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!

[turkeyfish]

You seem to forget that a vey large percentage of folks on-line are or were recently juvenile. What is wrong with being juvenile? You too were once juvenile. No one would say your thinking skills have improved any. Beside, you seem to be missing the point. Americans are looking for vigor, energy, dynamism, not a grumpy old guy who shuffles, can't remember who his enemies are, constantly forgets, displays attrociously vile and inappropriate humor in public, lacks vision, and promises nothing but more of the McSameOLD.

As for change, just getting the putrifaction that is the Bush and Chenny adminstration out of the White House and the remaining republicans out of congress will be a change, a breath of fresh, unpolluted air for millions (literally as clean air laws are again enforced and strengthened)..

But of course, it won't stop there, we can make American better and we owe it to our country to repair the damage done by the Bush and republicans.

We have a lot of work to do and it will take all the energy we have, Bush and his republican congess left us with more debt than all the other presidents combined.

[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 making my point Zbig.

[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!!

[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.

[turkeyfish]

Yeah, and most of them are on fixed incomes, suffering mightly from the ravages of the republican parties philosophy "borrow from the future to spend on rich republicans now". The debt is driving down our currency and increase prices for everything. They are he party who "won't raise your taxes, just your prices".

Curiously, you seem to think that older American's will cower in fear of youth and vote to get even. I suspect most older votes will be eager to vote with youth on this one, after all many of the youth will be their children and grandchildren, who they also see as also suffering under the Bush-McSameOLD policies.

Republicans have played the fear card so much and for so long, race 9/11 that with folks now finding their adrenal glands tapped out and their backs to the wall, they will have "nothing to fear but fear itself". Particularly, as more and more democrats today are finding themselves increasingly in economic times increasingly reminiscent of those when FDR pointed this out.

Not all older folks are as cerebrally atherosclerotic nor so obviously senescent as McCain. Lets face it voting for a man who is visibly mentally deteriorating even before taking office, is like playing Russian Roullete with America's future. McSameOLD is a catastrophe waiting to happen.

[Moxo]

Just watch...bus loads of seniors are going to be trucked to the polls in Nov.

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Rove will no doubt tell us "Voting Will make You Free".

Speaking as someone almost McCains age - WE ain't as dumb as the young and the GOP hope we are!

[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.

[blackpope]

I like the phrase I am older than dirt...I think it's too funny!!!!!

[PioneerKing]

It's not his age that is of concern it's his mind that is of question. voters are concerned about the number of, as Brit Hume says, "senior moments," that Sen. McCain experiences.

[saram]

I'm younger than McCain.


of course I was born in 1984, but still.


I'm younger. I win.

[Trueheart]

Saram: Youam definitely good presidential material. Let me know if you need any help on your campaign.

[daveny]

That was so lamely done... I'm sure that operative is knockin' on the door of retirement himself, judging from the tacky "Hey, kids like the loud stuff, right? And pictures!" approach.

Seriously, this could have been pretty damn funny, but what a mediocre execution.

[PistonMoaned]

McCain/Velcro '08

[VOTER]

Love it!

[castlerider]

We can all agree on one thing. Whoever takes over this ship is going to have a lot of chaos and a hell of a lot of work cleaning up this MESS. When one thinks of the pressure, it is realistiically sound to imagine that the pressure while be so incredibly hard, it will tax the hell out of whoever's to be president.
Just look at those graphs of Bonddad's... All the damn money WE HAVE LOST!
How in the world will we replace it to do all the things that so urgently need to be done for this country?
It will absolutely kick McCain's ass. Feeling responsible for seeing people suffer after having to make hard, drastic choices, he will get so old so fast, it will be unreal. Hillary will get her butt worn out so bad, she'll be a sleepless wreck.
In the end, Obama's actually the one who will probably be best fit and capable to think clear enough through all that pressure and chaos to deal with so many thankless and deblitating moments to come.
Look how old Bush got. And he's a loafer. Takes longer vacations then anyone ever has in office. A really tough, excruciating job.
Think about it.

[moda31]

i heard one of mccain's press buddies explain his inability to keep sunnis & shiites straight as being the result of tiredness from campaigning. she said "he absolutely knows the difference he's just been so busy campaigning he's tired." yeah because being president is going to be a much easier job! even if mccain took more vacations that his buddy george he'd still be so exhausted he couldn't keep anything straight.

[pdxuser]

The female voiceover sounds like Faith Salie from American Public Media's "Fair Game." In fact, it sounds like it's in the style of one of the show's comedic vignettes.

[batgirlevi]

LOL

[ksyellowdog]

It isn't his age that I find objectionable, it's him.

[OverIt]

Funny but LAME!!!!