Will age just be a number in '08? »
Posted by: not2needy 3 months, 3 weeks ago144 Comments Report this Story
The sensitive question of age -- one of the trickiest and most unpredictable in the political playbook -- has been touched upon only glancingly since McCain became the de facto GOP nominee. But it is certain to hover over a candidate who will be 72 by Election Day.
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not2needy3 months, 3 weeks ago
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McCain's public image is unmistakably tied to his age. Pew surveys taken in February and again last month showed that when voters are asked what word they would identify with McCain, "old" was far and away the choice.
Although "old" is in the minds of most voters, personally i think that Keating Five, adultry, and his flip flopping on all the issures, especially the war and the economy should be on every voters mind that goes to the polls.
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jordan113 months, 3 weeks ago
"old" was far and away the choice.>>>>
I wonder if they mean that in a bad way, lol. Dang, I'm 65, and my pop turned 91 yesterday. (He owns and runs his own business, & drives a red Jag, lol). Maybe we'd better throw in the towel!
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not2needy3 months, 3 weeks ago
Many elderly people do very well jordan, my grandfather lived to be 107, and had sound mind unitl he finally "willed" himself to die.
McCain is confused, dazed and doesn't even have a clue about the majority of things going on around him. If he were like your Pop, i'd say, let's elect him, but he'd have to change some of his political strategy, lol.
Also, I don't want to end up with another Reagan, with Cindy McCain giving the orders the way Nancy Reagan did the last couple of years of Ronnies term. With that woman's background, talk about nightmares! As it was with Nancy, the most important thing in the world, became the China pattern for the WH!
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cowboygrandpa3 months, 3 weeks ago
jordan11:
Hey, good for your dad and good for you. We can't throw in the towel, who the heck would be around to tell the youngsters what they are doing wrong. LOL
Why they might think of McCain as a wise old grandfather instead of a crusty washed up politician. LOL
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Dionys3 months, 3 weeks ago
McCain's already having some senior moments. Alzheimers can't be too far in making an appearance. The trouble is no one likes to acknowledge the fact that age *should* be a concern and that old people do disintegrate (granted at very different ages depending on their lives).
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sotiris-k3 months, 3 weeks ago
I think describing McCain at 70 as old and staying at that is simplistic and wrong. For the strong human age is an advantage not a vulnerability. In principle wisdom, experience, improvement of one's education and understanding of the world is a function of time. The more time you have the better. So for a strong inspired to forever learn human i will never use age as a weakness. However the reality is that a president is not chosen in order to be consulted. A leader has to be active enough and flexible enough and brain biology does indeed matter. You have to be feeling in excellent personal health in order to have the ability to use your brain effectively and constructively. The real q. is not how old McCain is today. Its how old he is after 3 years in office and if in fact people choose a president for 4 years or they try to make a decade out of it. You must always choose a leader with a long term path or progress in mind that exceeds a few years of anticipated solid health.
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SpareChange3 months, 3 weeks ago
my issue isn't with McCain's age. I'm a liberal, I'm not about discriminating.
My problem is his lack of progressive thinking. He's point of view is from 40 years ago. If he was in the Senate funding solar panels instead of the war-for-oil or courting science nuts instead of religious nuts, I'd be more interested in what he had to say.
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Lurch3 months, 3 weeks ago
The problem was sending them in the first place. And that had nothing to do with Bush`s or Cheney`s age. That was a case of power lust and financial greed over humanity and moral decency.
Regardless of McCain`s age, he is the only one without a plan to get our troops out of there. He is the only one who has such limited judgment skills that he would even joke about keeping our troops there for 100 years. He is clueless and out-of-touch, and I think that has nothing to do with his age at the moment, but it will only be exacerbated by age over the next four years.
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1basque13 months, 3 weeks ago
I have always said that I respect McCain's sevice to our country but that has nothing to do with the HUGE challanges that we are facing .
It is going to take a healthy mind and body to get us through the difficult years ahead of us. We have the current administration to thank for that.
George Bush and DICK Cheney should be sharing a jail cell together for the lies that they used to lead us into war with Iraq . We need to bring our sevice men and women home !
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scriblerus13 months, 3 weeks ago
John McCain is old enough to know better than to tell us he will continue the war in Iraq if he is elected president.
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not2needy3 months, 3 weeks ago
John McCain has been old enough to know better than to do a lot of the things he has done, but nothing stopped him. The more i know about him, the more parallels i see between him and Dubya, except, McCain did serve his country, i do respect that.
All Dubya did was stay AWOL, drunk and high, yet repubs want to credit him as being a war hero! EGAD.
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DeadXXXManXXXTalkin3 months, 3 weeks ago
he better alert the fire department!!
[in my area, you are permitted to have a backyard bonfire, but first you must call the local firehouse]
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ML20073 months, 3 weeks ago
Age is certainly an issue. It is one of the many reasons I do not want Hillary or McCain as President. Both come from my generation, and we need to pass the torch NOW, not 4 years from now. If you don't like the young black Obama, then for God's sake, pick some other young person to run the country. Neither McCain or Clinton will have the energy that will be necessary to run our country for four years, let alone eight.
Besides, both belong to the status quo, and what we need is real change. I think the pundit writing the article has it wrong. I think McCain's age will cause him to stumble this fall and will be an issue. Obama ought to exploit him when he does, so that we will be able to see a clear cut difference between old age and youth.
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