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As a Seventy-Two-Year-Old Democrat, Am I Too Young to Run for Congress? (www.mcsweeneys.net)

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[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 13 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

For Congress? No. Little young for president though. Need at least 10 years more experience. And a medical issue wouldn't hurt.

[–] D_C@lemm.ee 2 points 6 hours ago

Now hold on, first we have to find out how evil this 72 year old is. Yeah, he's 'young' but maybe he makes up for that with vicious murderous intentions!!