cryingshame (1000+ posts) Tue Aug-19-08 02:46 PM
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McCain has an adverse reaction to sound of jangling keys... and his temper erupts disproportionate
Advertisements [?]Edited on Tue Aug-19-08 03:14 PM by cryingshame
to the source of provocation.
There are behaviors associated with the candidate that would be consistent with a diagnosis of PTSD. Author Robert Timberg mentions McCain’s intense explosions of anger -— a hallmark sign of lingering mental trauma from war — in his book “John McCain: An American Odyssey.” Timberg describes the episodes as “an eruption of temper out of all proportion to the provocation.” Timberg, who McCain has said “knows more about me than I do,” wrote that McCain’s sudden fury is a result of Vietnam coming “back to haunt him.” McCain has himself described having an adverse reaction to the sound of jangling keys, which reminds him of his Vietnam jailers. McCain also told doctors that during solitary confinement he had strayed pretty “far out” and had referred to himself as “mentally deteriorating.”
Thanks. Catching up to myself. From perusing the comments, quite a few DUers are not supportive of using the key jangling. On the other side, one commenter said that obama should keep some keys on his podium.