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Joe Biden

PatSeg

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5. Age is truly relative

Reply to WheelWalker (Original post)

Sat Jul 25, 2015, 05:18 PM

Jul 2015

People worry about the President's health, but if they'd known how ill FDR was, he would have never gotten elected FOUR times! Just imagine how different the last 70+ years would have been without Roosevelt in office.

I think it is important to look at who would be the best person overall for the job. I personally thought McCain was too old when he ran against Obama, not so much in actual years, but mentally he seemed rather erratic and confused. That could be the case with someone younger as well (GW comes to mind).

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Joe is often dismissed as a 2016 candidate due to his age. [View all] WheelWalker Jul 2015 OP

It's all relative I guess. I remember how many people said Ronald Reagan was too old PoliticAverse Jul 2015 #1

In Ronnie's case - he was too old. No Vested Interest Jul 2015 #2

Sanders, Clinton, and Biden all do seem to be fairly energetic. n/t PoliticAverse Jul 2015 #3

Agreed. nt No Vested Interest Jul 2015 #4

Age is truly relative PatSeg Jul 2015 #5

I don't see his age a problem as much as this... cannabis_flower Aug 2015 #6