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on Tuesday February 19 2019, @05:14PM
from the how-many-candidates-are-there-now? dept.
from the how-many-candidates-are-there-now? dept.
"Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT)........is launching a second run for the White House in 2020." breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/19/bernie-sanders-2020-bid
"Reaction to the news was split......with some supporting the 77-year-old and others upset with the move." foxnews.com/politics/trump-campaign-pokes-fun-at-bernie-sanders-2020-announcement-as-reaction-splits-on-candidacy
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by takyon on Tuesday February 19 2019, @05:40PM (16 children)
He's old, scandals are swirling around, and there are too many women in the race.
My prediction is that we'll get a female presidential candidate on the Dem ticket. Sanders might get to be Vice Prez, but only if the Prez candidate is not sufficiently "progressive" (Kamala Harris?).
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(Score: 2) by bzipitidoo on Tuesday February 19 2019, @07:21PM (11 children)
80 is the new old. In 1980, many thought Reagan might be too old because he was 69 going on 70 at the time. But now, Trump took office at age 70, Bernie is 77, Joe Biden is 76, Elizabeth Warren is 69, Hillary is 71, Bloomberg is 77, and this Bill Weld is 73. Kamala Harris is a youngster, only 54.
Longevity is up-- for the rich.
(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Tuesday February 19 2019, @08:14PM (10 children)
Wow, they really are old.
I would have thought you guys would have learned not to elect old people after your Mr. Reagan.
(Score: 2) by looorg on Tuesday February 19 2019, @08:28PM (8 children)
Reagan was younger then Trump and Bernie when elected. If anything Bill Clinton and Obama appear to have been age outliers. Trump and Hillary are more or less the same age - give or take a few months.
(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Tuesday February 19 2019, @09:01PM (7 children)
I know. It's weird isn't it? Why do you guys not have any people in their 40's and 50's available? Old enough to know what they're doing (hopefully) but not too old to actually works for a living.
That lot should all be retired.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Immerman on Tuesday February 19 2019, @09:33PM
Perhaps the politicians in that age bracket are just a bit too young and idealistic? Insufficiently loyal to the existing plutocracy, but too heavily invested to challenge it?
(Score: 5, Funny) by RandomFactor on Tuesday February 19 2019, @11:29PM
Trump is a lot of things. But he appears to have quite a bit of energy.
I mean jeez, he moonlights on SN.
В «Правде» нет известий, в «Известиях» нет правды
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 19 2019, @11:41PM (2 children)
Politics is only interesting to old people. Younger people haven't been interested. The 40-50 generation grew up in the 80s and 90s - they are the least interested in politics.
(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Wednesday February 20 2019, @12:20AM (1 child)
Surely your two political parties (wow, two) could come up with two candidates each under the age of 60?
Jesus, there are 320 million of you.
(Score: 3, Informative) by urza9814 on Wednesday February 20 2019, @05:09PM
There may be 320 million of us, but the majority of those don't vote.
Of the ones who do vote, one of the largest demographic groups is retirees. People over 65 have the highest election turnout of any age group. Election day isn't a national holiday or anything, so people who have to be at work all day can have trouble getting to the polls.
They're picking candidates who fit the electorate.
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 20 2019, @12:40AM
Coming to the US in the 80s, I don't remember any young person attracted to politics. "Going into politics" was joining student council to participate in a powerless group and pick litter from the streets in exchange for preferential college admissions.
On the other hand, Bernie Sanders, and a lot of his generation, confronted racism in the South, putting himself at personal risk to fight for something he believed in. They haven't been making them like they used to.
What a difference a few years makes: The current Democratic "favorite", not too much younger than Sanders, instead uses affirmative action and a claim of Indian ancestry for better access to employment.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 20 2019, @07:18AM
That age group is GenX. We're sitting on the sidelines, watching the world burn.
(Score: 3, Funny) by mhajicek on Tuesday February 19 2019, @08:57PM
I have no recollection of that.
The spacelike surfaces of time foliations can have a cusp at the surface of discontinuity. - P. Hajicek
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 19 2019, @11:51PM (3 children)
He's the most popular politician in the country, and so are his policies in general. If the Democrats fail to run on policy substance and put forth yet another authoritarian corporate shill, they are going to lose again. There are a few decent candidates besides Bernie running, but Bernie is still the best shot.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Wednesday February 20 2019, @12:26AM (2 children)
All that may be true, but...
Did Bernie Grope A Woman In 1973?
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 20 2019, @08:37AM
Original Meme, courtesy of Faux News:
Glenn Beck raped and murdered a young girl in 1990>/a>
Because, after all, he never denied it.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 20 2019, @04:33PM
+1 cynical-insightful-darkHumor