Is McCain too old to be president?
September 4, 2007 by Dan Solis
In short, NO, but he shouldn’t be president for other bigger issues.
John McCain visited Concord High School in New Hampshire on Tuesday. I guess there is no one else who really cares what he has say, but it is important that politicians are reaching out to America’s youth. For a lot of high schoolers, the 2008 election will be our first election to vote in. A student asked McCain if he was worried that being so old might cause him to die in office or get Alzheimer’s disease:
“I work 24/7, I’m very active, and people will judge by the rigor and enthusiasm of our campaign” Then, he added in a McCain-like touch. “And thanks for your question, you little jerk,” McCain joked, as a crowd of a several hundred in a packed auditorium laughed. He paused, then added “you’re drafted.”
Remember, Ronald Reagan was reported to show signs of dementia and Alzheimer’s during his years in office. And Ronald Reagan almost screwed up America. But I think John McCain should not be president because of where he stands on the Iraq War and other issues. He is pro-war, and you might remember his “bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran” comment. Or what about his stance on gay rights. From what he said about the acronym LGBT, “I had not heard that phrase before“. The youth of America tend to lean more liberal and we’re more open minded on the idea of giving people their rights. Gay people should have the right to marry.
The questions of age, race, gender, and sexual orientation are those asked in campaigns large and small all across the nation. But the fact that Americans are more open minded to elect a person of color, a woman, or even an old person (just not mccain, gravel would be better) are a sign of better things to come. Who is the best leader, who will change America, for the better that is? Those are the questions we should now focus on.
The video from WMUR-TV
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2zx3-0zOPs
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For crying out loud - did you bother reading the article that YOU LINKED TO as “evidence” that Ronald Reagan showed signs of dementia during his time in office? I did, and guess what I found:
Larry Altman: “I was unable to find any evidence by any medical criteria that is known to the medical profession that Mr Regan had any symptoms or signs of Alzheimer’s when he was President. The signs and symptoms developed several years after he left office, but interviews with senior Cabinet officials in his last term, with his doctors who treated him on a regular basis, and other people who knew him, could turn up no evidence that there was any incidence or incidents that suggested that he had Alzheimer’s. And even his biographer didn’t find any evidence of it.”
Between this and the bilge that Mr. Davis is putting out in his “Proof the GOP Fails the Black Vote” - you guys contributing to this website ought to find new careers.
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Dan Solis Reply:
September 20th, 2007 at 5:46 pm
hey there ryan, we sure are glad to get on a neo-con’s bad side any day. we’ll keep doing what we’re doing, and so should you.
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Brilliant response. Do you plan to debate my points or just cower behind snide comments, knowing that had you actually read the article, you’d have known one of the main points in your post was pure bunk?
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Jeffrey Pritchard Reply:
September 21st, 2007 at 5:17 pm
It’s pretty much conventional knowledge that Reagan had signs of dementia during his second term
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“Conventional knowledge”? Get serious, Mr. Pritchard. In spite of what Dr. Altman said? Keep in mind that he was basically hired to prove that Reagan had dementia and Alzheimer’s while he was in office, and in light of the medical records, COULD NOT DO SO.
Saying that Reagan had Alzheimer’s while in office is “conventional knowledge” is like saying that it’s “conventional knowledge” that 9/11 was an inside job. Of course, you probably accept that fairy tale as truth as well.
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Jeffrey Pritchard Reply:
September 21st, 2007 at 6:49 pm
No, I dont think 9/11 was an inside job
Thanks for putting words in my mouth
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John McClane is not old, in fact he’s an action hero
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And the answers to kommety be?
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