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53 to 62 is by no means young. It may not be elderly, but it's past middle aged.
The "ideal age" for a political leader is a bag of worms that it's difficult to get into without immediately falling into several different types of ageism.
The world lived in by a 60 year old for most of their adult life was radically different from the modern world, and has many differences from the world as experienced by the majority of Americans.
That doesn't necessarily make them a worse leader, just like more experience in life doesn't necessarily make them better, but it definitely raises concerns about disconnection from modern issues.
Well I gave their current ages. They were 20 years younger when elected.
62 isn’t spring chicken, but it isn’t Feinstein zombie old.
40ish is definitely a good age to be voted in and prove yourself talented enough to lead for another 20-30 years.
You straight up called 58 young, and said they're young and the age you want. "McCarthy is only 53. (...) He is pretty young".
I'd rather judge candidates in their abilities and policies than on their age. Regardless of their age, these politicians are unpalatable.
You totally rephrased my comment wtf.
I was talking about Paul Ryan, who has been out of office for years. 58 isn’t ancient either.
The entire comment string was about how these three were “greying” in the photo. Nobody mentioned policy or abilities to me. Don’t forget, Paul Ryan quit because he knew how the party was going to turn out. Seems like a good man to me.
Getting the name wrong was my mistake, but I'd hardly call it totally rephrasing your comment. Intent was to remove the extraneous portion in the middle.
No one said it's ancient, but it's definitely not "young". They're all close to retirement age.
I'm just curious, out of all the stuff to get yourself all pissed off about, why would you get pissed about saying "old people aren't young"?
If you're gonna care about random shit on the Internet, there's a lot more interesting things to care about.
You take the Internet too seriously.
Pretty sure you're the one who seemed weirdly angry. Hardly matters.
52 is not close to retirement age.
It is closer to retirement age than to middle age.