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AmericanKulak says

I think we need firm limits, 25-75, for the House AND Senate. This is just another example.

I think 38 to 69 is a good rule of thumb, for the voters to make when choosing a candidate. While taking the exception for great ones that younger than 38, and older than 69.
But lets be honest we don't chose the candidates, the party does, we pick which outfit looks best during the primaries. But we don't get to rummage though the closet to pick the best outfit.

That's why we need to join the party, then you can make age determinations when you caucus with the party to approve candidates in your district, or any race you can affect.

Personally I believe that no party should ever be allowed to deny candidates that has met a Party affiliation timeline requirement and voting record that coincides.. The Democrats are more egregious at doing that than the Republican party. But still, the fact that you have to get a petition to get on the ballot and flex so much legal muscle and still can be denied to run on the party ticket because "The local and State party" has already decided who will be on the primary ticket.

I don't care if there are 1500 verifiable legit candidates on the Primary ballot. And the winner wins by only 3% of the vote because it was so fractured.
It's the weakest link in our election system the fact that we have zero say in who runs on the ticket for the party we have been a member of for many years.

By the way 20 and 30 somethings has way more power in Washington than you think They are running everything in Washington. Most are braindead morons who are only puppets and read and vote on what ever their Aides and Staffers prepared for them. Hardly anyone in Washington writes the legislation they introduce. Snot faced brats behind the scenes are. You want them to step into elected roles while I'm saying get them the fuck out until they can grow some hair on their ass, and has had enough life experience and wisdom to making policy decisions that affects me and my family. Not some 14 year old whinny bitch ass groveling for RoBlox money.

WookieMan says

I'm sorry if it's offensive if you're older, even 60's, but it's fact. Older people don't know what is going on.

There's nothing worse than anyone over 60 that thinks he does know what's going on. Or not knows but is trying to be apart of what is going on.
That is wiling to jump behind every whim of some pimple fart who wants to brashly act upon any hairbrained whim without giving it one single forethought to what the conclusion will be. Those 60 year old hipster dofuses were the first to yell at you to put your mask on and stand 6 feet apart. They hindered people doxing the Antifa punks chasing them down and pulling their masks off. While some patchouli sandal wearing 60 something moron that "Knows what's going on." Shouting "What are you doing!? You're causing trouble! It's their right to peacefully protest! what have you got against George Floyd!?"

There's knowing what's going on, and then there's having to life experience to see it for what it is. Nobody over 60 needs to be validated by some youngster for knowing what's going on. They been knowing for 60 fucking years. They know about 20 to 40 more years of bullshit than the ones that think they don't know Jack.

Republican party is same shit as Democrats, hospus patients running america.

Tenpoundbass says

Not some 14 year old whinny bitch ass groveling for RoBlox money.

I would move to a different place then. That's not at all like it is around me and most of IL besides Chicago. Do they play games, yes. Does my 14 year old have his work permit and is hunting down jobs, yes. Non-birthday money he's hitting $5k of cash income and looking to get a basic W-2 high school job. They have to approve that shit now I guess.

Here's the deal. I want to listen to 14 year olds. Not 80 year olds that can't type or build a basic website. 80/20 rule. I think you believe that 80% of geezers are smart. They're not. Anyone 30-55 is just rolling their eyes most of the time when talking to older people. My mom and MIL are idiots. Fact is mentally you're at your prime 25-45. Hell even 41. My one buddy with no kids has no clue about life. I don't care about nephews and nieces you see 6 times a year. They have no clue. So not just picking on old people.

Coding isn't some smarts test. I hope building a website never becomes an elected official prerequisite.

People of every age category has been dumbed down, we're all in a mental funk and decline. I blame our phones.
The internet will need to be decoupled from the phones. They need to be made less friendly for digesting media and browsing content.
And have only task on demand push information. Maps, Contacts, phones, Messaging ect. Not all of the social media nonsense, web browsers and video streaming. It would be a boom for the economy and manufacturing all over the world if that were to happen. Put those services in TVs, Stereos, stand alone appliances, and self maintenance over the internet functions. There's hundreds of industries the phone has hijacked and has done a mediocre job at doing so.

