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he called the president feeble, he’s not wrong

Seems like a systemic US inability to put up anything other than geriatric POTUS candidates.

300+ million citizens and apparently no credible prospect under the age of 70, let alone 60 or 50.

Speaking of which, if they imposed a limit of 70, would anyone bat an eye other than the two guys nobody wants in office?

There’s a minimum age, why not a maximum? Seems like an opportunity to handle this right now as both deeply unpopular front runners would be made ineligible.

I personally don’t mind Joe Biden, he at least comes across as genuine. But I think an opportunity to guarantee both candidates ineligible could be a win for both parties. (But of course both sides think they can win with their guy so they probably aren’t interested.)

Then we'll end up with some horribly unlikable woman on the Dem side, running against some crazy woman on the Rep side ranting about space lasers.

Americans under the age of 70 who are in politics are too crazy to get elected as POTUS (and this really says something with Trump being the bar for craziness), and non-crazy under-70 people are too smart to pursue a career in American politics.

As far as I can tell, Biden is only doing the job because he loves the country and doesn't want it going down in flames with another Trump presidency, and there's honestly no better and electable candidates available on the Dem side (which has long been a problem with Dems anyway; Obama was a big aberration here in that he actually had a lot of charisma and likability).

So yes, I agree the US seems to have a systemic inability to choose better candidates.

Biden is not really the U.S. President at the moment. He is a wooden puppet that signs and says anything that his handlers put in front of him - and that too with extreme difficulty. The U.S. presidency is currently held by a small, powerful governing cabal that consists of folks like Jacob Jeremiah Sullivan along with warmongers like Victoria Nuland. (and her husband - Robert Kagan acting behind the scenes)

This right here is why there is a divide the size of the Grand Canyon in America. Some will see it as obvious satire, some are 100% convinced this is the truth. When did we reach the point that the same text can be read as fact or satire with such strong conviction that the dress being blue and black (no, it's white and gold!) would seem like compromise?

I always thought this would make a good movie. Parody both sides so hard each thinks you are "representing their views" while the opposing side thinks it's a comedy.

they already made this movie

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hunt_(2020_film)

I'll check it out thanks!

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