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Peacetrain

(22,877 posts)
Wed Apr 20, 2016, 07:09 PM Apr 2016

Good 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???..

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Good Lord..you have to be a brick short of a full load (Original Post) Peacetrain Apr 2016 OP
This is going to sound ageist, but I am surprised all 3 of the older folks, Drumpf, Hillary Jackie Wilson Said Apr 2016 #1
As someone in my sixties herself Peacetrain Apr 2016 #2
I mean at 5 oclock I cant even process 2+2 , I am involved in mindless Jackie Wilson Said Apr 2016 #3
I hear you.. Peacetrain Apr 2016 #5
I'm 75. No effing way I would run. trof Apr 2016 #4
trof at 6 PM I want my tea and Peacetrain Apr 2016 #6
Make mine Scotch with a splash. trof Apr 2016 #8
Oh that is the truth Peacetrain Apr 2016 #13
I'm 72 and get cranky without frogmarch Apr 2016 #20
I would need a chemical stimulant gwheezie Apr 2016 #22
Some of us go through madokie Apr 2016 #7
I sort of have sympathy for all 5 of them in the sense Peacetrain Apr 2016 #10
Oh I do too madokie Apr 2016 #15
It is morel season!! Peacetrain Apr 2016 #18
I'm one of the people who shares them with our friends madokie Apr 2016 #19
The upside is... NV Whino Apr 2016 #9
they all age under that awful glare.. Peacetrain Apr 2016 #11
Indeed. NV Whino Apr 2016 #12
I was looking at pictures of President Obama last week Peacetrain Apr 2016 #17
Don't they all? surrealAmerican Apr 2016 #14
Only my hairdresser will know for sure Peacetrain Apr 2016 #16
They love what they do or they wouldn't do it... dubyadiprecession Apr 2016 #21

Jackie Wilson Said

(4,176 posts)
1. This is going to sound ageist, but I am surprised all 3 of the older folks, Drumpf, Hillary
Wed Apr 20, 2016, 07:11 PM
Apr 2016

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.

Jackie Wilson Said

(4,176 posts)
3. I mean at 5 oclock I cant even process 2+2 , I am involved in mindless
Wed Apr 20, 2016, 07:15 PM
Apr 2016

entertainment and rest, otherwise I would be fried up.

These folks go 18 hours a day...amazing.

Peacetrain

(22,877 posts)
6. trof at 6 PM I want my tea and
Wed Apr 20, 2016, 07:18 PM
Apr 2016

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)
8. Make mine Scotch with a splash.
Wed Apr 20, 2016, 07:26 PM
Apr 2016

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.

frogmarch

(12,154 posts)
20. I'm 72 and get cranky without
Wed Apr 20, 2016, 07:54 PM
Apr 2016

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.

madokie

(51,076 posts)
7. Some of us go through
Wed Apr 20, 2016, 07:23 PM
Apr 2016

life driven by our convictions. I say that would be from where Bernie comes from

Peacetrain

(22,877 posts)
10. I sort of have sympathy for all 5 of them in the sense
Wed Apr 20, 2016, 07:35 PM
Apr 2016

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)
15. Oh I do too
Wed Apr 20, 2016, 07:44 PM
Apr 2016

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)
18. It is morel season!!
Wed Apr 20, 2016, 07:48 PM
Apr 2016

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)
19. I'm one of the people who shares them with our friends
Wed Apr 20, 2016, 07:54 PM
Apr 2016

who many wouldn't know where to go looking let along get out and put up with the ticks and chiggers and occasional snake

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