ColonelAngus
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Why I wrote about John McCain’s health in 2008 (and don’t think we should write about Hillary’s health now)
"Rewind back to the 2008 presidential campaign. And remember that McCain, if elected, would have been 72 years old — the oldest person ever to be elected president. Had he served two terms, McCain would have left office at 80.
That fact alone made his health a major issue in the context of the campaign. And McCain regularly acknowledged his age on the campaign trail — trying to use humor to deflect any doubts voters might have about him. "I'm as old as dirt and have more scars than Frankenstein," McCain was fond of saying.
Then there was the fact that McCain had fought melanoma in 2000."
Abso-fuckin-lutely SHAMELESS.
"Rewind back to the 2008 presidential campaign. And remember that McCain, if elected, would have been 72 years old — the oldest person ever to be elected president. Had he served two terms, McCain would have left office at 80.
That fact alone made his health a major issue in the context of the campaign. And McCain regularly acknowledged his age on the campaign trail — trying to use humor to deflect any doubts voters might have about him. "I'm as old as dirt and have more scars than Frankenstein," McCain was fond of saying.
Then there was the fact that McCain had fought melanoma in 2000."
Abso-fuckin-lutely SHAMELESS.