To: chalu2 who wrote (7980 ) 10/31/1999 7:09:00 AM From: Zoltan! Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769670
ARIZONA REPUBLIC QUESTIONS MCCAIN'S FITNESS TO BE PREZ In a shriek Sunday editorial, the home state newspaper of Arizona Senator John McCain says there is "reason to seriously question" whether the war hero candidate "has the temperament, and the political approach and skills, we want in the next president." The conservative newspaper ARIZONA REPUBLIC, which has backed McCain in all of his Senate bids, opens its only Sunday editorial by saying "it is time the rest of the nation learned about the John McCain we know in Arizona." The ASSOCIATED PRESS reported in am cycles that the newspaper decided to run the editorial "partly out of frustration that the American electorate is not getting the complete McCain story from the national media." The editorial details news reports describing McCain's "volcanic" temper that appeared in the last week in both the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal's editorial page. It calls McCain's angry reaction to the articles "hogwash" and says his comments were "not an untypical McCain remark: unfounded, sarcastic and condescending." The AP carries a response from McCain spokesman Dan Schnur who says "voters ought to decide for themselves if they want a candidate who gets angry when they see an injustice, or would they rather have someone who rolls over and hides." The REPUBLIC editorial has stunned political observers, who can't recall a state's major paper ever being so critical of a favorite-son presidential candidate in the primaries. Developing... drudgereport.com ....McCain is running dangerously close to sanctimony in his bid for the presidency, depicting himself as the last honorable politician in America. He has enjoyed a fawning national press, but perhaps the Times article is the first step toward presenting more than a one-dimensional view of McCain. The Wall Street Journal followed up with an column, reprinted on these pages Friday, documenting McCain's often testy relationships in his home state, entitled "Arizona's Unfavorite Son." If McCain is truly a serious contender for the presidency, it is time the rest of the nation learned about the John McCain we know in Arizona. There is much there to admire. After all, we have supported McCain in his past runs for Senate. But the presidency is different. There is also reason to seriously question whether McCain has the temperament, and the political approach and skills, we want in the next president of the United States. lead editorial, Arizona Republic Sunday October 31, 1999 arizonarepublic.com