Poll of the Day > Joe Biden is too old to be a president;

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Best president was Clinton and he was young

Were you even alive when Clinton was president

FrozenBananas posted...

Were you even alive when Clinton was president

I was born in 1987

That's nice

An age limit of 60 for holding public office would certainly have some advantages.

Biden is funny though

https://www.myinstants.com/en/instant/ssbm-a-new-record-487/

If it wasnt for me Bernie Sanders would be president.

so far everyone I vote for in the general became potus
obama
trump
biden

i am American royalty. Your votes dont matter

FrozenBananas posted...

Were you even alive when Clinton was president

I was.

He got slurps and we got a surplus.

DarkMinun posted...

An age limit of 60 for holding public office would certainly have some advantages.

65 would be better.

I dunno: I actually think he's quietly doing as much as it's possible to do in the current environment. He's not, of course, a great and inspiring speaker/leader of people...and that's a very important part of the job. But if I have to choose between functional and boring vs inspiring and ineffective (or Trump, shudder) I choose boring.

I think an age limit would cause more problems than it would solve. And if we're adding rules affecting which candidates can be considered I think we should focus our energies on preventing insurrectionists/con artists/etc.

Ideal age for a leading politician is 45-50. Out of principle I'd have a hard time voting for someone over 65. They shouldn't even be working anymore.

wpot posted...

I dunno: I actually think he's quietly doing as much as it's possible to do in the current environment. He's not, of course, a great and inspiring speaker/leader of people...and that's a very important part of the job. But if I have to choose between functional and boring vs inspiring and ineffective (or Trump, shudder) I choose boring.

I think an age limit would cause more problems than it would solve. And if we're adding rules affecting which candidates can be considered I think we should focus our energies on preventing insurrectionists/con artists/etc.

most people in Congress were alive when segregation was still around.

hera posted...

most people in Congress were alive when segregation was still around.

If we're talking school segregation that ended in 1954. The average age of a congressperson is 59, the last I saw. You have a point, but your numbers don't add up.

faramir77 posted...

Out of principle I'd have a hard time voting for someone over 65. They shouldn't even be working anymore.

65 isn't 65 isn't 65. Some 65 year olds are worn out and should be done...but we should beg many other high-performing 65-yr-old to work longer if they're willing.

My point isn't that fresh blood wouldn't be good (I support term limits and better ways to get aging members of congress to retire). My point is that America no longer seems to put a value on experience: we only seem to want partisan firebrands. Experience is very valuable in terms of actually accomplishing things, however.

What year did Loving v Virginia occur? Because I think just maybe you can extend segregation to that as well.

Revelation34 posted...

65 would be better.

No, 60 is fine. If politicians start being useful again, then maybe we talk about raising the age.

mharbenedict34 posted...

If it wasnt for me Bernie Sanders would be president.

so far everyone I vote for in the general became potus
obama
trump
biden

i am American royalty. Your votes dont matter

What are the next Powerball numbers? Come on, man, we can split it.

He is and I think there should be an age limit. We have politicians in DC who have been there since the Nixon presidency.

That needs to stop because that just keeps these old geezers in office playing the usual games that they play.

Need younger people with fresh new ideas in DC. Biden has been in DC politics since the early 1970s when some of our parents were young people.

DarkMinun posted...

An age limit of 60 for holding public office would certainly have some advantages.

Nobody under 60 would certainly be a good idea. And nobody under 40 should vote.

wpot posted...

I dunno: I actually think he's quietly doing as much as it's possible to do in the current environment. He's not, of course, a great and inspiring speaker/leader of people...and that's a very important part of the job. But if I have to choose between functional and boring vs inspiring and ineffective (or Trump, shudder) I choose boring.

Functional? LOL! His presidency has been lousy, but he benefits from getting good PR despite the fact he constantly trips over his own tongue.

He flatout lied about the vaccine rollout, ultimately doing the same thing Trump pledged and leaving it to the states. His approach toward Russia emboldened them to invade for the first time since 2014 when, unsurprisingly, he was VP.

faramir77 posted...

Ideal age for a leading politician is 45-50. Out of principle I'd have a hard time voting for someone over 65. They shouldn't even be working anymore.

The ideal age for a leading politician is 55-65. They need to build up a mix of political and life experience for the role. Ideally, a leader should've served 20+ years in an executive role.

Typically, if you actually want to get things done in government, you need tenure and relationships. Otherwise it's just fractious partisanship and gridlock -- or, even worse -- an endless pendulum swing where things only happen when one party has a super-majority and then things shift when other party has their super-majority.

wpot posted...

If we're talking school segregation that ended in 1954. The average age of a congressperson is 59, the last I saw. You have a point, but your numbers don't add up.

Helly and the facts are rarely on speaking terms.

Count_Drachma posted...

me and the facts are rarely on speaking terms.

fixed that for you there bub

Count_Drachma posted...

His approach toward Russia emboldened them to invade for the first time since 2014 when, unsurprisingly, he was VP.

his approach?

his approach was to not leave nato like putin wanted

Count_Drachma posted...

despite the fact he constantly trips over his own tongue.

https://i.imgur.com/ezjuuic.png

yeah this was so much better huh

Count_Drachma posted...

His approach toward Russia emboldened them to invade for the first time since 2014 when, unsurprisingly, he was VP.

Biden can certainly be criticized in areas, but this isn't one of them. Putin didn't invade his neighbors TOO flagrantly when he had a useful bootlicker as US President as Trump (probably?) would have stopped trying to dismantle NATO given the European outcry. But when the US President was (rightfully) calling out his crap then he had less to lose.

BUMPED2002 posted...

Need younger people with fresh new ideas in DC.

Very easy to say, and true in some ways. But the people that you are probably talking about likely don't know how to execute those ideas (and the ideas are likely more flawed than they realize). What we truly need is a clear reason to exist as a nation...and nobody has a non-awful answer to that one. Until we know what said reason is more and more people will just act purely in their own self interest and decline will continue.

Count_Drachma posted...

His approach toward Russia emboldened them to invade for the first time since 2014 when, unsurprisingly, he was VP.

Delusional.

ARealHero101 posted...

Best president was Clinton and he was young

Clinton was a terrible president, stop making excuses. Just because he was likable doesn't mean he didn't suck.

But yes, Biden is too old. We have an age minimum, should have an age maximum and keep idiotic geriatrics like Biden and Trump out of the White House.

also, all the maga idiots are now rooting for russia

trump is rooting for russia

republican congresspeople are rooting for russia

zeus is defending russia

weird that the right is siding with russia, while the left is against russia. but no, certainly it's bidens fault.

he's the ultra mastermind, dontcha know

50 is too old for a world leader

Get rid of these dinosaurs in Congress, too...

Pelosi, Schumer, McConnell, Feinstein, etc...

Over a third of senators are 70 and above!