So, heaven forbid McCain is elected and has a heart attack (Like old men do)

[HEyHEY]

Then the president of the USA is the Mayor of fuckin' Cicely?

[CreekDog]

1. in your dreams

this is worse. x(

[HEyHEY]

2. That is so irrespnsible of the Republicans

Honestly if McCain is elected and dies you have absolutely no experience in charge of the whitehouse.

[tanyev]

3. Cue the theme song! Cue the moose!

Now I'm going to be humming that all day.

[JVS]

4. Old men with a history of cancer should pick VP's with more experience.

[GoesTo11]

8. not to mention early stage dementia

[wuushew]

5. There is always the slim fantansy that the 25th amendment could be invoked

Section 4. Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.

[HEyHEY]

7. Yeah, but isn't Ted Stevens then next in line?

[wuushew]

9. I thought Robert Byrd had more seniority

plus Stevens might be out of Congress fairly soon.

[HEyHEY]

10. As soon as his straight jacket is ready?

[wuushew]

22. Pelosi is above Byrd in succession

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Presidential_line_of_succession

[EstimatedProphet]

26. PELOSI!?!?

She'd be so much worse than Palin!!

Just because I'm sure people won't get it - :sarcasm:

[G_j]

6. Average life span of American males reached 75.2 in 2004,

not sure how much that has changed,,
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/yourhealth/2006-06-11-male-lifespan_x.htm

[Coyote_Bandit]

11. I

get your point and I don't disagree with it. Biden clearly has the chops to step into the number one position. Palin? Eh, no, not at all.

But sadly heart attacks do not afflict only old men. I knew a healthy, active, well educated youg woman with a good career who did not smoke or drink or do drugs. She had a massive heart attack and was found dead in her home before she reached the grand old age of 30. Her father died of a heart attack in his mid 40's and her younger sister had a major stroke in her 20s. Very sad.

I really think we would do better to speak of candidates health being an issue rather than their age. Why? First, anyone of any age can experience tragedy and die from a sudden illness or accident. Second, it is something less than progressive IMHO to judge another because of their race or gender or nationality or religious faith (or lack therof) - or their age.

Just sayin....

[HEyHEY]

12. Old men have heart attacks n/t

[Coyote_Bandit]

17. Delete

Not worth the effort.....

[HEyHEY]

18. Old men are more likely to n/t

[Coyote_Bandit]

20. Whatever.....

Not arguing here....

Better things to do.....

Leaving now....

[HEyHEY]

21. good

[EstimatedProphet]

27. If you want to take that route, he's in poor health too.

[ThatsMyBarack]

13. Hasn't Cheney had several heart attacks?

Takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin'. :eyes:

[GliderGuider]

14. Why on earth do you think she was selected?

Sarah Palin is probably the greatest threat to your nation since ... well, since Bush/Cheney. They're using a double stalking horse here. McCain is the stalking horse for Palin, who in turn is the stalking horse for the men in the shadows.

This is deadly serious stuff. Sarah Palin's selection is a glimpse of the end-game. Nobody should be joking about Sarah Palin. People should be panicking.

[HEyHEY]

19. Yes, Panicking is always the best solution!

My nation? As in Canada?

[GliderGuider]

24. OK, maybe "panic" is the wrong response

but joking about her misses the deadly serious nature of the event. This needs to be a wakeup call.

I'm a Canuck too, BTW -- I said "your nation" because I was addressing the predominantly American readership of DU as an outsider.

[HEyHEY]

25. Ah, okay

[misanthrope]

15. Maggie O' Connell was a hell of a lot more enlightened...

...than this woman as was most of the population of that fictional 'burg.

[Toucano]

16. Heaven forbid McCain is elected. ALL STOP.

That really says it all! :)

Actually, the untimely deaths of Rep. Tubbs-Jones and Tim Russert should serve as a great big warning flag about just how dangerous it is to vote for McCain.

[EstimatedProphet]

28. Huh? Neither of them voted for McCain, did they?

[Toucano]

29. Untimely death.

You don't have to have recovered from cancer, be suffering from a terminal illness or have a pre-existing condition to be struck down suddenly.

It happened to Russert.
It happened to Tubbs-Jones.

It could happen to McCain.

Putting aside his advanced age and pre-existing condition, his choice for second in command is simply too important to be handed to a complete neophyte like Palin.

We have recent, high-profile reminders of this fact of life.

In choosing her, he has neutralized the experience argument against Obama and accentuated the judgment argument against himself.

[ejpoeta]

23. I have been trying to find info on this woman

and she friggin scares me. next thing you know i'll be chained to my kitchen and forced to have a house full of kids!! god help me, i fear the idea of mccain/palin more than i ever feared the idea of mccain all by himself. considering his health issues.... the idea that this woman with NO experience in any capacity could be running two wars and in charge of our economy scares the crap out of me!! I would love to have a woman president, but there were a lot of women available to pick for mccain who had some experience and would have been better for the job.