Should there be a maximum age for President and/or other political offices? (deaths, wisdom)

[ansible90]

Originally Posted by TheseGoTo11

Ronald Reagan was a great President at 77. This is an issue with Biden.

Did you miss the part about Alzheimer's? That comes on slowly over the years, so a person is affected by it long before it becomes apparent to others. In the end, Nancy was running the show.

[Chowhound]

I think that there should definitely be some age limits. It feels not right in some ways, but in others I don't know. You got these walking corpses well into their 80s and it's time to tap out at some point. Dianne Feinstein and Ruth Ginsberg. It's like enough people, if you're falling asleep in meetings and whatnot it's time to resign.

[Chowhound]

Originally Posted by FirebirdCamaro1220

Funny how you mention those two but not right wing relics like Jim Inhofe or Chuck Grassley....

Only two I could think of at the moment.

The old racist republican guy, forget his name, Strom Thurmond.

Feel better now?

[Quick Enough]

Originally Posted by FirebirdCamaro1220

I say the max age for any government employee or elected official should be 60, and that age would apply to the start of their term for elected officials.

The median Senator is 62 years old and the median house rep is 58!

People of that age have LIFE EXPERIENCE.


We see what happens when younger people, like AOC and the rest of the squad, are elected and it aint pretty!

[Quick Enough]

Originally Posted by LordSquidworth

The fact that politicians still want to be in office in their 80s plus should show their mental decline is obvious.

Like seriously... who tf wants to be doing that when they're on the verge of returning to diapers...

"The fact that politicians still want to be in office in their 80s plus should show their mental decline is obvious."

And how do you come up with this great piece of "wisdom"?

Like I, and many others have said, we KNOW people in their 80'sand try are as sharp as a tack.

MUCH sharper then the likes of the squad!

[Quick Enough]

Originally Posted by FirebirdCamaro1220

Freaking Chuck Grassley is 89 years old and is still running for reelection in 2022!

And you NEVER expressed the same sentiment about Ruth Ginsburg, pelosi or feinstein or ANY other dem.

Why is that? Never mind, we KNOW!

[sholomar]

Related thread... But to answer your question it's because time goes by fast, and the older you get the faster it goes. They want to remain working and relevant because 10 years can feel like a few months...

http://lunaticoutpost.com/thread-272421.html

[Quick Enough]

Originally Posted by Chowhound

Only two I could think of at the moment.

The old racist republican guy, forget his name, Strom Thurmond.

Feel better now?

Thurmond was 1 of the FIRST senators to have a BLACK person on his staff. Just so you know.

Better then the democrat old racist KKK leader robert byrd!

[crone]

Originally Posted by ManApplet

I'd prefer an IQ test, sanity test , megalomaniac test and narcissist test.

[crone]

Originally Posted by Quick Enough

Thurmond was 1 of the FIRST senators to have a BLACK person on his staff. Just so you know.

Better then the democrat old racist KKK leader robert byrd!

Was it his daughter?