Huckabee Spokesman Chuck Norris Confirms that Reagan Was Too Old to be President; Florida Retirees in Shock

Sad news for all who hoped that Baptist preacher and former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee would be the 2008 Republican presidential nominee. It won't be happening.

After finishing a competitive second to senior citizen John McCain in Saturday's South Carolina primary, the Huckster took Sunday off and flew to Texas for a barbecue fundraiser at the ranch of his celebrity supporter Chuck Norris.

The Baltimore Sun's political blog reports that Huck's campaign brain trust decided to let him go alone on this one day off, with senior staff staying behind in Little Rock to prep for the Florida primary, which takes place this coming Saturday.

Big mistake.

There was a press conference at the ranch, and Norris chose to say more than a few words. He took some time to "handicap" the Republican field, offering his thoughts on Huck's opponents. Willard Mitt Romney (the only candidate for president in modern U.S. history for whom the press has agreed to uniformly ignore his first name) was described by Chuck as "shallow," a man with no heart who spews scripted lines on cue. So far so good.

But then came the Norris analysis of John McCain. The 67 year old former karate champion opined that the Arizona senator, age 71, is simply too old for the job of president of the United States. Norris, an apparent amateur geneticist on the side, added that a president ages at a "3 to 1" ratio, and thus McCain will be 84 years old at the end of his first term in office.

Chuck's thought about this. He said he'd seen the current president age in office, and the elder Bush, too, and that we don't need someone as old as McCain in such an important job. He went on about it. It wasn't something he said merely in passing.

There's just one problem: Ronald Reagan, beloved hero to Republicans everywhere, was 71 years old when he took the oath of office in January of 1981. He was overwhelmingly reelected four years later.

Perhaps Reagan was too old at the start, or at the end. But he's the FDR of the modern Republican party, the only president Republican candidates evoke in their debates.

More importantly, the AARP generation votes in numbers far greater than any other age demographic. And Florida, where Huckabee desperately needs to win this coming weekend, has zillions of retirees.

Every socially conservative evangelical in the sunshine state who is "of a certain age" has just been dissed, big time. Since their vote is unlikely to go to the cross-dressing, pro-choice, pro-gay rights former mayor of New York, or to a Mormon, it seems McCain is in the cat bird's seat.

Political consultant Chuck Norris: buffoon. Mike Huckabee candidacy: R.I.P.

Comments

[UJLessing]

Every politician needs their own action hero from the 80s to make bombastic statements.

http://efilmcritic.com/feature.php?feature=2361

[research]

RayGun Was TOO OLD among other problems.

McCain should be tested for stokes. He seemed to have one about 2 years ago.

[Pdubya]

I want competence, energy, dedication, principles, integrity, an excellent voting record, consistency and a heart for America.

I don't care if they're as old as Yoda. If a candidate is in good health, mentally and physically and wants to work that hard at that age, so be it.

Fortunately, McCain is not that man, lol.

[mommadona]

Hey, Chuck is 3 years younger.
Peer to peer - it's a truthful fact.
McCain is old - in mind and deed.
His ideas are old.
His focus is old.
His supporters are mainly old.

It is NOT HIS WORLD ANY LONGER.
And a majority of working class people live in THEIR world...wh­ich is much younger and poorer and disillusioned and PRAGMATIC that an old Cold War Warrior like McCain.

It is time to pass the torch.
It is time to pass on to the FUTURE, not the past.

Get out of the way, old men.
It is time.

[MsLiz]

Or not. The older folks may see his point.

[Sneaky]

Evangelist Huckabee? Alienating people? Get out... I don't believe you...

And on behalf of everyone else who saw this coming, I told you so. This man's candidacy dying would be one of the best things that could possibly happen to the GOP; public office is NOT a place to espouse religion.

[ljsfolly]

Is chuckie the bestest friend or what? Sure Ronnie probably had some senile issues when he left office as we all know his diagnosis after he left and who knows what nancy's role was. They covered him well. McCain has some issues with his mind as he has lost track and repeated a few times already but I feel/know I am no longer wanting the aged to be president. Thompson is just as addled if not more than some and rudy has not the age to be of concern but his morals and his lack of reality based talk is just as bad. I look to obama to be the fresh voice of hope and one who can bring the country together into the purple.

[dshoup]

McCain will split the GOP party vote in the final election, whereby the democrats will win? GOP voters had better get off McCain’s snake oil show and come back to true GOP conservatives candidates or hello President “Billery”!

[Miss Mamselle Hepzibah]

NOW I've got the giggles!!
Thx, Jackson!

MMH