Age limit needed
The fiasco called the presidential debate proved that an age limit for presidential candidates is needed. You have to be at least 35 years old to run for president of the United States. Why should there not be the same rule for when one is too old and not having the mental faculties, making someone like Joe Biden not capable of doing the job. I say no one over the age of 70 should be allowed to run for any political office, especially one as important as president of the United States.
Paul J. Baranofsky
Waltham
Uncomfortable to wach
I watched the debate between Joseph Robinette Biden and Donald John Trump on June 27, I felt sorry for President Biden during the 90 minutes, it was uncomfortable to watch the United States president sometimes stutter, sometimes confused and with a glazed stare throughout the debate. I decided to watch a rerun of the debate on Oct. 22, 2020 for analogy. Mr. President, for the good of the country, do what President Lyndon Baines Johnson decided in 1968, not to run for reelection.
Tony Meschini
Scituate
What now for Dems?
As a result of Biden’s predictably abysmal debate performance, Democrats are now confronted with the unenviable task of determining if a continuance of his candidacy is feasible or if he should be replaced as the presidential nominee of his party. If they stick with Biden, his denial-ending exposure as an infirm, befuddled elder will be part and parcel of the campaign.
Should they choose an alternative, what replacement candidate will be in a position to refute the purposeful and ruinous open borders policy initiated by Biden and his progressive claque of advisors? Whose plans and platform would be designed to stop proposed tax increases and continued wasteful spending? Which party alternative choice will pledge to end the politicalization of our justice system? These are just a few concerns that confront our nation. They, and a host of other problems, will not be remedied merely by replacing a confused, elderly man with a younger, more vigorous person espousing similarly harmful policies.
Brian J. Sullivan
North Reading
