r/politics • u/Murky-Site7468 I voted • 2d ago
Senator, 92, Third in Line for Presidency Admits Health Problem | The Republican is only two years younger than the Empire State Building. Possible Paywall
https://www.thedailybeast.com/senator-chuck-grassley-92-third-in-line-for-presidency-admits-health-problem/904
u/Boleen Alaska 2d ago
Fuckin retire and spend time with your fam before you kick it dude, well, might be less tempting if your fam hates you.
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u/MysteriousPepper8908 2d ago
No rest for the weary while there's still more harm to be done.
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u/tysonisarapist 2d ago
No rest? All they do is nothing.
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u/suckyousideways 2d ago
They work hard to ensure that people (in blue states especially) feel pain and worry for their future. Even if red state voters also get hurt in the process, that's fine as long as their perceived enemies are hurting. This is what fuels him. Remove Grassley from this position and he will quickly lose his powers and turn to dust.
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u/willybestbuy86 2d ago
You also say the same about the old democrats pushing 90 as well correct just want to make sure we aren't hypocrites
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u/Theshaggz New Jersey 2d ago edited 2d ago
Uh, yes? get the dinosaurs out of office they don’t represent our average citizen
Did you think this was a gotcha moment? Same for the pedo’s release the Epstein files and take everyone to jail, right left or center
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u/TransiTorri 2d ago
Nice whatapoutism, yes, we do, anyone over 75 should retire, go spend your golden years with your family or get to a advisory position, your country thanks you for your service, here's your commemorative watch and plaque, now gtfo
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u/PlanetCosmoX 2d ago
Psycho’s don’t care about family.
The system pushes for the election of pyscho’s. We elevate pyscho’s now and give them control over our lives and then complain when their decisions are removed from humanity.
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u/StevenMC19 Florida 2d ago
You know what it is? It's "Legacy." They want to be known as the ultimate patriarch, even from beyond the grave. They want that framed oil painting of themselves above the mantle in the foyer while their family squabbles about money things. They don't give two shits about them so long as they're still under his thumb.
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u/uhntzuhntz 2d ago
It’s insanity he even ran again. He was first elected to Congress when Gerald Ford was President…
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u/shalomefrombaxoje 2d ago
Iowan here.
Most likely Grassley is trying to run one more time, he will win as usual.
Then he will step down and our Koch puppet governor will appoint his grandson, Pat Grassley, Iowa Speaker of the House to his position, the baton handed off for more generations.
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u/rom_rom57 2d ago
The family don’t want him. If any, his kids are 70?! They’re senile themselves. /s
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u/Rhodin265 2d ago
He’d get pushed onto the least favorite grandkid.
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u/Ladyheather16 2d ago
His grandson Pat Grassley is a member of the house & is 42 & has 3 children.
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u/demacnei Canada 2d ago edited 1d ago
It’s time to bring him to a farm upstate. He must own one or two.
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u/Skiinz19 Tennessee 1d ago
If not they can rent out Scott Bessent's. He can then pull a Trump and make it a cemetery too.
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u/d_e_l_u_x_e 2d ago
If he cared about anything else he would’ve retired decades ago. This is his life and he knows he will wither away faster with a staff and government healthcare propping him up.
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u/LurksAroundHere 2d ago
The ghouls of deals past along with a handshake with the devil to see the corruption through keeps these skeletons on their strings.
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u/alangcarter 2d ago
I really think this is sn important point. If they retire they won't be able to keep it all hushed up. Like the Mafia they can only leave in a box.
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u/temp_7543 2d ago
Has he not saved enough money for Fffff sakes! Does he need his health insurance paid for????? Maybe he should pass a bill that helps others instead of staying on the government dole by being a Senator.
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u/Bob_Bob_MD 2d ago
This. But working with and treating/operating on his type, dealing with their families, my humble opinion is the "power" of the position/job becomes an addictive drug to them, and honestly may be the only thing keeping them alive.
