Agism on the Rise in America Thanks to the Media and the Late Night Comics

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart

I am nearly 78 years old. However, watching interviews on television, I am positive that I know more about everything than 98 percent of our nation’s people 30 years old and younger. I am also more informed than anyone aged 50 or under.

I am disgusted with television and the print media for making President Biden’s age an issue. He has accomplished more in one term than any president since Bill Clinton. He has worked harder than Reagan, George W. Bush, and Donald Trump combined to solve our most important domestic issues.

TRUMP IS OLDER THAN BIDEN PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY

On November 5, 2024, the President will be 81 years old. He will be 82 later in the month. Trump will be 78, and his 79^th birthday will be in June of 2025. They are both elderly.

However, chronological age at this point in their lives is less critical than their physical and mental health.

Judging the President by his accomplishments and his work ethic is far greater than most individuals his age.

Trump is frail, unable to stand or walk without hesitation. His speech patterns were never clear and precise, but today he continues to mumble, stumble, confuse well-known people with others, and forget both facts and lies he told his ignorant supporters many times in the past. He continues his “big lie” although more than 60 state’s courts and his own stacked Supreme Court refused to support his baseless conspiracy theory. “The definition of insanity is saying or doing the same thing over and over and producing the same, exact results.”

“Yes, Virginia, Trump should have his head examined.”

IN 2016 TRUMP WAS UNFIT FOR PUBLIC OFFICE

During the 2016 campaign it was clear that “Big Adolf” was the least qualified candidate for the presidency in American history. However, millions of ignorant voters believed the lies on FOX News, and what Vladimir Putin paid for on social media, and the most qualified candidate in history, Hillary Clinton, lost the Electoral College by a small margin: less than 80,000 votes total in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin. As Trump said time and time again, “the election was rigged:” for him.

We know much more about Trump today. He is not an American. He is a traitor who worships the worst men in history, including Adolf Hitler, Vladimir Putin, Rodrigo Duterte, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and Mohammad bin Salman.

His story is that of a lifelong criminal who should have been imprisoned 40 years ago. Before he ran for the presidency, the orange buffoon was involved in more than 4,000 civil lawsuits.

Additional women have come forward since his illegitimate election, accusing him of being a sexual predator. He held or was invited to multiple parties with Jeffrey Epstein, asking a simple question: “what were the levels of Trump’s actions as a sexual deviant?

FINALLY, ARE TRUMP AND PRESIDENT BIDEN TOO OLD TO LEAD OUR NATION?

The answer is complicated. My answer would be yes if voters were given an alternative. It would be no in this situation. Although I would be pleased if the President was 20 years younger, what he has accomplished is admirable. His plans for our nation’s future will move all 330 million people forward into the 21^st century and raise the quality of life for everyone.

The only Americans asked to make “sacrifices” are the wealthiest five percent of our nation’s people. He will require them to pay their fair share of taxes, a very small percentage of their bloated profits.

Seems fair to me: how about you?

Op-ed by James Turnage

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