The Age Question
September 6th, 2008 by jack
Part of the argument against McCain is his age. Of course, he is not opposed becauseof his age, it is merely used as an argument against him. Of course, Gov. Palin is already more experienced than Sen. O’Bama, so it’s not really much of an issue, but the current modus operandi of the leftists is “much ado about nothing” because their candidate has nothing to run on, so they have to make much of His Nothingness.
Still, what arethe odds that McCain will die in office? Well, going to the actualrial tables, specifically the one for White Males, we can compute that, being 72, McCain has a 14.4% chance of dying before the 2012 election, and a 31.7% chance of dying before the 2016 election. This is probably an overestimation, because his health will be constantly monitored and because those numbers go down each year. Before there is even a 10% chance of McCain’s dying, Gov. Palin will have more than two years’ experience as VP. Since she is already more experienced than O’Bama, I’m not too worried about it.
Now, if they want to argue that one does not have the mental faculties at that age…. Well, perhaps then the over-70 croud should not be allowed to vote for President, either.
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September 6th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
Jack, I’d argue that his father died early, but his mother is still feisty at close to a hundred years old. Genetically speaking, I wouldn’t taker either of those predictions too seriously. Half of his DNA says he’ll be a 90+ year old crotchety old man.
September 6th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
A little OT, but I wanted to post this. Some of you know that 18-year-old Sterling resident Michael Monrroy was selected in a national contest to represent young Latino voters at the Republican Convention.
His video reporting from the convention is posted here:
http://www.crashtheparties08.com/video-page.asp
He did a nice job!
September 6th, 2008 at 4:52 pm
Death at 70 can hardly be considered “early” for one born in 1911 — when his life expectancy was 50.23 years.
September 6th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
Thanks for the perspective. I’d overlooked the context.
September 8th, 2008 at 7:52 pm
It should be noted that both of Obama’s parents have passed away. Obama also is a heavy smoker! We should be concerned about his health as well. Go forbid Joe Biden gets in office hairplugs and all….
September 8th, 2008 at 7:53 pm
typo..God Forbid…
September 9th, 2008 at 4:31 pm
Osama-bama wants president for the health care. It’s better than anything money can buy. As far as McCain’t goes-no worries, mate. Bethesda Naval just recently bought a re-animation machine. Ol’ John is good for 2 terms if he wants them.