Run, Joe, Run! Why I Don’t Worry About
Biden’s Age — and You Shouldn’t Either
Posted By: NorthernDog, 11/14/2022 2:02:50 PM
We’re now in the midst of intense generational warfare, as ambitious upstarts seek to push out their elders. It’s not the first time that’s happened. The pathbreaking feminist Betty Friedan, at age 67, once told me that she found the age mystique presented a more formidable bias than the feminine mystique. But surely, regardless of ideology or politics, few doubt that Speaker Nancy Pelosi, at age 82, is still at the top of her game, or believe that they could outfox 80-year-old Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. History is rife with instances of extraordinary individuals succeeding well into old age.
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He plucks from history examples of people who have worked well into their latter years. But he ignores the fact that Biden is operating at less than half speed and almost every weekend is spent in seclusion.