[HHFi]

Had she been a man, these outbursts of anger would have been interpreted as assertiveness, intolerance of fools, a sign of status.

That would explain why the Democrats and the media (pardon the redundancy) try to paint McCane's occasional flashes of temper as proof that he's an unstable, hotheaded, mentally-off former POW who can't be trusted to stand up to the strains of the presidency. Oh, no, wait: it wouldn't.

[The Worthless Miracle]

You beat me to it- the media most blatantly paints McCain as an insane loon.