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genxlib

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15. My age criteria is simple

Reply to madville (Reply #4)

Tue Feb 19, 2019, 05:03 PM

Feb 2019

I want a candidate that has the best opportunity to be healthy, active and sharp for the next 10 years. That is two years of campaigning and two terms.

At 76+, there are actuarial probabilities that these gentlemen won't fit the criteria. There are no guarantees for someone in their 50's but the probabilities are exponentially better.

If you want to call that ageism, so be it.

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