I don’t think McCain is senile. I say that because the sense of humor is the first thing to go when senility hits and McCain has a great wit. He was very funny imitating Barbara Streisand and was funny on SNL the other nite. Maybe you did not really meant senile in the clincal sense.
He seems to have a ton of energy and showed during the debates that he is very clever and is good at finding weaknesses in his oppenent.
72 is not that old anymore. Maybe that’s because I am already 54 LOL.
Plus, his daughter claims he likes 9 inch nails (g).
John
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LOL. I was only kidding, John. I didn’t mean “senile” in the clinical sense, no. I actually agree that he’s got his wits about him, surprisingly for a guy his age. But he is purposely portrayed in the media as absent-minded and doddering for the sole purpose of drawing a direct contrast to the tall, youthful, elegant Obama. And that’s a difficult image for any leader to counteract. It just doesn’t inspire confidence.
Between the two men, however, my gut tells me McCain is the slightly better and more trustworthy person. By that I mean that I may not agree with all of McCain’s policies, but I am more apt to trust that HE believes in them and that he thinks he’s doing the right thing. Obama, IMO, strikes me as someone who is self-involved, focused on promoting his brand (himself), and regardless of whether I agree with his stated policies, I cannot be certain that HE believes in them and will carry them out. Bill Clinton nailed it perfectly when he talked about Candidate X and Candidate Y. You may only agree with Candidate X on 50% of his policies, but he can deliver 100% of the time, whereas Candidate Y matches 100% of your policy interests, but he can only deliver 25% of the time. Or something like that. I think Obama is a walking bait-and-switch. The off-handed “bitter guns and religion” comment should have been a wake up call to a lot of people. I found it very telling. And the fact that he stood by while the media sent cruise missiles at Joe the Plumber — who’s only crime was to be in front of his house when Obama came along and engaged him, and Joe asked what seemed to be an innocuous question — let me know that the little guy may very well be a casualty in the coming Obama Reich, and resistance is not encouraged.
