Is McCain too old for president?
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Ok, so I'm not usually into politics but I have been loosely following the various Presidential campaigns via snippets on the news etc. I just heard that McCain has released his medical records to show that he is in good health despite being almost 72 and having a history of melanoma. It shows he is cancer-free but obviously still at risk of developing it in the future. Other than that he is quite fit.
So do you think he is a bit long in the tooth? Has he got what it takes to go 4 years in the White House?
So do you think he is a bit long in the tooth? Has he got what it takes to go 4 years in the White House?
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Ok, so I'm not usually into politics but I have been loosely following the various Presidential campaigns via snippets on the news etc. I just heard that McCain has released his medical records to show that he is in good health despite being almost 72 and having a history of melanoma. It shows he is cancer-free but obviously still at risk of developing it in the future. Other than that he is quite fit.
So do you think he is a bit long in the tooth? Has he got what it takes to go 4 years in the White House?
So do you think he is a bit long in the tooth? Has he got what it takes to go 4 years in the White House?
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He's the same age as my Dad, who's sharp as a lick of paint.
I don't think he's too old at all.
I don't think he's too old at all.
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What are your qualifications for making it?
I don't intend this to be nasty, I'm interested.
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Well, I was going along with the idea that 65 is usually retirement age, so shouldn't he be putting his feet up now and taking things easy?
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I don't want this to sound rude either Paddington
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I always find it weird how we dismiss people as useless once they get to a certain age. If 65's retirement age, how come Indiana Jones is still in action?
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The reason I asked is that I am a little older than McCain. I let myself go for a few years, not doing any physical or mental work beyond necessity, but since I moved, I have been working on both to such good effect that it is exciting. Six months ago, I thought he was too old, based on how I felt, now, I don't.
He has not let himself go, and he has the best doctors and trainers available. He will never have such a grueling travel schedule as he has now in the campaign, when money was short for a while they travelled on a bus. As president, he would travel better than first class, with proper beds and meals prepared by his chef. Nobody is as well looked after when they travel.
65 is an artificial retirement age, picked to give people just a few years of retirement before they kicked it. With the greater life expectancy, it will have to be pushed back, and the experience, used instead of pushed out the door.
Having said that, I don't want him elected, if he picks the type of Supreme Court justices he claims, he will set civil rights back fifty or a hundred years, depending on how long they live.
He has not let himself go, and he has the best doctors and trainers available. He will never have such a grueling travel schedule as he has now in the campaign, when money was short for a while they travelled on a bus. As president, he would travel better than first class, with proper beds and meals prepared by his chef. Nobody is as well looked after when they travel.
65 is an artificial retirement age, picked to give people just a few years of retirement before they kicked it. With the greater life expectancy, it will have to be pushed back, and the experience, used instead of pushed out the door.
Having said that, I don't want him elected, if he picks the type of Supreme Court justices he claims, he will set civil rights back fifty or a hundred years, depending on how long they live.
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I agree. I don't think he is too old. I would be more worried about someone who is too inexperienced. As long as he picks a good vice president, I don't see anything wrong with his age, if he is sharp in the mind, and experienced enough for the job.
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