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I remember in 2016, when Sanders was "too old" at 75.
And 2020 when Biden was too old but Trump will be the same age come next election
I also remember when everyone including the DNC labelled Sanders as some insane communist who would wreck the country like how Trump did lol
I remember when they were saying "no more old white men" as a reason to not nominate Sanders and then they picked biden four years later.
He was too old. We had younger choices then. Now we don't.
Many voters don't understand that the time to choose younger candidates is at the beginning, not at the end (in the general election). Most of these people complaining about no choices are not planning on volunteering for or donating to any candidates at all.
They're not making the pizza or paying for it, but they definitely want to choose the toppings.
Pre 2020 the oldest person to start their first term was 69.
trump beat it by being 70, then Biden blew that record out of the water, being 78.
It's not a good trend...
And we were actually doing really good until it was Hilary's "turn". Bill and Obama were both (relatively) young, and I don't think even James Carville is dumb enough to say their (relative) youth wasn't a big reason for their success.
Hell, I still remember Bill Clinton on MTV, even tho I knew nothing about politics back then.
They might not have been as progressive as they acted during their campaigns, but at least they actually tried to get the youth vote.
Bill Shatner for president. (Hes 92 years old and still going)
He was born in Canada
Woke conspiracy!
I don't even think he has US citizenship, but he was certainly not born with US citizenship.
Oh I didnt know that
Buzz Aldrin will turn 94 in a couple of weeks.
Trump
If he serves a 4-year term only
serves only 4 years
I hate that we have to consider that if he returns to office he will try to become dictator for life
Again
At least hes already old and fat. So hopefully if that happens, he won't have much longer.
Old shitheads tend to be annoyingly resilient, unfortunately.
Exhibit A: Kissinger
Don't hope the age part applies to evil people when it should and not very late. However, hoping the fat part gets him soon is actually a very good prospect.
I don't want an idiot martyr
A related fact, especially on this tyranny of the boomers.
The birthdays of Donald Trump, George W Bush and Bill Clinton are June 1946, July 1946, August 1946.
That's right, 1992-2008, 2016-2020, 20 years (with maybe more to come) of US presidency were all born in the summer (3 months) of 1946.
And of course Hillary Clinton was born October 1947.
Reagan was
77 years and 349 days old at the completion of his second term in January 1989.
So close to 78.
William Henry Harrison is my favorite president, he gave one speech, went for a walk, and then spent the rest of his presidency in bed.
this post was submitted on 07 Jan 2024
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