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Post by Value Buy on Dec 5, 2017 11:02:47 GMT -5
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Post by Tennesseer on Dec 5, 2017 11:06:21 GMT -5
When will trump resign? When will Moore quit the race?
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Post by swamp on Dec 5, 2017 11:06:27 GMT -5
He's 88 years old and has served for over 50 years. He needs to go.
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Post by Value Buy on Dec 5, 2017 11:07:47 GMT -5
He's 88 years old and has served for over 50 years. He needs to go. Age discrimination! Age discrimination! (but you are correct) |
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Dec 5, 2017 11:09:53 GMT -5
Electing the same guy for 50 years is definitely not what I would call "draining the swamp".
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Post by swamp on Dec 5, 2017 11:12:19 GMT -5
He's 88 years old and has served for over 50 years. He needs to go. Age discrimination! Age discrimination! (but you are correct) He's 88, not 68. Most 88 year olds have no business doing what he's doing. There comes a time when you just can't do it anymore. And I think both Trump and Hillary were getting there. |
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Post by swamp on Dec 5, 2017 11:13:32 GMT -5
Electing the same guy for 50 years is definitely not what I would call "draining the swamp". The "swamp" is other people's representatives. Just like pork barrel spending involves other people's districts. I'm special, you're a drain on society. Fuck you, I've got mine. |
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Post by Value Buy on Dec 5, 2017 11:13:40 GMT -5
Age discrimination! Age discrimination! (but you are correct) Unlike Orin Hatch who, according to our President, needs to serve "forever". Okay, he should retire too! As I get older, I am thinking senior citizens after a certain age should not vote, as they let their heart vote on what the mind no longer factors the political factors correctly, and also just vote their pocket book rather than real issues that affect everyone. I do not have an actual cut off number, but think 75 should be a start. I know it will never happen, but still think it should. I also think 18 is too young to vote, probably 20 years old would be better. |
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Post by Tennesseer on Dec 5, 2017 11:19:54 GMT -5
Age discrimination! Age discrimination! (but you are correct) Unlike Orin Hatch who, according to our President, needs to serve "forever". trump is deathly afraid of Romney (he-he-he) and he should be. |
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Post by Value Buy on Dec 5, 2017 11:22:32 GMT -5
Unlike Orin Hatch who, according to our President, needs to serve "forever". Trump is deathly afraid of Romney (he-he-he) and he should be. Oh, if only Romney had won the election five years ago, we would not be in this mess.  |
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Post by Tennesseer on Dec 5, 2017 11:28:08 GMT -5
Trump is deathly afraid of Romney (he-he-he) and he should be. Oh, if only Romney had won the election five years ago, we would not be in this mess. Or run for a third time in 2016. |
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Post by kadee79 on Dec 5, 2017 22:40:18 GMT -5
Unlike Orin Hatch who, according to our President, needs to serve "forever". Okay, he should retire too! As I get older, I am thinking senior citizens after a certain age should not vote, as they let their heart vote on what the mind no longer factors the political factors correctly, and also just vote their pocket book rather than real issues that affect everyone. I do not have an actual cut off number, but think 75 should be a start. I know it will never happen, but still think it should. I also think 18 is too young to vote, probably 20 years old would be better. VB, have you hit age 70 yet? If not, let me know how you feel about an age 75 cut off for voting...until then, keep dreaming. There are many, many older citizens who may not be physically fit any longer but still have excellent minds...into their 80's & 90's & a few even make it to 100 without losing much brain capacity. |
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Post by dondub on Dec 5, 2017 23:44:52 GMT -5
VB is obviously too old to vote now!  |
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Post by happyhoix on Dec 6, 2017 8:12:59 GMT -5
Unlike Orin Hatch who, according to our President, needs to serve "forever". Okay, he should retire too! As I get older, I am thinking senior citizens after a certain age should not vote, as they let their heart vote on what the mind no longer factors the political factors correctly, and also just vote their pocket book rather than real issues that affect everyone. I do not have an actual cut off number, but think 75 should be a start. I know it will never happen, but still think it should. I also think 18 is too young to vote, probably 20 years old would be better. Conyers apparently showed up to work a few times wearing pajama bottoms, so yes, it was time for him to retire.
As for voters - shouldn't be based on age. If we were going to start screening, we would want a basic competence test - what is the year? Who is president? - to weed out people who are no longer mentally capable of understanding current events well enough to cast an educated vote do to things like dementia, which can strike people as young as in their sixties.
However, that starts getting into voter disenfranchisement, and that's a huge can of worms.
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Post by Phoenix84 on Dec 6, 2017 8:38:04 GMT -5
I think 50's and 60's are prime years for politicians.
But I agree, there comes a point where you're just too old. Donald and Hillary are both older than I'd like for a president. 88 is definitely too old.
Bernie Sanders might run again in 2020, then we could possibly have a really old president. |
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Post by grits on Dec 6, 2017 9:25:13 GMT -5
Conyers age is not the issue. He was put under tremendous pressure by party leadership to step down. The charges of sexual harassment made him a liability. When all the screaming about Moore began, it put all of the creeps in the government in danger.
