Comments on: McCain’s “Senior Moment”: How Old is Too Old?

By: StockBoySF

StockBoySF — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:17:35 +0000

I think McCain is totally viable- he is running on the same old Bush platform of endless war, not understanding the needs of most Americans, etc. If you want someone to push the same agenda that's been going on since Bush 41 (Reagan, really), then McCain's perfectly viable. This is his political party, these are the politicians he has (and still does) support for the last 3 decades and this is exactly what he knows and will do.

McCain wants change about as much as a fish wants to leave water.

By: Rocky37

Rocky37 — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 04:16:43 +0000

“would his apologists like Hume tell us it was just a mistake of old age, that it was just a simple mix up, that he just thought h was ordering pizza?”

'just a mistake of old age,'———-REALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NO!

McCain is not viable — Not today, not yesterday, not tomorrow. Not ever.

By: RememberNovember

RememberNovember — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:30:39 +0000

I suppose the White House would become an Assisted Living complex should Johnny Mac get the job. His base- AARP.

By: PaulSilver

PaulSilver — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:59:31 +0000

I think it is an important distinction that Sen McCain made the same errors repeatedly.
It was not a one time slip. And he made those errors when he was not under any particular stress.

By: Marlowecan

Marlowecan — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:39:20 +0000

Michael Stickings said: "The spotlight isn’t on him the way it’s on Obama and Clinton, and the media have yet to show that they intend to treat McCain like they will undoubtedly treat either Obama or Clinton as the Democratic nominee...It’s time to take McCain seriously — he is the Republican nominee, after all — and to revoke his free pass."

Oh come on! How can you even say that - Obama's "tough scrutiny" with McCain's "free pass" - with a straight face?

Recall, for example, the FRONT PAGE NYT "smear" of McCain's extramarital affair with a lobbyist...that was almost universally condemned.

Compare that to the Washington Post Ombudsperson's report today about the multiple reasons the WaPo editors rejected any coverage of Obama-Wright until the story exploded...and then, the first piece published, was a defense of Obama-Wright.

Most commentators in the MSM - post-SNL - conceded they were fully caught up in Obamamania, and never critically examined anything about him (e.g., Rezko) that only the Chicago papers covered.

McCain...after the NYT story...held a long press conference answering EVERY single question put to him. At least McCain will talk to the media. Obama has avoided the media whenever possible.

Obama ran from the press in Texas, when questioned about Rezko. "C'mon guys...I answered eight questions."

To turn Michael Sticking hypothetical about President McCain around:

Can we expect President Obama to refuse to hold press conferences or answer reporters questions...as has been par for the course during this entire nomination campaign?

Well...if President Obama does not want to answer questions...we have no right to ask any. He is Obama. He is beyond questioning!

By: Davebo

Davebo — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:55:04 +0000

It was a fairly serious (and revealing gaffe), and not an isolated one. And it may not be so much a matter of knowledge — he is a smart man who knows a great deal about the world — as it is of competence.

Michael, you've left out one other most likely possibility. That McCain knows full well that Iran isn't aiding Al Qaida but also has seen that using the phrase Iran and Al Qaida in the same sentence over and over again could be just as effective as using the words Iraq and Al Qaida over and over again in the same sentence was.

To me, this is by far the best explanation.