My mother is one year older than McCain and is in the beginning stages of dementia. Not that McCain is heading down that same path, but I often hear comments from McCain that sound very similar to what my family's been hearing for over five years. (Of course, the following things could have more to do with the fact that he's a politician than a senior citizen.)

- Making a statement only to deny it

- Inconsistencies in repeating the same information to different parties

- When confronted with the above, loses temper and makes accusations

I'm not being flip in pointing this stuff out. It's easy to say McCain's out of touch, he's not hip, he doesn't know how to use a computer, etc. That stuff's easy to say and it doesn't really mean anything. But I'm seeing patterns in his behavior that are very familiar to me and they should be giving people pause. If he were a Dem, I'd be saying the same thing.

I think McCain is still capable of making a contribution, but POTUS shouldn't be it.

mccains mom is FINE upstairs.....no dementia....havent you SEEN her on tv?

she is as sharp as a tack

so i dont think you have to worry

The prisons are full of black men.

So we probably shouldn't elect Obama either.

except...she's not running.

pay attention goof ball

he said HIS mom was the same age and he worried that mccain will get dotty

mccains mom is NOT dotty

and since this kind of thing RUNS in families i told him NOT to worry

gawd

was a smart ass

...but it's John who's showing the signs which the person whose post you responded to noted as symptoms of the onset of dementia. If you remember that far back. (Sorry. Just being a goofball.)

with all the other important issues

you guys sure pick some STUPID ones to obsess over

carry on

"symptoms of the onset of dementia"

And can never be explained by anything else?

Like, he's a jerk. Yeah, that'll work.

Now we seem to have arrived at a subject on which you know something.

No, I'm more demented. DEMENTED, DO YOU HEAR ME? No, falc, it's Friday. Nobody's listening. Everybody's gone home, except your little friends in your head. And thewolf, of course.

And now you are trying to change the subject.

Couldn't you just say you lost?

are full of Republicans.

All the more reason not to vote for McCain, who has had a few close brushes with the law already!