McCain: America Needs Someone Who is "Very, Very, Very Old"

On this week's season finale of Saturday Night Live, John McCain addressed an issue that is frequently brought up: his age.

Good evening. Good evening, my fellow Americans. I ask you, what should we be looking for in our next President? Certainly, someone who is very, very, very old.

He also addressed pork barrel spending.

Most of these projects are at best unnecessary, such as $15 million to the US Postal Service for a commemorative stamp honoring Tom Delay’s appellate lawyers. Whose idea was that? Or this bit of pork: $160 million to the Department of Defense for developing a device that can jam gaydar. Now I don’t know if this is anti-gay or pro-gay or if such a device would even work. But I do know this: jamming gaydar is not a federal responsibility. That’s something best left to state and local governments.

He then addressed pork barrel spending as it relates to his own state.

When I entered the Senate in 1987, Arizona had 47,000 miles of paved roadway. Today, it's less than 900.

I've also opposed federal water projects, even when they benefited my state. That's why thanks to me, 15% of Arizona citizens must get their drinking water from cactus.

It's fun to joke about it but, of course, small government and low taxes is part of the GOP message. But as I've always said, people want things, and yet don't want to have to pay for them. For example, as people rant about gasoline taxes, they also rant about infrastructure issues, such as last year's Minnesota bridge collapse. Sorry to say, that's what gas taxes pay for.

It should also be interesting to note that the federal gas tax has bee around $0.18 since 1993, give or take a tenth of a cent. Most people don't ask this question, but I will: why is it not adjusted for inflation? Prices for infrastructure maintenance / repair go up, but no one wants the gas tax to go up, so they don't use - their common sense.

McCain finished up by stated that he has what it takes: the "oldness" to be president. It should be noted, by anyone who votes for him that anyone who votes for him should carefully note his Vice-Presidential candidate.

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