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Murtha says McCain too old to be president
apgoogle ^ | 04/16/08 | NEDRA PICKLER

Posted on 04/16/2008 8:19:05 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Rep. John Murtha said Wednesday that Republican Sen. John McCain is too old to be president.

Murtha is 75, four years older than McCain. He says they are nearly the same age, and the rigors and stress of running the country is too much for guys their age.

"I've served with seven presidents," Murtha told a union audience. "When they come in, they all make mistakes. They all get older."

"This one guy running is about as old as me," he said, drawing laughter and applause. "Let me tell you something, it's no old man's job."

If elected, McCain would be the oldest man to become president at age 72. Ronald Reagan became president at age 69, but he served as president for eight years and was just a few weeks shy of his 78th birthday when he left office.

Murtha, a Democrat from Pennsylvania, made the comments while introducing the candidate he has endorsed, New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, to the AFL-CIO's Building Trades National Legislative Conference.

Clinton referred to Murtha's introduction when she took the stage, saying she was grateful to have his endorsement and agreed with his sentiment that it will be difficult to turn around all the damage of the Bush administration. She didn't mention his comments on McCain's age, and the campaign sought to distance itself from the comments.

Clinton spokesman Mo Elleithee said Clinton "considers Senator McCain a friend, and she respects him. But it's not his age she has a problem with, its his ideas for the future."

Earlier this week, McCain was asked about his age and he joked about it, at first feigning sleep.

"Watch me campaign. We keep a heavier schedule. We campaign harder," he said Monday during The Associated Press annual meeting. "People will judge me by my performance. I am confident that my energy, my intellect, my experience, and my judgment is what American people will — hopefully that they will view me as qualified to be president of the United States."

His campaign said Wednesday Murtha's comments were "nonsense attacks."

McCain and Murtha are both Vietnam veterans who have worked closely on national security issues. Age hasn't slowed Murtha down. After Democrats took control of the House in the 2006 election, Murtha sought the House majority leader position but was defeated.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: mccain; murtha; murthawatch; old
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1 posted on 04/16/2008 8:19:05 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3
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To: TornadoAlley3

It seems someone has a straight pipeline into Murtha.


2 posted on 04/16/2008 8:21:34 AM PDT by twigs
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To: TornadoAlley3

Murtha - what can I say that hasn’t been said 1000x here?


3 posted on 04/16/2008 8:21:48 AM PDT by PetroniusMaximus
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To: TornadoAlley3
Murtha plays the age card.
4 posted on 04/16/2008 8:22:09 AM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: TornadoAlley3

Murtha is wrong about the age. However, McCain IS too McCain to be president.


5 posted on 04/16/2008 8:22:36 AM PDT by Ingtar (Haley Barbour 2012, Because he has experience in Disaster Recovery. - ejonesie22)
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To: TornadoAlley3

Figured that this would be about the time that the Dems bring up the age issue again.


6 posted on 04/16/2008 8:22:52 AM PDT by RepublitarianRoger2
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To: TornadoAlley3

Yeah, Jack, but unlike you, McCain isn’t a traitor!


7 posted on 04/16/2008 8:23:12 AM PDT by Redleg Duke ("All gave some, and some gave all!")
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To: TornadoAlley3

Obama is by far too young to be president. That should be obvious by now.


9 posted on 04/16/2008 8:26:45 AM PDT by Williams
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To: TornadoAlley3

An old fool will always be too old to be president and that Jack is why you are not presidential timber now or at any time prior.


10 posted on 04/16/2008 8:26:50 AM PDT by kublia khan (Absolute war brings total victory)
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To: TornadoAlley3
"they all make mistakes. They all get older"

Kinda difficult not to, Jack!

11 posted on 04/16/2008 8:28:10 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel
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To: kublia khan

Murtha’s too corrupt to be a congresswoman. Yet he is.


12 posted on 04/16/2008 8:28:57 AM PDT by CT (Conservative in hibernation.)
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To: TornadoAlley3
I must have missed that “maximum” age limit in the Constitution. I knew 35 was the minimum age, but I had no idea that the constitution actually read “Must be between the ages of 35 and 70” to serve....I get so sick of this argument. What does his age prove? Seriously, this is the party that lets senile Robert KKK/pretty pretty pretty Byrd continuously speak from the floor of the Senate. If McCain's too old, Hillary's too ugly, and Barack is too skinny.


And screw you Jack Murtha for making me defend McCain.
13 posted on 04/16/2008 8:29:06 AM PDT by IMissPresidentReagan (The tax code would change if elections were held on April 16th!)
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To: the gillman@blacklagoon.com
the gillman@blacklagoon.com wrote:
The only thing McLame’s got going for him is the hope that he might immediately die after taking office.

That’s depending on who is his VP of course. I’m betting it will be someone who’ll make me want McLame to live on.

Courtesy Comment:

Careful what you say in a public forum as it may come back to bite you in the buttons.

14 posted on 04/16/2008 8:29:13 AM PDT by OKIEDOC (Kalifornia, a red state wannabe. I don't take Ex Lax I just read the New York Times.)
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To: TornadoAlley3

Reagan, one of our best Presidents ever....elected at age 69.

Jam it, Murtha.


15 posted on 04/16/2008 8:30:02 AM PDT by Slapshot68
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To: TornadoAlley3

Murtha is too stupid to be that old. Dumb bastard is making a case for something other than evolution.


16 posted on 04/16/2008 8:32:11 AM PDT by Doctor Raoul (Fire the CIA and hire the Free Clinic, someone who knows how to stop leaks.)
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To: TornadoAlley3
Nedra Pickler...again. She unfailingly seems to find stories that seek to injure Republicans or help Democrats, or both.
17 posted on 04/16/2008 8:32:33 AM PDT by Obadiah (I dream of the day when chickens can cross the road without having their motives questioned!)
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To: TornadoAlley3
Well, this is one of the few, no in fact it's the ONLY time I've ever agreed with Murtha. McCain is too old to be President. Which is why, if he'll attach the right VP I might actually vote for the traitorous bastard with the assumption that he can't finish the term and I'm really voting for the guy in the VP spot.

But, having agreed with Murtha on that one; what to do about Hillary who's too evil and Obama who's too stupid?

18 posted on 04/16/2008 8:33:20 AM PDT by Lloyd227 (and may God bless Oriana Fallaci)
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To: TornadoAlley3

Oh I don’t know...the last time Republicans had a candidate accused of being too old - it worked out pretty well.


19 posted on 04/16/2008 8:34:57 AM PDT by floozy22
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To: TornadoAlley3

Murtha is too stupid to say anything of value.


20 posted on 04/16/2008 8:35:15 AM PDT by Piquaboy (22 year veteran of the Army, Air Force and Navy, Pray for all our military .)
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