Mitch McConnell playing the staring game with the press (AGAIN)
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All of the "they're too damn old" politicians from the 2010s are looking really awkwardly, uncomfortably old now. Like definitely not healthy, body-is-running-out-of-resources-and-beginning-to-consume-itself old. Yet they're all either still in power or running for office again.
We really, really need to have a cap of 70 as the age of people in higher office. If they're older than that they can be advisors, but they have to step down and let the next generation take the lead. The country is in the hands of people who were educated 60 years ago, who know they aren't even going to have to live with the results of their actions, and who are clearly working from a position of mental decline. WTF?
We really, really need to have a cap of 70 as the age of people in higher office. If they're older than that they can be advisors, but they have to step down and let the next generation take the lead. The country is in the hands of people who were educated 60 years ago, who know they aren't even going to have to live with the results of their actions, and who are clearly working from a position of mental decline. WTF?
France mulls age limit on electoral candidates over 70
The French government is considering banning politicians over 70 from standing for office in a bid to inject new blood into the country’s political class – proposals that unsurprisingly have not gone…
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CBS News poll: Big majority favor maximum age limits for elected officials
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More than half of Americans support a maximum age limit for elected officials | YouGov
Among those who say there should be an age limit, 24% say it should be 60 years old, 39% say it should be 70, 23% say it should be 80, and 5% say it should be 90.
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No Other Western Democracy Allows This
Only in America does so much power rest in the hands of elderly judges.
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The Retirement Age of the Judges of the High Courts and the Supreme Court are respectively
The Retirement Age of the Judges of the High Courts and the Supreme Court are respectively - The retirement age of a High Court & Supreme Court Judge is 62 and 65 years respectively.
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Voting for Popes Is Barred to Cardinals Over 80 (Published 1970)
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I would put the cap at 80. RBG died at 87. McConnell is 81. Sanders is 81. Biden is 80. Trump is 77. Feinstein is 90 and she been gone.
What other profession is dominated by people in their 70s though? All these people only stay in politics, while everyone else bows out, because politicians are addicted to the power.
Obama should have had a different running mate for his 2nd term so he could elevate a younger leader, he didn't need the experience argument anymore. Why should a single mediocre white man like Biden have so much control over American politics for 50 years, or even 40 years? McConnell should have been gone years earlier. Pelosi was only blocking new talent by staying in place.
How about this - you can't run for reelection once you hit 75. That's my compromise.
Secure Da Bag
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When your OS is Turtle Millennium Edition.
I would put the cap at 80. RBG died at 87. McConnell is 81. Sanders is 81. Biden is 80. Trump is 77. Feinstein is 90 and she been gone.
Selfish dikkhead got Windows Me, Me, Me installed
Next up is Paul Biya of Cameroon. This 90 year old French puppet has been in power since 1982. Let that sink in.
The fool doesn't even have control of his bodily functions. Jesus Christ.
It's a worldwide pandemic
CEOs aren't dominated by people in their 70s though. That primarily only happens when someone owns their own company. Actual competitive positions, hardly anyone is looking for a 72 year old to hire.
Board members can be a mix, but that isn't a profession, they're closer to advisors than actually running things.
GnauzBookOfRhymes
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At that age it’s the advisors, funders, family members etc who are unwilling to get off the gravy train.
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Bih call me senpai
Look at yourself, old man. You’ve got multiple chins
Slim
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at the lady doing a shytty job of trying to recover for him "did you hear the question Senator?"McConnell had already repeated the question back, of course he heard it. Brain was just on Neptune.