@critter: While I’m not sure I agree with making fun of a veteran’s physical stature, I would like to say that your analogy is flawed. If Judo is a veteran (yeah?), then it is more like a black man making fun of black people, which is the same as a white person making fun of white people.
But Senator McCain’s age is absolutely an important aspect of his candidacy. If the man dies in office we are stuck with Alaska Barbie. And physical ability (walking, standing) is an aspect of age, and health.
But FDR was in a wheelchair, and he was one of America’s greatest presidents. Then again, he did die in office, and he was much younger than Senator McCain….
Btw, anybody else think it was hilarious that McCain compared Obama to Hoover? Unless I missed something, Hoover was the Republican that failed to rescue the US from the Great Depression because he didn’t regulate enough.