Comments on: Critics Try To Make McCain's Age An Issue

CBSNews.com Reports: Senator Using Humor To Deflect Charges He Is Too Old For Presidency

[omaar-101]

McCain On Baptism Plans: ''It''s a Private Thing.''


From CNN''s Rebecca Sinderbrand, CNN''s Tasha Diakides


For the most part, McCain keeps a veil of PRIVACY AROUND HIS FAITH .


ABOARD THE STRAIGHT TALK EXPRESS (CNN) %u2014 John McCain, who rarely talks about his Faith Publicly, discussed some of his Religious Beliefs with Reporters Wednesday - including the question of whether he might consider being baptized again.

The presumptive Republican nominee talked with journalists traveling with him from Kentucky to West Virginia about his home congregation, North Phoenix Baptist Church.

"Pastor Dan Yeary has a Message I Enjoy and Appreciate," he said, adding that he and his family have "Grown Close to [Yeary] over the years" and that HE TRIED to ATTEND SERVICES at the church whenever he was home in Arizona.

"The message that Dan Yeary Conveys of Christian Love and redemption is one that I welcome," said McCain.


The Arizona senator, who was raised an Episcopalian, has Attended North Phoenix for Nearly 2 DECADES, but is NOT A MEMBER because HE HAS NOT BEEN ...BAPTIZED into the CHURCH.

[omaar-101]

Larry King & Jesse Ventura: On John Mccain

KING: I know you disagree with a Lot Of His Politics, but arent you -- dont you have a little emotional tilt toward John McCain in that of his war service record?

You were a Navy SEAL. Dont you feel a bond ?

VENTURA: Well, I greatly respect Senator McCain. Certainly we have a bond. Were both Navy men. And I wish him well.

But what troubles me more, Larry, is Hypocrisy. And in the case of John McCain, we have a Huge Hypocrisy in this Country.

And that is this -- how is it that a federal employee -- if you work for the federal government, you''re required to retire by age 65.

And yet you can run for president and be the head of the very federal government, have the most stressful job in America and you can do it at any age. I don''t get that.

John McCain could not get hired by the federal government to work, but he can become the leader of the Federal Government, because -- he couldnt get Hired because ''He''s Too Old''.

[omaar-101]

John McCain: ''No Country, For Old Men''


McCain`s Mind is Slipping...Again

Yesterday, Time''s Joe Klein noted that he could find no evidence that Sen. Barack Obama had ever specifically said he would negotiate with Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad:

Big Note: On Friday, I promised to check into whether Obama had ever said that he would Negotiate--Specifically, by Name -- with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

(Time Magazine) Research Department and the Obama Campaign.... HE NEVER HAS.

He did say that he would Negotiate with the Iranian Leadership -- but, on matters of Foreign Policy and Irans Nuclear Program, the guy in charge is the Supreme Leader (Ali Khamenei).

As of today, John McCain was still accusing Obama of wanting to (Negotiate with Ahmadinejad).

Why doesnt the McCain campaign and other assorted Republicans ever accuse Obama of wanting to Negotiate with Khamenei?

Well, because Khamenei isnt quite the Flagrant Anti-Semite Ahmadinejad is...

And, as we keep hearing, Obama has a Jewish problem.
Later in the day, Klein confronted McCain with this question at a press conference.

For a foreign policy "Expert," McCain Clearly has a Pattern of Getting the (Basic Facts Wrong).


McCain insisted that ultimate political authority in Iran rests with Ahmadinejad --

In fact, according to the CIA`s World Factbook, Ultimate Political Authority in Iran rests with Supreme Leader (Ali Khamenei), Not the President.

[afmca]

It should be an issue. Everyone sees the physical strain that being the President has on the office holder. Look at Clinton or Bush prior to holding the office and after they left. The pressure took its toll. At 71 this could be too much strain on anyone which means that all voters have to take into account the McCain''s VP may well become the President either through death or by McCain becoming incapacitated by stroke. He has had several bouts with skin cancer. This is a real issue that needs to be explored and is not a cheap shot.

[advanceus]

Numbers on your calendar don''t mean much, but after some of his speeches where he doesn''t know what he is talking about, but continues to talk does. He is over the hill!

[ponco seno]

Critics Try To Make McCain''s Age An Issue


It should be an issue!!, an HIS backward thinking should be an issue too.

[omaar-101]

Talk About ''Age & Inexperience''

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/20/mccain-confronted-with-ne_n_102614.html


Let''s be clear: Iran has a very complex system of government with varying institutions, but at the top of it sits Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who essentially has only accountable to the Council of Guardians made up of clerics, many of whom are appointed by Khamenei.

So, Ahmadinejad is not the leader.

And as the Council on Foreign Relations explains, especially in the area of foreign policy, Ahmadinejad has very little influence.

On top of that as Klein points out, the Presidents job is to educate the public on questions of policy.

NOTE: So if the "Average American" thinks that Ahmadinejad is the Ultimate Leader Of Iran, its up to the President to Dissuade them of this Notion - Not Reinforce It.

NOTE #2: Back in 2002 more then half of Americans thought Saddam was responsible for 9/11 and President Bush did nothing to disprove this assumption (In fact, while never directly claiming that Saddam was responsible for 9/11 the Administration did everything it could to reinforce the notion).

That doesnt mean our policy should be based on those False Assumptions.

[jack3213]

It is not any more of an argument than electing a person with little or no experiance to lead a country that is at war. One being a woman who has not done anything but be a first lady with no accomplishments as a senator in NY and the other being a senator with only 2 years experiance with long associations of haters of this country. Those are BIG "DUHS"

[sleepyric]

it is what it is....yes,,at 72, with the rigors of the presidency,,,this man is too old to stay with it mentally, and physically..it''s obvious and a valid argument.

[fibonacci_gr]

Little tiny, whiney McCain
Has an old religious brain
Vote for him you''ll get the same
The same the same the same the same

[haoli25]

Well, DUH!