John McCain turns 72 today. Today is also the day he’s said to be naming his V.P.
If elected in November, he will be the oldest person to ever be inaugurated President of the United States. Is he too old?? In my opinion, yes. Not just because of his age and the ailments you get when you’re older, but because it means the majority of his life, his adolescence, and his formative years, were spent a VERY long time ago. Talk about being out of touch.
There are good arguments on both sides. Out of 105 opinions on whereIstand.com, 70 think McCain’s age will negatively affect his campaign. That’s a large percentage. And, a CNN/Gallup poll taken in July said that McCain’s age may be more of an issue than Obama’s race. We’ll see.
But it seems to me that lately his age is playing less and less of a part in the minds of voters. At one point it was being talked about all the time. People were even discussing of McCain should release his psychiatric records.
So why are the two candidates virtually neck and neck right now?
Barack Obama couldn’t be more of an opposite to McCain. Which is maybe why this election will end up being so close…. Even though most of the American people think we’re headed in the wrong direction and think the Iraq war is now a big mess, they are still willing to vote for McCain, who is staunchly pro-war. They will vote for him because he’s the opposite of Obama. White, old, military. The old guard. It’s sometimes hard to vote for change.
Many don’t seem to mind that McCain is very old. What seems to matter now is that he’s not black. Just like the election, on whereIstand, the opinions are split down the middle on whether Obama’s race will affect his candidacy.