McCain Senility Watch

There are those Democrats who categorically deny McCain’s age has anything to do with their attacks on his contradictory statements and policy flip-flops, then there are others:

Senile old coot losing “maverick” rep

Steve Benen gives us a hefty list of items pertaining to Iraq on which McCain has been confused, in the normal sense of the word. I believe the best explanation is senility … Steve argues the greater point that McCain’s confusion is a fact that his old age or youngness doesn’t change. Point taken, but senility would explain a lot.

How many times can you call an old man “confused” before you say the “s” word?

Just a week after stating, “The media often overlooked how compassionately [Clinton] spoke to the concerns and dreams of millions of Americans,” McCain took issue with the suggestion he said what he indeed said.

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Here’s a video compilation from, uh, Twat Waffle, of several McCain misstatements and contradictions that may be explained better by senility than an intention to mislead his audience.

On January 23, 2008 McCain referred to Vladimir Putin as the President of Germany.

On April 10, 2008 McCain apparently forgot Reagan tripled the deficit, despite having served in the House for the last six years of the Reagan presidency.

Here’s a video compilation from, uh, Twat Waffle, of several McCain misstatements and contradictions that may be explained better by senility than an intention to mislead his audience.