Posted on 07/18/2022 6:55:59 AM PDT by FarCenter
At 79, Joe Biden is the oldest president in American history. Concerns about his age top the list for why Democratic voters want the party to find an alternative for 2024.
I don’t think this reflects an “ageist” prejudice against those who have reached such withering heights so much as an understanding that people in their late 70s and 80s wither.
I speak with some authority. I’m now a spritely 76 — light years younger than our president. I feel fit, I swing dance and salsa, and can do 20 pushups in a row. Yet I confess to a certain loss of, shall we say, fizz.
Joe Biden could easily make it until 86, when he’d conclude his second term. After all, it’s now thought a bit disappointing if a person dies before 85. Three score and ten is the lifespan set out in the Bible. Modern technology and Big Pharma add at least a decade and a half. “After 80, it’s gravy,” my father used to say.
Joe will be on the cusp of the gravy train.
Where will it end? There’s only one possibility. I find myself reading the obituary pages with ever greater interest, noting “Older Than Me” or “Younger Than Me.”
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Isn’t Biden eligible for the Death Panels?
Statement not aimed at biden, he won’t be the candidate next time anyway.
Aimed at Trump.
even the “kids” are saying Biden is too old. He lost the under 30 vote, not good.
Where was he two years ago?
Some economist, who cant even count. This runt fraud wasn’t aware in 2019 that Biden would be 81 in 2024.
+1
The same place he is today - petrified of Donald Trump.
Good reason: C’mon Dems, let’s get rid of the millstone around the party’s neck.
Real reason: Trump is too old to be President.
They knew Biden had dementia issues in 2020. This is about Trump.
“Mr. President, if you’re sick of people talking about how old you are, think how I feel. You’re only 79. I’m 82—three years down the trail ahead of you. You’re still a kid, though it is true that, crossing the White House lawn, you walk like the Tin Woodman in need of a squirt of lubrication.”
He might be too old to be president, but one is never too old to be used by the left to further their agenda.
IF Biden has lost the midget, he has lost everyone.
If 'spritely' means 'sawed-off midget' then okay....
IIRC, I remember reading somewhere this putz was a roommate of Slick back in the salad days. Slick liked him because he was the short-statured spotter who could locate all coeds on campus for Slick who weren't wearing any panties. :0)
> Robert Reich off the reservation! <
Perhaps. But it’s more likely that he’s just following orders.
Maybe the Deep State folks have decided to push Slow Joe aside. Or maybe this is a preemptive strike against Trump. Or maybe it’s both.
Exactly, and we can expect a lot more of this as we get closer to the election.
In fact, should Trump formally announce, I see Slow Joe getting put in front of a teleprompter to "magnanimously" withdraw himself from consideration for 2024 citing his age as a main factor.
This will immediately put a spotlight on Trump, who is of a similar age.
Robert B. Reisssssssssssssshuh!!!!
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