President Joe Biden gave a dignified, principled speech about his exit from the Presidential race last night.
However, it was sad to realize that his voice was weak, and that he seems to have far less energy and drive than one has seen in a public speech of a President in decades.
While every human being is different, it seems clear that no one in the future who is past the early 70s should be permitted to run for President.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who left office at 70 years and 3 months, at the time the oldest person to be President, made the statement that no one older than he was as he left office, should be President. That statement was ignored, but makes a lot of sense in retrospect.
Of course, there cannot be a formal age limit to run for the Presidency, as it would be perceived as “ageism”.
But after having Ronald Reagan, Donald Trump, and Joe Biden all demonstrating signs of decline in their Presidencies, and since in the case of Donald Trump, it would be wise to work to avoid anyone reaching 70 from having the advantage to run for the Presidency.
Let us not forget that Bob Dole and John McCain were also in their 70s when they ran for the Presidency, and that we still have a number of very advanced age Senators and Congressmen, and even Supreme Court Justices, but the need long term for younger leadership is essential!
He’s still recovering from Covid, so that affected his voice somewhat. When I had Covid last summer, it took a few weeks for the coughing to eventually subside.
Biden should have given this speech a year ago.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/biden-prime-time-speech-wednesday-rcna163345
I feel that Biden gave a moving speech from the Oval Office last night.
Trump could never, ever make a speech like that.