Honestly, clearly age is just a number. Jimmy Carter should have run for a second term… 99, 81 what’s the difference really? As long as they surround themselves with the right people.
Because no single advisor can ever be well-rounded enough. Part of being a leader, and maybe the biggest part, is identifying people you should listen to, amalgamating all the input, adding your own take and moving forward.
I think that since you have to be 35 to run. We should have a max age…
~70 or with in 20 years of the average age of vote eligible adults, which ever is lower.
OK, but what’s the cut off? What if we say it’s 70. But someone would turn 70 on the last year that they are president. And let’s say it’s the second term for example. So then what? they’re completely not allowed to run Because the last month that they are 69 years old, they would turn 70 and his term would be slightly longer than that. Or the reverse, someone is running at 34 but would turn 35 Just prior to becoming president, assuming he would win. Also, some people at age 70 are doing fantastic, and some have a lot of health problems. Some with those health problems are still mentally sharp, and some without health problems can be mental declined due to say dementia. So I think that is a little more complicated than just setting arbitrary limits. Last comment, our life spans are getting longer and longer… So then what? If it eventually needs to be extended, that also would become a huge debate.
Honestly, clearly age is just a number. Jimmy Carter should have run for a second term… 99, 81 what’s the difference really? As long as they surround themselves with the right people.
Politics is ridiculous
IF they surround themselves with good people.
If we need to rely on them…why don’t we just vote THEM in? I don’t need a figure head, I need a leader.
Because no single advisor can ever be well-rounded enough. Part of being a leader, and maybe the biggest part, is identifying people you should listen to, amalgamating all the input, adding your own take and moving forward.
The difference the physical breakdown of the body that happens in old age. Neither the chucklefuck fascist or Biden should have been allowed to run.
I think that since you have to be 35 to run. We should have a max age… ~70 or with in 20 years of the average age of vote eligible adults, which ever is lower.
But that’s apparently crazy talk.
OK, but what’s the cut off? What if we say it’s 70. But someone would turn 70 on the last year that they are president. And let’s say it’s the second term for example. So then what? they’re completely not allowed to run Because the last month that they are 69 years old, they would turn 70 and his term would be slightly longer than that. Or the reverse, someone is running at 34 but would turn 35 Just prior to becoming president, assuming he would win. Also, some people at age 70 are doing fantastic, and some have a lot of health problems. Some with those health problems are still mentally sharp, and some without health problems can be mental declined due to say dementia. So I think that is a little more complicated than just setting arbitrary limits. Last comment, our life spans are getting longer and longer… So then what? If it eventually needs to be extended, that also would become a huge debate.
Just make it 70 or less on they day of inauguration, should they win.
Carter did run for a second term. Unfortunately, he lost to Reagan.