Are Dems talking about McCain’s age in ‘code’?

Politico ^ | 6/16/08 | CARRIE BUDOFF BROWN

[AliVeritas]

http://directorblue.blogspot.com/

[wildbill]

Look at how the late night shows portray him with comedy.

Letterman is the worst because he never balances out with something funny about Obama.

[I see my hands]

To: GOP

Dump McCain now!

[sofaman]

"He said I was senile a couple of years ago." Rep. John P. Murtha (Dufus-Pa.)

geez! Maybe I can vote for McLame after all.

[Pete]

Everyone thinks it is code for his age but it is really code for his sanity (some have discussed his “temperament”. “Confused” can mean “old” but also it can mean “crazy”). As we get closer to the election I fully expect Dems to claim that McCain is mentally unfit for office.

[Radl]

With plenty of brainwashing by the media I think we can feel certain that Hussein is our next president. We get attacked by Muslims and then go out and elect one. ONLY IN AMERICA!

[johnny7]

Are Dems talking about McCain’s age in ‘code’?

Is Politico just an online forum for the same, DNC rumpswabs you find in the WaPo, LATimes... etc?

[Farmer Dean]

These same jokers don’t seem to be bothered by the fact that Fat Teddy is 76 and has terminal brain cancer.How fit is he for his job?Fit enough for them apparently...

[SF Republican]

"He said I was senile a couple of years ago." Rep. John P. Murtha - That is just wrong, he was senile long before.

[Melinda]

If ever there is an opportunity to fight fire with fire. There are so many pictures, so many instances where Barry looks and sounds around 12 years old.

[Melinda]

At least he knows how many states there are!

[alexander_busek]

Talking in “code?” What did they exactly say? That he is getting ong-lay in the ooth-tay? That he’s getting eenile-say?

[cherry]

71 IS NOT OLD but any stretch of the imagination......we had a “young” and “vigorous” Clinton and look what the hell we got.....8 years of do nothing foreign policy that absolutely ushered in 911....

[Always Independent]

I wish McCain would call Obama out on his patronizing of Mc’s military service. I find it disgusting the way they do that. Of course it meant the world when they talked about Kerry’s brag!

[LibertyRocks]

I read one liberal blog post the other day (sorry can’t remember where) that seriously alleged that McCain had Alzheimers! Not kidding...

[LibertyRocks]

After the crap Politico pulled during the Republican primaries I find it hard to give them any respect at all frankly...

[Doohickey]

“The older you get, the more difficult it is to have the energy to confront these things,” Murtha, who turns 76 on Tuesday, said in an interview with ThinkProgress, a liberal blog. “I know myself. I have to pace myself. I’m the same age he is. He said I was senile a couple of years ago. Well, that’s beside the point, whether I’m senile. But I just believe that his age is going to be very difficult for him to become a good commander in chief, because the decisions are so difficult.”

Is that really the Dem's strategery here? "I'm a doddering old fool, so he must be one too".

[popdonnelly]

Are the Dems swiftboating?

[kitkat]

I can’t find the exact quote, but wasn’t it Reagan who said, “If you promise not to talk about my age, I’ll promise not to talk about your lack of experience.”?