Most people say, "Well it's what the people want" no it isn't. It's intentional, when we see one product rise it is most always intentional it's at the expense of effective tried and true standard's expense. I saw a video the other day on why America doesn't allow small pickup trucks like the Mazda B2000 Ford Ranger, Chevy S10 and Nissan Hard Body. The Tacoma is a puny 4 cylinder small truck dropped in a heavy full truck frame. They are lazy and sluggish as a result. The things would scoot if the were in a small truck. We don't have Cameras and Video cameras like before iPhone and Android hijacked them. Because they decided they want all of our pictures on a device they can search remotely and you don't actually own if you clicked agree to the iPhone and Andriod EULA. And don't get me started on Gas cans, light bulbs, soap, bread and our food industry in general. Did Obama's young aides NOT write the Obama care fistfuck?

If it were up to young people we would have a palm size device that spits out paper rain coats on demand. And then no store will ever sell Parkers, Ponchos, Rain Jackets or Wind Breakers because the youngsters already solved humanities outdoor temperature regulation needs.
Of course a paper raincoat would be useless but then again so is studio produced digital audio.

Please if young people could stop coming up with dumb ideas that would be great.

Tenpoundbass says

I think 38 to 69 is a good rule of thumb, for the voters to make when choosing a candidate. While taking the exception for great ones that younger than 38, and older than 69.
But lets be honest we don't chose the candidates, the party does, we pick which outfit looks best during the primaries. But we don't get to rummage though the closet to pick the best outfit.

One idea: If they win the Party Primary by more than 65%? If so, then they can stand past ~70.

Tenpoundbass says

. Most are braindead morons who are only puppets and read and vote on what ever their Aides and Staffers prepared for them

Yep, but at the end of the day it's the elected official that votes and/or amends, etc.

I don't know. Watching them on Satan's treadmill, blackmailed, families threatened, and periodically tied to a chair and hosed, occasionally to be killed and replaced with imposter avatars, or wheeled into Congress as dessicated zombies, is kind of fun in a way. We can watch their ritualized humiliations devoid of joy or conscience. I think the actor avatars who replace some of them, like Fetterman or Nancy Actress, seem to be having more fun because they are the walk ons and can take off the masks.

They thought the devil's wages were going to be a perpetual carnival of adrenochrome, perverted sex, indulgence, incredible wealth and personal grandiosity. Instead, they are desperate old crumbles who can't retire or rest because their brand names are too valuable to the PTB, and resting means oblivion. Their fortunes are likely returned to the mother ship, too, with only a percentage commission left to their heirs.

Ceffer says

I think the actor avatars who replace some of them, like Fetterman or Nancy Actress, seem to be having more fun because they are the walk ons and can take off the masks.

Skip age for a second, at least with regards to voting. High school educated or GED required at 18 to vote. 21 otherwise. But you cannot be drafted without a basic education. Can't drink, vote or be part of a draft until 21.

Fetterman is a bad example though as he's not that old but had a stroke. Likely other issues going on there where he shouldn't have been elected anyway. Pelosi is a joke to the rest of the country, we can't vote her out. You CA folks need to get it going. She's on deaths doorstep so probably a moot point anyway in the next 4-6 years.

Fact is older is not alway wiser or intelligent. Younger is naive. I get it. But 40-55 is right in the wheelhouse where they get the young and the old. When I'm 60 I'll be calling my grandson a dip shit and he's probably smarter than me.

35-55 is peak mental acuity. Mix of knowing enough, being experienced enough, yet young enough to feel the pulse.

Many people in their 70s are out of touch, like these old Pastors who married in 1972 in Kansas talking about flowers on the first date and shit that was gone 30 years ago. Every guy knows flowers on the first date is "I'm an incel, don't fuck me, but call me a nice guy."

Tenpoundbass says

Either Thomas Sowell has someone still writing one liners that are spot on to current events. Or he still has a sharp mind, that I would vote for President. Even at the ripe age of 94 and he's still knocking it out of the park.

True, which is why I think term limits should not be about age. The problem as I see it is that 10-12 years is long enough to be in government and time to get back to the real world. I would rather see that sharp 94-year-old in a first term than a 50-year-old winning his 3rd Senate term.

They are working on making the politician pure CGI bots, anyway, so no worries about age problems. They'll be recycled versions of old stars, like the Hollywood clone allegations.

A decerebrate nation is a happy slave nation, just put out more sports and game shows.

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