good for him 72yo....oldest (R) presidential nominee

LOL, I'm 71 but I would never have a cake with more than one candle on it.

pretty funny though

My Palin theory is that he already knows he's going to lose and decided he might as well enjoy the ride until then.

So he picked someone he'd like to bury his Hanoi to the Hilt in.

Nyuk nyuk nyuk.

happy b'day mccain and hoover dam! (same year might as well get 'em out of the way at the same time)

earl @ 4:

...he told Jim Lehrer in 2000 he would be too old to run in 2008.

This is an ad the Dems could run.
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This one is much funnier.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Euu_DMhsXQo&eurl=http://www.crooksandliar...

The repug talking heads already have their talking points down pat. Obama and Biden don't have as much experience as Palin; they have never held an executive office such as mayor or governor. Obama and Biden only know federal stuff. And they have never given birth to five children. That is most important. Do these repub fools actually think we are that stupid? Answered my own question.

Announcer: "Happy 72nd Birthday John."

McCain: "But, but, but...I can't be that old surely.

Announcer: "Yes, it's true, and stop call me Shirley."

Hey, it's Michael Jackson's birthday today as well....the big 5-0!

Ruthless People @ 14:

George Costanza discovers McCain's birthday cake in the kitchen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URvMd-pjSMc&feature=related

...and he knocks John McCain down trying to get out!

Sarah Palin isnt Hillary Clinton.

Simple and plain, the two couldn't be more different on the issues that matter most to women.

Learn the difference, vote smart.

Love the PSA's stuff. They're genuinely funny, and just the right amount of mean. Anybody know who they are?

Sarah Palin is being used as a token.

Cartoon time!
http://content.cartoonbox.slate.com/?feature=0052b867ef174e2a60d3827b5b2...

Eric@25: "I'll see your token and raise you a pawn."

Time again for The Onion Belt story http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wW5Eqycf4d4

Orangutan. @ 26:

earl @ 4:

...he told Jim Lehrer in 2000 he would be too old to run in 2008.

Here's the video ~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xt3Vk4AJwN4

Amnesia ?/ Lying ? / Too stupid and arrogant to remember?
take yer pick Maverick.

24 constituent Says:

"this is a social/cultural pick that is NOT going to hold up.
i personally can’t imagine her knowing anything about
georgia,pakistan,iran,tajikistan,turkmenistan….sunni,shia
this has nothing to do with her gender to me. there is NO way she is ready to be president.
i give her credit though if she can raise 4 children while being v.p. of the united states that’s something that many
i believe would find more than challenging."

I agree. Palin's gender is not the issue and from my point of view it never will be. What gets me is that Palin brings absolutely nothing to the McCain campaign when it comes to experience and yet it is very likely that due to McCain's advanced age that she may have to assume the role of President of the United States someday. I think McCain would have been wiser to select a VP that could easily fill in if he becomes incapable of carrying out his duties.

Joe O@35: The good news, Sarah P. has raised 4 children, and changed a lot
of diapers, so am sure she can easily become experienced in changing McLame's Depends a couple of times each day.

As a woman who voted for Hillary I find it incredibly insulting that they think this will take our vote from Obama! She's just a younger, female version of the same.

P.D. @ 34:

Great! He's in his seventies and picked inexperienced pro-life, pro-oil, pro-drilling flunky as his VP. Unbelievable.

What does he care about OUR future, he will not be around to see or care that the great American dream wil be the exclusive domain of the 2%.
The bane of OUR democracy is the trickle down economics championed by McCain, the Bush Cartel, and the Repug Party.
With one voice we should be repeating what John Kennedy said: "a rising tide lifts all boats", but in a trickle down economy, that rising tide lifts only THEIR boats!

Repubs could care less WHO Sarah Palin is or what her record is....She is a Republican. The Republicans will win the elections by hook or by crook. They've done it before and thet will do it again. They could care less about something as trivial as "qualifications". Tax breaks for the rich......

P.D.@42: Precisely the reason I scraped my cable TV, as more should do, and
don't watch the 24 hour "liberal"(ha-ha) main stream media political pundits and
entertainers who have no objectivity as to reality, but only to their Masters(BIG
Business). Sure am happy that we have the Internet available for facts/truth
and not the BS spouted by the MSM.

Looks like he picked up a 'pretty little thing' for his 72nd. I hope I'm that virile when (and if) I get to his age. Good job, John!

