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| 2008-04-21 |
| Jim geraghty, National Review "Campaign Spot" The Lone Star Times offers its own spin on the "how old is John McCain" question, attempting to turning it into a sequel to the Chuck Norris jokes. John McCain is older than betraying national security secrets on the front page of the New York Times. My favorite is "John McCain is older than Murtha's earmarks." I could see this taking off. John McCain is so old that when he was born, Obama's neighbor and donor William Ayers hadn't tried to kill anyone with a bomb yet. When John McCain was born, Hamas hadn't yet been founded, nor praised Barack Obama. When John McCain was born, the flag pins that Obama called "a substitute for true patriotism" had forty-eight stars. (Much like the flags at this year's Democratic convention will have, as Michigan and Florida will not be recognized.) When John McCain was born, it was legal to own a gun in the District of Columbia. John McCain was born in those long ago days when if you went into church, you could count on the pastor saying "God bless America!" When John McCain was born, any first ladies visiting Bosnia would have been dodging sniper fire in the "Kingdom of Yugoslavia." When John McCain was born, Americans in small towns had only been clinging to religion and guns for about a century and a half. When John McCain was a toddler, the national average tax on a gallon of gasoline was under four cents. When John McCain was born, no one feared that former president Herbert Hoover would embrace a leader of a terrorist organization. (Interestingly enough, this is partially because in 1936 Hoover was the only living former president.) I'm sure you can come up with your own. When John McCain was born, Democrats were in favor of the United States winning its wars. |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #1 When John McCain was born, Democrats were in favor of the United States winning its wars. Ouch! THAT's gotta smart! John McCain is older than I am, and I'm only a few years younger'n dirt. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2008-04-21 23:24 |