Actually it wasn’t that Fred was “too old”, it was that he had “no fire in the belly”
Which translated into making Fred look old, whereas Trump’s fire in the belly makes him look just right for the part.
Great memory you’ve got there. That was the phrase. “No traction” was Duncan Hunter. I’m going to cringe if the old “-mentum” thing fires back up unless it’s Joe Biden, in which case it’ll be funny.
Actually it wasn’t that Fred was “too old”, it was that he had “no fire in the belly”
THAT ^^ was the reason, not age.