Is John McCain Going Senile?

In light of McCain's selection of Christianist "witch hunter" believing Sarah Palin as his VP running mate, the state of McCain's health and mental functioning is utterly critical should he be elected. There have been numerous reports of McCain's gaffes on citing incorrect facts and information, but a recent gaffe is downright scary. Terrifying in fact if it accurately shows that McCain's losing it mentally. Do we want a man holding the office of president who doesn't know where Spain is located? Here are some highlights from Talking Points Memo:

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Well, we've heard the interview now. And John McCain either doesn't know who the Prime Minister of Spain is, thinks Spain is a country in Latin America, or possibly both.

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In case, you haven't seen our updates from last night, 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.

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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."

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