{"id":4872,"date":"2008-10-02T10:39:24","date_gmt":"2008-10-02T17:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/archives\/2008\/10\/02\/majo\/"},"modified":"2008-10-02T10:39:24","modified_gmt":"2008-10-02T17:59:12","slug":"majo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=4872","title":{"rendered":"Major-League Asshole"},"content":{"rendered":"

That’s Johnny Maverick<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Let the record reflect that Barack Obama made the approach to John McCain tonight.<\/p>\n

As the two shared the Senate floor tonight for the first time since they won their party nominations, Obama stood chatting with Democrats on his side of the aisle, and McCain stood on the Republican side of the aisle.<\/p>\n

So Obama crossed over into enemy territory.<\/p>\n

He walked over to where McCain was chatting with Republican Sen. Mel Martinez of Florida and Independent Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut. And he stretched out his arm and offered his hand to McCain.<\/p>\n

McCain shook it, but with a \u201cgo away\u201d look that no one could miss. He tried his best not to even look at Obama.<\/p>\n

Finally, with a tight smile, McCain managed a greeting: \u201cGood to see you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Obama got the message. He shook hands with Martinez and Lieberman \u2014 both of whom greeted him more warmly \u2014 and quickly beat a retreat back to the Democratic side.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Add this to McCain’s surliness in the debate and his bitter interview with the editorial board of the Des Moines Register<\/em><\/a>, and it’s pretty obvious: John McCain is a total jerkface.<\/p>\n

\"angryjohn.jpg\"<\/a>He’s an asshole. Oh, he has his moments, and like all people, he’s not all black or all white, but when it comes to interpersonal skills, McCain is a bully, a jerk, the guy who thinks he’s too good to talk to a moron like you. I’d say he’s the classic stereotypical jock, but I knew too many jocks in school who were nice, decent guys, certainly nicer and more decent that McCain.<\/p>\n

Now, McCain\u2019s personality issues are not necessarily disqualifying. Lyndon Johnson was a horrible misanthrope who was certainly capable of leading the government. McCain being a jerk is not the end of the world. But it does argue against McCain’s main selling point: that he’s a maverick, post-partisan figure who can reach across the aisle to get things done. Instead, we see a guy who bristles when an opponent dares to reach across the aisle, who does not show a fellow senator any more respect than custom dictates; indeed, he shows quite a bit less. For a backbencher in the House, that’s to be expected — I misdoubt that Michele Bachmann and Keith Ellison don’t spend a lot of time hanging out. But for a man who is supposedly capable of dealing with friends and opponents alike to Get Things Done, McCain seems remarkably incapable of doing so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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