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Senior Writer @NRO. Reaganite, Catholic, Mets fan, ex-lawyer. Opinions 100% my own, but you can share them. Not the Cardinals broadcaster.

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    1. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 13 Sep 2019

      Dan McLaughlin Retweeted Joseph Britt

      Democrats have not elected a new president over age 56 since James Buchanan.https://twitter.com/Zathras3/status/1172291834577473536 …

      Dan McLaughlin added,

      Joseph Britt @Zathras3
      3. Second -- and again, excluding incumbent Presidents -- a Democratic Presidential candidate has beaten a younger Republican twice: once in 1912 (Wilson, slightly older than both Theodore Roosevelt and Taft) and 1856 (Buchanan).
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    2. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 13 Sep 2019

      Time to update my chart:pic.twitter.com/QzEhTgCJ1E

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    3. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 13 Sep 2019

      Dan McLaughlin Retweeted Joseph Britt

      OTOH, this part of that thread is very at odds with Reagan's behavior during the tense, grueling marathon summits with Gorbachev. Reagan was no longer the Reagan of 10 years earlier, but he was up to high stakes when needed.https://twitter.com/Zathras3/status/1172291842064318467 …

      Dan McLaughlin added,

      Joseph Britt @Zathras3
      10. Reagan defused concerns about his age during the 1984 campaign about as deftly as anyone ever has or ever will. But the concerns were well founded. Had the mid-'80s been a less benign period, the country and the world could have been in real trouble.
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      Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 13 Sep 2019

      Reagan's overall record illustrates that older presidents can do the job, but also why we should be skeptical about them. He was unusually fit & active for his age, had a wealth of experience. He also had serious health problems in office.pic.twitter.com/8xjcP13uHM

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        2. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 13 Sep 2019

          You could say much the same about a number of older presidents who were effective but plagued by ill health, from Andrew Jackson to Dwight Eisenhower. Ike almost died in office.

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        3. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 13 Sep 2019

          Dan McLaughlin Retweeted ParsingAmerica

          Yeah, one reason the age/health thing didn't fly against Reagan in 1984 was that he had survived a bullet inches from his heart & kept going.https://twitter.com/NoChromeHD/status/1172525654887272449 …

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          ParsingAmerica @NoChromeHD
          Getting shot in the chest can cause health issues down the road I suspect. https://twitter.com/baseballcrank/status/1172524829884452867 …
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        4. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 13 Sep 2019

          Dan McLaughlin Retweeted

          We do not need a continuously active president. We do need a president who is capable of great bouts of activity at moments when leadership is most needed. https://twitter.com/SteveAustinWI/status/1172525972198809600 …

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        5. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 13 Sep 2019

          Age shouldn't be an absolute bar. But voters should, in my view - and I've said this for years, about Trump, McCain, Dole, etc. - hold older candidates (esp over 70, now guys who'd pass 80 in office) to a higher standard to prove they're physically & mentally up to the job.

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        1. Justin‏ @KeystoneObsrvr 13 Sep 2019
          Replying to @baseballcrank

          God that badass grandpa in a knit cap and safety glasses m pose should have been done in oils and hung in the Smithsonian.

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        1. Robert Bell‏ @TennLion 13 Sep 2019
          Replying to @baseballcrank

          That tends to happen when someone shoots you.

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