My simple belief about the first debate with Bloomberg is that it will be a chance for people who had little notion of it previously to see that the guy is 78 years old
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There's some good reasons neither party ran such geriatric candidates in the past, let alone had three of them in the pack of finalists. Reagan and Dole, for whom age was a major issue, were both 73 during their final run. Reagan left office in an advanced state of senility at 77
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If Bernie were ten years younger, the attacks on gerontocracy would be unrelenting. Unfortunately the Movement is saddled with an equally ancient champion, talk of age is off-limits, and we move closer to putting a nominee well past his elect-by date at the head of the ticket
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Having a president die of old age in office would be a humiliation for our democracy. Washington declined to seek a third term (at age 64) to avoid precisely this outcome.
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Americans are rightfully ashamed of how they treat the elderly, and so it's considered to be in bad taste to talk about the effects of age. But ask someone in their eighties, when you visit them in the home you put them in, if they think an octogenerian president is a good idea
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