Alaska - the freaking state - is younger than John McCain.
And, for that matter, so is Hawaii. McCain is older than two of the fifty states.
OK, so here’s one of my all-time favorite jokes:
A polar bear asks his Mother, ‘Mom, am I a real polar bear?”
“Yes darling, of course you are.” his mother answered.
“Are you SURE I’m a polar bear?”
“Yes dear,” his mother replied, “You are. I am, you sister is, you’re father is, we’re all polar bears.”
“Are you POSITIVE?”
“Yes, yes, for the last time, you’re a polar bear! Why do you keep asking?”
“‘Cause I’m fucking freezing!”
Anyway, that has nothing to do with McCain. But again, this guy is really, really old.
At least McCain knows there are only 50 states, not 57 (or was Obama saying 58?)
Comment by Cindy — May 12, 2008 @ 11:28 am
That joke is older than John McCain
Comment by dc — May 12, 2008 @ 12:12 pm
I *love* that polar bear joke. It’s one of my favorite go-to jokes!
Comment by Rob S. — May 12, 2008 @ 12:21 pm
Hillary is older than Alaska, too. In fact, every single president except for JFK was older than Alaska (and Hawaii). You can do better!
Comment by Carolyn — May 12, 2008 @ 12:59 pm
JFK was elected president the year after Alaska and Hawaii joined the Union, and was born in 1917. So, no.
That being said, every president we’ve ever had so far was born when there were only 48 states.
Comment by Benjamin — May 12, 2008 @ 9:41 pm
It’d be nice to see some attribution for the map! It’s taken from the Lonely Planet website, which you can find along with lots of information about Alaska, and many other things older than McCain… http://www.lonelyplanet.com
Comment by LP — May 12, 2008 @ 10:38 pm
At least McCain knows there are only 50 states, not 57 (or was Obama saying 58?)
pissed off that your husband is traipsing around with hot lobbyists in your jet while you are scrounging around for percocet eh Cindy?
Comment by horatius — May 12, 2008 @ 11:39 pm
There were zero states when George Washington was born.
Comment by en_dash — May 13, 2008 @ 1:28 pm
“That being said, every president we’ve ever had so far was born when there were only 48 states.”
Wow, that’s a nice one.
Comment by N. Holzschuch — May 13, 2008 @ 4:03 pm
Let’s not forget Guam. He’s got them beat (as a U.S. territory) too.
Comment by Brandon — May 14, 2008 @ 12:05 am
LOL. I love that joke.
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Um, yeah, Alaska and Hawaii became states in 1959. This one is lame.
That means that they’re only 49 years old.
Hillary’s 60. Barack’s 46. Pretty close. Lame.
Stick to Pre-WWII stuff!
Comment by T.J. — May 15, 2008 @ 8:21 pm
This should be “The State of Alaska” seeing that it existed as a territory before that!
Comment by The knowledge — May 16, 2008 @ 1:58 am
lol… So in other words, we’ll soon be able to say:
Look at Democratic candidate Barack Obama, and look at Republican candidate John McCain. Can you guess which one is older than Alaska?
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The state of Isreal is younger than John Macain.At age 71,he is fastly becoming senile. With his inate desire to become the oldest person in U,S. history to want to be elected President.You think Bush is arrogant and wicked? Please elect John Macain President, You will damn the day and swear the hour !
Comment by Mednabe — May 23, 2008 @ 1:06 am
Alaska was the 49th State;
Hawaii was the 50th State
Comment by Rob — July 14, 2008 @ 1:01 pm
“That being said, every president we’ve ever had so far was born when there were only 48 states”
Just a bit of English here. “when there were no more than 48 states”. Saying when there were only 48 states implies that when George Washington was president there were 48 states.
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Comment by elese skinner — October 15, 2008 @ 4:31 pm
ummm a hole bunch of our presidents were born without 50 states, namely all of them. a bunch were not even born in the 48 states, america started with 13 right?
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