You can't be president until you are 35. Is it time to have an upper limit on age?

[sparky]

What age does a person become a geezer?

I really can't say, other than it appears you're in good company Rob.........~S~

 

[whitehall]

It's not just about age, it's about the media that always has been on the side of the democrat party for the last hundred years. The Media knew that Woodrow Wilson had a debilitating stroke but kept it a secret from the American public. The media knew that FDR was a dying man who would not live to complete his 4th term but they kept it a secret so that democrats could hand pick his successor, Harry Truman.

 

[Godboy]

If the people are willing to elect someone who is 90 years old to office, why shouldn't they?

The person elected should be required to do the job. There is a reason the 25th Amendment exists.

 

[White 6]

Trump won the debate. I rest my case.

You are just now catching up with trump winning the debate? I guess you should have read my post 10 or 15 minutes after the debate ended. You could have caught up with the rest of us. What was your case, that finally clarified, the debate, since you rested it?

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

An age cap for government service should be instituted across the board.

 

[Blaster]

Why is anyone surprised about Biden's performance?

 

[LordBrownTrout]

A person 35 years old in 1776 is different than someone 35 today. The founders probably never dreamed someone in their early thirties would still be living with mom and dad.

 

[22lcidw]

A person 35 years old in 1776 is different than someone 35 today. The founders probably never dreamed someone in their early thirties would still be living with mom and dad.

Put it in other ways it may affect marriage longevity.

 

[j-mac]

I say 65…if it good for the masses, then it’s good for the pols.

 

[Rawley]

Why is anyone surprised about Biden's performance?

Their party and their media has been gaslighting them about Biden's dementia

 

[candycorn]

Here I am almost 86 and quite lucid and intelligent.

Is it time to have an upper limit for presidents as to age?
I want to hear from serious posters.

Your post reminds me of a scene from All in the Family where Archie takes his grandchild to church to have him baptized. While there he encounters a priest and asks him, “Can we have a talk, christian to christian?” The priest answers, “I can”. A serious poster (like me) and you have nothing in common.

But to answer your question, yes. It’s time to have an upper age limit in all federally elected and appointed positions. The way it should work is that you can’t run for re-election past the age of 75. Meaning that if you win a term for Senator when you’re 74, you can serve until you’re 80. But you can’t run for re-election.

For non-elected officials, 75 is it. You have 90 days to vacate your office at the age of 75.

 

[Robert W]

Your post reminds me of a scene from All in the Family where Archie takes his grandchild to church to have him baptized. While there he encounters a priest and asks him, “Can we have a talk, christian to christian?” The priest answers, “I can”. A serious poster (like me) and you have nothing in common.

But to answer your question, yes. It’s time to have an upper age limit in all federally elected and appointed positions. The way it should work is that you can’t run for re-election past the age of 75. Meaning that if you win a term for Senator when you’re 74, you can serve until you’re 80. But you can’t run for re-election.

For non-elected officials, 75 is it. You have 90 days to vacate your office at the age of 75.

Essentially you did answer the question so why did it cause you to mock the questioner? Frankly the age issue has been talked about in our past. This does not remind me of TV at all. Today we have two who you tell us are unwise for us to have as president. If we do this, it might ban far more than this. It would mean the constitution was changed if this was to happen. What if actors were also influenced this same way?

 

[Robert W]

Their party and their media has been gaslighting them about Biden's dementia

Scripps News today shows Biden being supported by them and Trump excluded by them. They brought out people to talk who clearly were one sided in support and do not show Trump supporters in their question as to should Biden drop out. In short it was an advertisement to keep Biden.

 

[Kondor3]

Here I am almost 86 and quite lucid and intelligent. But I bring up Presidents age.
Presidents are banned from being president until they are 35. Why this age? I believe the founders believed at 35 you can take on hard tasks. Presidents do not become presidents by accident. They live with goals and plans all over the place they intend to try. Failed candidates got there by having clear plans. They failed but not because they lacked goals and plans.

How about dealing with advanced age? I know that waking up daily is wonderful. I would be stupid not to think of dying. I don't focus on this. But it is a fact of how humans end up at the end. They die.

Think of presidents who have died in office. To replace say FDR with Truman meant Truman was not up to speed on what FDR was. They put less trust in VPs than commonly believed.

Is it time to have an upper limit for presidents as to age?
I want to hear from serious posters.

Yes.

A top-end Age Limit is appropriate.

The Founding Fathers did not anticipate this need.

That's why they made good provision for amending the Constitution over time, to accommodate such needs.

I am guessing that such an Amendment, as a stand-alone focus, would be ratified fairly quickly.

 

[debbiedowner]

Here I am almost 86 and quite lucid and intelligent. But I bring up Presidents age.
Presidents are banned from being president until they are 35. Why this age? I believe the founders believed at 35 you can take on hard tasks. Presidents do not become presidents by accident. They live with goals and plans all over the place they intend to try. Failed candidates got there by having clear plans. They failed but not because they lacked goals and plans.

How about dealing with advanced age? I know that waking up daily is wonderful. I would be stupid not to think of dying. I don't focus on this. But it is a fact of how humans end up at the end. They die.

Think of presidents who have died in office. To replace say FDR with Truman meant Truman was not up to speed on what FDR was. They put less trust in VPs than commonly believed.

Is it time to have an upper limit for presidents as to age?
I want to hear from serious posters.

It's always been time to change the upper age limit.

 

[Robert W]

It's always been time to change the upper age limit.

Higher or lower?

 

[debbiedowner]

Higher or lower?

Higher and should be set at 75 if the individual is physically and mentally stable.

 

[ThisIsMe]

Here I am almost 86 and quite lucid and intelligent. But I bring up Presidents age.
Presidents are banned from being president until they are 35. Why this age? I believe the founders believed at 35 you can take on hard tasks. Presidents do not become presidents by accident. They live with goals and plans all over the place they intend to try. Failed candidates got there by having clear plans. They failed but not because they lacked goals and plans.

How about dealing with advanced age? I know that waking up daily is wonderful. I would be stupid not to think of dying. I don't focus on this. But it is a fact of how humans end up at the end. They die.

Think of presidents who have died in office. To replace say FDR with Truman meant Truman was not up to speed on what FDR was. They put less trust in VPs than commonly believed.

Is it time to have an upper limit for presidents as to age?
I want to hear from serious posters.

Not without a constitutional amendment. With that provision, I certainly agree they should look at it.

 

[Robert W]

An age cap for government service should be instituted across the board.

What would that cap be then?

 

[Robert W]

Not without a constitutional amendment. With that provision, I certainly agree they should look at it.

What should they see? Can you pick an age?