{"id":1158,"date":"2008-07-22T10:17:02","date_gmt":"2008-07-22T14:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/?p=1158"},"modified":"2008-07-22T10:17:02","modified_gmt":"2008-07-22T14:17:02","slug":"mccain-is-now-6-days-older-than-the-last-time-i-said-he-was-too-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/22\/mccain-is-now-6-days-older-than-the-last-time-i-said-he-was-too-old\/","title":{"rendered":"McCain is now 6 days older than the last time I said he was too old"},"content":{"rendered":"

This thing is getting bigger, rather than going away. I sort of mentioned a few days ago<\/a> that I thought that McCain was a tad old to be running for President, especially because he can’t use the Internet, and barely uses a computer.\u00c2\u00a0 It seems that he is unusually out of touch, even for an old fart.\u00c2\u00a0 Unlike McCain:<\/p>\n

“About three-quarters of white, college-educated men age over 65 use the Internet,”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That’s from an AP article on Wired<\/a> that has (gasp!) actual quotes from people even older than McCain who rely on the internet daily. I just want to be clear that this isn’t ageism<\/a>, you can choose to not participate in the Internet, but I think that also disqualifies you from leading the most powerful nation in the world of people who do participate.<\/p>\n

Here’s hoping they don’t elect this clown, he is to the Internet what Bush is to pretzels<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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