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question everything

(52,132 posts)
Thu Jun 23, 2022, 11:41 PM Jun 2022

About the age of a president

We have been hearing from the RWers about how old Joe Biden was when elected. He was 78.
(Actually on election day he was 77..)

In Nov 2024 Whiny Donny will be.... 78.


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BigmanPigman

(55,137 posts)
1. The GQP is the party of lying, greedy hypocrites.
Fri Jun 24, 2022, 12:48 AM
Jun 2022

They stand for nothing. Their platform is a blank slate. Their only function is to get richer by any means possible. They have no agenda anymore.

Polybius

(21,900 posts)
2. Yes but on November 20th 2024 Biden will be 82 if he runs for re-election and wins
Fri Jun 24, 2022, 01:02 AM
Jun 2022

If he doesn't run in 2024, then your point is valid.

question everything

(52,132 posts)
5. If they thought that 78 was too old in 2020, than it should hold for 2024
Fri Jun 24, 2022, 10:23 AM
Jun 2022

Of course consistency na honestly were never associated with the R's. Hypocrisy- always.

Polybius

(21,900 posts)
6. They will probably say "78 is too old but still better than nearly 82"
Fri Jun 24, 2022, 12:49 PM
Jun 2022

Who knows, those people are inconsistent.

KentuckyWoman

(7,401 posts)
3. Medicare works.
Fri Jun 24, 2022, 01:10 AM
Jun 2022

If it continues we'll have great minds who are more than capable well into their 80's or 90's.

As far as Biden goes. I personally enjoy reasonably good health in my early 80's but there no human way I could keep a schedule even half as demanding as President and could not be running up any wet airplane steps.

Likewise with Madame Speaker. She can still rock the heels.... in a war zone. Not me. I gave those up decades ago.

I don't know if either of them takes naps on late days in the office. I cannot get in a long day without a rest of some sort in there. Even a 15 minute "power nap" is sometimes enough to reset the brain.

Rhiannon12866

(255,525 posts)
4. Not to mention that Biden had over 30 years in the Senate and 8 years in the Executive Branch
Fri Jun 24, 2022, 01:16 AM
Jun 2022

While TFG has no knowledge of how government works, U.S. history or U.S. laws. He only ran his family company where he did whatever he felt like and experienced numerous bankruptcies. So there's that...

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