wesheltonj
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I’m 79, a Licensed and Registered Professional Engineer and Land Surveyor, I am owner and chief design engineer in my $3,000,000+/year consulting firm and own/run three real estate development companies. I believe that I am significantly more intelligent, cognizant and mentally able then a relative high percentage of those running our government and there are many people my age that are just as “sharp” or “sharper”. Your comment “it helps that she is not 78” shows a high degree of age bias, if not just plain ignorance.Well it certainly helps that she is not 78…and just because she is fit to serve does not mean she will be any good at the job. Trump in 2016 was also fit to serve. Now, I do not believe that he has the temperament or fitness to do the job.
Are you joking? The US was in much better hands when Trump was president than it ever was under Biden. Harris was the VP and could not even address the one job that Biden gave her. So we can alk agree that Trump is obnoxious. So what? He still has a greater ability to see what needs to be done and talent to do it. Harris has been in public office for many years and has never achieved anything. She has flipped on so many issues that the only thing we know is that whatever she decides to do it will be wrong for the country, until she tries to back-peddle it and make it worse. The office of POTUS is far to important to say, "Ooh, I don't want to invite him over for dinner because he's mean, so I'll vote for someone else who is demonstrably incompetent because she seems to be more fun."Well it certainly helps that she is not 78…and just because she is fit to serve does not mean she will be any good at the job. Trump in 2016 was also fit to serve. Now, I do not believe that he has the temperament or fitness to do the job.
Like the Democrats haven't sold out every ally we have, including Israel? How would you like to be in Taiwan right now with the Chinee flying overhead and Biden mumbling "don't. We got their, you know, the thing!"I believe that he is wholly unfit for the Presidency. With regard to policy, my main opposition is his foreign policy, specifically as it relates to Ukraine, and what I perceive as his willingness to sell out our allies. Moreover, I do not trust him to not flip on any policy position of his that I do support.
As I see it, the gravest threat to America is China, and they are using Ukraine as an opportunity to see our level of commitment to our allies (Taiwan), embarass the West on the global stage, and break our national resolve. If Russia is victorious in Ukraine, I believe that we will have seeded our own demise. Given what I perceive to be the stakes of this conflict, I hope you can understand why this issue is so critical to how I plan to vote.I hear this a lot about Russia and Ukraine and how it will be all Trumps fault if Russia prevails in the end because of some badly chosen words some time back. Frankly I think Trump could bring this to a close if given the chance but I am not sure he will be given the chance even if elected.
I think Russia may prevail in the end regardless who is president. But here is a question most dont ask. At what point in our support of Ukraine do we pull back? Do we keep fueling the effort with money and goods? Putin is nothing if not stubborn and trying to envision him just admitting defeat, turning tail and going home is real hard to imagine.
What if that isnt enough? US boots on the ground? Advisory capacity? Starting to sound familiar, MACV anyone?
It’s all well and good to sit here with no risk and just keep sending someone else's money and guns "over there", but if that isnt doing the job, what then?
I am totally opposed to universal healthcare, which is why I hope for Republican control of Congress.@Saul, you said your wife is a physician. Does she really only want to be paid CMS rates for everyone she treats? Remember, Harris wants no private health insurance.
No offense was intended. a Person can obviously be incredibly competent regardless of advanced age. However, we also need to acknowledge that physical and mental decline are a natural part of aging, and the rate and degree of decline increases with age. I do not believe it to be unreasonable to want to avoid our President being incapacitated or worse.I’m 79, a Licensed and Registered Professional Engineer and Land Surveyor, I am owner and chief design engineer in my $3,000,000+/year consulting firm and own/run three real estate development companies. I believe that I am significantly more intelligent, cognizant and mentally able then a relative high percentage of those running our government and there are many people my age that are just as “sharp” or “sharper”. Your comment “it helps that she is not 78” shows a high degree of age bias, if not just plain ignorance.
vote for harris...vote for no 2a......yes ds and rs are the same....bobI think I just lost a lot of respect for someone's opinion....
the biggest threat to America is ....Americans.....voting for all the wokeness. tampons in boys bathrooms etc....china , russia etc didnt do this to us.....listen close, that is the sound of a country imploding from within.As I see it, the gravest threat to America is China, and they are using Ukraine as an opportunity to see our level of commitment to our allies (Taiwan), embarass the West on the global stage, and break our national resolve. If Russia is victorious in Ukraine, I believe that we will have seeded our own demise. Given what I perceive to be the stakes of this conflict, I hope you can understand why this issue is so critical to how I plan to vote.
I am totally opposed to universal healthcare, which is why I hope for Republican control of Congress.
No offense was intended. a Person can obviously be incredibly competent regardless of advanced age. However, we also need to acknowledge that physical and mental decline are a natural part of aging, and the rate and degree of decline increases with age. I do not believe it to be unreasonable to want to avoid our President being incapacitated or worse.
I disagree with her on most things, but I do believe that she is fit to serve as President.
I’m 79, a Licensed and Registered Professional Engineer and Land Surveyor, I am owner and chief design engineer in my $3,000,000+/year consulting firm and own/run three real estate development companies. I believe that I am significantly more intelligent, cognizant and mentally able then a relative high percentage of those running our government and there are many people my age that are just as “sharp” or “sharper”. Your comment “it helps that she is not 78” shows a high degree of age bias, if not just plain ignorance.
You must have completely missed who and what I was referring to....I would sooner swallow the glass from a broken car window than vote for H/W or any other Dem I know of.vote for harris...vote for no 2a......yes ds and rs are the same....bob
Why hasn’t it been a concern other than the president?And why exactly should age not be a concern?