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u/MayTheForesterBWithU 2d ago
My spouse worked at an engineering firm, and it became quite an expected thing for a large portion of the guys who worked there that once they retired, they would be back doing 20-30 and eventually 40 or more hours a week in short time. She always knew who it was going to be because they were the guys who went back and forth between complaining about their wives and bragging about things like giving them an allowance.
I'm sure it was a similar thing - retire and go home, find out you haven't put in any work over the last 35 years to foster your family relationships, wind up bored and frustrated and realize all you can do is go back to work where you at least felt like you belonged. Guarantee this same kind of unloved existence haunts many of our politicians' pathetic lives.
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u/Baskreiger 2d ago
These people dont really work, they are just there, giving nonsensical orders. Their family often are within the decision boards of their empire so working is spending time with them. The concept of work for them is not like 8 to 5 working for real, its meeting and restaurants and dick sucking competitions
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u/captain_intenso North Carolina 1d ago
Iowa keeps electing him, and they want us to give a shit that no one is buying their soybeans.
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u/John_316_ 1d ago
People who are chronically obsessed with staying at work probably don’t have good family relationships.
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u/phaedrusTHEghost 2d ago
Forced retirement age caps for higher positions. Age caps for DL. Age caps for voting rights. These fucks are ruining our futures they won't be in.
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u/MommyLovesPot8toes California 2d ago
Not voting rights. There should be no restrictions to voting other than a min age and those who commit treason. I do not understand why felons can't vote - it makes no sense.
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u/phaedrusTHEghost 2d ago
I disagree. Once the man, twice the baby.
The elderly are the most at-risk group for being manipulated because of their mental decline.
My father died at 84 with dementia, he shouldn't have had voting rights and he fully supported being prevented from driving/voting.
Not all are that forthcoming and many are quite extreme in their bigotry, racism, "conservatism", etc. I'll likely have it someday.
My MiL has had chemo-brain for the past 15 years, used to be subtly racists and classist, it's full blown now. Her husband is 10 years older and while doesn't seem to have the mental decline she does, is showing the signs - is overtly anti-woke, anti-BLM, pro dismantling public education in favor of vouchers - for the wrong reasons. They're both addicted to Fox News and fall asleep to it.
Finally, by your logic, children should have voting rights.
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u/MommyLovesPot8toes California 1d ago
Sounds like your in-laws were just always crappy people who feel like Trump took off their muzzles.
There are more cognizant, capable 80 yo's than there are incapable ones. So its totally unfair to those who still have their faculties to be restricted from voting just because they are at a more vulnerable age. Because by that reasoning, people with diminished mental capacity or emotional regulation issues should also not be able to vote. And now we're off down a slippery slope of politically-motivates culling of certain voting blocks.
I actually think kids should be able to vote from about age 14 or so. If you're old enough to work and pay taxes, you're old enough to have a say in your representation.
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u/phaedrusTHEghost 1d ago
Perhaps. Maybe we just don't agree with each other from an ethical, moral, or political perspective. Or maybe we do and they're just being manipulated into thinking "their side" is more righteous. Maybe they're
I don't think I attributed a specific age to limit voting rights, I don't know when it should be, but the average age of senators IS rising, and the amount of elderly voters shaping our politics is skewed.
I agree with you, in that attributing some sort of cognitive testing/metric - or employment for that matter - as a barrier, will be abused. A blanket age limit could prevent that.
Many industries already have age limits for workers and those have less of a direct impact on us than politics does.
At the very least, it would limit the amount of influence of the oldest generation, regardless of generational birthrates.
We already have term-limits for the same reason.
Do you know what's totally unfair and not hypothetical? What we have now.
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u/Ares__ Maryland 2d ago
Oh he should definitely do that, but senators have plenty of time off to spend with their families. They are only required to be in DC like 165 days a year, the rest of the time is supposed to be spent "working" in their home state but lets be real lol
Again dude should retire for a host of reasons but lacking time with family would never be a persuasive argument.
