Is McCain Well?

Did anyone pay attention to the answer John McCain gave Bryan Williams last night? In an answer to Willam's question about McCain showing up for the debate, towards the end McCain answered: *....if he (Barack Obama) had done what I asked him and had the town hall meetings...." He went on to make the point that things would not be where they are now.



Is McCain carrying a grudge and being revengeful? Such is the concern about McCain's temperament that was raised by Obama in his convention speech and Barbara Boxer reiterated three weeks later. Under any other circumstance, when a person says that another grown man should do what another grown man says he should, the hair would stand up on the back of our necks. Yet, no one in the media, not even Bryan Williams, has addressed this comment, which has been made by McCain, severall times. What does it suggest when a person makes such a comment? It can suggest that one views the other subordinate to him such that when he (Obama) doesn't do what he is told to do, he can expect consequences.

The consequence in this case is the threat to the debate. Senator Obama did not do McCain's debate format, so why should he do this one? McCain's reaction is revealing a lot about how he thinks and has organized his view of the world. It shows us that he can be condescending and prone to revenge, and would bring such traits to a presidency. How would that work in a presidency? We already see it. While issues are going on around him, he has gone to Washington, DC to get his revenge and do nothing else.

Is this the only example I can site? Indeed not! During the "important" 35-40 minute meeting convened by the White House on September 25, 2008, McCain lapsed into inappropriate laughter at its beginning that was questioned by some and dismissed at hand. During the pre-meeting photo session, McCain started to laugh and only one journalist asked about it. Most people who comment to me noticed a definite change in McCain's countenance this past week that seemed angry, aged and annoyed. Some pundits on MSNBC and CNN made the same observations.

What does this mean? It raises a red flag that we have to be aware of. Cumulatively, there is something going on that is as much a concern to the country as it is to the man. When one of my relatives (or clients of mine ) started showing signs of irritability, impetus behavior, inappropriate laughter and grandiosity, we knew we had a problem on our hands.

Doesn't our current economic crises emphasize to us the need to pay attention to the signs?