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

“Citizen Kane” is younger than John McCain.

I never saw this movie and, barring the blurb I read on IMDB, I have no idea what it’s about. I do know - thanks to an episode of “Family Guy” - that “Rosebud” was a sled from when the main character was a kid. (And people say that show isn’t educational…). I also know that it’s really, really, old.

I think it’s funny that John McCain - the same guy who’s whining about the celebrity status being bestowed upon Barack Obama - has a biography done where he’s compared to the lead of THE #1 MOVIE OF ALL TIME (as reported by the American Film Institute in 2007).

You know what else is funny? This little chestnut describing the book:

“Given unprecedented access to Senator John McCain for a full year, journalist Elizabeth Drew offers a fascinating peek at the man certain to be the 2008 Republican candidate. The year was 2001, and we follow the Senator from his battle for campaign reform to the hours in the aftermath of 9/11 when McCain calmed the nation as Bush dodged around the country on Air Force One.”

Um, excuse me? McCain “calmed the nation”?

I don’t know - I lived about 5 blocks from the WTC on 9/11 and I don’t recall hearing McCain’s name mentioned once. I do recall some cowboy getting a rise out of all the firefighters and construction workers by saying “We’re a-gonna git ‘em!” (which, for the record, he never a-did) but I reckon to guess that McCain was napping in a bunker somewhere in Arizona at the time.

(Thanks to Steve for the tip!)

I seem to be getting a lot of first time visitors to the site lately… and a lot of them hit the wall around page 3. So I thought I’d make it a little easier for people to find the older stuff by putting together a very unscientific list of the top posts (based on page views, number of comments, ones that I think really help make my case, and ones that I just thought were funny)… and here they are:

Assorted Diatribes
Ageism
A day in the life of a middle-class Republican

Books
The Grapes of Wrath

Codes
The Zip Code

Discoveries
Oil in the desert
Penicillin

Foods
The York Peppermint Pattie
The Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich
Kraft Macaroni and Cheese
Cheerios

Images
A McCain campaign banner ad I wish we’d see
McCain goes after the youth vote
“Caption this photo” contest

Organizations
Mensa

People
Cindy McCain
Larry Flynt
Keith Richards
Ronald Reagan
My Mother
91% of America

Products
The Slinky
Scrabble
Duct Tape

Videos
McCain loses it on birth control issue
McCain says that his age is an issue

The Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich is younger than John McCain.

Is today my birthday? It must be because not only did I get an email from Adam with a link to an article on the history of the peanut butter and jelly sandwich that stated that “food historians” see nothing written about this glorious meal pre-1940 (Good god, is there anything that hasn’t been published online?) but I also got a chance to use one of my all-time favorite Family Guy clips.

Life is really good. And John McCain is really old.