Senior citizen as President? - Political Fever

Pragmatist · #1 (**permalink**) 04-11-2008, 01:09 PM

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A president's age should concern Americans

The term "cognition" refers to the interaction of mental processes that produce human thought. Under its rubric come such faculties as concentration, attention, inventiveness, intuition, memory, foresight, abstract and logical thought. All are applicable to meaningful decision-making, and many are essential when time is short and tensions high. The elderly are more sluggish at processing and retrieving information from short- and long-term memory. There is a 60 percent slowing in the rate of memory search between the ages of 20 and 50 years.
To be sure, both the health problems and the memory changes are unevenly distributed among the population. But why take a chance? Why push the odds and run for the most demanding job in the western hemisphere at an age when illness abounds, memory suffers and energy flags? This is the period when the elderly need their afternoon nap and the absent-minded become more so.

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An upper limit of 60 to 65 would recognize that the presidency is too demanding - physically, intellectually, psychologically, and emotionally - to place the burden on the shoulders of a senior citizen.

A president's age should concern Americans

Maybe this is why McCain has been making so many mistakes lately. Campaign trail may be causing him to miss his afternoon naps.

dc2ga · #2 (**permalink**) 04-11-2008, 01:22 PM

reagan was even older, took naps (according to some) and (depending on your point of view) was fine as an old president (i say old cos i am thinking he was in his 80s when he left office, but not completely sure on that)

SamInTheSouth · #3 (**permalink**) 04-11-2008, 01:27 PM

We have 80 and 90 year old senators that the Democrats don't seem to mind reelecting.

mlurp · #4 (**permalink**) 04-11-2008, 01:32 PM

Heck Cheney slept during the President speech on the State of the Unoion. If you watch C-Span you'll see a few who are present some asleep.
But thta isn't the topic. I don't want a president who is going to be wearing depends before he tries for a second term. lol
Put the man in a Veterans home, hang is medals on the wall and let him retire. The job is to demanding. So that makes his choice for the VP alll that more important.

Stay on topic Dustin.......:-)

mwillman · #5 (**permalink**) 04-11-2008, 01:33 PM

theres a big difference between a senator and the president.

and Reagan was a terrible president no matter how many republicans worship him.

Personally I think that McCain is to old and to angry to be a good president.

Michael · #6 (**permalink**) 04-11-2008, 01:35 PM

I am wary of what may be a McCain and fundamentalist Christian VP taking office as McCain may at best be a one term president, and at worse have serious health problems or die in office, thereby bringing a fundamentalist Christian into a position to enforce his religious agenda on the entire nation. That same guy in the 2012 elections would almost automatically have the GOP nomination to run as their candidate.

mwillman · #7 (**permalink**) 04-11-2008, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Michael

I am wary of what may be a McCain and fundamentalist Christian VP taking office as McCain may at best be a one term president, and at worse have serious health problems or die in office, thereby bringing a fundamentalist Christian into a position to enforce his religious agenda on the entire nation. That same guy in the 2012 elections would almost automatically have the GOP nomination to run as their candidate.

Yea that really scares me. Talk about a constitutional disaster a fundamentalist Christian president would be a huge disaster for this country.

Birdzeye · #8 (**permalink**) 04-11-2008, 01:41 PM

What's going to keep me from voting for McCain is not his age but his apparent commitment to keeping the war in Iraq going for God knows how long.

Bourne · #9 (**permalink**) 04-11-2008, 01:41 PM

McCain was examined in early March and was found to be physically and mentally fit. Presuming that he is senile due to his age is simply unfounded supposition and demonstrates nothing more than blatant age discrimination.

Michael · #10 (**permalink**) 04-11-2008, 01:46 PM

Look at photos of Bush going into his first term in office and now. Look at Abe Lincoln. Presidents age fast because it is an extremely stressful role.

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