you have taken care of yourself.I would be more comfortable with a younger president.

Shhhh.

The poster is clearly suporting a younger candidate. The other of whom will be in his 80s before his first term is up.


I on the other hand am not using age as a qualification here.

I have been hoping a younger candidate would emerge with plans and ideas and economic expertise Warren has, but it hasn't happened yet.
I do have concerns about her age, but if I were going to vote today it would be her.
Anything that compromises our physical and cognitive wellness can happen to any of us, odds of that happening increase with age. Exceptions don't disprove the rule. I think it's a relevant factor.

Saying she is over 70 is kind of misleading.

None of our candidates is the physical (and mental) wreck that Trump is and has been for at least a decade.

I ignore.

...said Joe Biden's brain surgeon. Damn that made me laugh out loud.

But I've noticed here they get put-down in an attempt to shut them up by labeling them as "ageist".
Sounds a lot like how those who are perceived as not being sufficiently liberal enough get smeared as being "DINOs" or "Republican Lite".

An explanation such as in the OP is preferable to name calling and reading supporters get bent out of shape and defensive about any question concerning their candidate's age.

Also, there is such a thing as early dementia you know.

But Biden supporters are so hyper sensitive and defensive about is age that they want to brand you as ageist even if you bring it up.
But it's disingenuous to claim that old age makes no difference because anybody over 65 who is honest about it would tell you it does, that it can. And just because someone raises age as a legitimate concern does not mean they are smearing Biden who evidently has a thicker skin about the issue than do his supporters.

only. Anecdotal evidence is not evidence and should not be used to determine a person's mental capacity.

If however, there is no objective evidence, it's (at best) merely a bumper sticker or (at worst) simply another volley of nothing-burgers thrown at the wall in hope one sticks.

Link to tweet

Put down the reading lasses. Not a truthful thing for a neurologist to say.

And, ahem, a gaffe, or at least a typo. Please don't worry about what it says about your age.

But that was a remarkably funny one.

And speaking of photos, did you notice that the new Biden ad uses that Oval Office photo you found last month?

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1287&pid=246449

by searching Oval Office and sunshine ... and up came Barack and Joe, from the Obama library. I had not seen it before. It's now a favorite ... excellent.

You don't like Biden so you don't want t believe it...I had an 80 + year old lawyer during a malpractice suit years ago...he was sharp as a tack. Biden is fit and seems fine to me...but then I like him. Warren is not much younger so people could say the same about her...I wouldn't of course.

majority of senior adults do NOT go on to dementia and other cognitive disorders. We will look back someday and realize that our older adult candidates helped to break ageist stereotypes.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-potential-of-the-aging-mind_b_7989946

I’m pretty sure Biden and Warren could run a couple miles without much difficulty, if any at all. Bernie and Donnie not so much.