Younger than John McCain

Late last month, I argued that when pundits point out that Republican presidential candidate John McCain mysteriously defies the stereotype of the so-called Silent Generation, whose members were mostly born in the 1930s, and which gave us two uninspiring Democratic presidential candidates (Mike Dukakis and Ted Kennedy), it's really not as mysterious as they think. Because the so-called Silent Generation is actually two generations: the Postmoderns (born between 1924-33) and the Anti-Anti-Utopians (1934-43). Which means that McCain, who was born in 1936, is an Anti-Anti, while Kennedy (1932) and Dukakis (1933) are Postmoderns.

Nineteen-thirty-four -- the first year of the era known as the Thirties -- was a long time ago, according to a blog called Things younger than Republican Presidential candidate (oh, and did I forget to mention “war hero”?) John McCain.

Here's an excerpt:

"Am I being 'age-ist'?" asks the anonymous blogger responsible for ThingsYoungerThanMcCain.com, which was launched a couple of days after the Brainiac post to which I've just referred. "Probably. But the world is a pretty complicated place right now and I'm thinking that it's not such a great time to elect our oldest President ever. So sue me."