McCain Loses Youth Vote

Republican presidential candidate John McCain met with a group of New Hampshire high school students yesterday. We often hear about candidates "courting the youth vote," but if this is how the "straight talkin'" 72-year-old plans to go about it, I'm thinking he needs to tighten up the rhetoric a bit.

Once student asked: "If elected, you'd be older than Ronald Reagan, making you the oldest president. Do you ever worry that you might die in office or get Alzheimer’s or some other disease that might affect your judgment?"


McCain replied: "I think it was one of my sons that alleged I'm getting to the point I hide my own Easter eggs." [He then] pointed to his 95-year-old mother as a example of his genetics, and said, "Every campaign I've ever been on in my entire life, I've outcampaigned all of my opponents. And I'm confident that I will. Thanks for the question, you little jerk. You're drafted."

And there went the 18-to-25-year-old vote.