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title: "He slammed his fists on his desk, scattering papers across the room. … — John McCain Quote #98 | QuotesBy.net"
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> # He slammed his fists on his desk, scattering papers across the room. He jumped up and down, screaming obscenities at us for at least 10 minutes. He shook his fists as if he was going to slug us.

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## More from John McCain

1. > What has struck me about McCain is that everybody underestimated the ability of his advisers and him to hypnotize the national media, because most of us in the…

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2. > I have witnessed incidents where he has used profanity at colleagues and exploded at colleagues. He would disagree about something and then explode. It was inc…

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3. > I decided I didn't want this guy anywhere near a trigger.

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