Being a senator must be a very lucrative and cushy job. Senators Feinstein, McConnell and Strom Thurmond before them aren't relinquishing control until they go out in a pine box from old age.
Opalka said:There is no "deep state", that's a conspiracy started by QANON. Why do you people keep believing in their crazy lies? Sad.Robert L. Peters said:DrEvazanPhD said:
Our government is in the hands of people with the cognitive ability of a turnip. Terrifying.
These people aren't in charge. They are just puppets of the deep state. And they are rewarded handsomely with your tax dollars. See: Ukraine.
Exactly, wife, kids, someone! This is ridiculous. This government needs a enema.aggiehawg said:Where's his wife?CedarAg said:
The people pushing him out there should be ashamed. He's not mentally there,
For those who have no interest in reality:The Banned said:
It is absolutely insane that we have anyone over the age of 75 in power. Hell, even 70 is probably too old. It's stupid, irresponsible and need to be stopped.
We know what that looks like.HartWorm93 said:
This is an embarrassment. WTF are we doing? These people are making decisions that impact hundreds of millions of people.
Personally, I'd feel better if he just came out an said he almost **** his pants.
I used to think that too. But the Founders had way too much confidence in the electorate. We are largely a society of low information voters who choose their candidates based on feelz, gotcha tweets, and popularity. We need term limits to protect us from ourselves.tysker said:
You don't need term limits if people would start voting for the name, and not for the letter after the name
tysker said:
You don't need term limits if people would start voting for the name, and not for the letter after the name
why do you people keep beliving the lies the Biden admin keeps pumping out. sad.Opalka said:There is no "deep state", that's a conspiracy started by QANON. Why do you people keep believing in their crazy lies? Sad.Robert L. Peters said:DrEvazanPhD said:
Our government is in the hands of people with the cognitive ability of a turnip. Terrifying.
These people aren't in charge. They are just puppets of the deep state. And they are rewarded handsomely with your tax dollars. See: Ukraine.
After both episodes, he returned to semi-lucid speaking after a few minutes. I don't think that would happen with a stroke. Is a petit mal seizure anything like the aphasia that Bruce Willis has? I think with that, you briefly lose the ability to form words and speak.Bregxit said:NoahAg said:
Wow. This is so incredibly sad. Dude is having a stroke right there. It's like the aging boxer with clear brain damage who keeps getting in the ring.
The Founding Fathers setup a great system but they clearly dropped the ball when it comes to term/age limits.
To be fair though, at the time, I'm sure they didn't expect politicians to stay in office (or even be alive) into their 80s.
It's not a stroke. It's a petit mal (absence) seizure.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/petit-mal-seizure/symptoms-causes/syc-20359683#:~:text=A%20person%20having%20an%20absence,t%20lead%20to%20physical%20injury.
In what way would term limits reduce the problems of "low information voters who choose their candidates based on feelz, gotcha tweets, and popularity?"NoahAg said:I used to think that too. But the Founders had way too much confidence in the electorate. We are largely a society of low information voters who choose their candidates based on feelz, gotcha tweets, and popularity. We need term limits to protect us from ourselves.tysker said:
You don't need term limits if people would start voting for the name, and not for the letter after the name
Easy solution: eliminate primaries and install rank choice voting.Old May Banker said:tysker said:
You don't need term limits if people would start voting for the name, and not for the letter after the name
Without huge campaign finance reform, that's an impossibility. These dudes that are starting with millions as incumbents are really hard to take out.
txaggieacct85 said:It has less to do with age and more to do with mental capacity and function.The Banned said:
It is absolutely insane that we have anyone over the age of 75 in power. Hell, even 70 is probably too old. It's stupid, irresponsible and need to be stopped.
My aunt passed away this year at 95 and she was mentally competent until she was 94.
So just to throw an arbitrary number out there makes no sense.
example. Should Fetterman be in office? how old is he?
RONALD REAGAN WAS LESS THAN A MONTH BEFORE HE TURNED 70 WHEN HE STARTED HIS FIRST TERM.Deputy Travis Junior said:txaggieacct85 said:It has less to do with age and more to do with mental capacity and function.The Banned said:
It is absolutely insane that we have anyone over the age of 75 in power. Hell, even 70 is probably too old. It's stupid, irresponsible and need to be stopped.
My aunt passed away this year at 95 and she was mentally competent until she was 94.
So just to throw an arbitrary number out there makes no sense.
example. Should Fetterman be in office? how old is he?
Your aunt may have had the ability to hold conversations and understand jokes and recall memories and all that, but the ability to sit at a desk for hours and plow through hundreds of pages of dense documents while taking detailed notes and synthesizing all of the new info into a coherent understanding usable for intelligent policy development probably left her a decade or two before.
you clearly didnt know my auntDeputy Travis Junior said:txaggieacct85 said:It has less to do with age and more to do with mental capacity and function.The Banned said:
It is absolutely insane that we have anyone over the age of 75 in power. Hell, even 70 is probably too old. It's stupid, irresponsible and need to be stopped.
My aunt passed away this year at 95 and she was mentally competent until she was 94.
So just to throw an arbitrary number out there makes no sense.
example. Should Fetterman be in office? how old is he?
Your aunt may have had the ability to hold conversations and understand jokes and recall memories and all that, but the ability to sit at a desk for hours and plow through hundreds of pages of dense documents while taking detailed notes and synthesizing all of the new info into a coherent understanding usable for intelligent policy development probably left her a decade or two before.
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rank choice voting.
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was president until he was 78.
Reagan was a damn good presidentOld May Banker said:Quote:
was president until he was 78.
Now we're debating two guys that old or older BEFORE they get elected.
In the greatest nation on earth.
That's insanity.
txaggieacct85 said:Reagan was a damn good presidentOld May Banker said:Quote:
was president until he was 78.
Now we're debating two guys that old or older BEFORE they get elected.
In the greatest nation on earth.
That's insanity.
Opalka said:There is no "deep state", that's a conspiracy started by QANON. Why do you people keep believing in their crazy lies? Sad.Robert L. Peters said:DrEvazanPhD said:
Our government is in the hands of people with the cognitive ability of a turnip. Terrifying.
These people aren't in charge. They are just puppets of the deep state. And they are rewarded handsomely with your tax dollars. See: Ukraine.
Deputy Travis Junior said:txaggieacct85 said:It has less to do with age and more to do with mental capacity and function.The Banned said:
It is absolutely insane that we have anyone over the age of 75 in power. Hell, even 70 is probably too old. It's stupid, irresponsible and need to be stopped.
My aunt passed away this year at 95 and she was mentally competent until she was 94.
So just to throw an arbitrary number out there makes no sense.
example. Should Fetterman be in office? how old is he?
Your aunt may have had the ability to hold conversations and understand jokes and recall memories and all that, but the ability to sit at a desk for hours and plow through hundreds of pages of dense documents while taking detailed notes and synthesizing all of the new info into a coherent understanding usable for intelligent policy development probably left her a decade or two before.
He also had the guts to recognize what his doctors told him. That he had Alzheimers and he wrote a farewell note to America.Old May Banker said:txaggieacct85 said:Reagan was a damn good presidentOld May Banker said:Quote:
was president until he was 78.
Now we're debating two guys that old or older BEFORE they get elected.
In the greatest nation on earth.
That's insanity.
The GOAT IMHO.... but he was done at 78.... not starting.