I think we’re all overlooking an even bigger problem with McCain. He could have be brainwashed by the Vietnamese to answer to their beck and call upon hearing a secret whistle that only one man posesses. Just think, our country would be at mercy of an eldery vietnamese communist!
On the other hand, I have it on good authority* that John McCain plans to bomb the everloving shit out of Vietnam within his first month of office. He’s still pissed.
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No, I don’t think that he would have a psychological evaluation just so he could prove to the public that he doesn’t have PTSD. I don’t think it reflects poorly on him that he hasn’t acted to refute that pseudo-diagnosis.
ETA: Denying that he has PTSD out of the blue - since few people say he has it - would raise a lot of suspicions and allay few concerns. It would make his mental health fair ground as a topic for debate, which would not help him.
Seems like a fair assumption to me, without convincing reason to think otherwise. It’s plausible that he may have PTSD, but so far I’ve seen nothing convincing.
I’m not convinced of that either, based on what’s been posted so far.
John McCain is not psychologically capable or qualified to be President because he knows only less tyranny than torture. Yet psychologically or not, I am sad to confess that John McCain does not seem to understand liberty or democracy.
There are plenty of people with quick tempers who never experienced trauma or even combat. Don’t read more into stories about his personality than they warrant.
It isn’t his temper that worries me. It’s his ability to hold grudges after his temper cools down that worries me. But then, compare that to Romney, who we got to see in action for four years close up here in Massachusetts - you won’t find many pols more petty-minded or casually vindictive than he is, or with less actual commitment to any purpose broader than his own aggrandizement. What’s *his * excuse?
McCain has a fine grip on reality, and seemingly a good understanding of himself. His main opponent and the main he hopes to succeed, not so much.
