cutshot818
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Post by cutshot818 on Aug 5, 2020 23:16:15 GMT -5
Joe Biden. Born November 20, 1942.
If he is elected as the 46th POTUS, he will be 77 years old on Election Night. 78 years old on Inauguration Day.
Donald Trump is currently the oldest person elected to the office of POTUS at 70 years old, narrowly edging Ronald Reagan who was 69.
This means that if Biden serves two terms, he would be 86 years old by the time he leaves office. That would be unprecedented.
Yes, people live longer today than in the history of the human race. But that is, at least in my mind, really a concern.
Holding the office of POTUS has a tremendous aging effect on every person who has served, and it doesn't matter if that person was Democrat or Republican, Conservative or Moderate, Popular or Unpopular.
I just looked at an article the other day that showed modern POTUS from Carter all the way thru Obama, from their election/inauguration to the day they left office. The difference (whether 4 years with Carter and George HW, or the more common 8 years with Reagan/Clinton/GWB/Obama) is significant.
I just don't think the DNC thought this one thru very well, when the two guys who were pushing to the finish line of the vetting process were born in 1941 and 1942.
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Post by ironhammer on Aug 5, 2020 23:18:37 GMT -5
Right, the usual Biden "is senile and will die in office" nonsense. The GOP is so desperate that they can't argue on the policies but have to manufacture "Biden is too old" arguments. You know they are desperate when they have to resort to these kind of arguments.
In case you didn't realize, Trump is not exactly a spring chicken either. Frankly I have more worries about the mental health of Trump than Biden.
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Post by donut on Aug 5, 2020 23:20:18 GMT -5
"If Joe Biden wins in 2016" "Will age be a factor in the 2016 Presidential Election"
Yikes.
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Post by ironhammer on Aug 5, 2020 23:21:44 GMT -5
"If Joe Biden wins in 2016" "Will age be a factor in the 2016 Presidential Election" Yikes. Yup, one should not go questioning the mental fitness of a presidential candidate if they get confused about which year the election is supposed to take place.
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cutshot818
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Post by cutshot818 on Aug 5, 2020 23:40:26 GMT -5
Hey, I'm not running for POTUS. And shoot...my mental fitness has always been in question, just ask my co-workers.
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Post by trojansc on Aug 5, 2020 23:40:33 GMT -5
"If Joe Biden wins in 2016" "Will age be a factor in the 2016 Presidential Election" Yikes. Person, woman, man, camera, covfefe,
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cutshot818
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Post by cutshot818 on Aug 5, 2020 23:40:49 GMT -5
And you know what? I'm gonna leave that up there just for entertainment value.
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Post by cutshot818 on Aug 5, 2020 23:41:21 GMT -5
"If Joe Biden wins in 2016" "Will age be a factor in the 2016 Presidential Election" Yikes. Person, woman, man, camera, covfefe, Haha. Covfefe! Blast from the past!
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Post by cutshot818 on Aug 5, 2020 23:42:44 GMT -5
Well, I had to change the thread title just so people don't get confused and skip it. But I'm leaving the poll title unchanged just 'cause it's funny.
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Post by ironhammer on Aug 6, 2020 0:10:17 GMT -5
Well, I had to change the thread title just so people don't get confused and skip it. But I'm leaving the poll title unchanged just 'cause it's funny. Oh who finds it funny? Only you. That says it all.
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cutshot818
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Post by cutshot818 on Aug 6, 2020 0:45:15 GMT -5
Well, I had to change the thread title just so people don't get confused and skip it. But I'm leaving the poll title unchanged just 'cause it's funny. Oh who finds it funny? Only you. That says it all. Good enough for me! I think it's hilarious!
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Post by Wolfgang on Aug 6, 2020 1:09:02 GMT -5
Come on, man, Trump aced the dementia test. Got bonus points, too. I didn't even know there were bonus points in those types of tests.
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Post by Wolfgang on Aug 6, 2020 1:13:50 GMT -5
Oh, man, I spoke too soon about that dementia test.
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Post by Wolfgang on Aug 6, 2020 1:14:31 GMT -5
Yo-Seminites... Mini-on-apolis...
LOL!
You REALLY can't make this shiite up.
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Post by ironhammer on Aug 6, 2020 1:33:17 GMT -5
Oh who finds it funny? Only you. That says it all. Good enough for me! I think it's hilarious! You live in your own little world, don't you?
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