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Biden was a decent president with terrible PR due to a fundamentally cowardly position through his entire presidency. The Dems were obviously scared to death of the MAGA Nazis, and spent 4 years trying to appease them.

Biden's biggest, and most enduring mistake was not ordering the arrest of Trump and his henchmen within minutes of his Inauguration. The entire criminal mob should have been detained in Gitmo as National Security threats, and undergone extensive interrogation regarding their nefarious dealings with Russia and others.

Sure, MAGA would have gone crazy, giving Biden the perfect excuse to put them down HARD, and then use their violence to declare them a violent terrorist hate group. In addition, any of their propagandists, from Fox News to Charlie Kirk and Hannity, would be rounded up for encouraging violence, this destroying the Conservative Propaganda Machine, and leaving the only coordinated messaging to the Democrats to justify the MAGA purge.

And don't forget, at that point we didn't know about his scheme to steal hundreds of classified documents yet. So while he was in custody, with the Biden administration saying that he was being investigated for treason, they would have discovered all those stolen documents, and EVERYONE in America would finally understand what traitors they are.

But instead, they did literally NOTHING. They ran a competent administration, which never once tried to promote their accomplishments, preferring to modestly let their successes speak for themselves, which was impossible in the wake of ferocious conservative propaganda.

Just weak, all the way around. Dems need to grow some balls. Dems play like it's middle school junior varsity softball, while MAGAs play major league football, and they are all on the same field.44

I will say that the gerontocracy is deeply frustrating, but as you say, it’s the failure to act that’s the most infuriating part.

Sanders is old as fuck, but he has his head on straighter than almost anyone else in Congress. On the flip side, Jeffries seems to be doing a great job proving to everyone that he’s got the backbone of a wet fucking noodle, in terms of backing effective policy and action that would make a real difference.

I'm pretty sure the Biden fiasco he was referring to was him trying to hold on to the presidency despite his waning health which ended up with the last minute change that cost them the election.

It's nice to see someone learning a lesson from that and coming to a good conclusion.

Biden was okay. He was not good. He did not secure our elections and he did not fix enough of what Trump destroyed. He was okay in that he didn't actively sabotage our country like Trump. He was not good.

Working beyond a reasonable retirement age indicates the candidate does not share my values on the subject of retirement.

I don't want my elected representatives representing the idea that We The People should be expected to continue to work into our 70's, 80's, 90's.

Government is serious, important business. There are plenty enough horseshit corporate jobs and needy non-profit charities to meet the perverted workophile needs of these elderly people who still feel compelled to labor.

Representatives of the people, they are not.

Just go with the minimum retirement age. Earliest age to claim retirement benefits in the US is 62. If you wanna be generous, full benefits start at 66 years and 10 months.

Two term limits for everyone in government.