Uncoded

By Cernig

Some shill at the Politico today helps catapult the latest Republican narrative that "Democrats are talking in code about McCain's age". Not that the article mentions the codewords - which makes it all an enormous watse of space.

Look, like Brendan Fraser's character in The Mummy, I am not a subtle man. McCain is old. Not only that, he's had a hard life and is showing signs of his mileage - - and that's before he takes office.

James Joyner writes:

...concerns about McCain being “too old” are much less about prejudice than honest fear that he won’t be up to the strains of the job. Rather than whining about how unfair it all is, it’s up to Team McCain to demonstrate that there’s no reason to worry.

That seems to me to be absolutely correct. McCain and his ideas are as old now as Reagan was when he ran for his second term. Remember what that was like? here's a refresher:

And while we're on the subject of "talking in code" - just how coded is this button sold at the Texas Republican Party convention?