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

Last call for birthday contest entries.

admin — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:54:43 +0000

So far, I’ve received a ton of great entries… thanks to everyone who sent them in. I’d love to get some more (especially videos and pictures!) so, if you’re thinking about entering, just make sure you send your ideas by the Thursday afternoon.

(For those who haven’t seen it before, here’s the original post about the contest.)

Bill Cosby.

admin — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:52:45 +0000

Bill Cosby is younger than John McCain.

And, oddly, not as funny. (See? I said something relatively nice about McCain! Maybe I’m not so bad after all… or maybe it’s that I think Bill Cosby is the least funny guy to have ever walked the planet. Hmmm… what a mystery.)

We might be onto something with this whole age thing…

admin — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:00:37 +0000

A petition being circulated by Democrats.com:

McCain Owes America An Alzheimer’s Test

“…But McCain’s age is no joke. He will turn 72 on Friday and would be halfway to 73 if elected and sworn in on January 20. That would make him the oldest first-term President ever, two years older than Ronald Reagan. He has survived four skin cancers (melanomas), including one in 2000 that was classified as Stage IIa.

McCain is two years older than his father was when he died suddenly of a heart attack at 70. He is 11 years older than his grandfather was when he died suddenly of a heart attack at age 61.

The United States cannot afford the risk that McCain would die suddenly in the middle of an international crisis.

Nor can we afford the risk of dementia. 22% of Americans over 70 are affected by mild cognitive impairment, while 13% of Americans over 65 have Alzheimer’s. Ronald Reagan was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s at age 83, but early signs were evident during his first term. Britain’s “Iron Lady” Margaret Thatcher developed dementia at age 75.

Prescriptions can also adversely affect mental function. McCain takes Simvastatin, an arthritis drug that can cause memory loss. McCain also takes Ambien to sleep, which can cause amnesia and “fugue states” like the one that caused Rep. Patrick Kennedy’s late-night car crash. If the phone rang at 3 a.m., would McCain even wake up?…”

Pass it on.

(Thanks to Frankie for the tip!)

The debates can’t come fast enough.

admin — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:48:14 +0000

Eldon Smith.

admin — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:01:03 +0000

Eldon Smith is exactly the same age as John McCain.

Coincidence? Hardly. They’re the same guy.

(Thanks to Jeff for the tip!)

This is all kinds of awesome… so I thought I’d share.

admin — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:28:12 +0000

From DailyKos.com - where they list a whole host of situations that can be rectified by using the card.

Let the birthday countdown begin… (contest!)

admin — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:55:20 +0000

John McCain turns a spry 72 on Friday and I would be remiss in my duties if I let such an eventful day go by unmocked… so here’s what I thought I’d do:

I’m throwing a contest for the best birthday greeting you can come up with. It can be a video, an image, or even a 5-7-5 haiku. Do whatever you want but keep it relatively tasteful so that I can post the winning entries here on the blog and also send it off to the McCain camp.

I’ll pick 5 finalists - each of whom will win a copy of my book - and then I’ll post those entries and put it out to a vote to decide the ultimate winner… who will also receive any item of their choosing from my CafePress store.

Images and haikus can be emailed right to tipsATthingsyoungerthanmccainDOTcom with the words “Contest Entry” in the subject line. For videos, just upload them to YouTube or some other video site and send me the link (same address/subject line).

I know it’s short notice but please get your entries in by Thursday afternoon.

Thanks… and have fun.

Attention Denverites (Denverinos? Denveridians?)

admin — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:50:09 +0000

If you happen to be near a radio at around 8:10 Eastern (which I think is 6:10 Mountain), turn to 850 KOA-AM. I’ll be on a show called “The Ride Home - with Dave Logan and Lois Melkonian” talking about the blog/book.

UPDATE: Just got bumped to tomorrow at 6:10 Eastern. Apparently there’s some big convention in Denver this week and the show was running behind.

Elvis Presley.

admin — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:07:49 +0000

Elvis Presley is younger than John McCain.

Yes, I said “is” younger than John McCain. But that doesn’t mean I think Elvis is still alive. (Andy Kaufman… well, that’s another story.)

Update: I seem to have had a McCainMoment™… Elvis isn’t/wasn’t younger. Terribly sorry.

The Thong.

admin — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:47:07 +0000

The thong is younger than John McCain.

“Aubrey” wrote in to say that she Freudingly starts typing “thongsyoungerthan…” every time she comes to the site… which prompted her to discover that the thong is, in fact, younger than the guy with seven houses.

Seems that the then Mayor of NYC Fiorello LaGuardia (what a coincidence - we also have an airport named LaGuardia!) wanted the nude dancers to dress more appropriately. No word as to what he did about the guys who were using squeegees to clean the eyes of horses. (It’s a Giuliani thing - NY’ers will get it.)

PS: To save people the trouble of asking, the image above is of a guy who calls himself “Sisqo” - and he’s the rapper who gets the award for “writing” the single. dumbest. song. ever.

First sighting!

admin — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 13:38:12 +0000

So I popped into the Barnes & Noble on 6th Avenue and 8th Street in the Village last night and saw my book on display - very exciting!!

I can think of no better way to celebrate McCain’s upcoming birthday (this Friday - more on that later!) than by picking up a copy (or 20). It’s available here, here, here, and here…. and hopefully in bookstores everywhere.

Thanks - and if you happen to see it in a store yourself, I’d love to see a shot of it taken with your phone. Send them to tipsATthingsyoungerthanmccainDOTcom.

“Why do you put ‘oh, and did I forget to mention war hero?’ in the title of your blog?

admin — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:26:30 +0000

It’s a question I’m often asked and, contrary to the emails I’ve received calling me a “liberal homo” (our friends on the Right are so classy, aren’t they?), it has nothing to do with questioning his patriotism. It’s because he and his team refuse to let an opportunity go by without reminding us that he was a POW.

They’re even trying to inject it in his “I don’t know how many homes I have” gaffe.

And that’s after playing that card when defending his health care plan and his musical tastes (even though his timing was off by a decade or so on that one).

So lame.

UPDATE: Seems I’m not the only one who finds this tiresome…..

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/22/pundits-start-hitting-mcc_n_120653.html

Quick! How many houses do you own?

admin — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:43:41 +0000

If you were able to answer that question, congratulate yourself… you think faster and you have a better memory than John McCain.

If, on the other hand, you said that you would need to “have (your) staff get to (me)”, then I would suggest you go running around your neighborhood calling everyone else an elitist. See how well that goes over.

Update: See the commercial…

The Peace-time Draft.

admin — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:51:15 +0000

The Peace-time Draft is younger than John McCain.

QUESTIONER: If we don’t reenact the draft, I don’t think we’ll have anyone to chase Bin Laden to the gates of hell.

MCCAIN: Ma’am, let me say that I don’t disagree with anything you said.

Now, I’m not saying that I’m entirely against the Draft. We need to have a military and, true patriots aside, it seems like our current one is composed largely of people who have run out of options - and that seems wrong. I am, however, entirely against the Draft if it means a return to the time when children of privilege manage to find a way to circumvent service.

In other words, one for all or none for all.

Coincidence? Or foreshadowing…

admin — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:01:19 +0000

The #1 song on the day John McCain was born was “Did I Remember?” by Shep Fields, from his album “That Old Feeling”.

(Thanks to Nigel and Natalie for the tip!)