Senile dementia is *not* pretty.

[theweaselking]

McCain can't complete a thought, handle a change in subject, or, even after repeated mentions from the reviewer and presumably a good briefing from his staff, remember that Spain is not a South American druglord dictatorship.

Yesterday John McCain was interviewed on the Florida affiliate of Spanish radio network Union Radio. And in the interview McCain appeared not to know who the Prime Minister of Spain was and assumed he was some anti-American leftist leader from South America.

After the interviewer presses him a couple times on the point and tries to focus him on the fact that Prime Minister Zapatero isn't from Mexico and isn't a drug lord either McCain comes back at her saying, "All I can tell you is that I have a clear record of working with leaders in the Hemisphere that are friends with us and standing up to those who are not. And that's judged on the basis of the importance of our relationship with Latin America and the entire region."

Then there's a moment of awkward pause before she says. "But what about Europe? I'm talking about the President of Spain."

Says one commenter, elsewhere: "If your own grandparent was exhibiting similar forgetfulness, inability to comprehend, confusion, losing themselves in the past, and confused anger would you be concerned about him or her?

I have been saying this for six months and most people have written me off as someone who dislikes Mr. McCain and is attempting a cruel joke. I'm not. I feel that putting him on the public stage to be humiliated again and again is a cruel and horrible thing.
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If this was my relative I would be facing heartbreaking decisions about financial custodialship, taking away keys, and talking with the council on aging about longer term options. "