seriously LJ?

[rm]

http://community.livejournal.com/obama_2008/1422540.html

(lest it be unclear, I am annoyed by this).

Comments

[redstapler.livejournal.com]

Objection, relevance?

I mean, I'm not gonna vote for him either, but um.

WTF does the age gap between him and his wife have to do with how he'd run the country?

[rm.livejournal.com]

Exactly.

I posted to that effect myself.

[upstart-crow.livejournal.com]

...

And their point is what, exactly?

Hell, my girlfriend is only 5 1/2 years younger than I am and I get plenty of flack for that, even now that we're both in our 20s. Sheesh.

[eac.livejournal.com]

So glad that this person gets to decide about the appropriate age gap between consenting adults, for god's sake.

(Can't post unless you're a member, so I can't point that in the community.)

[upstart-crow.livejournal.com]

Just noticed now that they were all, "LOL HAE U GUYS I JUST WOAK UP!!1"

This is why we don't hit the "send" button when we're sleep deprived. :x

[browneyedgirl65.livejournal.com]

For me, the treatment his first wife got at his hands is far more relevant, and telling, than the actual age (so long as of age) of Cindy McCain when they met or her age now.

[rm.livejournal.com]

She was 25 when they met. And yup, I agree.

[stardragonca.livejournal.com]

I would be inclined to agree, with the proviso that we don't know what actually transpires within a marriage, and as far as I know his first wife supports him politically. But...um...policy?

[dramedy.livejournal.com]

God, that's really REALLY stupid of them. I mean, seriously suggesting that they use an age difference to suggest that McCain is a perv? that's just. ugh.

So yeah, I can tell why you'd be annoyed.

[stardragonca.livejournal.com]

*Looks uncomprehending* Policy and policy! What is policy???
I'm not a supporter of anyone but the Queen, but really.

[imaginarycircus.livejournal.com]

I would have commented to agree with you but I am not a member of that community. What does random ageism have to do with anything. People seriously piss me off sometimes.

Someone needs to sit that poster down and make him/her watch Harold and Maude.

What I would post,were I a member.

[stardragonca.livejournal.com]

If Senator Obama's wife were markedly younger than he. and Senator McCain were still married to his first wife, this would matter how?

Re: What I would post,were I a member.

[imaginarycircus.livejournal.com]

And then I would have commented "What if Obama were a purple gazelle and McCain was a bicycle?" And we could just keep getting more absurd from there because we might as well laugh about something.

Re: What I would post,were I a member.

[stardragonca.livejournal.com]

I'm Canadian, and I can laugh at a lot. But it's still sad.

Re: What I would post,were I a member.

[imaginarycircus.livejournal.com]

Yes, there is a whole lot of sad in the world. And at least you don't have to be horrified by your country's leader the way US citizens currently are.

Re: What I would post,were I a member.

[stardragonca.livejournal.com]

That's because making us horrorified is the Minister of Public Safety's job.:-(

Re: What I would post,were I a member.

[dipping_sauce]

And for that, all Doris has to do is put the wetsuit back on :X

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[stardragonca.livejournal.com]

I'll take obscure references only a Canadian would get for one hundred,Alex. 8D

[karnythia.livejournal.com]

I'm more offended that her name is Cindy Lou than I am that they're nearly 20 years apart.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Hahahaha. Yeah, I'm with you there.

??

[stardragonca.livejournal.com]

OK, U.S. thing.

[stardragonca.livejournal.com]

Can we get a ruling on how much shorter a candidate's spouse is allowed to be? As long as we're double parking in the Twilight Zone, I mean.

"We're not talking Anna Nicole here."

[stardragonca.livejournal.com]

Someone miss point good.

[tommx.livejournal.com]

i share your annoyance for pretty much the same sorts of reasons.

[rmjwell.livejournal.com]

It's nice to know Obama is pulling in the Stupid-American vote, too.

[stardragonca.livejournal.com]

He's splitting it! But not enough to allow the smart people vote to win!

Summary

[stardragonca.livejournal.com]

"I did not say what I said, and I did not intend when I said what I said to imply that I said what I said, and if my saying what I said was taken to mean what I said, I was just creeped out by the idea of doing it with an old person."

[darthhellokitty.livejournal.com]

If I were him I think I'd go back to sleep.

[holyschist.livejournal.com]

My parents are 25 years apart, and it definitely made me not want to have such a big age gap in my personal relationships. But the thing is, as long as everyone's a legal adult, it's a personal decision and not anyone else's business. And every situation is different. So yeah, suggesting that age gaps are perverted is a judgement on other people's relationships. Not a judgement, geez!

"Everyone's opinion is equally valid, even if they're being a nosy ass and judging things that are none of their business."