Senator John McCain appeared on this morning’s Fox News Sunday and as is common with the aging GOP presidential candidate, he has a hard time grasping reality and dealing with pesky details. McCain rightly states that the Democratic presidential candidates have energized younger voters — and he honestly believes he has as well. How is he pulling this off? He appeared on David Letterman:
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“…It’s pretty clear that Senator Obama and Senator Clinton have energized the younger voters and I believe I have and I believe I’ve got to compete on that grounds too. That’s why I go on shows that young people watch, so I’m not sure that the old red state, blue state scenario that prevailed for the last several elections really works.”
Yes, Grandpa McWar sure has fired up the kids, hasn’t he? This conversation started with Wallace handing McCain voting maps put together by none other than Karl Rove, (who is now officially advising the McCain campaign while on the Fox payroll, a fact they still haven’t publicly admitted) citing un-sourced polling data showing many traditionally blue states being in play this year for the GOP. McCain even believes that California could go his way this year and says high Hispanic and African American turnout could work to his benefit. WTF?
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See, he is senile!!
I’m really starting to want some of what this guy is smokin’ because it has to be the greatest shit on the planet.
Angry Grandpa is the hot topic of conversation down at the malt shop. Before I go to the sock hop I’m going to drop by McCain headquarters and pick up one of these new-fangled “bumper-stickers” to put on the old man’s DeSoto. 23 Skidoo!
he thinks he’s “energized” young voters because he showed up on The Daily Show at Jon Stewart’s request a few times, and because he retorted to some of Jon’s smartass comments and smirks… with smartass comments and smirks.
hey John! and trolls/lurkers from John’s campaign!
(young voter right here)…
I’m about to enter a DJ battle/competition pretty soon. now check it out. just because I show up, just because I play the genre they’re expecting to hear, and just because I get some kind of applause at the end of my set… doesn’t mean I “energized” anybody, and it sure as fuck doesn’t mean I won.
we got a saying where I come from, and as old as McCain is, I’m surprised he hasn’t heard this. you wanna talk shit, get your shit correct first. this fool just doesn’t come correct when he steps. he steps up, sure, but he doesn’t come correct…
He’s dreaming. The only energizing of youth he’s doing will be to awaken them to the real possibility of a war strewn future, with the draft reinstated, if he becomes president. I don’t think that’s what he meant.
Mindless confabulation of the reality challenged pre-senile mind. Raygun comes to mind.
Republicans live in their own world. How can he possibly believe anyone under 70 is remotely interested in McBush’s recycled campaign. Wasn’t it Rove who also said his math proved that they were going to hold congress in 2006? What a funny little world they choose to live in. That’s fine, the more they convince themselves they are going to win, the better it will be for us. Go McBush!! Us youngsters love ya!
I am sure he has energized thousands of young people, just for the Democrats, with the ‘100 years in Iraq’ line.
He energizes the youth everytime he loads a round of birdshot and shouts “You kids git offa my lawn!”
i think it’s important for C&Lrs not to criticize mccain for his age.
can we all agree on this?
“Grandpa McWar”?
come on.
If sixty-five plus is youth he’s correct. Lets ask him if thats what he meant…after his nap and glass of warm milk.
bryancri @ 10:
You’re absolutely wrong, oh Concerned Troll. His age is a factor, whether its the antiquated worldview that helps form his policies, or the strong likelihood that mental incapacity or physical ailment would strike during his term in office, leaving us with “President Pawlenty” (gak!)
I agree that pointless ad hominems are only entertaining, but the fact is that his age is a legitimate factor, as is his hair-trigger temper.
Comedic Gold.
http://www.mccainblogette.com/index.shtml
define young
The audacity of delusion.
QG @ 14:
I have a 45-year-old friend living with a 28-year-old guy. Her statement is, “You’re only as old as whoever you feel.” Or something like that…
bryancri @ 10:
Oh Yeah. You’re right. It should be Great Grandpa McHundredYearsIn IraqWar.
bryancri @ 10:
why, afraid we’ll come across as “agist”? lol…
Oh please! Yeah, he’s energizing young voters to vote for someone else. Do you think age is creeping up on him, or is he drinking the same crap 28% of the electorate is drinking?
RealClearPoitics is fairly well-sourced, and does show traditionally blue states in play for McCain.
RealClearPolitics
Head to head matchups McCain vs. Obama show McCain even with Obama in New Jersey, ahead in Pensy, ahead in Florida and and ahead in Ohio.
Go figure. But more than one poll supports their claims to be true.
McMore War and then McNow we need a draft. Oops McSure have a whole lot of energized young voters. Republicans NOT.
Just one more example of how this old far, and his neocon party, are out of touch with reality. He honestly believes that appearing on The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, David Letterman, etc, are “positive” appearances?? I mean, he looks old, he comes across old, and if any young people are drawn to him it’s a total mystery to me why that would be…except maybe they are repug and follow the party line.
This old geezer gets insulted and criticized almost nightly on these very same programs for his ridiculous stand on issues like Iraq, the entire Middle East situation, the economy, taxes, etc….and he must not tune back in after he leaves his little “bubble performance”.
He looks like an old crippled up fart TRYING TO ACT YOUNG. It’s phony, and he’s better off pandering to the religious fruitcakes and the old and dying neocon base.
Give McCain a break. Young is a relative term so he was talking about the 50 year olds he’s energized.
Albatross @ 12:
What odds are greater, a 71 year old man with a 94 year old mother in excellent physical and mental health contracting dementia in the next four years, or a 46 year old lifelong smoker contracting some sort of debilitating form of cancer or heart disease in the next four years?
