Indies http://poliwatch.org/indies/ Writers here represent Independent and Third Party views. en Copyright 2008 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:37:48 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Too Old and Brain-dead In the over half a century that I have been politically engaged I have never seen such an unqualified presidential candidate as John McCain. There are tens of millions of Americans in their seventies and beyond that have been smart enough to become technology literate, but not McCain, who is unable to even use the Internet. The man has a medical history that makes Dick Cheney look like the picture of great health.

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