It was bound to happen. One minute you're a content, 72-year-old man sitting in your rocker under an afghan and the next, you're hanging out with younger friends, changing your name from "Elmer" to "John" and trying to punish those "greedy, money grubbing" seniors whose desire to retire financially secure "just gives old people a bad name."
Wall Street turmoil left John McCain scrambling to explain why the fundamentals of the U.S. economy remained strong. It also left him defending his support for privately investing Social Security money in the same markets that had tanked earlier in the week.
The Republican presidential nominee says all options must be considered to stave off insolvency for the government insurance and retirement program, and top McCain advisers say that includes so-called personal retirement accounts like those President Bush pushed in 2005 but abandoned in the face of Democratic opposition.
And still, they plan to vote for you in droves...
...as the self-hate runs deep as an ocean of Metamucil and Polident.
http://blog.indecision2008.com/2008/09/19/john-mccain-is-a-self-hating-geezer/