John Fetterman says he'll 'never understand' progressives who refuse to support Joe Biden
businessinsider.com
The Pennsylvania Democrat recalled his time serving as a Hillary Clinton surrogate in 2016, even after he supported Bernie Sanders in the primary.
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Yes, we all want someone with little experience work the most important job in the world.
Brother, that's what the 35 cutoff is for... A lot of people start losing facultiee 65+, so it is you who ends up supporting rule by toddlers in reality.
Not to say Joe Biden would be worse than Trump by any means. Pointing out one flaw in a candidate is in no way an endorsement of their opponent.
That’s what the Vice President is for.
A lot of people, but not all people. There has been age differences in candidates before. In election terms, it doesn't matter.
I want someone in touch with the modern world, understands technology and climate change, and who will be around to feel the effects of the policies they’re enacting. Being old doesn’t rule out most of those qualifiers but a 70+ year old won’t be around to feel the effects of many policies enacted today, so they may be more willing to enact policies with short term benefits but long term detriments.
If a 70 yr old wants to work on climate change regulation and tech regulation, they need to understand at least the basics of both, and the majority of legislators cannot use technology and refuse to begin to understand how computers or the internet in general work, despite the internet existing for 30 years and being everywhere for 20. And computers have in workplaces as commonplace for 40 years
Al Gore was in his 60s when he won the Nobel for his work on environmental climate change. John Kerry, the current US Climate Envoy and the guy who got us back into the Paris Accords, is almost 80. They both know more than most on the issue.
Exceptions not the rule, the majority of baby boomers are actively working against climate change and technology
Perhaps in your imagination. We've passed the largest legislation for climate change ever, plus the CHIPS Act has brought high tech manufacturing and R&D back to the US.
That legislation is gonna accelerate climate change.
For sure...changing to a non carbon based society will accelerate climate change.,wait....
Let me know when we make that change
The bill provided the money for that change.
Problem is it provided more money for climate accelerating things. Like more road infrastructure. Hoping for EV's but americans are still trending to larger and larger gas guzzling trucks and SUVs.
Plus opening up new oil and gas extraction leases.
What you think is road infrastructure is actually stuff like the $100 million that they are going to spend on developing dependable chargers for EVs. With tax credits and manufacturers wanting to sell new product the EV market should thrive in a few years
As far as oil leases go, sometimes you have to give to get a vote. That's sausage making.
Ah sorry i was lumping in the previous infrastructure bill, i forgot there were two. It was $110 billion for road infrastructure.
Inflation Reduction Act.
And there are/were younger, more energetic, and more knowledgeable options than both of them. The dinosaurs don't have unique skills, they're just names we've known for years. We have a country of 330M, there are plenty of talented and capable people to choose from.
They don't give Nobels to your more knowledgeable people do they?
They give Nobels to people whose names are known. It wasn't a recognition of brilliance, it was a recognition of impact. Put a younger, smarter, and more vibrant leader in place and they get it instead.
Correction. They don't give Nobles to people who don't do things. But, no skin off my nose. If you have a younger, smarter, and more vibrant leader put them up for election and quit screaming at the clouds about age.