Democratic Primaries

uawchild

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8. Make that OLD white men, that's who the pundits are pushing

Tue May 7, 2019, 04:18 PM

May 2019

Barack Obama was 48 when he took office.

Joe Biden would be 78 if taking office in 2020.

Bernie Sanders would be 79 in 2020.

The AVERAGE AGE for a President taking office has been 59 years old.

Trump was the oldest man to become President at age 70 in 2016.

And yet the pundits are all waving away the simple fact that both Biden and Sanders would be almost a DECADE older when they START their term as President.

Is it because the pundits themselves are mostly old white men, or that they realize their audience is mostly old white men?

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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Kamala Harris unloads on pundits who say only a white man can beat Trump [View all] crazytown May 2019 OP

Yes!!! GreenPartyVoter May 2019 #1

19% 2012, 18% 2016 of Democratic voters were White Men crazytown May 2019 #2

I know, right? GreenPartyVoter May 2019 #3

Hell it's not even aiming at general white men. rogue emissary May 2019 #5

It's older white men. crazytown May 2019 #9

Hey! patphil May 2019 #33

I'm white and 60 crazytown May 2019 #34

+1 uponit7771 May 2019 #37

There was a non-white man who ran for President once and received 6+ million more votes than Trump.. PoliticAverse May 2019 #4

And a white woman who got 3+ million more votes than Trump athena May 2019 #7

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2019 #6

Make that OLD white men, that's who the pundits are pushing uawchild May 2019 #8

Exactly right. crazytown May 2019 #10

Don't touch DU's 3rd rail, uawchild! maxsolomon May 2019 #20

lol Yeah, tell me about it uawchild May 2019 #23

Would someone explain who these pundits are who supposedly said only a white man can beat Trump? highplainsdem May 2019 #11

There's more than a few DU'ers who hold that view crazytown May 2019 #12

DUers AREN'T pundits. Pundits do op-ed pieces and/or make appearances on TV and radio highplainsdem May 2019 #14

As for the pundits Senator Harris and her team crazytown May 2019 #16

I just googled highplainsdem May 2019 #17

there don't seem to be any DUers suggesting that only a white man can beat Trum crazytown May 2019 #25

No, it's obtuse to suggest that people are saying "only a white man can beat Trump" simply because highplainsdem May 2019 #27

"pundits who say only a white man can beat Trump" crazytown May 2019 #29

Okay, I finally found video, though not from the event the OP cites, where Harris refers to pundits, highplainsdem May 2019 #30

i think it's only in the title. i don't see where harris says this in the article Kurt V. May 2019 #22

OK. Glad to hear that. Headlines can be really stupid and misleading. I'm glad Harris didn't highplainsdem May 2019 #24

Harris and Sellars are correct mcar May 2019 #13

Its funny. I see Harris as more electable than Biden. maxsolomon May 2019 #15

I agree with you maxsolomon. MoonRiver May 2019 #19

Me too. It's just that it's still too early to pick sides. When I do pick a side... TreasonousBastard May 2019 #26

If Harris MFM008 May 2019 #18

If a Yellow Dog is on the ticket maxsolomon May 2019 #21

K&R demmiblue May 2019 #28

Majority of white women voted for Trump. Kaleva May 2019 #31

White men gave us Trump patphil May 2019 #32

I think the Russians and Comey had something to do with it. crazytown May 2019 #35

that they were conned doesn't meant they didn't vote for him. maxsolomon May 2019 #36

Exit polls: crazytown May 2019 #38

Yeah, they said they'd never vote for HRC because of X, Y, or Z maxsolomon May 2019 #39

Where To Begin? corbettkroehler May 2019 #40