Aging and health are just a few of the many factors to weigh when we consider who we want as president, members of Congress, Supreme Court justices, local elected officials, and in jobs ranging from physician to truck driver, writes…
Sorting through the thoughtful as well as disgusting views being expressed about two of the latest topics making Washington go spin, that being whether President Biden is too old to run again and whether 89-year-old Sen. Dianne Feinstein should end her medical leave and resign, made me think of something attributed to former Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham.
People are also reading… and in jobs ranging from physician to truck driver. But they are not unimportant factors. There are plenty of examples of people in elected office who defied friends and foes alike with energy and enthusiasm that many would not expect from those of their alleged advanced ages. Winston Churchill was thought by more than a few to be a past-his-prime drunkard when he became Britain’s prime minister at 66, an age that was considered pretty old in 1940.
In the final analysis, it is voters who should look at numerous considerations before deciding if someone is too old, too young, too experienced or too wet behind the ears to assume and maintain elected office. If voters think Joe Biden is too aged for the presidency, they will register that concern. One hopes they will do so after careful thought. Feinstein’s situation may be affected by California’s voters in ways yet to be seen.
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