Posted on 05/03/2015 4:23:00 AM PDT by lbryce
Her campaign barely three weeks old, Hillary Clinton already has been attacked by Republicans on everything from donations to her family’s charitable foundation, to her tenure as secretary of state and her ties to Wall Street. But her rivals, and the political action committees that support them, are treading more carefully on one incendiary subject: her age . If elected in November 2016, Clinton would be, at 69, the second-oldest person to take the presidential oath for the first time, behind only Ronald Reagan, who turned 70 weeks after being sworn into office in 1981.
Questions of health and fitness for the presidency dogged two former candidates of a similar age, Bob Dole in the 1996 election and John McCain in 2008, each of whom was 71 at this point in the race. Time magazine featured Dole on the cover asking whether he was “too old” for the job. McCain was so determined to show that he was healthy that he often put in back-breaking campaign days.
“I do think age is an issue in a presidential campaign,” said Steve Schmidt, who was McCain’s campaign manager. “There is a thin line between seasoned and decrepit.”
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I really don’t care how old she is...
She’s a leftist/socialist, she has few of her own accomplishments - and what she HAS accomplished is detrimental, and lastly, her LONG history of serious ethical lapses make her unfit to serve as POTUS.
She’s a corrupt, power-hungry, self-centered, Jurassic-Park liberal.
“There are many, many reasons she is unfit to hold the Presidency.
Her age is the least of them.
Couldn’t agree more.
well, you just gave her a break...... you left off alcoholic
Hillary looks beyond old and tired. She looks unhealthy as if she has some serious medical problems which are not being talked about. In the end, I don’t think her health will allow her to stay the course in a long presidential campaign.
If the choice is between a Conservative and a Crusty Old Lying Communist Hag, then I think we’ve got a chance.
If the choice is between another Big Government Republican and a Crusty Old Lying Communist Hag, I don’t see, at this point, what difference it makes.
Did he ever stop?
See, it's all about the meme-building. Cruz? He's a Christian ayatollah. Iranian ayatollahs? They're making peace right now, not building ICBMs and nuclear bombs. Rioters and killers destroying and killing in Baltimore? No, you're just a racist. Hillary a criminal many times over who belongs in prison? You're just a sexist and ageist. Thanks lbryce.
She’s simply youth-impaired.
LOL
Hillary.....Joe Biden.....Harry Reid.....Nancy Pelosi.....Barbara Boxer.....Diane Feinstein.....Paleface Lizzy Warren.
The youthful faces of the Democrat Party.
Hillary! Older than Saran Wrap and twice as clingy.
That date is mighty close to the witch holiday.
The candidate may be 67 as of today...but her face looks like it’s never going to see the younger side of 183 ever again.
She certainly has earned hers.
She’s old. Old as the hills.
Sure, we could take the high road, but where's the fun in that? Besides, the left pummeled Reagan about his age and Hillary! is only slightly younger than he was then. Fight like Romney, lose like Romney.
Why has the murder of Vince Foster been forgotten?
Whether at her behest, on her behalf, or by her own hand, she’s in it up to her loathsome eyebrows.
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