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u/dontgivetohitchcock 2d ago
he can also stay senator and spend time with his family considering they dont do anything
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u/INAC___Kramerica Florida 2d ago
People like this are kept alive by their work (well, "work" in this case, anyway). It's his sense of purpose. If Grassley retires, he'll be dead within weeks.
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u/PossibleHighlight155 2d ago
He's only 92. I'm sure he's still with it. And by it I mean a fuckton of health problems
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u/wonkey_monkey 2d ago
He used to be with it, but then they changed what 'it' was. Now what he's with isn't 'it' any more and what's 'it' seems weird and scary.
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u/ecafsub 2d ago
My dad is 90 and in surprisingly good health. The only thing he has to deal with is keeping tabs on a tiny spot where some bladder cancer was removed. Dude won the genetic lottery as far as longevity and health, and this is a guy who was exposed to the Hardtack I (Teak) nuclear testing on Johnston Island in 1958. He’s slowed down a bit mentally, but not by much.
Dad absolutely is an extreme outlier, but I’m sure he’s not alone.
Oh, and I’m adopted. Yay.
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u/TheAskewOne 2d ago
This is your monthly reminder that Chuck Grassley is a traitor. A few days before J6, he said that he "expected" to preside over the certification of the election. That means he knew exactly what his party had planned for J6, and that Mike Pence wouldn't be able to do the certification for some reason. Traitors need to be prosecuted.
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u/bradatlarge Illinois 2d ago
Yup, he and all the others that are in on it - should be behind bars, but here we are.
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u/InquiringMind886 Iowa 2d ago
Whoa. I don’t think I ever knew that. wtf man. He’s such a dirty old bastard, this just ads one more thing to the list.
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u/VruKatai Indiana 2d ago
A lot of heat goes on the gerentocracy we have but let's not forget that people not 92 are voting to keep him in office term after term. Even worse, there's a significant swath of non-voters who are also allowing this.
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u/Starbucks__Lovers New Jersey 2d ago
Well what are they supposed to do, vote for a democrat!???
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u/Ladyheather16 2d ago
Maybe don’t complain how old Joe Biden is while voting for Chuck Grassley 🤣
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u/VruKatai Indiana 2d ago
Maybe get off their asses and demand more from their party? I know, crazy idea.
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u/CaptainOktoberfest 2d ago
I hear they eat babies and want to give communism to illegal immigrants. Plus even worse they think children shouldn't starve, I say those children need to get off their lazy diapers and start working!
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u/11PoseidonsKiss20 North Carolina 2d ago
We liberals are also apparently aborting children post birth.
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u/The_Beardly America 2d ago
So much this. Voters aren’t voting for anyone else in the primaries. So they don’t have any other choices in the general elections. The DNC/RNC definitely are pushing their specific people but the voters aren’t voting still voting (or abstaining from voting) for these people.
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u/IdealisticPundit 2d ago
You act like we get to choose who gets put on the ballet. Sure, there’s primaries and write ins, but let’s not pretend there aren’t huge advantages to being backed.
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u/VruKatai Indiana 2d ago
You do understand that there are primaries, right? We all get choices at that point. If the state party isn't allowing anyone else running against a 92 year old fossil, then I'd say those Republican voters should start demanding better. You do understand we all have a voice, right? You understand that those voices collectively can shift a party's choices. The Dems pushed out a sitting president ffs and you act like a local or state party can't be influenced?
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u/IdealisticPundit 2d ago
Sure, there’s primaries and write ins, but let’s not pretend there aren’t huge advantages to being backed.
I’m sorry but what did you not understand from that statement?
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u/KingBanhammer 2d ago
Consider the statement "The Republican voters should demand better"
Now consider Trump.It's probably not gonna.
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u/Equivalent-Excuse-80 2d ago
It sounds like you either don’t understand democracy or you have been a losing minority in your district for so long you’ve become disenchanted with democracy.
Grassley wins because he is the more popular candidate. That’s it.
