“What’s funny about that is they assume my ambition is positional. They assume my ambition is a title or a seat. My ambition is way bigger than that. My ambition is to change this country. Presidents come and go, elected officials come and go, single payer healthcare is forever.”

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    16 hours ago

    Bernie is 84 years old.

    I am a huge fan of Bernie. Have been for over a decade. He is too old to be the president.

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      That’s the same thing everybody said last time and Bernie is in better physical, mental, and psychological condition than Trump.

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        As president you get way more stress, more travel, less sleep. He wouldn’t do well in the president’s office.

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      Of course, and because of that he would never win an election, because people won’t vote for him because “he’s too old”. Like I said, I don’t care about his age, or that he would likely die in office, perhaps even in the first year. I’d still vote for him, because I agree with him, and I want his ideas in that office. That’s why he’d need a good V.P. I don’t understand why anyone would care how old he is, as long as they agree with him. Is it because he would probably die in office? Why does that matter?

      I don’t care about Trump’s age per se, I do care that he’s got dementia. Bernie doesn’t have dementia.

      Anyway, it’s a pipe dream, and I’ll happily vote for one of his protégés, too.

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      Bernie for president and AOC for vice president? That’d be something.

      IF he died in office, the position likely would be taken good care of

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        What if we had a candidate that is not on his 80s, maybe?

        This “Bernie” mentality elected Trump twice already.

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      More importantly, he’s too old, and not aggressive enough, to win. We need someone that knows how to build and run a political machine, that can seize control of the party and purge the old guard. A true populist that can play a crowd. Bernie unfortunately lacks the killer instinct to overcome the establishment.