McCain gaffes pile up; critics pile on

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said “Iraq” on Monday when he apparently meant “Afghanistan”, adding to a string of mixed-up word choices that is giving ammunition to the opposition.

Just in the past three weeks, McCain has also mistaken "Somalia" for "Sudan," and even football’s Green Bay Packers for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Ironically, the errors have been concentrated in what should be his area of expertise: foreign affairs.

McCain will turn 72 the day after Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) accepts his party’s nomination for president at the age of 47, calling new attention to the sensitive issue of McCain’s advanced age three days before the start of his own convention.

But McCain's mistakes raise a serious, if uncomfortable question: Are the gaffes the result of his age? And what could that mean in the Oval Office?

Voters, thinking about their own relatives, can be expected to scrutinize McCain’s debate performances for signs of slippage.

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and people buy into it....

If the McCain campaign had half the coverage it deserved, I wonder where they'd be?

It's a warning that he won't be a good President.

McCain will not be the repug nominee.

You may be correct. What scenario do you predict?

He, in my view, would be the greatest threat siphoning off independents from Obama.

an idiot, a man with almost less of a clue than der chimpenfuhrer. for a so-called, self-anointed, "foreign policy expert" (otherwise known as a legend in his own mind) the man is so clearly ignorant and out of touch that any such remarks should be greeted with howls of laughter and disbelief.

his "authenticity" (as per the rape comment) is frightening in an almost pathological way.

They have drinks and whine and complain about the wives, the libs, etc. He cracks wise and out of respect they all chuckle. He honestly thinks this is the real world. Can't wait till he's gone too.

is better off as the mystery candidate. It is going to be a disaster if he wins; he knows zilch! As was posted here a week or so ago, it is not the age; it is his age. The famous heart surgeon who just died at almost 100 was still as sharp as a tack. McCain is just another insufferable and pampered and older W...who knows little, but thinks he knows everything.

I think it is a combination of arrogance and idiocy

He had 8 years to do so...indeed a life time....he is 70 years old...lotts experience...but for naught....experience in booze, bimbos, and bombs is not good enough....