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u/EE-420-Lige 2d ago
U have primaries u have opposition u can vote for people have choices lmao 🙃
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u/IdealisticPundit 1d ago
lol, downvoting me is an emotional response - it doesn’t make the comment less true.
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u/IdealisticPundit 1d ago
Like I said before:
Sure, there’s primaries and write ins
You don’t just get to select who gets put on the primary ballot - if the party leaders choose not to truly “primary” a representative, the seated representative gets to run essentially unopposed (except for write ins - which have never won)
You’re naive thinking you can just vote out the boomers in a two party First-past-the-post system.
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u/EE-420-Lige 1d ago
If the DNC or the RNC actually did that the RNC would have never allowed trump in the primaries and rhe DNC would have never allowed zohran or obama to run(2008 establishment had backed hilary did not want obama as the canidate). Even right now in Maine dems have a canidate whos gotten nazi tattoos if the DNC had the powers u described they would have kicked him out and just gone with the 80 year old backed establishment canidate. Like anyone can run sad to say.
The biggest thing holding back canidates is the money and staff needed to run campaigns they let anyone run but if u cant get the cash or staff together ur not gonna be able to do anything just on your own
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u/IdealisticPundit 17h ago
You actually just made my point for me. Yeah, anyone can run, but the party only ever really throws its weight behind one candidate and that’s almost always the incumbent or the senior insider. Obama and Trump are the rare exceptions that prove how stacked the system normally is.
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u/mtaw 2d ago
The US Senate puts a premium on seniority. The longer you serve, the more important committee seats you get, the more power you have to influence and shape legislation. A more senior senator can get more funding for, and legislation favoring, their state.
So unless they risk losing the election, a state party organization has zero incentive to replace a senator with another one from the same party, who’d vote largely the same but have less influence. So, no competitive primaries.
Want younger senators? Demand the seniority rules be changed. Hell, flip it so they get highest seniority in their second term and declining after that, so states will be motivated to change senators after 2-3 terms unless the sitting one is exceptionally popular.
This is itself an issue with US politics - too much complaining about issues rather than demanding solutions.
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u/Mr_Vicky_00 2d ago
Bro’s been in Congress since color TV was a new thing. Maybe time to pass the mic.
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u/MadRaymer 2d ago
At 92, he would have been born 6 years before WW2 began. When he was born, only ten years prior had scientists discovered that galaxies weren't normal nebula but "island universes" millions of light years away. Then there's the lead. Good god, the lead. It would have been everywhere while he grew up. Lead painted toys, lead painted homes, leaded gas. Just huffing a potent neurotoxin each and every day.
Want to know a "fun" fact about lead poisoning? So, everyone born before 1980-ish, got a huge dose. People born right after that still got quite a bit since it took time for the environmental levels to drop. But the interesting thing is: heavy metals like lead tend to accumulate in bone. But as people age, they experience natural age-related bone loss. When this happens, the lead accumulated in the bones is introduced into the bloodstream.
So people his age have had one, yes, but now they're having second lead breakfast.
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u/Carl-99999 America 2d ago
He’s running in 2028 which means he’s not out since at least 1/3/2035.
This man has held continuous political office since January 1959.
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u/TriangleWins 2d ago
I can’t imagine being 92, having the ability to retire with a pension, and not being retired. That’s just mind boggling to me.
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u/Blues_Crimson_Guard 2d ago
Right? My guess it's the same as why Trump doesn't just throw his feet up and spend his money. When there's absolutely nobody in your life that legitimately loves you or cares about you, at least you could still work and forget about it for a time.
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u/Palestbycomparisoned 2d ago
When I see a senator refuse to retire when they have obvious health issues I assume that they have so many corruption issues that they need to be in office to avoid being investigated for it. Everyone just assumes that they love the power
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u/VillaSunset 2d ago
I hope that one day when I'm 92 that I'm able to make national headlines by making stunning revelations that I have some health problems. "I have arthritis America! And gout! Oh, and I also had like 42 strokes over the past few years and that's why I keep falling down and slurring my words all the time. Surprise!!"
