This post started out as a comment on Cheyenne's most recent post about McCain's age and potential longevity. It made me wonder if there was any way that the McCain campaign could make the age factor work for their candidate. Are there, for instance, any cool people who are about the same age as John McCain who could be used as examples of cool old people? The answer is, yes and no.
McCain, at 72, is the same age as John Madden. Robert Redford is only a year younger at 71 and he is still pretty cool despite his stubborn lack of a face lift. How about Jack Nicholson also at 71? Isn't he still pretty cool? I think so. Jane Fonda is a very young 70 and I have no doubt that she would make a decent president. Gene Wilder is 75. Who wouldn't vote for Willie Wonka? Glen Campbell is 72 and has consumed more drugs and alcohol than most living people and he's still alive. He's not really that cool though. Not too many potential youth votes from a reference to the singer of, "Lineman For the County." Wink Martindale is 73. I'm not sure even I know who he is.
What I concluded while going through the sad website referenced above is that maybe John McCain is a bit too old to be president. McCain is not a "young" 72 the way that Jane Fonda is a "young" 70. Some people start to really lose it in their early 70's. Some people, when they have been beaten nearly to death every so often for seven or eight years, never make it to 70. The poor man is lucky to be alive never mind having a happy life as a U.S. Senator from the beautiful state of Arizona. Maybe he should have left it at that.
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