Anyone in the actuarial field have any statistics on that, or is it better left to totally biased conjecture?
Damn, John, he’s almost as old as YOU are! Now, if you want to reach young people, you should go on Hannah Montana or MTV Cribs or something along those lines. Then people can see how old you REALLY look.
“McCain even believes that California could go his way this year and says high Hispanic and African American turnout could work to his benefit. WTF?”
Sorry, John, but you are quite delusional.
The “old age” tag you hang on McCain is as offensive and stupid as hanging
a racist tag on Obama or a sexist tag on HRC.
McCain may be an idiot, but age is not the reason.
Nader is in his seventies but has more youth, enthusiasm and intelligence in his toenail than Obama, Clinton and McCain combined.
Albatross @ 16:
The older you get the younger they feel.
Yeh, didn’t you know ? young people love dying in wars in far off countries for the sakes of big oil companies, they can’t wait to vote for John “boots on the ground” McCian.
Watch out, Gramps McBush. Now that you’ve gone on hip, cool TV shows and begun to motivate young voters you also run the risk of alienating your base, the senile, shut-in voter.
i think he’s energized the newborns.
Reading these posts about McCains age, and it struck me. What if were a Democrat in his 70s? The Repugs would be ruthless. Remember what they did to McCain in 2000? Rove and his ilk slammed him.
I don’t like McCain and would never vote for him. But I’m going to call this like I see it…
Age discrimination. It just screams, oh, I don’t know REPUBLICANISM?!
Save the feigned outrage, I don’t care. If someone attacked the Dem candidates for not being up to the task b/c of their skin color or their sex, most Dem’s I know would scream bloody murder. But they don’t think twice about discriminating when it comes to age. I have two Grandfathers in their 80’s, who are still whip-smart, so, lets not pretend an aging man can’t handle the job any better than a woman or a black man.
Attack him on his views, stances and opinions, but save the discrimination for the Righties. It embarrasses me to see fellow lefties discriminate against anyone for any reason.
Peterson, A. @ 27:
I’d have to agree with you on one point. Nader’s “youth, enthusiasm and intelligence” are in his toenail.
Okay, his comments hit me as something between funny and pathetic. How in hell does he really believe kids are fired up by anything he has said or done? If someone told him that, they lied. Maybe Harriet Miers was fired up, and maybe he sees her as a kid.
Math dearie, the Math — Old May West used to say at 60 years of age; that she preferred young men of 20. just simple division — twenty goes into 60 alot more times than 60 into 20 — and mccain is 72 — well then
In a way McCain HAS energized young voters.
He has caused them to see how important it is to get registered and vote for Obama.
Perhaps McCain’s declaration that Obama and Clinton have energized and inspired their voters has also had an intimidating influence on how they should respond to McCain. The news services in today’s issue of The Oregonian describe how the Obama campaign criticized radio talk show host Ed Schultz because of how Schultz, in a fund raiser for Obama in Grand Forks, talked about McCain. What did Schultz say that so upset the Obama camaign staff? It was the fact that Schultz had the temerity to call McCain a warmonger. Obama’s staff defended McCain, claiming that McCain is not an advocate of war. This despite the fact that one of Obama’s people described McCain as a “… supporter of a war that Senator Obama believes that should have never been authorized and never been waged.”
Someone should inform the staff working with Obama that McCain believes that he could see the United States staying in Iraq for the next 100 years. But perhaps Obama’s staff feels that their candidate should not be too critical of McCain since their candidate has voted to continue to fund this most unnecessary occupation every time Bush has called for more money to be sent to Iraq.
Hey YOU KIDS GET OFF MY LAWN !!!
and thanks for your vote.
Now that’s funny! I don’t see any threat of a republican president this election year, unless Obama has some big ugly secrets that haven’t come out yet. I think that they would have already been revealed considering his current opponents “political tenacity”.
Peterson, A. @ 27:
Extremely well said.
My first thought when I read the story was
Hahahahahhahahhahahhahhahhahahhhahahhaa
hahahhahahahhahahhahhahahhahahhahahhaha
hahahahahahhahahhahahahahhahahahhahaaha
Wiping the tears of laughter from my eyes.
I am still asking. When will McCain release his and his wife’s tax returns?
Plus, when will McCain release his health records?
What is he hiding?
Corruption? Cancer?
DC @ 43:
same same
No one on his right mind would vote for old McFart when they have the once in a lifetime opportunity to vote for someone like Obama/Clinton.
♣Bangkok Bob♠ @ 44:
Cancer is like corporate greed ….. at the cellular level.
Why is age a factor? Age by itself means nothing. Benjamin Franklin was 70 when he helped with the Declaration of Independence; he was 81 as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention; in between he served his country by representing its interests in France, keeping that country as an essential ally in the American Revolution. And Franklin is just one example of great OLD Americans.
Unless McCain has provable health problems, there are FAR stronger positions to attack him on that his age. What a waste of C&L’s time and talent.
“I think Fatty Arbuckle was unfairly prosecuted. I attended the cocktail party in Fatty’s room on that day. He never went anywhere near that dead girl.” _ John McCain
I don’t think it’s much to do with age, but when the neocons say he may have had a senior moment, I think we should be concerned.
Lotsa concern trolls today
I am so sick and tired of seeing our votes represented in that simplistic red-blue demographic map.
That is so goddamn misleading! Did you ever notice the majority of states are red?
I fu***ng love the expressions you chose to accompany the headlines