McCain Age Site "Younger Than McCain" Run By Dem Operative

Chris Cillizza reports for the Washington Post:

Despite a recent promise from Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean not to make Sen. John McCain's age -- he turns 72 in August -- an issue in the presidential campaign, a senior Democratic operative has started a new website designed to draw attention to just that fact.

Called "Younger than McCain", the website is being run by Steve Rosenthal, a former political director at the AFL-CIO and executive director of America Coming Together, a massive soft money effort organized around the 2004 presidential race. Rosenthal is now a partner in The Organizing Group.

The current content amounts to a 90-second video listing the things younger than McCain -- a list that includes the Golden Gate Bridge, plutonium, Coke in a can and Velcro among many, many other things.

Watch the video below, or visit the Younger Than McCain site:

Comments

[ljsfolly]

John McCain cannot tell the difference between the people fighting in Iraq or the middle east in general unless he has someone telling him when he is speaking as he forgets between. I think more and more dementia is showing up and he has become forgetful of many things. How is he supposed to even debate when his thoughts are scattered and he hasn't got any clue of who is fighting and who he supports and what he supports? His POW years are a sad fact but to vote for him because of them is like voting for Hillary because she is femal or Barack because he is black. the person they are now not the long ago and distant things as Macs time in the navy. Hillary's time is much more current and worse for us than I want to remember.

[qwr]

I think age is a legitimate issue, partly because of health concerns, but I also think McCain's defense, trotting out his mother, has been a good one. Remember, Tsongas said his cancer shouldn't be an issue, but if he had been elected, he would have died in office.

[Trueheart]

This is childish. So much of what is going on in the public discourse (if it can be called that) is juvenile.

I read a comment on another site where an Obama supporter was going on and on about how nasty John McCain's teeth were, and why hadn't he done something about it. And we've all heard Hillary Clinton called a "hag," and criticized for her stocky legs.

If this is the NEW PARADIGM NATION, where is the enlightened thinking? Where is the CHANGE?

Let's play SO YOU WANT TO BE A PRESIDENT. It's easy: make fun of candidates based on age and appearance and mannerisms. The youngest, most graceful, best-looking one with the whitest teeth wins. Hmmm, guess that would be Barack Obama. That was an easy decision!

[zbig]

Well, McCain called his wife a "trollop", he called Chelsea "ugly" and "may be the daughter of Janet Reno"--so he deserves to get some in return.

[Trueheart]

You are proving my point, ZBIG.
We have apparently moved into the Era of Nelson Muntz :"HAHA!" (Simpsons)
Or perhaps it is just the new version of the old: Oh YEAH? Well, so's ya mutha!!

[Trueheart]

You are making my point Zbig.

[Thatcher]

If your state has already voted - tell your superdelegates to "Sh*t or get off the pot"! We don't care who you endorse - just do it! http://tinyurl.com/6njr7e

[Ramirez]

Nice ad. The youth will think it's "gay" or "lame" and the seniors will be irritated and energized to vote for McCain just to smack down those smart-ass, disrespectful kids.

[turkeyfish]

I doubt it. You forget that republicans are the party that "won't raise your taxes, just your prices".

For most older Americans on fixed incomes, more of the McSameOLD policies, which are predicated on "a borrow from the future to spend on wealthy republicans now" philosophy have lead to rapidly increased inflation. Have you checked out bread or gas prices lately? I can assure you that most older Americans have, especially those in small towns lilke mine, who are feeling especially bitter now.

Voting for McSameOLD is like asking for Dr. Kavorkian to drop by for a beer and to tell you a bedtime story.

[desmirl]

How can anyone who's a carbon copy of the worst president in history be younger than him. Maybe Bush is a COPY of McBombBombIran.

[V4Vigilance]

1. As with the DINOs, it's going to take a while to weed all the "old politics" out of the Democratic Party.

2. I doubt this guy asked Howard Dean's permission to do this.

OBAMA 08

[SayonaraSnot]

LAME

His age is hardly relevant. I know some awesome, smart people in their 70's. His politics are what matter.

[granamica]

But he hasn't given us any evidence of being awesome or smart in his politics.

[GerryS]

McLame is so old, when he got married the first time and went on the honeymoon, he used a horse and wagon-

[NewtC]

“Younger than McCain” is tacky, mean-spirited and guaranteed to be used against us. Steve Rosenthal, you blew it.

[DavePM]

Shit like this is going to come back and bite us in the ass in the Fall. Geriatrics are the largest group of voters and if he can get those votes, we are doomed. Just watch...bus loads of seniors are going to be trucked to the polls in Nov.

[Davwbaird]

I am 65 and take my word, McCain is too old for the job the monster Bush has left the next Prez.

Tumwater, Washington State

[Davwbaird]

with a impossible situation!

[pascaljim]

McCain is older than do-do......John is 5 years my junior, did I say "do-do, I meant s**t.

[mamacat]

As a fellow senior, I think it is improper and unfair to critcise Sen. McCain based upon his age alone.
Will I vote for him? Almost certainly not, but not bedcause of his many years.

[Rockwell]

For me it's less his age than the age of his ideas. But he also shows signs of dementia and many of us remember the sad specticle of Reagna's 2nd term. Of course, even a demented Reagan outshown the clinical idiocy of the current White House occupant., but I digress. . . .

McCain IS old. His ideas are OLD. His world view is OLD. And he's a sickly old man. He's likely to die in office. Those are legitimate considerations for any voter.

[260Parkway]

He's OLDER than dirt and STIFFER than cement. I do not want to look at John McCain nor his stepford, pasty smile wife Cindy for 4 years. If you look at her long enough she looks evil. That's one scary couple for not all political reasons.

[ProgressiveBum]

I looking for ward to the Obama-McCain presidential debate. A few carefully chosen words by Obama will make McCain lose his cool, blow his top, and make him unelectable. There is a good reason why McCain keeps delaying the release of his medical records. Anyways, it should be fun to watch.