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Shit, I think most people would need prescription strength stimulants to do that job, especially in their 80s.
I'm still surprised people in the US actually vote only for people so old they can't reasonably do the job properly. I mean what's up with that?
I guess the cynic in me thinks only people that old have a lifetime of being beholden to the powers behind the curtain to have their trust to receive big campaign funding. But that doesn't explain Trump. He was never really 'favoured' by the establishment as far as I gather. Not that I think he was a good president of course, don't get me wrong!
"I'm still surprised people in the US actually vote only for people so old they can't reasonably do the job properly. I mean what's up with that?"
When it always comes down to 2 choices, it ends up being not much of a choice. 😐