Gaffe machine McSnarky refers to Obama as "Young man"

It's not racial, but it certainly isn't the smartest thing for McCain to say. Not only is it condescending (or at least could appear that way), but it draws more attention to his age.

He seems to want to publicly joke around about his age, which in itself may not be a bad thing, but if you're going to start calling Obama a "young man," it foments an issue instead of deflecting it.

 

For Chrissake, the geezer is 71 years old. Who isn't a young man to a 71-year-old?

 

I must admit that at age 38, when someone calls me a young man, I get a little giddy.

 

http://www.britannica.com/eb/question-616563/16/male-life-expectancy-United-States

 

All I know is I think just about everybody on this board should be lucky enough to be in the kind of shape McCain is mentally and physically when we're in our 70s.

 

McCain's just trying to turn the age issue on its head and attempting to cast Obama as an inexperienced kid. He'll go with it for a week or two and if it doesn't seem to be working, he'll abandon it. It's just a typical campaign stratagem. Nothing racial about it.

 

I don't blame McCain. He probably said it just after standing up while he is in one of those dizzy spells.

 

McCain should have called him "Sweetie."

This whole thing is getting way beyond silly:

"I'll see your Rev. Wright and raise you a Rev. Hagee"

"I'll see your Michelle and raise you a Cindy."

"I'll see your POW status and raise you a new G.I. Bill."



I think I might enjoy floating in an isolation tank until mid-November.

 

I saw a story somewhere (Slate?) that wondered what effect HD TV will have on the race. It sounds silly, but having McCain in HD vs. Obama in HD would really, really highlight the age difference. And not in a good way.

Maybe it's a lot of nothing, but some people (not you or me of course) are swayed by TV performances. When these two stand next to each other for a debate, no one will have to suggest the age issue. It'll be right there for everyone to see.

 

So McCain's strategy is to come off like a cranky old man? Between this and his diatribe yesterday, that's the only conclusion I can come to.

 

Heard at the Easter Egg Roll: "You kids get off the White House lawn!"