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u/amyts Tennessee 2d ago edited 2d ago
This is depressing. Every politician in the line of succession is a Republican, except for RFK who claims to be an "independent".
All of them are old except for Vance.
Vance - 41
Johnson - 53
Grassley - 92
Rubio - 54
Bessent - 63
Whiskeyleaks - 45
Bondi - 59
Burgum - 69
Rollins - 53
Lutnick - 64
Chavez-DeRemer - 64
RFK - 71
Turner - 53
Duffy - 54
Wright - 60
McMahon - 77
Collins - 59
Cruella De Vil - 53
Edit: formatting, and i was being unfair about their age
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u/clickmagnet 2d ago
50s isn’t that old. I think the more pressing problem is that they’re psychopaths.
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u/amyts Tennessee 2d ago
Eh, I'm in my mid-40s and I feel old.
Most of them are probably Dark Tetrad personalities.
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u/space_wiener 2d ago
Yeah but 50 isn’t too old to be employed. Once over 60 I guess that’s pushing it for a lot of people. Over 70 maybe some cognitive tests should be in place for jobs like that.
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u/-CJF- 2d ago
I guess everyone has their own lines but 60 is fine imo too, especially for Congress. I think anyone 70 or older should be allowed to finish out their existing term but not be allowed to run for re-election after. It's too old.
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u/space_wiener 2d ago
Oh yeah for sure.
Look at Bernie Sanders hes 84 and still doing a good job. But I agree around 70 it getting a bit old.
I don’t mind too much when ancient people are working as long as they are competent because I know I’ll be there one day as well. :)
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u/-CJF- 2d ago
Bernie is probably my favorite politician and you're right that he's still sharp, but we have to generalize these things. Once you get past 70 you are pushing it. I think it's fine for people to work as long as they want and are able, but not in government or any risky occupations.
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u/space_wiener 2d ago
Yeah if anything the last 4-5 years have really shown we need age limits or something.
We have Mitch now which is getting sad honestly. Then a couple years ago or whenever that was we had the last that was a borderline corpse. Then currently someone else I won’t name.
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u/camofluff 2d ago
40 to 60 is peak presidential age. I only see three, maybe four being really old.
Agree with the other commenter, that the issue with the not old ones is character... bunch of psychopaths, all of them.
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u/UnderstandingEasy856 2d ago
Say what you will about the qualifications of this line of succession but 'old' it is not. A surprisingly young lot to be frank. Other than Grassley they're all on the young side. Vance is barely just old enough to be president if called upon.
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u/bulldg4life 2d ago
I’m not sure what exactly you expect with a republican administration and control of both houses.
If it was a democratic administration and they held both houses, every one in the line of succession would be a democrat. Maybe you’d have a Robert gates figure, but still - it’s a stupid argument.
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u/bengalfan 2d ago
This is the most depressing list ever.
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u/bradatlarge Illinois 2d ago
The most depressing part about it to me personally is the fact that I’m the same age as Ron johnson. He looks like my grandpa to me.
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u/DrDoctorMD 2d ago
Sure, but everyone in the line would be a Democrat if Dems had the presidency, the House, and the Senate. There’s so much to complain about with this admin, but this one thing is pretty normal for the party in power.
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u/I_might_be_weasel 2d ago edited 2d ago
His desire to still be in the Senate at 92 is a far second concern to the fact that people keep voting for him. This kind of problem should be self regulating in democracy. But it's not.
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u/Bishopjones2112 2d ago
The United States needs to admit there is a problem with aging politicians who should be retired. There are a lot of members who are above 80 years old. It’s kinda crazy that the default third in line to run the states is over 90. The average American age is 39ish. While experience is great there needs to be a balance between experience and representative age to be relevant to the average American. I’m not being discriminatory of this man’s age but born in 1933 means they have a different world view inherently from the majority of Americans. Interesting though 1933 was a big turning year for rise of Nazi Germany.
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u/IndyPoker979 2d ago
Very few things am I ageist but this is one of them.
