What's with all the Ageism in These Threads??

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

28. I am not claiming that Donald Trump's flaws are because of when he grew up.

But I am saying that he's a creature of his youth, as we all are. He's also vastly flawed because of his assumptions about lots of things, including the one about his being a terrific businessman.

My main point is that we don't want to get so lost in the notion that Hillary Clinton would have been so much a better President that she should be the candidate in 2020. Or that Al Gore should be. Or any of the many who are already a lot older than sixty who are being touted as the candidate for 2020.

We absolutely must be looking to a younger generation.

And you have correctly pointed out that it's not simply an age thing, but an ideology thing. Nonetheless, we will be vastly better served to look to a younger generation for our next candidate.

A bit of an aside: I'm not only old, 68, but I was living in the Washington DC area when Watergate happened. In the final few weeks before Nixon's resignation it was obvious to the most casual observer that almost no work was getting done in the government. I didn't work in the government, and I was doing my job day to day. But those who worked on Capitol Hill or for the many agencies? Not so much. I suspect that it's much the same right now, and we've certainly had reports of unhappy State Department and EPA employees, just to mention two agencies. So the longer Trump is in office, the less the day to day work will happen. Consider the consequences.