INTEGRITY AND EXPERIENCE, NOT AGE
Kirsten Powers, a Clinton Democrat, once again rehashes the McCain’s age issue, something USA Today first wrote about in January of this year.
Powers believes that once you become a senior citizen, your faculties diminish, your life as you once knew it is over, and you soon die.
Powers needs a history lesson. Benjamin Franklin, a Founding Father, noted author, printer, scientist, inventor, and diplomat was over 71 years of age when The Pennsylvania Assembly unanimously chose Franklin as their delegate to the Second Continental Congress. In June 1776, Franklin, over 71 years young, was then appointed a member of the Committee of Five that drafted the Declaration of Independence.
Another example is Gen. Douglas MacArthur, who was over 70 years young when he was appointed commander of the UN forces after the surprise attack by the DPRK that started the Korean War in June,1950.
Powers and other Democrats must learn that “age” is not the issue, but the candidates morality, solutions to the complex problems facing this nation, and his experiences (which McCain’s service to his country as a naval pilot on an aircraft carrier during the Vietnam War to his extensive legislative experience far outweighs that of Obama’s).
BY CHRISTIAN GATSBY