McCain just handed the election to Obama.

If the Democrats manage to either lose the presidency in November or let the Republicans steal it, they will have no one to blame but themselves.

Sean-B@50: If Sarah is not available for a beer, then put on your over-alls and
go join her husband at BP and do some other fun things like drilling, drilling, and
more drilling.

Maybe mcgramps can get Sarah Palin to give him his birthday spankings

Hopefully his Depends won't be full at the time.

mccain:
calendar age 72
biological age 78

Do you think Romney's head exploded when McCain made his pick? Remember, he sunk a bunch of dough into his campaign.

McCain's pick of Palin, a woman with very little executive experience, a woman who has approved a 26 billion dollar oil pipeline to Canada instead of the United States shows that McCain's decision was made from an adlolescent place of "I'll show you mentallity" instead of one of wisdom and judgment and will be a disaster because this is not a game but serious, deadly business! Maybe McCain really is senile and confused and incapable of making sound judgments. This woman will be a heartbeat away from being in charge of the highest office in the land. If she was Qualified, that would be different but she is not and that is the bottom line. Not to mention that his argument that Barack has no experience And Is not Ready is out the door, his strongest argument against Barack.

Is this decision Historic or Hysterical or a mockery to our political system? A game changer or a roll of the dice? And should a Presidential candidate play russian roulette with the people's business? It is sort of sad to me personally, that McCain with all the problems we face here, did not have the People's interest at heart but rather a desire to win for winning's sake and did not think of the consequences of his actions and what it would mean for this country if she had to be sworn in as President of the United States!
Ironically, the very things he belittled Barack on -- empty suit, no experience -- he got in his own V.P. Pick, Sarah Palin!

However, in this evil ploy to pull Hillary women from Barack with no consideration as to whether or not this woman has the ability and experience to lead the United States here and on a world scale shows a very adolescent way of thinking, and a lack of sound judgment and as McCain's first executive decision, a disaster! Through this pick, McCain has just shown that he is NOT READY TO LEAD, and it also proves that he is not really serious about solving America's problems!

Average lifespan of an American. You do the math.

I'm worried about Gustav. Since the human issues are pretty obvious, I've begun worrying about the political fallout.
I seem to remember a hurricane in FL in '04 bumping up bush's numbers, and I worry that Gustav might help McCane. If Gustav hits and the humanitarian crisis is mild, the gop and their media enablers will scream nonstop about how awesome they are at running things. They will completely ignore the pre-Katrina failure to fund infrastructure and the post-Katrina catastrofuck of cronyism and incompetence.

"My friends....I am not old...I am youth challenged" - John McCain

"It's so great to visit with our young people" - John McCain addressing the AARP.

The Presidency is such a high stress job.

I really can't...in good conscience...vote for anyone with a 72 year old colon.

I stole a car once, but I didn't like it.

/snark

QuakerDave @ 60:

Not too old.

Too dumb. Too checked-out. Too geographically-challenged. Too unaware of the differences between one group of Muslims and another. Too much of a warmonger. Too supportive of war profiteers. Too elitist. Too corrupt. Too quick to send other people's children to die in empirial wars. Too dim to remember that torture is a bad thing. Too committed to failed GOP policies. Too connected to radical Christian Nationalist preachers. Too quick to change positions for the sake of politics. Too in bed with corporate elites. Too wrong on gay rights. Too wrong on the Supreme Court. Too wrong on reproductive choice. Too mean and nasty. Too hot-tempered and impulsive. Too connected to lobbyists. Too quick to play the POW card. Too cynical. Too willing to think that women will vote for a woman just because she has functioning ovaries.

But not too old, no.

Unless one were speaking about his politics.

McCane can enjoy his latest Personal Disposable Beauty Queen

First post, long time watcher.

McCain and Magneto 01

/quick n dirty ps

Doggiebobo - Yeah it could be. (its actually magneto from the x-men comic series) Rove does seem like the evil genius kinda guy, or a creepy great uncle.
He has picked a winner of a vp, lol. Its really sad, but i can't think of a republican that would actually help him even a little bit. Save Hagel.

No, no, John. You can't eat the cake with the lit candles still in it. John, John, JOHN!

Whats the odd of McSenile seeing another birthday, not good.
0.5 for the next, then 0.25 for the third, 0.125 for 2011, 0.0625 Mac surviving to 2012