Most folks that are McCain's age (72) know that they and any of their peers should not be running for President. It comes with the territory that even in their best days they have lost considerable vigor and some intellectual acuity that would be worrisome given the forthcoming responsibilities McCain seeks. At the same time we should focus even more closely on the entire man we have before us not just the senior citizen we hear rambling on the stump. (His Dad died at age 70 and Grandfather at age 61)
McCain's life story worries me. I remain surprised, that even by accident, so much of it remains obscured by his daily quips to the press.
When exactly did McCain become someone we can trust to be President? He was a terrible student (like Bush) at the Naval Academy, was incorrigible as a young man (like Bush), was unfaithful in his marriage multiple times and abandoned his loyal wife after she suffered an disfiguring accident, stabbed his boss at the Pentagon numerous times in the back as he opportunistically lobbied against his policies, was member of the notorious Keating five, has supported the War in Iraq from the beginning (like Bush), has welcomed lobbyists to become a majority of his campaign leadership and is now a notorious flip flopper without a cause.
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