Apparently some Americans think that McCain is a little too old to be President (he’s 71, will turn 72 before the elections are over).\u00c2\u00a0 Just a tad too old.\u00c2\u00a0 Okay, maybe really really ancient.<\/p>\n
It seems that the topic keeps coming up during his campaign, and it’s certainly not going to go away.<\/p>\n
In fact, some people are rather transfixed by it.\u00c2\u00a0 This website<\/a> keeps a rather lengthy list of things that McCain is older than:<\/p>\n Six-packs, automatic transmissions and the American Express card were all introduced after he was born – not to mention computers, which McCain admits he doesn’t use.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n That quote is from an article<\/a> that examines some of the numbers behind this issue.<\/p>\n Overall, 38 per cent said “too old” describes McCain somewhat or very well….<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Personally, it’s the computer comment above that would worry me most, and not just because I’m a geek.\u00c2\u00a0 I just have to think that someone who doesn’t even use a computer in this day and age is not really qualified to have any global power, whatsoever.\u00c2\u00a0 I mean I don’t expect him to be an expert, but come on, most grandmothers his age can check their email.\u00c2\u00a0 That’s a pretty grim outlook in my mind.\u00c2\u00a0 How will he make intelligent decisions in any capacity in the globalized world today?\u00c2\u00a0 Sure, he will have expert advisors and such, but I think it reveals a certain “out-of-touch”ness to his attitudes that would be a disaster if he actually won.<\/p>\n My 2 cents.<\/p>\n **** Update:<\/p>\n Apparently I’m not the only one with these kinds of crackpot ideas.\u00c2\u00a0 The Russian President just issued a warning<\/a> to all of his elected officials to brush up on their computer skills, or they could be out of a job.<\/p>\n President Dmitry Medvedev says the government doesn’t hire people who can’t read and write, and computer literacy today is the same.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n So there you go.\u00c2\u00a0 I completely agree with basic computer literacy as a minimum for most jobs these days, even if you are swinging a hammer you need to be able to interface with the rest of us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Apparently some Americans think that McCain is a little too old to be President (he’s 71, will turn 72 before the elections are over).\u00c2\u00a0 Just a tad too old.\u00c2\u00a0 Okay, maybe really really ancient. It seems that the topic keeps … Continue reading