Grandpa McCain is a crusty old fuck
Nothing new but the point accurate:
Dean explained that voters have two concerns about McCain’s age. “One was a health concern, the other was, and this is really interesting . . . that his views are old-fashioned.”
At the age of 72, McCain would be the oldest newly elected president in U.S. history if inaugurated in 2009.
Referring to what Dean characterized as the party’s most conservative focus group in Charleston, W. Va., the DNC chairman said “the women in that group were shocked that [McCain] believed health insurance shouldn’t cover birth control pills and they were shocked about his belief in abstinence only education.”
Yes Grandpa is a dinosaur (Pat Buchanan described him tonight on Hardball as “past his prime”) but the old fashioned views are not exclusively attributed to his ghostly age. It should be no surprise the sudden second coming of George Bush would oppress the rights of women and support illogical policies. Don’t think for a second ole Grandpa practiced what he now preaches though.
Linkage: ABC News
