May 07, 2008
Temper, Temper
ROCHESTER HILLS, MI - During a speech on human trafficking and human rights at Oakland University this morning, John McCain vowed to create an "Inter-Agency Task Force on Human Trafficking" that would focus "exclusively on the prosecution of human traffickers and the rescue of their victims."
"I will require the Task Force agencies to report directly to me on the status of the problem and the progress we are making to defeat this stain on the reputation and character of the United States," McCain said, comparing the need to eliminate human trafficking to the abolition movement of the early 19th century.
After the speech, McCain did something President Bush would never have attempted during his well-choreographed campaign events -- he took questions from the audience, several of which were fairly contentious. The topics ranged from his support for the war in Iraq to his failure to vote on a bill addressing equal pay for women. His first question even came from a 14-year old girl wearing a shirt that read, "McCain doesn't care about our future."
A self-described Republican asked McCain about his well-documented temper, prompting the AZ senator to quip: "How dare you ask that question? Get that microphone away from him." But McCain said more seriously that he's often angry about governmental failures.
"I will confess to you, my friend, that I get angry," McCain began. "I get angry when I saw a guy named Abramoff that ripped off Native Americans for millions and millions and millions of dollars, and people ended up - including him - in federal prison. I get angry when I see 233 million of your tax dollars going to an island, to a bridge to an island with 50 people on it. And that's your dollars.
"I get angry when I see corruption to the point where we have former members of Congress residing in federal prison, and you know something? The American people are angry, too, and they're not going to take it anymore, and that's why they want change. And they're mad, and they've lost their temper."
The crowd quickly agreed, responding with cheers and applause as McCain challenged his questioner to "ask 'em if they're not mad."
(NBC/NJ's ADAM AIGNER-TREWORGY)
Posted at 01:10 PM
Comments
Mr. McCain, stop lying about your anger. What about you using F word in addressing your republican senate colleagues? What about using "C" word for your own wife? That is called angry. And yes you are a angry old man.
Matt | 05.07.08 01:49 PM
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Oh Grow Up Matt!!
bio mom | 05.07.08 02:10 PM
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Bad language = Bad candidate
Eli | 05.07.08 03:25 PM
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Would you call that bitter? definitely cranky. You damn kids get off my lawn
Seth | 05.08.08 06:45 AM
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too bad there already is such a taskforce-and double too bad that this wasn't pointed out to Mc Cranky at the event!
sue | 05.08.08 04:51 PM
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too bad there already is such a taskforce-and double too bad that this wasn't pointed out to Mc Cranky at the event!
sue | 05.08.08 04:51 PM
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