Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Gray idiocy
News item heard just now: "McCain's age is a problem for many voters. Younger voters are prejudiced against the elderly, and even the elderly are biased against the elderly."
No, you unspeakable Commie idiot fuckheads. It's not bias, it's accurate understanding based on personal experience. We Baby Boomers are old enough now that we know what happens with age. We can feel the gradual loss of multi-tasking ability, the gradual loss of sharpness. MC McCain is ten years older than the average Boomer, and went through a terrible mind-breaking experience in Vietnam. We can hear from his current performance that he is at least ten years farther into cognitive decline than most of us.
His Vietnam prison experience should not be his sole qualification for office; it should count as a disqualifier. It may be unkind to say this, but the purpose of voting is not to be charitable to a candidate. The purpose of voting is to determine which candidate will do the job. ¶ 8:52 AM
No, you unspeakable Commie idiot fuckheads. It's not bias, it's accurate understanding based on personal experience. We Baby Boomers are old enough now that we know what happens with age. We can feel the gradual loss of multi-tasking ability, the gradual loss of sharpness. MC McCain is ten years older than the average Boomer, and went through a terrible mind-breaking experience in Vietnam. We can hear from his current performance that he is at least ten years farther into cognitive decline than most of us.
His Vietnam prison experience should not be his sole qualification for office; it should count as a disqualifier. It may be unkind to say this, but the purpose of voting is not to be charitable to a candidate. The purpose of voting is to determine which candidate will do the job. ¶ 8:52 AM
