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    2 months ago

    It’s not the age itself at all, look at Bernie Sanders, still sharp and still popular. This comic seems pretty much about Diane Feinstein, and the knock isn’t exactly their age, but it is related to their age. They’re grossly out of touch with regular Americans any more and we think the age is a factor. We want fresh blood, new eyes, more forward thinking than some of these career politician dinosaurs seem capable of anymore.

    Before he passed, John McCain estimated that $5 million in assets is the line that separated the middle class from the rich…as if anyone middle class is sitting on $4 million for instance. Every year a new batch of Ivy League Valedictorians and Rhode Scholars emerge and we’re stuck with old folks running the show who happen to be severely out of touch. Hell, look at the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the youngest SCOTUS justice to vote for that was 56 and the oldest 75.