Can you imagine this guy's finger on the button?

John McCain, who jokes about bombing Iran, is characterized by his fellow Republicans as a "hothead."

"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."
--Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss

Look at how he's treated his fellow Republican Senators:

• Defending his Amnesty Bill, Sen. McCain lost his temper and screamed, "Fuck you!" at Texas Sen. John Cornyn, (R-TX)

• Sen. McCain repeatedly called Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM) An “asshole”, causing a fellow GOP Senator to say, “I didn’t want this guy anywhere near a trigger.” McCain said to Domenici, "Only an asshole would put together a budget like this. ... I wouldn’t call you an asshole unless you really were an asshole."

• Sen. McCain had a heated exchange with Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) and called him a “fucking jerk.” Sen. Chuck Grassley inquired, “Are you calling me stupid?" during a debate with McCain. According to a source who was present, "No, I’m calling you a fucking jerk," replied McCain.

From Investors Business Daily:

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."

"I don’t think he has the temperament and leadership ability to move the country in the right direction.” said former Republican Senator Rick Santorum adding that a McCain nomination would be, “very, very dangerous for Republicans.”

If he treats Republicans this way, imagine how he’d treat others across the aisle who disagreed with him?

In case you didn't catch it, McCain today called lawyers "scum sucking bottom feeders," as a joke of course. His mother stood behind him and didn't even crack a smile at the "joke."

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