Repub Cover-Up Of McCain's Dementia: Yes, Generalissimo Francisco Franco Is Still Seriously Dead

Thursday, September 18, 2008
Senator McCain, Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still seriously dead
John Aravosis (DC) · 9/18/2008 11:51:00 AM ET

(UPDATE: I've translated McCain's interview from April with the Spanish press - that translation is at the end of this post. He couldn't have been more clear that he's interested in having fantastic relations with Spain, and in fact, McCain invited the Spanish leader to the White House should be win the election. It's clear that McCain is now lying when he says that he meant to distance himself from Zapatero yesterday.)

It appears that John McCain now believes that General Franco, who died in the 1970s, is still ruling Spain.

That's the only explanation for why the McCain campaign is now saying that McCain won't meet with the Spanish President should McCain win the election (in the Spanish press, Zapatero is in fact referred to as "the president"). This is the excuse the McCain campaign is now giving reporters to explain why McCain recently told an interviewer with the Spanish paper El Pais that he wasn't sure he'd be interested in meeting the Spanish president. It's clear from the interview, which we posted below, that McCain was having some kind of mental lapse during the interview so that he didn't even understand that Spain was in Europe. But the McCain campaign can't admit that John McCain appeared to have a senile moment, and that his dementia was caught on tape. Instead, the McCain campaign is now embracing the only argument they have left - they're actually now claiming that McCain meant every word he said.

Really?

Let's analyze, then, what McCain said
more at:
http://www.americablog.com/2008/09/senator-mccain-generalissimo-francisco.html
http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2008/09/sheunemann_mccain_just_doesnt_want_to_meet_with_spains_pm.php

Between Palin's past and McCain's supposed Dementia this stuff cannot be ignored.

Just be grateful that he didn't say Ferdinand and Isabella.

Copied from the HelpGuide.org website
Cognitive and memory problems begin to appear…

* Confusion
* Forgets names and words; might make up words, or quit talking to avoid mistakes
* Repeats questions, phrases or stories, in the same conversation
* Forgets their own history, recent personal events, and current events
* Less able to plan, organize, or think logically
* Increasing difficulty with routine tasks such as planning dinner, grocery shopping, paying bills
* Increasingly unable to make decisions; defers to others’ choices
* Poor judgment; decline in problem-solving skills
* Money and math problems
* Disoriented in time and place; may become lost in familiar places.
* Trouble concentrating and learning new things; avoids change
* Withdraws from social and mental challenges
* Misplaces valuable possessions; hides things or puts things away in strange places and then forgets where they are

Communication problems are observed…

* May converse “normally” until a memory lapse occurs
* Begins to have difficulty expressing themselves
* Even if unable to speak well, can respond to what you tell them--to your emotional reactions, and to humor
* Increasing difficulty comprehending reading material

Personality changes are evident…

* Apathetic, withdrawn, avoids people
* Anxious, irritable, agitated
* Insensitive to others’ feelings
* Easily angered when frustrated, tired, rushed, or surprised

Idiosyncratic behaviors start to develop…

...by his side correcting him each time he says something stupid, which happens about ever 5 minutes.

after it sent troops to Iraq?

"Don't forget Poland!" And Spain.

He lost a lot of good friends on San Juan Hill.