--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" <do.rflex@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Christopher Hitchens tells Chris Matthews that its become 'morally and > > intellectually impossible to vote Republican.' He goes on to blast the > > 'nutbag' in Pennsylvania, and says McCain is 'borderline senile.' > > > What silly rhetoric. > > You can dislike McCain and loathe his policies -- which you obviously > do, Bongo Brazil -- but to think he is anywhere near senile, as > Hitchens does, is a reflection on the commentator, not McCain. > > And I speak as a quasi-expert on the subject. > > How can I claim that? My job for several years entailed reviewing, on > a daily basis, Living Trusts with clients at the homes. 99% of Trust > owners are seniors, people over the age of 65. > > What always struck me was that once you got into your late '80s > and '90s how bright their minds were; indeed, there seemed to me to be > a correlation between age and mind clarity that was striking. The 90+ > folks were invariably more bright and with it than those in their 60s. > > I don't see ANY of that dullness in McCain.
A lot of people DO and have discussed it openly. Here are a few video clips that give reason for those comments: John McCain has Alzheimer's? : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZu7kioXqyY Compare a video of John McCain debating his Republican rivals in mid-2007 to a video of McCain speaking to a friendly rally: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFkWW6kHisQ Is McCain lying here or is he slipping mentally? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZu7kioXqyY
