When is "too old" to run for office?

[Bill the Cat]

Depends on the state of the person, but I think as long as the person is likely to have the endurance and stamina and sharpness of wit to last those years, then they're fit.

Betty White is still kicking strong at 93

[One Bad Pig]

Can you imagine if they ever figure out how to download someone into a computer? We will never get rid of them!

Last night's X Files was mostly about that.

[Mountain Man]

Last night's X Files was mostly about that.

I had no idea this show was back.

[Sparko]

I had no idea this show was back.

yep. It was on for a short while last year and now it is back. This was the second week so you can still catch up.

I am recording them for a binge so no spoilers!

[KingsGambit]

It seems like those who remain in power at a very advanced age tend to be taken advantage of. Consider in 2008, when shortly before the election, Billy Graham's website scrubbed references to Mormonism being a cult. I seriously doubt that Billy would have approved of that in his "prime" and I doubt he personally had anything to do with that.

[Starlight]

:

A House Democrat is introducing a bill called the "Stable Genius Act" that would require presidential candidates to take a mental health exam after President Donald Trump's tweet referring to himself as a "stable genius"...

The act would make it mandatory for anyone running for the highest office in the country to submit a report to the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) "certifying that he or she has undergone medical examination by the medical office under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy."

Candidates already undergo, and release the results of, physical medical examinations while on the campaign trail. Mr Trump never released his during the 2016 election save for a letter from his doctor saying he was in good health.

I'm not sure it's necessarily a good idea to give the military potential veto power over election candidates (seems like you're opening up a possible avenue of abuse of power there), but compulsory health checks do seem like that sort of thing that generally needs to happen.

[KingsGambit]

:

A House Democrat is introducing a bill called the "Stable Genius Act" that would require presidential candidates to take a mental health exam after President Donald Trump's tweet referring to himself as a "stable genius"...

The act would make it mandatory for anyone running for the highest office in the country to submit a report to the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) "certifying that he or she has undergone medical examination by the medical office under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy."

Candidates already undergo, and release the results of, physical medical examinations while on the campaign trail. Mr Trump never released his during the 2016 election save for a letter from his doctor saying he was in good health.

I'm not sure it's necessarily a good idea to give the military potential veto power over election candidates (seems like you're opening up a possible avenue of abuse of power there), but compulsory health checks do seem like that sort of thing that generally needs to happen.

The headline is misleading. "Democrats to introduce" implies it's a party-wide action whereas it appears it's one individual Congressman doing it to make a point/for publicity.

[demi-conservative]

[box]A House Democrat is introducing a bill called the "Stable Genius Act" that would require presidential candidates to take a mental health exam after President Donald Trump's tweet referring to himself as a "stable genius"...

Is that all they're going to do??? If so, big nothingburger!

[NorrinRadd]

yep. It was on for a short while last year and now it is back. This was the second week so you can still catch up.

I am recording them for a binge so no spoilers!

Right. They kind of came back last year to test the water, both in terms of viewer reception and how they all felt while doing the show.

Both went well enough to justify another season of (I think) ten episodes.

It's like seeing long-missed friends.

And I like that Fox has finally learned at least a little bit of HTH combat, so he's not such a Cyril Figgis in that department anymore.

[Cow Poke]

The headline is misleading. "Democrats to introduce" implies it's a party-wide action whereas it appears it's one individual Congressman doing it to make a point/for publicity.

Yeah, I noticed that, too, and was looking for any sign of a "movement". Just one nutter.

[Sparko]

I'm not sure it's necessarily a good idea to give the military potential veto power over election candidates (seems like you're opening up a possible avenue of abuse of power there), but compulsory health checks do seem like that sort of thing that generally needs to happen.

exactly. You don't want the military to have power to stop candidates. Elections are about what the people want.

I think the President does have to get regular physicals though. In fact the news is that he is going to undergo his first physical as President today.

[Faber]

:

That would pretty much wipe out the Democrat party.

[Sparko]

That would pretty much wipe out the Democrat party.

no they will use liberal doctors and make any conservative value a mental illness.

[Darth Executor]

letting psychologists deal with mental illness is like having Hitler planning your bar mitzvah

[One Bad Pig]

letting psychologists deal with mental illness is like having Hitler planning your bar mitzvah

More like imbibing alcoholics running your AA meeting.