"Obama was elected because he was black, McCain was 142 years old!"

[Landslide Lyndon]

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/05/01/lawmaker_says_obama_was_elected_because_he_was_black.html

Speaking at a town hall meeting, Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) suggested President Obama was only elected president because he's an African-American.

Said Walsh: "He's our first African-American president. The country voted for him because of that. It made us feel good about ourself. I've said it before, it helped that John McCain was about 142 years old. It helped that the economy was tanking. A lot of these things helped. But he never would have gotten there without his historic nature."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=9NsnQu3Oxug