Things younger than Republican Presidential candidate (oh, and did I forget to mention war hero?) John McCain

Am I being “age-ist”? Maybe. But maybe not. The world is a pretty complicated place right now and I’m thinking that it’s not such a great time to elect our oldest President ever. So sue me.

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Bobby Jindal.

Bobby Jindal is younger than John McCain.

Rumor has it that old man McCain will be naming his running mate this week and much of the smart money is on Bobby Jindal, the 37 year old first-term governor of Louisiana… which pretty blows McCain’s arguments about Obama and his youthful inexperience right out the window.

I’ve yet to do an exhaustive search on Mr. Jindal but here are three interesting things I’ve turned up so far:

1. His real first name is Piyush. While that makes absolutely no difference to me, I’m wondering if all the whackjobs on the right (yes, I’m talking to you Ann Coulter - you freaking lunatic) are going to be as eager to refer to him by his given first name as they are to refer to Barack Obama by his middle name.

2. He chose the name “Bobby” after watching episodes of “The Brady Bunch”. OK, maybe that was cute then… but you’re a grown-ass man now.

3. He recently signed into law a bill that authorizes the castration of convicted sex offenders - despite the fact that it’s unconstitutional.

More to come…

UPDATE: Just read on cnn.com that Jindal told Fox “News” that “I’m not going to be the vice presidential nominee or vice president.”

Who’s next?

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posted by admin at 1:14 pm  

10 Comments »

  1. One thing that would have been younger than McCain….

    Mary Jo Kopechne, a former staff member in Senator Robert F. Kennedy’s 1968 presidential campaign

    Comment by Melissa — July 23, 2008 @ 2:32 pm

  2. You’re not fully correct in labeling Ann Coulter “a lunatic”.

    She’s evil and kwazee.

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=D_YzbODb9To

    Comment by Via — July 23, 2008 @ 4:45 pm

  3. Did anyone notice that McCain is actually old enough to be Bobby’s grandfather……? ;-)

    Comment by Nigel — July 23, 2008 @ 5:22 pm

  4. bobbys out of the race.

    Comment by Ali — July 23, 2008 @ 7:35 pm

  5. Who’s next?…somebody younger than John McCain…..

    Comment by Nigel — July 23, 2008 @ 9:49 pm

  6. why do the ritards insist on brining up mary jo?

    Comment by pansypoo — July 23, 2008 @ 10:53 pm

  7. Say, Melissa,

    Having just looked up Ms. Kopechne on the Webernets, I must agree with pansypoo (although I don’t think you are a “ritard”). What does the Chappaquiddick bBidge incident have at all to do with McCain or Obama or Jindal or anything?

    Awaiting your response,

    Comment by Matt from Winchester — July 24, 2008 @ 7:14 am

  8. Although it happened forty years ago with just one famous democrat, Chappaquiddick is “proof” that Democrats always cover things up and that you cannot trust these criminals. Republicans “hold these truths to be self-evident” for all Democrats of all times.

    And they revere people like Ollie North and G. Gordon Liddy. Go figure.

    Comment by Rob — July 24, 2008 @ 7:39 am

  9. you forgot georgee and cheeney rob.

    Comment by pansypoo — July 24, 2008 @ 10:06 pm

  10. Where is Ted Kennedy even mentioned here. You, Melissa, are pathetic. Is that really all you have, bring up something that happened decades ago that doesn’t even involve the people running in this race. I see the RNC is sending out its D List trolls

    Comment by Robert — July 25, 2008 @ 1:52 pm

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