The old saying, the more things change, the more they stay the same, applies very well to US politics. Hell that applies to the whole of humanity from the looks of things. History does tend to repeat itself!!
JustAnOldLady
· 1 year ago
You're repeating yourself...........
mf_roe
· 1 year ago
When McShame "released" his medical records he withheld any records regarding mental evaluations or conditions. A man as old as McShame is at risk of mental problems and should be forced to submit a report on his mental status, he appears th have real issues regarding memory and the ability to process complex concepts.
Indigo
· 1 year ago
The discussion isn't really about age, it's about competence. Sadly, we've decided that the aging process damages competence.
That's not really the way it works but that's the way we've taken to talking about age and clarity of mind. I can't solve the rhetorical issue but I can point it out. What we're saying is, "He's incompetent."
That we're using age-ist metaphors leaves us slightly superior to people who use race as a metaphor of intelligence, but slightly more nasty than respectful, thoughtful folk who skip the veiled metaphors and go for the jugular: It makes no difference how old he is, McCane's incompetent!.
Rob Mule
· 1 year ago
I was blown away to learn Johnny wasn't barely functional Disney animatronics...
jwhit
· 1 year ago
Maybe when we get a look at those military records that he hasn't revealed we can better determine. However, on the surface it appears that he is just incompetent and possibly hiding a serious medical condition
Maybe when we get a look at those military records that he hasn't revealed we can better determine. However, on the surface it appears that he is just incompetent and possibly hiding a serious medical condition
he doesn't recognize his own wife but we're supposed to pretend he hasn't lost some speed off his fastball
ComradeRutherford
· 1 year ago
One of my 5 jobs is Stage Hand. One of the venues I work has a perfect example of this. One hand just turned 50, he is gaunt with white hair, he's feeble and has a plethora of health issues.
Another old-timer stage hand has dark hair, is spry and energetic, and strong. He has a bad back, so he doesn't lift heavy things anymore, but he would if he could. This guy is over 80! He has patents for speaker designs from the late 1940s!
fl79tr
· 1 year ago
I'm afraid there's a good chance that McCain might drop out before November. He's just so beatable, only thing is the Republicans don't have anything to replace him with...yet.
mauro7inf
· 1 year ago
I'm afraid to say it, but discrimination based on health is something we've been trying to fight against for a long time. I'm diabetic, and I often read articles about diabetics who have been fired once their bosses found out, since they requested additional bathroom breaks and things like the ability to eat whenever they needed. People in management are often afraid of the risk -- what if he gets low blood sugar while operating the forklift and injures someone? -- despite this risk being fairly insignificant. And this hurts, well, everyone. Therefore, I'm hesitant to judge McCain on his age and past health issues. If (God of the Atheists forbid) McCain is elected president, I'm confident that so long as he doesn't deliver a two-hour inaugural in the snow without a coat, he should be all right enough in terms of health to do his duty.
Of course, McCain's vision of Presidential duty is not something we want carried out. But the point stands.
MG1
· 1 year ago
I understand discrimination based on health is an issue and I support people being able to work and have health needs taken into account on the job. But being president is not just any job. He or she has an enormous responsibility to the people of this country and the rest if the world. I feel I have a right to ask that the president be mentally up to the task, and not have any major health issues that could compromise him or her doing the job. McCain's slowness, his confusion, and memory problems are an issue for me. He gets by, but I think he is in a decline. His volatile temper is also a personality trait that I worry about, as do a lot of Republicans that work closely with him. So, yes I think mental and physical health are on the table when it comes to being President. As a voter I feel I have a right to know about any mental and physical health issues of a prospective nominee and judge fitness to be president based on them. McCain really hasn't released his medical records. What he did release was a one hour viewing without note taking. And those records did not include mental health records.
Bush_Bites
· 1 year ago
McCain's not an "old 72."
He's a young 95.
dula
· 1 year ago
The fact that he can't remember the difference between Shiite and Sunni, even though he's been told many times, is reason enough not to vote for him...plus, when he laughs, he tinkles a little.
TomJoad
· 1 year ago
Seems like a pretty commonsense and basic observation. The neo-cons will try and paint that it is against all elder citizens. They will try and pretend it to get seniors to feel slighted.
One could check (I don't know) if McCain voted for the pharma bill, you know the one BARRING the government which is one of the largest customers from bargaining down the price of medicine to seniors...you know the way we all normally do (" okay, they are 3 bucks a pop, but if I buy 100 of them, what price can you give me?" "ohh 2.50. great!")
Another thing, look at modern presidents, even young ones (relatively). Seems even one-termers, but especially two-termers age way more than their twin lounging on an island in the Bahamas would have.
Also...think of McCain...TWO terms? No way in the world. He won't get elected without cheating so blatant it would cause an uproar, but if by some extrahuman cheating...he did, I can't see him running at 74 also.
TomJoad
· 1 year ago
I really wonder. Mc Cain is just going to show up worse and worse, with his temper, his memory issues, his stilted way of talking, all the other things folks have named here. But do you think there is some plan to have him step aside a couple months before election, suddenly a new dynamic David Duke emerges?
hardeknox
· 1 year ago
It isn't necessarily the age, but it helps. One can be self-delusional at any time. And W's been that way far longer than the 72YO lamprey's been clamped onto his behind.
jiminportlandoregon
· 1 year ago
John - You summed it up perfectly. There are many 72 year olds whom I believe would make a competent president. As you said, McCAIN IS NOT ONE OF THEM.Period.
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That's not really the way it works but that's the way we've taken to talking about age and clarity of mind. I can't solve the rhetorical issue but I can point it out. What we're saying is, "He's incompetent."
That we're using age-ist metaphors leaves us slightly superior to people who use race as a metaphor of intelligence, but slightly more nasty than respectful, thoughtful folk who skip the veiled metaphors and go for the jugular: It makes no difference how old he is, McCane's incompetent!.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-klein/mcc...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-klein/mcc...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wD0Gf9w5DA
he doesn't recognize his own wife but we're supposed to pretend he hasn't lost some speed off his fastball
Another old-timer stage hand has dark hair, is spry and energetic, and strong. He has a bad back, so he doesn't lift heavy things anymore, but he would if he could. This guy is over 80! He has patents for speaker designs from the late 1940s!
Of course, McCain's vision of Presidential duty is not something we want carried out. But the point stands.
He's a young 95.
One could check (I don't know) if McCain voted for the pharma bill, you know the one BARRING the government which is one of the largest customers from bargaining down the price of medicine to seniors...you know the way we all normally do (" okay, they are 3 bucks a pop, but if I buy 100 of them, what price can you give me?" "ohh 2.50. great!")
Another thing, look at modern presidents, even young ones (relatively). Seems even one-termers, but especially two-termers age way more than their twin lounging on an island in the Bahamas would have.
Also...think of McCain...TWO terms? No way in the world. He won't get elected without cheating so blatant it would cause an uproar, but if by some extrahuman cheating...he did, I can't see him running at 74 also.