Comments on: Memo Shows Obama Camp Planned To Hit McCain On Being "So Old"

[freckster]

McCain has made his age an issue. His flip-flopping, erratic behavior and poor judgment can all be related to the eventual mental deterioration we can all expect as we age.

[besscannon-2009]

SO, it is a "great economy crisis"? Okay, then WHY put such untested hands at the helm? This smart alec younger generation Obama is putting all his chips on are leading him to the slaughter. Just wait til Washington D.C. gets their hans on him. He won''t feel so "coddled" then let me tell you.
He is going to get chewed up royally!!
He may end up wishing he never heard of the place after working so hard and "using" so many people to get there. They will not only tweak his nose, they will bloody it!! Remember this blog and think back on it in a year or so.

[besscannon-2009]

Reading these blogs just confirms mine about the crassness and arrogance of this younger generation. Wait until their "nice, young feller" gets to Washington and the old fogies there that know a slightly little more about how to run a government begin to chew him up and spit him out in little pieces. I am going to enjoy watching that from my 84 year old rocking chair. BOY!! Obama sure has "used" the arrogance of the young to lift his boat. This "opportuntist" will soon learn Washington can''t be sold a bottle of snake oil so easily. They will make HIM drink it!! It won''t taste as good as the koolaid he has been passing out all over the country. Going to be real fun watching the next year or two while this "young whipper-snapper" gets his come uppance.

However old McCain is, you did notice that the Democrats never accused him of being so old he had E.D. Or "bad taste" in choosing women. Could be these democrats are just a bit jealous; in some circles it is referred to an p8n1s envy. You did notice the look on Biden''s face during his debate with Sarah Barracuda, right? That was the look of a predator stalking his prey, if there ever was one. It was downright embarrassing to watch him undress her so often, right there in front of the First Dude and her children. That''s two Joes exposed! So to speak.

[besscannon-2009]

This excited, wild-eyed younger generation are having a heyday now, but, wait until they find out what a sad mistake they have made. they are making fun of the older generation forgetting they will be one of them someday, too.
We are putting our future in young, untested hands that have a history of irratic behavior. When a problem comes up in government after they snatch power from the older, wiser ones, will they try to solve it by running for a "hit" from one of their "crutch" drugs?
Where is that going to get our country? I am afraid will are going down the drain as a democracy. Don''t believe me, just listen to some of these younger commontators on the airways now. Everything old is something to poke fun at. Real smart, kids, real smart!!! AND-Obama, the "Golden Boy" is incouraging it because it will lift his boat into the "coveted" place he aches to be.

[besscannon-2009]

Has anyone noticed what is happening here? The younger generation, now that they think they are in power, are having a great time ridiculing the older, WISER generation that built this country. They will soon find out how little they know and will run to the older generation to bail them out of theit arrogant blunders.

[idnnsg]

wtlib asked, "Why is the liberal ''WE love Obama'' Media...?"

Because, id.iot, there AIN''T NO SUCH THING AS A "LIBERAL MEDIA"! The media is almost exclusively controlled by VERY conservate "businessmen". Their ONLY goal is to stir up controversy to they can increase readership so they can charge more for advertising. The "liberal media" is an invention to keep you re.tards all fired up.

[idnnsg]

%u201Cerratic,%u201D %u201Cstubborn,%u201D and %u201Clurching%u201D seen like VERY ACCURATE descriptions of McCain''s recent behavior!

McCain said, "the economy is sound", then he said, "this is the greatest economic crisis of all time", then he pretended to "suspend his campaign" to "fix the mess" by giving bankers a bailout, then he couldn''t get the repugs to agree to the "fix", then he resumed his campaign, taking credit for the deal that DID NOT happen, then he blamed the democrats for no deal, then there was a bailout, then he said the bailout was good, then he said the bailout was bad and blamed the democrats, calling them "socialists", etc.

And, let''s not even get started on how stubborn and in.sane it is that he picked that air-headed bimbo for VP and that his campaign is ALREADY blaming HER for his impending loss!

And, don''t you think it''s just A LITTLE BIT important how old this geezer is, given that when he dies from malignant melanoma, that would put the bimbo in charge of the USA if he were elected, which thank God WON''T happen?!!

[fabio9000x]

Is this really a CBS News site? This looks suspiciously like journalism.

[airboatboy1]

I''m surprised they didn''t bring up his age more, especially with the chance of his brilliant running mate having to step up.

[jsilver2th]

The article above: "Republicans have accused the Obama campaign of alluding to McCain%u2019s age by using words like %u201Cerratic,%u201D %u201Cstubborn,%u201D and %u201Clurching.%u201D

Well it probably wouldn''t be very effective except the fact that he is erratic, subborn and lurching and too old as well.

[ttmo2]

Nate Silver, fivethirtyeight.com on that Zogby one day poll:

Matt Drudge is touting the results of a one-day sample in a Zogby poll, which apparently showed John McCain ahead by 1 point.

There are a couple of significant problems with this.

Firstly, there is a reason that pollsters include multiple days of interviewing in their tracking polls; a one-day sample is extremely volatile, and have very high margins for error.

Secondly, the Zogby polls have been particularly volatile, because he uses nonsensical party ID weightings, which mean that his weighting process involves making numbers doing naughty things that they usually don''t like to do.

Thirdly, Zogby polls are generally a lagging rather than a leading indicator. This is because he splits his interviewing period over two days; most of the interviews that were conducted in this sample took place on Thursday night, with a few this afternoon. The reason this is significant is because lots of other pollsters were in the field on Thursday night, and most of them evidently showed good numbers for Obama, as he improved his standing in 6 of the 7 non-Zogby trackers.

Finally, there was no favorable news for McCain to drive these numbers. Polls don''t move without a reason (or at least they don''t move much).

[ttmo2]

This is silly. First off, Obama obviously nixed this since there have been no ads and no major campaigns to emphasize his age. Secondly, his age is actually a legitimate issue. Just being 72 doesn''t disqualify you from being a good president. But McCain has had stage 2 melanoma removed in 2000. One out of 3 patients die within 10 years after having a stage 2 melanoma. If McCain had made a responsible pick for VP, maybe we could accept that risk. But, the thought of a Palin presidency is ... well, unthinkable. If you don''t beleive me about Palin, how about both Bush 1 and Bush 2''s Secretary of States?

[guerino4]

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[freedom_2008]

Age would not have been an issue in this election if he hadn''t chosen such an incompetent running mate. The fact that he has makes it a HUGE issue and reflects very poor judgement on McCain''s behalf. His choice of running mate was perhaps the worst choice of his career. It is likely what has cost him this election.

[neederbaur]

ZOGBY SATURDAY: Republican John McCain has pulled back within the margin of error... The three-day average holds steady, but McCain outpolled Obama 48% to 47% in Friday, one day, polling. He is beginning to cut into Obama''s lead among independents, is now leading among blue collar voters, has strengthened his lead among investors and among men, and is walloping Obama among NASCAR voters. Joe the Plumber may get his license after all..

[stevemccoy7]

Don''t give Obama/Pelosi/Reid/Barney Frank and possibly Al Franken a blank check...

It will be a NIGTMARE!!!

[piercetheval]

JACK LaLANNE FOR PRESIDENT!!!!

[anokie]

This is a terrible article. A sinister title implying Obama was going to run with some major ageism theme. And then we find out it is a little parenthetical point in some unattributed memo that never got any light of day. You obviously wrote this with the knowledge that some people just skim headlines. Do you really feel such a strong need to add to the divisiveness of this race?

[tannerbird]

jimi1956 this may be a good thing.