It’s Not About Biden’s Age
Why do Republicans always allow Democrats to define the issues?
To my fellow Republicans, please stop talking about Biden’s age! There are plenty of people in their eighties who are sharp and competent. We should not be debating whether Biden is too old or whether the presidency should have an age limit. There are many accomplished people in the late stages of their life. Mel Brooks just became one of the most celebrated writer/directors at the age of 98, winning a Peabody Award to go with his Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony awards. Dick Van Dyke is still dancing and joking at age 98. William Shatner became a real-life astronaut at age 90 and continues to tour the country talking about it three years later. Winston Churchill was England’s Prime Minister until age 70 but remained in political office until shortly before his death at age 90. According to Deuteronomy 34:7, “Moses was 120 years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak nor his strength gone.”
Nancy Pelosi is 84. Mitch McConnell is 82. You may not like either of them, but many voters do. In fact, 52% of registered voters are aged 50 and older according to the Pew Research Center. And those voters don’t like to hear that their age makes them unfit. Which is exactly why the Democrats have turned the discussion about Joe Biden’s competency into one about his age. Yet, I hear Republicans all the time saying Joe Biden is too old. Guess what? Donald Trump is 78. The argument about age is self-defeating.
Instead, Republicans must talk about mental acuity and competency, but not age. For those people who blinded themselves to Biden’s mental disability for the past 4 years—or I would argue for the past 52 years in politics—they can no longer dismiss it since the presidential debate.
Which is why Democrats keep focusing on his age and Republicans foolishly follow their lead. Republicans: from now on, do not mention Biden’s age. If you hear a fellow Republican talking about Biden’s age, stop them. If you hear a Democrat talking about Biden’s age, correct them. The issue is not his age, it’s his mental capabilities, which are declining rapidly. He should not hold any job of importance but especially the most important job in the world. The consequences of his reelection will be devastating.
About the author
Bob Zeidman is the creator of the field of software forensics and the founder of several successful high-tech Silicon Valley firms including Zeidman Consulting and Software Analysis and Forensic Engineering. His latest venture is Good Beat Poker, a new way to play and watch poker online. He is the author of textbooks on engineering and intellectual property as well as award-winning screenplays and novels. His latest book is Election Hacks, the true story of how he challenged his own beliefs about voting machine hacking in the 2020 presidential election and made international news and (possibly) $5 million.
Bob, couldn't agree more, but as your subtitle suggests, this is only the tip of the iceberg. Establishment media interviews of conservative politicians go like this: "As a racist, sexist, greedy, intolerant, everything-phobic polluter who wakes up every day trying to think how to make everyone else's lives more miserable, how can you live with yourself?"
All those accusations from the left are merely projections of their own thoughts and actions. BUT... no one on "our side" ever has the guts to take the fight to them. Every time you defend yourself, every time you deny a horrendous accusation, the listener only remembers the association of the accusation with the target. "It must be true, otherwise those media people wouldn't accuse him of such things..."
We need to call out the establishment media and establishment education and government bureaucracy as unacknowledged agents of the Democrat party. That is their sole raison d'etre.