John McCain takes weekends off, even during this presidential campaign. Then again, he is 72 years old and has suffered 4 relatively recent bouts of serious cancer, and has recently become erratic and confused. But hey, everyone has seen this kind of erratic, lethargic behavior in their elderly parents or grandparents, so why be surprised when it happens to John McCain - I mean, it has been 22 years since he was eligible to join AARP. It would be unfair to expect McCain to be as awake or have as much energy as, to have the mental acuity or intellectual focus of, your normal younger presidential candidate. Any in any case, everyone knows terrorist attacks and hurricanes never happen on weekends. More from Politico:
After a rigorous primary election schedule, the Arizona senator was "down" on nearly every Saturday and Sunday between the time he clinched the nomination in February and June, Politico reported this summer. And since accepting his party’s nomination on Sept. 4, McCain has taken off at least one day each weekend. He held no public events last weekend, and will keep the same schedule this weekend.
Obama, on the other hand, has taken only two weekend days off in the last month.
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