Staff Reports
Joe Biden’s potential withdrawal from the presidential race has been touted as a simple fix for the Democrats, but the truth is, it only addresses one glaring issue: his age. While Democrats might cheer the thought of a younger candidate swooping in to save their party from a geriatric decline, they are woefully ignoring the deeper problems that have plagued their platform over the last few years.
For a party that prides itself on progressiveness, the Democrats do seem to have a penchant for nostalgia, specifically nostalgia for a time when their leaders weren’t on the wrong side of a senior center bingo night. Biden’s advanced years might be the most visible problem on the surface, but it’s not just the age of the man that’s raising eyebrows. It’s also the wisdom—or lack thereof—behind many of his policies. Abandoning a candidate whose best quality is the ability to make “Gran Torino” look like a youthful romp doesn’t automatically solve the fact that the party’s agenda is failing to resonate with an electorate hungry for common sense.
While his supporters may daydream about a stunning generational change, a president who can rally the youth vote, the Democrats are stuck in a paradox. Even if Biden steps aside for a spiffy new contender, there’s no guarantee that America’s younger voters will flock to a party that is currently embodying a school-Nap time vibe. Let’s face it, they might see the replacement, whoever that may be, as merely a younger replica of policies that reek of student debt forgiveness and open borders—the kind of stuff that makes even a college dropout cringe.
Joe Biden was a terrible president no matter his age, and Dems still have to answer for it https://t.co/1h0FY8zxrS via @nypost
— Chris 🇺🇸 (@Chris_1791) July 21, 2024
The issue of age is nothing to sneeze at. Candidates in their 70s and 80s have become as common as gym memberships going unused. Americans deserve leadership that doesn’t come with a complimentary adult diaper—especially when inflation is soaring and crime is rampant. The Democrats can’t outrun the reality that their preferred option is just as tied up in ageism as they claim the Republicans are. Once one geriatric staggered off, it leaves everyone wondering: “Is another just around the corner, or are we stuck with more fossilized ideologies?”
So, while the Democrats might think they’re ready to usher in a hopeful new era by merely checking the “age box” off their list, they’re about to find that a fresh face packed with the same old liberal nonsense is not the game changer they need. Before they declare victory over age, someone should remind them that age doesn’t make a candidate good, just as youth doesn’t automatically equate to wisdom. Until they step back and really look at what they bring to the table, they’re destined to keep themselves mired in the same old problems.
