After Ronald Reagan's reign of national debilitating senility, why would there be any surprise at all that America sees old age as a political deficit?

We've had it with demented old coots responsible for leading the nation being led around in the dark by the likes of George H. W. Bush who lied about his service in the CIA, brought us Iran - Contra, and fathered the most feckless SCOTUS appointment to high office in the history of this nation. So, like duh, yeah, old age is not a blessing in the eyes of the voters electing a President. As fate and fad would have it, America would actually like a President who happens to know what day of the week it is every day of his Presidential tenure. A hands-on knowledge of our economy, the environment and global climate, healthcare, education, national defense and security, foreign policy and trade, and American English are also weighty pluses for a good Presidential candidate. Promising trainees with minimal legislative experience and a love for this country are greatly encouraged to run! The Office is wheelchair accessible, as FDR will attest.

However, thanks to Reagan Administration corruption, trickle-down voodoo supply-side economics, and Bush43 Administration supression of stem cell research which may have delivered potential cures of ailments the religio-fascist right has dismissed as the curse of satan, all aging contestants showing as few as a single symptom of Alzheimers will be thoroughly and critically scrutinized for sustained Presidential suitability over term length periods under the most extreme conditions. Public media trials by fire of these codgers will be broadcast more often than the Paris Hilton sex tape to utterly jade the public's opinion of seniors seeking higher office. These victimized doddering feebleminded elder statemen are subject to immediate elimination from Presidential contention on as little as the whim of foreign owned, twenty-something, perky, attractive, corporate labled infotainment propagandists, whose IQs and metric shoesizes are one and the same. Alas, old is the new dollar! And, in this economy, that ain't good news.

I'm not too concerned with McCain's age, but I am concerned with his antiquated ideas. The problems our county is now facing didn't appear overnight. They have grown over the past few decades while McCain was in Congress. Nation building, the corporate takeover, tax cuts -- we need to move past these ideas. So yeah, in that sense, out with the old...

LK
LooseKannon.com

No problem with Romney the VP. Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, dropped out of the race last month after it became apparent it would be near impossible to topple McCain in the convention delegate race. He endorsed the Arizona senator a week later and pledged to help him win the nomination.

Since then, McCain has praised Romney repeatedly as someone who is certain to continue playing a large role in the GOP. Romney, for his part, has suggested that he'd accept a vice presidential slot

With all the side switching that has been going on, could certain Democrats have also done what Republicans have been accused of: voting for McCain to tone down the influence of the more rightwing currents within the Republican party?