Boomers' reputation on the Internet

[David Horn]

(10-21-2019, 02:11 PM)Eric the Green Wrote:

(10-21-2019, 01:19 PM)David Horn Wrote:

(10-21-2019, 02:08 AM)Eric the Green Wrote: I'm not ready to write off Bernie just yet. People of all ages have heart attacks, and come back stronger. That is the case with Bernie. But, his chances do seem to be diminishing, at least for now.

In any other context, I would agree -- but not this one.  The stakes are the highest ever, and any factor that makes a candidate even slightly risky is probably enough to torpedo his or her chances.  That's more the case when the issue is health related.  It may not be fair, but Bernie's done, and just doesn't know it yet.

We'll see, but the problem is, as you well stated, we have no alternative to the older candidates. Warren's honeymoon is over too. The Democrats do not have a viable candidate; those in their 60s who could have been, such as McAuliffe, Landrieu and Brown, dropped out for whatever reason. So the Democrats' only hope is to get an old geezer elected to replace the Republican old geezer, to stop the bleeding for one term, or else the bleeding will continue for one term (perhaps with the congress becoming the virtual president), and then probably new candidates not running now will arise for the 2024 election that will decide the fate of America.

No!  It's this election or never.  Your prescription reads like a passage from a Silent manifesto: not too much and not too soon … please.  In short, the already aggravated many will just do an eyeroll, and elect Trump again.  Populists haven't been this successful worldwide in 100 years, and the reason is simple.  The people are fed up -- everywhere.  A nice middle-of-the-road politician inspires much more revulsion than support these days.    That's why we have a real estate hustler running the country, and the reason we need someone bold to oppose him this time.  A cycle or two in the future, that may be a bad idea.  But that's then and this is now.