Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Wow! Barry McCaffrey tweet about Biden's speech today [View all]emmaverybo
(8,144 posts)with older mentors, whether at work, school, through sports, the arts. As we get older, we engage less with people decades older than we are. We also can begin to fear age, perceiving it as a declining image of ourselves.
I experienced no ageism directly the many years I spent on college campuses, and I taught until I was in my sixties.
When I returned to take a class a few years after retirement, Bernie enthusiasm had taken hold. I saw his name in graffiti on stairways, posters everywhere. He seemed like an adopted grandfather to these students.
I have wondered at how we underestimate the appeal an even much older candidate can have for younger voters.
I think it will turn out that Biden has a more universal appeal than his critics want to acknowledge.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden