Dean Says Age an Issue

McCain's age is certainly a decisive factor in this election. He's grumpy & needs Anger mgmt classes. He's too set in his ways...war mongering, dissing his wife which makes him appear sexist, & quoting Beach Boys tunes...Age will affect those that cast their votes in the fall. Remember Reagan...the savior of the Republican party? He didn't even realize that he was President the last few years of his term...I'm all for senior citizens...getting there myself...but not in the position of the highest official job in America!!! Age doesn't always mean wisdom. And in McCain's instance, I believe his life expriences have affected his mindset to the point of extremism.

Dean needs clean up the mess of Florida and Michagan. McCain's age is about 10th on the list of things Hillary and Obama need to bang on.
Voting to continue torture.
100 more years in Iraq.
Admittedly doesn't know much about the Economy
Doesn't know the difference between Iraq and Iran and who he thinks we're actually fighting.
Ties to Lobbyists.
Wife stealing drugs from charity. (oh yeah can only beat up on Hillary, no other women).
He is not fit to be Commander in Chief and we don't need and cannot survive a 3rd term of the Bush doctrine.
GO HILLAY '08!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!GO HILLARY '08!!!!!!

The only economic issue I hear from McCain is to privatize Social Security and yet the senior citizens will vote for him I do not believe any polls right now, people are fatigued by all the speeches. Tired of all the talk, time for action. Pass a bill to take away the tax break for the oil companies. Do something instead of talking about it. All candidates are in the Senate, they should act.

OK, obomma and his race discrimnation against whites.

now dean age discrimnation...

How low are the Dem. party to go before the msnbc jumps in?

ya, right
discrimnation is only wrong for whites and conservatives. liberals and blacks get a free pass, I think they call it affirmative action...

Patrick, proud to be an American,

Well what an interesting argument. There are millions of older people in America that will fly into a fury over this tactic. Is that not as bad as a racist or sexist remark?

Obama is on shaky ground as it is. Nothing like an older, life time Democrat to vote McCain over Deans stupid rational.

Howard Dean is one of the biggest jokes, like he has good judgment? Look at what is happening in the Democratic party. Remember his primal scream?
View it here.
http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/dowbrigade/2004/01/20/deans-primal-scream-spells-doom/

Howard Dean right on cue, right out of the Arab's play book. Obama has already started dividing the races.

"The Arabs took advantage of regional wars in Africa to buy captives from the victor. They also used the old divide-and-conquer technique. They worked one group against the other .... SE Anderson, The Black Holocaust for Beginners.

Obama sat in a church for 20 years and doesn't remember what his preacher said. When Michelle talks the media doesn't ask her what she remembers about the sermons. We could compare what she remembers and what Barack remembers.

McCain certainly has some negatives in addition to his age. He is not a particularly brilliant man, he has only one priority and that is war, his military career was less than laudatory and he has supported Bush failed administration in almost every way,even when he disagreed.

On the other hand, this maverick Republican, who voted against the tax cuts and for stem cell research
has the ability to reach across the aisle, for surely there will be a Democratic landslide in the House and Senate and he will have little real power.

Should Obama win the Democratic nomination he will have little appeal in a general election and this Democrat will be sorely tempted to cross from Blue to Red as the lesser of two evils..much like when the party "wisdom" shoved John Kerry down our throats.

we have been in the southern part of the U.S. since the civil war and nobody says anything about that.thats about a 150 years and we have military installations there

hes old to run for president. isn't he?

Dean is giving his advice on something. I certainly need his advice. Wow, what would America do with out it?

He is one of the main reasons the democratic primary is in such a mess.

If he wants to talk, ask him why there is nothing happening on the Florida and Michigan voters problem?

Why has it not been resolved? It is not going away. It is obvious that you want Obama to win. Did he promise you anything?

Fix the Florida and Michigan problem and stop waterboarding the voters. Let them have their say. If you do not, you have disenfranchised how many people?

I bet you better hope Hillary does not become President. I wonder how much armor you will have to wear in the seat of your pants?

Trinity United Church of Christ



Obama mentioned his church during his appearance with Oprah. It's the 'Trinity United Church of Christ'.

It is very alarming. Barack Obama is a member of this church and is running for President of the U.S. If you look at the first page of their Web site, you will learn that this congregation has a non-negotiable commitment to Africa. No where is America even mentioned. Notice too, what color you will need to be if you should want to join Obama's church? Does this surprise anyone?


Doesn't look like his choice of religion has improved much over his Muslim upbringing. This guy wants to rule America while his loyalty is totally vested in a black Africa !

I cannot believe this has not been all over the TV and newspapers. This is why it is so important to pass this message along to all our family and friends. To think that Obama has even the slightest chance in the run for the presidency is really scary.

