TheWiseOldFart

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart   I cannot find any way to rationalize voting for old white men who will be 81 and 78 on November 5, 2024. The reasons are many, it’s just common sense. The average American is 38.2 years of age. Our nation is only 247 years old, and we have a lot to learn, including the mistakes in our past. Nikki Haley will be 52 on election day 2024. If Republicans get their heads out of their a**es, and realize that Trump is not an American and should never be elected to any office by nominating the former Governor of South Carolina, America will have its first woman president if Democrats nominate Biden. It's no secret that in 2020 Mr. Biden’s victory must be credited to the fact that Democrats and Independents were more interested in removing Trump from the White House than supporting Joe Biden. Voter turnout frequently decides the outcome of our presidential elections. 2020 set a record, based on my previous allegation. Trump continues to deny the fact that he was pum...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart   At the ripe old age of 77, I feel lucky to have witnessed a few great leaders in America. In 1956 I watched “Ike’s” second nomination at the Republican National Convention. Although I do not consider Eisenhower a “great president,” he did have some impressive accomplishments, including the interstate highway system. He was a loyal American who loved his country. I was just beginning high school when John Fitzgerald Kennedy was elected as our 35 th president. He was murdered on November 22, 1963 when I was a senior. He was the last great leader in my lifetime. My generation was devastated when he was taken from us too soon. My senior class dedicated a bust of President Kennedy to our Senior Court when we graduated. There were other men and women who were impressive and accomplished great things, including Richard Nixon, the former Governor of Texas, Ann Richards, Senators Ted Kennedy and John McCain, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama. This is the primary prob...