Should McCain's age be an issue?

BedHead
Fri, 18 Apr 2008 04:38:13 +0000

Ageism would assume that a candidate is just as able to perform a duty but was not given the opportunity because of age discrimination.



Alexandre won me over with this statement. I hadn’t really thought about what ageism is in such detail. If I could be guaranteed that McCain would maintain vigor over this time period, I would not have a problem per se with his candidacy. My concern is his age and the pressures of the office. What if he really starts to lose it? Imagine press conferences where he has a TSA (near stroke) and blanks out or imagine he starts doddering. I think with McCain’s age it is quite possible. This would be an ugly thing to witness and could be bad for the country.

As regards the VP, we’re just completing 8 years when we didn’t really elect as a nation the VP to run the country but that’s effectively what we got. I don’t really want this to happen again; the VP candidates are never as vetted or tested in the election cycle as the person at the top of the ticket.