About "MY FELLOW PRISONERS" (Addled? Senile? PTSD?)

[Perky]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYFm5kK4f1k

Should this be played as a Senior moment or maybe as John "is still fighting the Vietnam war"?
Gotta be somewhat careful that it does not look like we are picking on an old man...but it certianly cou raid the question od addledness as opposed to age...Fair game?

[Fridays Child]

1. Is he losing it?

:wow:

[crossroads]

30. The real question is - has he ever 'had' it? nt

[Median Democrat]

2. Reminds me of the 60 Minutes Gaffe Where They Asked Him...

In what place has he lived the longest, and McCain said "Hanoi." This answer may have worked 30 years ago, but not after he has been the Arizona Senator for close to 30 years. Does McCain spend the summers in a Hanoi vacation property?

[unblock]

15. i guess he was trying a bit too hard to play the pow pow pow card!

:rofl:

[ingac70]

3. I like "my friends" better...

but prisoners is a more apt description.

[Pattib]

4. Talk about Freudian!

[H2O Man]

12. It may be "Fredian" instead.

He reminds me of Uncle Charlie on "My Three Sons." (Note: An old joke from an episode of that show, which I am likely the only person to remember.)

[Wheezy]

5. I thought this was a joke.

Wow. Unbelievable.

[Pattib]

7. Me too!! Thank-you, youtube. Apparently everyone watching CNN saw it too.

[KittyWampus]

6. Holy. Fucking. Shit.

:O

[Justyce]

8. Is he just going strictly for the pity vote at this point? I find it hard

to believe that was accidental after all these years.

[Arugula Latte]

9. See RoadRage's thread on this:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7372095

[IamyourTVandIownyou]

10. Finally speaks the truth..

.

[goddess40]

11. Having a PTSD moment?

or just trying to find a way to slip in he was a POW

I don't find Post Traumatic Stress Disorder funny and I'm not trying to be. It seems to me this man has gone through life denying that he was as deeply affected as he was during his captivity and therefore has never received the proper treatment. It also gives him an excuse to deny the proper treatment to other vets, the "I didn't need it so they don't either" excuse.

Edit: He's under immense stress so it wouldn't surprise me that something repressed might surface.

[DefenseLawyer]

13. That's messed up. n/t

[Perky]

14. Delete

Gotta be some whate carefull that it does not look like we are picking on an old man...but then again that is the point isn't.

[Ian David]

16. That was our cue to take the red pill and unplug from The Matrix. n/t

[doublethink]

17. I heard that live earlier but thought I heard it wrong !!

The guy is losing it. No Way No How No McCain !!!

[Median Democrat]

18. Not As Bad As When John Tried To Enter Cindy In A Wet T Contest At Sturgis

[Perky]

19. I think it is far worse....Waayyyy worse

That was just asinine. This is some scary shit

[WeDidIt]

20. IT plays sorta like the refusal to meet with teh rpesident of Spain

Prisoners?

[Perky]

22. I givem him a pass on that... because the woman had a thick accent

but the laughable part was that instead of walking it back,,,,,they ran with it, Now that was just stupid..

[KathieG]

21. Maybe something about his "fellow prisoners" was in another part

of his speech and he glanced at his notes. Who knows. Whatever the reason, it was a weird gaffe.

[Overseas]

23. Janglin' keys, janglin' keys, bring this liar to his knees-- to the tune of Ramblin Rose

But seriously folks, my kitchen sink reply to the phenomenon:

He can only take the strongest mental focus drugs once in a while. He can't take the strongest cocktail of prescription meds every day. Today he was off them and the phrase slipped out unfiltered.

[helderheid]

24. WOAH!!

[2CheeseEnchiladas]

25. This is spreading on Myspace like crazy

Ive seen 5 bulletins about this in the past 15 minutes. "WTF, hes a senile old man" seems to be the general consensus about this. McCain fucked up big time.

[treestar]

26. What if Putin picks on him?

Maybe be careful but on the other hand, the President has to be able to be picked on.

[VoodooGuru]

27. He's as tired of this campaign as we are

I'll bet you dollars to doughnuts that in his heart of hearts he wishes November 4 would just hurry up and get here so he can be done with this.

To him this has to be like being down 41 points at the end of the third quarter, knowing you have to go back out there and play that last quarter with no hope whatsoever.

[Buck Rabbit]

28. Come on, he was just tired.

Getting your ass kicked can be very tiring.

[L. Coyote]

34. We should consider the side-effects of his medications too.

Some of those blood thinners cause dementia and other neurological problems, like memory loss.

I discussed this "problem" with a neurologist who asked, "If the alternative is dying of a heart attack, which would you chose?"

[soleft]

29. Have just seen the game changer

In terms of changing the game from a close one to a blow out.

[Perky]

31. kick

[pnwmom]

32. Word substitution errors like that can be a sign of early Alzheimers.

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C01E5D81339F931A15755C0A9629C8B63

Ronald Reagan demonstrated subtle but clear signs of early dementia -- short-term memory deficits, and word-finding and word-substitution difficulties -- at news conferences and other events in the last years of his presidency (''A Recollection of Early Questions'').

It is highly likely that he had Alzheimer's disease while in office. It is surprising how well a family member, or White House staff, can cover for someone with early dementia.

DR. BRUCE LEFF
Baltimore

The writer is an associate professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins.

[Perky]

33. kicking