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Post by swamp on Dec 6, 2017 10:29:40 GMT -5
Okay, he should retire too! As I get older, I am thinking senior citizens after a certain age should not vote, as they let their heart vote on what the mind no longer factors the political factors correctly, and also just vote their pocket book rather than real issues that affect everyone. I do not have an actual cut off number, but think 75 should be a start. I know it will never happen, but still think it should. I also think 18 is too young to vote, probably 20 years old would be better. Conyers apparently showed up to work a few times wearing pajama bottoms, so yes, it was time for him to retire.
As for voters - shouldn't be based on age. If we were going to start screening, we would want a basic competence test - what is the year? Who is president? - to weed out people who are no longer mentally capable of understanding current events well enough to cast an educated vote do to things like dementia, which can strike people as young as in their sixties.
However, that starts getting into voter disenfranchisement, and that's a huge can of worms.
I'd totally do that if i could get away with it. |
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Post by Miss Tequila on Dec 6, 2017 10:41:21 GMT -5
He's 88 years old and has served for over 50 years. He needs to go. I don't disagree with you. But I look at our Supreme Court and see the same thing (age, not years served). It is a crime that there is no forced retirement age. |
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Post by swamp on Dec 6, 2017 10:46:00 GMT -5
He's 88 years old and has served for over 50 years. He needs to go. I don't disagree with you. But I look at our Supreme Court and see the same thing (age, not years served). It is a crime that there is no forced retirement age. In NY, judges have to retire at 70. They can continue to be "per diem" traveling hearing officers after that after they have gone through a full battery of tests to confirm competence. Interesting there is no Federal parallel. |
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Post by mmhmm on Dec 6, 2017 10:52:44 GMT -5
Unlike Orin Hatch who, according to our President, needs to serve "forever". Okay, he should retire too! As I get older, I am thinking senior citizens after a certain age should not vote, as they let their heart vote on what the mind no longer factors the political factors correctly, and also just vote their pocket book rather than real issues that affect everyone. I do not have an actual cut off number, but think 75 should be a start. I know it will never happen, but still think it should. I also think 18 is too young to vote, probably 20 years old would be better. Skuze me? I'll be 76 in February and I'm pretty sure I'm just as mentally qualified to vote as you are! If you want to go after those at the younger end of the spectrum, the brain isn't fully mature until one is about 25, or 26. Maybe we should set the limit at 25 ... or, maybe we should just leave it the way it is. |
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Post by Value Buy on Dec 7, 2017 9:33:17 GMT -5
Okay, he should retire too! As I get older, I am thinking senior citizens after a certain age should not vote, as they let their heart vote on what the mind no longer factors the political factors correctly, and also just vote their pocket book rather than real issues that affect everyone. I do not have an actual cut off number, but think 75 should be a start. I know it will never happen, but still think it should. I also think 18 is too young to vote, probably 20 years old would be better. VB, have you hit age 70 yet? If not, let me know how you feel about an age 75 cut off for voting...until then, keep dreaming. There are many, many older citizens who may not be physically fit any longer but still have excellent minds...into their 80's & 90's & a few even make it to 100 without losing much brain capacity. One more year to go. The 75 year thing is just a starting point for a serious discussion. It could be 85, but probably should be 80. You should be happy with an earlier cut off, because as we grow older, many vote Republican in ever larger numbers  |
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Post by Value Buy on Dec 7, 2017 9:35:26 GMT -5
Okay, he should retire too! As I get older, I am thinking senior citizens after a certain age should not vote, as they let their heart vote on what the mind no longer factors the political factors correctly, and also just vote their pocket book rather than real issues that affect everyone. I do not have an actual cut off number, but think 75 should be a start. I know it will never happen, but still think it should. I also think 18 is too young to vote, probably 20 years old would be better. Skuze me? I'll be 76 in February and I'm pretty sure I'm just as mentally qualified to vote as you are! If you want to go after those at the younger end of the spectrum, the brain isn't fully mature until one is about 25, or 26. Maybe we should set the limit at 25 ... or, maybe we should just leave it the way it is. Settle down there! It was just a suggestion, and we know it will never happen. As far as the 18 yr age, we know it will not change because the democrats need all those under developed brains to vote democrat |
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Post by Tennesseer on Dec 7, 2017 9:39:10 GMT -5
Skuze me? I'll be 76 in February and I'm pretty sure I'm just as mentally qualified to vote as you are! If you want to go after those at the younger end of the spectrum, the brain isn't fully mature until one is about 25, or 26. Maybe we should set the limit at 25 ... or, maybe we should just leave it the way it is. Settle down there! It was just a suggestion, and we know it will never happen. As far as the 18 yr age, we know it will not change because the democrats need all those under developed brains to vote democrat And Reupblicans need the under developed brains of the young so they can sexually molest them. |
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