In 2000, McCain joked that he’d be too old to run for president in 2008.
By on May 23rd, 2008 at 12:07 pm
In 2000, McCain joked that he’d be too old to run for president in 2008.
On Aug. 1, 2000, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) appeared on PBS’s Newshour with Jim Lehrer. When asked about the possibility that he might run for president in 2008, McCain said that he would probably be too old:
LEHRER: Finally for the record, you have not lost your desire to be President of the United States have you?
McCAIN: Certainly it’s been put in deep cold storage. haha..
LEHRER: You haven’t lost it?
McCAIN: Well, in 2004, I expect to be campaigning for the reelection of President George W. Bush, and by 2008, I think I might be ready to go down to the old soldiers home and await the cavalry charge there.
Over at the Wonk Room, Igor looks at McCain’s medical records secrecy.
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Oh, Buckie, where are you?
May 23rd, 2008 at 12:11 pmHey Johnny Boy, did you take just a bit to much Viagra and HGH recently to make you change your mind?
May 23rd, 2008 at 12:12 pm…by 2008, I think I might be ready to go down to the old soldiers home and await the cavalry charge there.
Age is the least of this jerks issues.
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May 23rd, 2008 at 12:14 pmby 2008, I think I might be ready to go down to the old soldiers home and await the cavalry charge there.
That may have been the last truly coherent thing that he’s said
May 23rd, 2008 at 12:15 pmI was just thinking the same thing, robbez.
May 23rd, 2008 at 12:16 pmHe was way too old in 2000…
May 23rd, 2008 at 12:17 pmWhere are chain-smoking Obama’s medical records?
May 23rd, 2008 at 12:23 pm“..by 2008, I think I might be ready to go down to the old soldiers home and await the cavalry charge there.”
I’ve never heard of the “men in white coats” referred to as the “cavalry”, but whatever, McInsane.
May 23rd, 2008 at 12:27 pmGive it up, goof_gushy. That strawman can’t even *crawl*.
May 23rd, 2008 at 12:31 pmClearly the power’s that be should consider mental health when putting someone in the white house…Mcnut’s, bull shit bush, ray-gun, and pappy bush all are and were mental midget’s in need of old fashioned straight jacket’s…..Then there is the addiction problem’s like booze and coke of the present nut……Blessings
May 23rd, 2008 at 12:38 pmgosh_golly Says:
Where are chain-smoking Obama’s medical records?
Where are nazi_golly’s mental health records? I know his doc’s fax machine would run out of paper. Sorry for the inconvenience.
May 23rd, 2008 at 12:38 pmLeftside Annie Says:
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Give it up, goof_gushy. That strawman can’t even *crawl*.
goof_gushy ***snort***
May 23rd, 2008 at 12:40 pmSo he lied in 2000. So what else is new?
May 23rd, 2008 at 12:44 pmGigi (or “Gone_Goofy” or Annie’s latest, “goof-gushy”) demonstrates just how little she has to work with each time she posts the same pathetic talking-point in a different thread.
Actually, it’s kind of admirable that she shows up to do battle unarmed the way she does. Most of the trolls have been driven off by the toxic environment conservatives have created for themselves.
May 23rd, 2008 at 12:45 pmby 2008, I think I might be ready to go down to the old soldiers home and await the cavalry charge there
He was aware of his old age before the old-timers set in.
May 23rd, 2008 at 12:46 pmIs Paris Hilton related to McCain’s wife? They seem so much alike.
May 23rd, 2008 at 12:48 pmPrytania Says:
As long as Mc Cain doesn’t lean on anything during the debates, he is going to kick Obama’s ass.
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May 23rd, 2008 at 2:01 pmOn what do you base this unlikely prediction?
He was much younger and cogent in 2000.
Now, he’s kind of like a drunk, after his 5th or 6th, who begins to think he is really intelligent, clever and attractive.
May 23rd, 2008 at 5:29 pm