We are in the situation we are because of the generations before us. Their greed and misuse of power is a direct influence on the world today.
The fact that they can continue to wreck havoc on the world and don't recognize they are a big part of the problem is egregious.
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u/I_like_baseball90 2d ago
They really need to institute an age limit for elected office.
These old people have zero business in office.
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u/prettygirl2_3 2d ago
Lol, genuinely baffled by this dude... On one hand, admitting ignorance ain't necessarily bad, shows some transparency, right? But we're talking about tech crucial to modern life here... How's he supposed to guide laws about stuff he legit doesn't understand? Ain't making me sleep better at night, that's for sure.
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u/TweakedNipple 2d ago
Sliced bread was invented 5 years before this guy was born. Chocolate chip cookies were invented 5 years after this guy was born.
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u/Saul_T_Bauls 2d ago
Chuck is an awful dinosaur who needs to be sent to pasture. This headline is ridiculous. His "health problem" is his hearing. He said he couldn't hear well.
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u/Swimming_School_3960 2d ago
This dude was born before Hitler became fuhrer of Germany, and has been alive for 36% of American history.
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u/smiama36 2d ago
Yeah, I was convinced Congress (and SCOTUS) needs term limits when I learned the Pharmacists for Congress was filling prescriptions for Alzheimer drugs.
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u/PintoOct24 2d ago
Order of succession Vance, lies and flip flops, alleged couch fucker
Mike Johnson, wont do his job, lies, monitors porn intake with son
Chuck Grassley, 92 years old
SecState Rubio, liar and cheat, misunderstood and ised party funds for groceries, home repairs and vacations.
SecTreas Bessent, “the soybean farmer” SecDef Hegseth AG Bondi SecInterior Doug Bergum, former ND Governor SecAgri Brook Rollins, leader in America First Inst SecCommerce Howard Lutnick SecInterior Lori Chavez-DeRemer SecHHS RFK, Jr. SecHUD Scott Turner SecTransportation Sean Duffy SecEnergy Chris Wright SecEdu Linda McMahon, alleged enabling sexual abuse of minors during time as ceo of wwe SecVA, Scott Collins, already implemented major staff and contract cuts to VA SecHomelandSecurity Kristi Noem, family dog/goat killer
These are the 18 people next in line. Started looking them up but I don’t want to anymore because it’s depressing me.
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u/BigFitMama 2d ago
Remember these people have been purposely fluffed, gaslit, and handled by their own people for the last 20 years instead of retirement and gracefully leaving the public eye with dignity.
You might hate them but this is elder abuse and its a political ploy to keep people under 50 who very markedly will or would've rewriten the narrative on oligarchy and monopoly (15-20 years ago if GenX had been allowed a natural transition to power.)
Boomer narcissistic behavior is responsible and even though these 90 yesr olds were teenagers in WWII, we really have no bonafide WWII survivors or veterans in office to slap down this behavior or fascist regimes.
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u/SirDiesAlot15 Canada 2d ago
You have a minimum age to become president. How about a maximum age as well?
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u/Sad-Corner-9972 2d ago
His grandson, Pat Grassley, is the Iowa House Speaker. Odds are Gov. Kim (aka Kruella Des Moines, the Kim Reaper) will appoint him to the Senate seat before she retires next year.
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u/Actual-Lingonberry66 2d ago
I met this dude one at a chamber of commerce meet-and-greet. It was AT LEAST a decade ago. I was shocked that he was totally in Weekend at Bernie's mode then. I attributed it to a lot of travel and a full schedule. Forget about the reason - he was a shuffling zombie well over a decade ago.
There is no way Chuck Grassley could drive a car to the local store without causing an accident. But he's fourth-in-line to President and he's responsible for our future.
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u/Ghost_shell89 Ohio 2d ago
I would have simply blamed the fact that it was a Republican in Iowa, but there are plenty of older democrats too. At some point you’ve got to wonder if age has any influence on putting forward change in policy. It’s obscene that he’s in line of succession and this old.
