaming it since the last deadline for the medical record.

Dude needs a brain scan.

[peacetalksforall]

8. Sick - sick through and through.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

10. FYI

Renzi has pending Federal criminal charges against him for his involvement in a land-swap deal.<1> <2><3>. On April 19, 2007, the FBI raided his family business, and he temporarily resigned from the House Intelligence Committee.<4> On April 27 Renzi denied printed claims he was considering resigning office;<5> however, on August 23, Renzi announced he would not be a candidate for re-election in 2008.<6> <7> On February 22, 2008 Renzi was indicted on 35 counts connected to land deals.<8> He pled not guilty.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Renzi

[seabeyond]

11. i want to know why we didnt see black eyes, bloody noses ect... one much younger

surely, than mccain. and if he is a linbacker i would imagine much taller. should have taken old man out one swing and there wouldnt have been the need for them to be pulled apart.

make mccain sound touhger and those manly men republicans will like this story.

i have two brothers and a father, that will puff chests on this and many texans.

[MiniMe]

13. This will be interesting in the debates, etc

Will the dem candidate be able to push McSame into a temper tantrum?

[lonestarnot]

17. Maybe we'll even hear the c word.

:crazy:

[libnnc]

14. Cuckoo Cuckoo McCain

Senator Nutter (R) Arizona

He's batty.

Cobwebs in the windmills of his mind.

Certifiable.

Tetched.


:scared:

[provis99]

15. well, compared to Old Man McCain, they probably were boys

Come on, McCain is older than Moses; even Harry Reid must look like a boy to McCain.

[nadinbrzezinski]

18. This man not only has a mercurial personality

but also a bully

[RB TexLa]

19. What is the deal with being called that? I had an idiot calling me that once and pointed out that

he was calling me boy and asked what I thought of it. I told him I had no way to care what he called me.

[beltanefauve]

20. I can't wait

until stories like this one finally make it out of the blogosphere. I'm sick to death of the way the MSN treats McCain with kid gloves!

[LatteLibertine]

23. I hope

Senator Obama can draw him out in the debates. (If he's the nominee) I'd love to see McCain blow a gasket.

[tavalon]

24. Don't hold your breath

This is the "liberal media" we're talking about. They treat any Rethug with kid gloves.

[annabanana]

25. k&r. . .. . . ... . n/t

[madinmaryland]

27. McCain can throw punches??? I thought his shoulders had been damaged

such that his arms were very immobile. He'd be more like a kangaroo trying to flap their arms.

Apologies to the kangaroo species for the comparison.

[marmar]

28. He real, real crazy......

:crazy: