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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGood Lord..you have to be a brick short of a full load
to run for President.. in either party.. At what point in the middle of the night do those 5 candidates wake up and say to themselves.. what the heck did I get myself in to???..
Jackie Wilson Said
(4,176 posts)and Bernie have done what they have done.
I think it would damn near kill a normal person at that age to go through that.
Peacetrain
(22,877 posts)No way in the world I could do that.. I do admire there endurance..
Jackie Wilson Said
(4,176 posts)entertainment and rest, otherwise I would be fried up.
These folks go 18 hours a day...amazing.
Peacetrain
(22,877 posts)That is about where I am at..
trof
(54,256 posts)The youngsters are too smart for this old dumb game.
Peacetrain
(22,877 posts)a few minutes of quiet in front of the tv.. I can't even stay in DU longer than 15 minutes usually.. I do not know how they do it.. or why they do it.. what must have seen like a great idea at one point in time.. has to seem like a nightmare to them..
trof
(54,256 posts)But, yeah.
Somebody said (maybe it was me?) the mere fact that you WANT to run for president of the United States should disqualify you.
Psychotic disorder.
Peacetrain
(22,877 posts)frogmarch
(12,154 posts)my mid-morning and early afternoon naps.
But running for president sounds fun, and I'm going to do it someday if I can still have my naps.
gwheezie
(3,580 posts)I think we need to drug test them.
madokie
(51,076 posts)life driven by our convictions. I say that would be from where Bernie comes from
Peacetrain
(22,877 posts)I can't imagine having to do all those interviews and debates and town halls over and over and over again.. mind boggling..
madokie
(51,076 posts)At my age, 68, I'm in no shape to carry on like they have. They all have my utmost respect
These last 3 and a half weeks has seen me getting up early and heading off to the woods looking for Morel Mushrooms. If not for my golf cart I'd never been able to even do that. BTW, I live from one morel season to the next I have 11 months to go before I start this all over again.
Peacetrain
(22,877 posts)Luckily we have friends who share with us.. but I bet all five of them at three in the morning would give anything to just be able to get out and take a walk by themselves..
madokie
(51,076 posts)who many wouldn't know where to go looking let along get out and put up with the ticks and chiggers and occasional snake
NV Whino
(20,886 posts)Bernie already has white hair.
Peacetrain
(22,877 posts)of media
NV Whino
(20,886 posts)It's astounding, and frightening, how much that office ages people.
Peacetrain
(22,877 posts)and it amazes me how much he has aged..
surrealAmerican
(11,362 posts)Dye doesn't count.