Ageism

by **EMDEE** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 1:00 am

Is it right that Menzies Campbell is too old to lead the Lib Dems at the age of 67 but it looks like it is OK for 72 year old John MacCain to stand for President of the United States? I've never heard any commentators mentioning his age as a drawback, and it obviously isn't, considering that he is certain to be the Rebublican candidate.

The obvious parallel here as far as age is concerned is Ronald Reagan.

Is there more respect for older folk in the US than the UK?

by **Annie** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 2:56 am

I don't think America has more respect for their elders than we Scots. Not at all!

by **general jack o'niell** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 4:22 am

don't diss my cuzzin ron, how was he to know they'd take him seriously? McCain is only a credible candidate because he fills that "Hoo AHH" bomb those ragheads mentality of middle america

by **Sweltered** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 12:13 pm

THe biggest problem will the upcoming elections over here is that there will be a winner. I don't like any of the candidates who are still in the running. Clinton probably won't get the nomination, and I don't think Obama will win, he hasn't got any policies, or if he has, he's keeping them to himself, but he's got HOPE. McCain is not presidential, he doesn't have that aura about him. And as for him and the war, he's back peddling faster than a Gretna defender. He IS too old, all he has to offer is his years as a POW. What next John McCarthy for PM?

by **EMDEE** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 2:26 pm

Annie wrote:I don't think America has more respect for their elders than we Scots. Not at all!

Look at the way Ming Campbell was treated by the (British or English?) media. (and his party)

by **Bobbie En Tejas** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 3:09 pm

I don't think age is much of an issue here, especially when it comes to brains and experience.

by **ionnsaigh** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 3:33 pm

You will be ago then bobbie :wink:

by **Bobbie En Tejas** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 1:47 am

lol.. I'll take that as "a go" and thank you for that! :lol:

I think doing away with mandatory retirement age, and allowing people to choose to retire early (if they've prepared for that) or allowing them to keep on working and being productive if they choose has helped buffer the age thing. I know people who are very productive well into their 70s and some older than that who are invaluable in their jobs. I also know young people who act old and are unhealthy and older people who are young and will outlive them all. Age on its own is a most ridiculous way to judge people.

by **Annie** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 3:11 am

I could not have said that any better!

by **abbey craig** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 9:54 am

well i`m actually getting very worried i`m only 48 and ive started to gather up all the wee screws and nails thats loose and lying about, and putting them in coffee jars and putting them on the shelf in the shed. :oops:

Is that a sign of old age :roll:

how are you today annie :wink:

by **Bobbie En Tejas** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 2:32 pm

abbey craig wrote:well i`m actually getting very worried i`m only 48 and ive started to gather up all the wee screws and nails thats loose and lying about, and putting them in coffee jars and putting them on the shelf in the shed.
Is that a sign of old age

That's not a sign of age, its a sign of having a screw loose!

by **bill** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 2:43 pm

Your only as old as you feel,last night I was feeling a twenty year old :oops:

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