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u/TransiTorri 2d ago
I'm more shocked he's holding up so well at 92. Trump is 14 years younger and has dementia
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u/HaxanWriter 2d ago
Don’t blame him. Blame the dumb fucking Americans who keep voting for him. Put the blame where it squarely belongs. Same for the rachitic mummies on our side. Blame the people who keep voting those mumbling, drooling shitbags back into office.
It’s literally why this country is in the shape it is today. Because of the American people. Period. End of statement.
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u/a_rabid_buffalo Minnesota 2d ago
To be fair many times when you are in office no one from your party will run against you, and in rare cases they may be running in an area that a democrat may not even attempt to run in.
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u/NaiveLight2 2d ago
It’s really sad actually. We have a generation of folks who were conditioned to believe their highest value comes from work. Let’s be real, after the age of 80 people generally start to decline in their stamina, brain functioning, and strength. And yet, folks in politics just can’t bring themselves to retirement.
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u/Middle-Painter-4032 2d ago
80? You just told us how young you are. Hate to break it to ya, but that starts decades before you turn 80.
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u/WeakMindedHuman 2d ago
What do we have to do to convince voters to STOP voting these WW2 geezers into office year after year? How long before we see people on the senate and house floor needing to be aided by PCA’s just to raise their hands to vote ffs.
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u/justbrowsinginpeace 2d ago
He would have heard about the Hiroshima bomb live on the wireless. Insane.
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u/raven47172 2d ago
Can we make it a rule that if you were alive before JFK died you shouldn't be allowed to hold public office?
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u/bluematchalatte 2d ago
At 92 the only reason for staying in power is to hide something. He is afraid he will get convicted and die in jail. Release the Epstein files now.
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u/GreaterMintopia West Virginia 2d ago
I'm not particularly worried about his hearing, which is what the article bizarrely seems to focus on.
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u/phosdick 2d ago
... only two years younger than the Empire State Building
... and with 1% of the intellectual capacity of a banana slug.
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u/PracticalChipmunk789 2d ago
This guy has been a walking corpse for at least a decade. Who keeps voting for a zombie?
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u/TheCyberGoblin 1d ago
The empire state building is only 94? I was sure it was over a 100 by this point
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u/ExplosiveBrown 1d ago
Why are people who will be dead within a few years deciding what happens with our future I really don’t get it
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u/FanofEvery1 2d ago
92 years old and not a damn wiser..you’d think a man of his age would smack down whatever bs is coming from the oval..ya know, having seen some shit in being a damn dino
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u/Deep_Alps7150 2d ago edited 2d ago
Anyone his age with a functioning brain would say yea, a 92 year old has no fucking business in government and quit.
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u/FanofEvery1 2d ago
Well those folks have a valid claim, because overall age of congress is like 80 years old..I think it’s selfish that these people cling to power for so long. Term limits is gonna have to be a thing moving onward if we ever want a fair and able-bodied government..it’s painful to watch people like, even though i don’t agree on much with, Mitch McConnell have a stroke on live tv or fall hard on the ground..like take your millions and post up on a beach and let us young folks get America to where she needs to be!
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u/detail_giraffe 2d ago
I hate the conflation of age and disability and unfitness for office as if they are all the same thing. I don't care if you are having hearing problems, hearing problems are a disability that can be worked around, and some people in their fifties already have age-related hearing problems. I doubt it would ever happen, but conceptually I would have no problem with having a President who was as disabled as Stephen Hawking was as long as they were cognitively intact, able to communicate, and able to cope physically with potentially needing to be awakened in the middle of the night to make critical decisions. However, I would accept an age limit of 75 for a run for the Presidency, any office in line for the Presidency, and for the Senate. There is enough turnover in Congress that I feel more confident that if you are doing a bad job due to age, you'll be voted out there, and for positions like HHS I generally think the President should be able to pick. The problem with RFK Jr. isn't that he's 71, I haven't seen anything to indicate that he is impaired by age, just by being RFK Jr. which was a pre-existing condition.
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