Aging American Leaders: What's Too Old?

75 years at most.

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It’s time for age limits for members of Congress - Roll Call

Age limits on members of Congress could attract support from both Republicans and Democrats, Nathan L. Gonzales writes.

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TERM limits.

No more than ten years, say, in office.

No Fs given, how "effective" they are. We need to give self-government back to the citizens - and pry it out of the fingers of lifetime-sinecure careerists, fat from graft.

Wants really needed, is term limits for those in the regulatory bureaucracy.

Not a hit piece. Something that should be considered for every older politician.

The Conversations Trump’s Doctors Should Be Having With Him​

An elderly president’s physicians should press him to think through hard questions about his health.

In contrast to his aging predecessor, President Trump appears robust and energetic. Yet, like Joe Biden, Donald Trump is an elderly man, and he will become the oldest sitting president in U.S. history by the end of his second term. In light of recent revelations about Biden’s declining health, as a doctor and an expert in aging, I have been thinking about the responsibilities of Trump’s doctors to him and to the American public. If the way we care for elderly people is distinct because their bodies and risks are distinct, perhaps the care of an elderly president should be, too.

Presidents are getting older—which is to be expected, given the doubling of the average human lifespan across the 20th century. As we age, the likelihood of disease goes up significantly each decade (which makes sense because human mortality is holding steady at 100 percent). An elevated risk of disease shouldn’t exclude a person from any job—even one as important as the U.S. presidency—but in elderhood, certain diseases become more prevalent, such as heart disease and cancer, the leading causes of death for adults. After age 70, a person is also at increased risk for one or more health conditions in a category unique to old age, the so-called geriatric syndromes, which include cognitive impairment, functional decline, falls, and frailty.

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Jesus. You had someone well into Alzheimer's, and the Elites at Atlantic and other propaganda outlets, were in Delay, Deny, and Dismiss mode.

You have someone obvously healthy, who happens to be up there in years...and in their scrambling to find ANOTHER reason to have him removed, they point out his age.

Shall we apply the same standard to Dumbomarxists in CONgress? Including the ones who are vegetating in wheelchairs?

Casey Jones said:

Shall we apply the same standard to Dumbomarxists in CONgress? Including the ones who are vegetating in wheelchairs?

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C'mon, the Atlantic would never support that. They'd write articles arguing that there's nothing wrong with them. Same as they did with their boy Biden. lol

^^^And when and if they are ever caught, they go right to the real nursing home, not jail. ^^^

One of those dementia patients is likely to be our next Preezy-Dint from the Jackass Party.

They had such a good time with the last Alzheimer's puppet...

The current dementia patient isn't to great either...

Fatrat said:

The current dementia patient isn't to great either...

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No laughing matter. Looks like his TOTAL...LACK of ability to judge character, has him screwed again. Him, and all of us.



Aaron Day and Prof. Dave Collum, together. I don't know anything about Day, but he seems rational. Seems he's a former hodler who now doesn't trust bitcoin...although he still believes in blockchain.

But 45 minutes in, or so, the conversation wandered to Peter Thiel and "Technocracy." He puts the pieces together on what is going on....Thiel, Musk, Vance as a tool...are there to enact a Technocratic Utopia.

Technocracy is not technology - it's rule by the (self-styled) Scientific Elites. We are to become their chattel...allowed to live when useful; made to die when not; and eat what we're allowed with these new Genius-Act "Stablecoins."

This is probably not new to most readers; but Day makes an eloquent case. AND it explains Trump's shift on things like budget-cutting-versus-Big-Buttugly-Bills, and why he's having inspirational breakfast meetings with Billy Gates, Eric Schmidt (former head of Gurgle) and their ilk.

Somebody please, kick him while he's down, end the asshole.

^^^^ with numbers like those, a bunch are gonna be leaving sooner than they think.

Joe King said:

^^^^ with numbers like those, a bunch are gonna be leaving sooner than they think.

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The replacement crowd is worse.

Look at that barmaid, with her lingerie pics as she worked a frat keg party. Amazing, with her double-digit IQ, she was put into university - obviously buying her term papers, because we can see her most-glaring ignorance is in the subject she supposedly majored in. Economics.

Witness those Somali hominids out of Minnesota. Witness all the loud (expletive)s from the Rust Belt.

No...the Grim Reaper is coming, but he ain't gonna save us. These old Marxist fossils did set up their legacy.

Casey Jones said:

The replacement crowd is worse.

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Oh, for sure!

All I know for sure about NYC, is that the vast majority of people living there are truly stupid.

Casey Jones said:

Look at that barmaid, with her lingerie pics as she worked a frat keg party. Amazing, with her double-digit IQ, she was put into university - obviously buying her term papers, because we can see her most-glaring ignorance is in the subject she supposedly majored in. Economics.

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Wow, so you really think her IQ is that high?

Double digit goes all the way to 99, and ain't no way sh's anywhere close to that. Lol

Casey Jones said:

Witness those Somali hominids out of Minnesota. Witness all the loud (expletive)s from the Rust Belt.

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Minnesota is a lost cause. We need to trade it along with the West half of Washington and Oregon to Canada in exchange for Alberta and Saskatchewan.

Casey Jones said:

No...the Grim Reaper is coming, but he ain't gonna save us. These old Marxist fossils did set up their legacy.

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Because they were blind to anything beyond their own next elections.

Seriously, we need to start testing these people...President on down.