Dave,

I think age will be a factor whether we like it or not. When you consider the national average for death is 74 (I believe) that will be in the back of many voters' minds. How much a factor it is will depend on his choice of VP.

I'm not saying this as a measure of his credibility, simply an unfortunate fact of biology.

I worry too about Obama in office as well. Racism is still alive and kicking, and I worry that there will be attempts on his life. His choice of VP will also be important.

Finally, I worry about Bill Clinton in the White House. If he strays, Hillary will kill him, and her choice of VP will be important.

::::::::::::sports a devilish grin on that last one::::::::::::::::

The following excerpts taken from your article are Howard Dean’s words regarding the age issue and the Democratic Party:

"Personally I don't have any qualms whatsoever about McCain's age. He appears to be as healthy and vigorous as men twenty years younger. And even so, wisdom and experience balances things out nicely. But whether the general population sees it that way? I don't know. I'm more concerned about the generation difference and perception. If the American public sees that the country on the "wrong track" and prefers a candidate to represent change, it is far easier for a younger candidate to represent that change."

Mr. Dean’s analysis appears to have a pretty big "IF" factor depending on which younger candidate gets the nomination; Senator Clinton or Senator Obama.
If the nominee is Senator Obama, the Republicans will attack his judgment and lack of experience at the national level of government to demonstrate his inability to implement the necessary changes the country needs to “get back on track.” I certainly would not put all my faith in a youthful mantra of ‘change at any cost’. Rest assured that the Republican Party is looking at John MaCain as the four year interim they need to reorganize their forces for 2012.

If the nominee is Hillary Clinton, the Democratic Party will have the advantage of a nominee who not only has time on her side, but more importantly, one who has already shown the ability to cross party lines to bring the necessary changes to fruition.
If the Democratic Party is serious about winning the White House this time around, they must seriously consider Hillary Clinton the more electable choice for the nomination for President of the U.S. of America.

I'm beginning to understand why Howard Dean wants Obama as his candidate. Neither one can clean up their own mess so they go after the other candidates. Obama needs to stop making promises and start saying something that doesn't echo the solutions offered by Clinton. Dean needs to straighten out the mess with Michigan and Florida before he starts plotting the campaign against McCain. If Dean, Obama and the DNC stay on the current course, nothing they say or do will save the party in November.

This is a tough one. No, 72 is not considered old in this day and age - for the most part. But again McCain had a serious bout with skin cancer (a lethal kind) some years ago. All candidates should have to at least provide some reassurance (via medical records)they are healthy (regardless of age), which it seems McCain is.
But, yeah, perception can mean a lot - if 46 year old Obama is the nominee, that is one large generation gap. Similar to 1992 when then 46 year old Bill Clinton ran against then 68 year old George Bush Sr.

obama : monkey see, monkey do...he does nothing but copy ideas and speeches from everybody else. i would rather have an "old " mccain than a closet terrorist like obama. and shut up howard dean, we dont care what you have to say, you are an idiot. until florida and michigan are seated, this election is fixed. and guess who fixed it ? the democratic party aka pelosi, dean, kennedy, kerry, richardson, leahy, and daschle....all fixed it to put their boy out there. the problem is now he cant win against old john mccain because at least a third of the dems are leaving the ignorant party because of their determination to run unelectable obama. real smart, howard dean, way to go..

I would rather have an older person in the office than an unstable screamer like Dean. Why in the heck did the Democrats not send hime back to wherever he came from.

Peggy2:30PMApr 11th 2008

I'm beginning to understand why Howard Dean wants Obama as his candidate. Neither one can clean up their own mess so they go after the other candidates. Obama needs to stop making promises and start saying something that doesn't echo the solutions offered by Clinton. Dean needs to straighten out the mess with Michigan and Florida before he starts plotting the campaign against McCain. If Dean, Obama and the DNC stay on the current course, nothing they say or do will save the party in November.
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Exactly, this is why the Democrats have trouble winning the White House, let alone keeping it for eight years. The reason Obama can't offer any solutions is because he hasn't a clue how to do it.
He has echoed Senator Clinton's platform throughout this campaign and he has no shame. Barack Obama is a hand picked puppet for George Soros.

Florida and Michigans votes,Where and when are they going to do a re-vote.And Obama's name was on the bollot in Michigan.Obama took his name off,which was his right.so tell me if they do a re-vote.Or split what they alreay have.I say why does Obam get his little 32 % then in Michigan.If he wasn't on the ballot how did people vote.It showed one point the votes in Florida and Clinton wa sway ahead by a land slide.And in Michigan Clinton had many votes!! and Obama nobe.so he did take his name off before the voteing after He lost Florida,So how can he get 32 % for Michigan.I say re-vote,And vote dean out when elections comes.

Howard Dean is a liar.STARTING ON McCain now.He support Obama.