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Originally Posted by Lil Dancer
If you think age isn’t a factor in the presidency, would you vote for a candidate who was 100-years old and healthy?
There is obviously more of a chance for notieceable mental and physical decline in an older person vs. a younger person. Not to say it is guaranteed to happen to McCain, but it is certainly a factor I will consider when I vote.
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I personally don't care if the person is 80 years old - or even older! Competency is the issue, not chronology. We fight age discrimination on a daily basis, yet we seem to want to impose it for the POTUS job?
The population of The Villages is a great example of the fact that older Americans are not walking shrubbery. We're smart, capable and lucky in many cases to be able to choose NOT to work full-time. Some of the smartest people I've met recently, and also competent to take on almost any job they want, reside in Zip Codes 32159 & 32162.
There is a line-of-succession for good reason, because things happen to people that is unexpected. Ironically, when Pres. Kennedy died, his successor was 9 years older. That didn't seem to upset anyone.