[FLAMING DEATH]

"I actually KNOW what I'm talking about; unlike you."

Got me there. Why don't you just say, "I know you are, but what am I?" What the hell kind of refutation is that? But then, I am accustomed to you and your ilk throwing out a few clever phrases and claiming you "won" the debate.

"Oh, so you've only been voting and/or working for candidates since 1992 ? Since 1992 ? And now you imagine that YOU know enough about politics from such a rich (/sarcasm ) past history ?"

Oh, give me a break. So you're old. Big whoop. I guess you think decrepit codgers hold the monopoly on political knowledge. Nice attitude and open mind you've got there. I suppose you want to raise the legal voting age to 60, right? And, I guess you're suggesting that the only way to really "know" a politician is to "work" for one. Well, maybe we should restrict voting rights to people who work for political campaigns, then? There's a word for that philosophy..."elitism".

Go ahead and do what you want. I won't reward a man who has systematically attacked the Constitution on so many fronts with a second term. Especially using the weak justification, "He's not as bad as the other guy." If you demand only mediocrity, that's what you get. If you feel comfortable doing so, feel free.

[nopardons]

Oh, so it's okay, for YOU to impugn me, with childish banalities, instead of anything rational and valid, but a truism, made by me, is just " a few clever phrases " ? LOL

Ageism now ? LOL

Do I think that there should be a higher age limit, for first time voters ? Yes, actually I do; just not quite where you assume I do.Frankly, I think that it should go back to 21, where it used to be. And even at that, few, of that age ( and those of 18 and up to 21 ) bother to vote. But, rather than a higher age limit, I would prefer the passing of a simple test, before anyone, at any age, would be allowed to vote. That test would be simple, test one's knowledge about how our government works and the like.

And it IS a " BIG whoop ",for someone, anyone, who REALLY does know and understand politics, to tell someone, who doesn't, that they're still wet behind the ears,doesn't have nearly enough knowledge about what he/she imagines he/she does, and that you don't understand that, proves my point; in spades.

When you want to see " mediocrity ", go look in the nearest mirror.

Some look at a glass and see it 1/2 full, some look at it and see it 1/2 empty, then, there Arie those, who never see any glass at all. You, kid, fall into the last category.