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Sanders is too old. God love him, but it would not inspire confidence. If we’re going for a prominent progressive on the ticket, we’d have to go AOC.

More likely though, Harris will pick someone who is an old white moderate male, though, unfortunately.

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There’s a difference between old and senile and ordinary old. Bernie is just old

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Yeah but the uncommitted voter is a moron.

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When you’re in your 80s, decline can come about VERY quickly and without warning. It, unfortunately, is much more of a concern than it was in 2016.

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Aren’t Trump and Sanders the same age? Though, I agree, I feel that Bernie’s ship has sailed, sadly.

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Trump is 78, Sanders is 82. Realistically speaking, Trump is also at that age when decline can come very quickly, but:

  1. His cult doesn’t care

AND

  1. Considering Trump’s ‘normal’ behavior, how would you even tell
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Trump is also at that age when decline can come very quickly

The decline has already come. I’ve seen some clips of Trump from 20 years ago. He was never a good person, but he used to be coherent.

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