The United States was founded as a constitutional republic, and our Consitution, which is these days roundly ignored by elected and appointed officials, guarantees the several states a republican (small r) form of government. But especially since the advent of the Biden administration and its parade of DEI-hire staffers, it's become apparent that we are instead living in a country governed by a combination of a kakistocracy and a gerontocracy.
In such circumstances, at least until election day, we have two courses of action open to us: We can laugh about it, or we can cry about it. Laughing, I would maintain, is healthier, and boy howdy, does the Biden administration give us plenty to laugh at. Here, courtesy of the Washington Free Beacon, are some examples.
We can laugh, but it's a bitter laugh. Here we have, as leader of the free world, a man who was never the sharpest tool in the shed, who, along with his execrable vice president, has managed to fail his way into the White House. His brain is slowly turning to mush, and even honest Democrats are now expressing some concern about him not only making it through another term but even making it to the election.
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Congress these days is starting to look like a senior's home. In the interest of even-handedness, let's look at the leadership of both parties in the House and Senate:
- Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), former Speaker; while Queen Nancy no longer technically holds a leadership role, she still wields a lot of influence in the Democrat caucus. She is 83.
- Steny Hoyer (D-MD), House Minority Leader, is 84.
- Chuck Grassley (R-IA) has been a Senator from Iowa since I lived there, and that's been almost 40 years. Chuck is 90.
- Mitch McConnel (R-KY), Senate Minority Leader. Mitch is 81.
- Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senate Majority Leader. Chuck is the fresh-faced young 'un of Congressional leadership; he is 73.
Age, we should point out, is not necessarily an indicator of fitness to serve, or lack thereof. Chuck Grassley, at 90, still seems to be as sharp as when I voted for him in 1980. But while age is not necessarily an indicator, just as youth isn't necessarily an indicator of increased brain power, the experience the country is having with the Biden Dementia Revue has brought the idea of a maximum age for elected office into the national discussion. This would require amending the Constitution, of course, and it's doubtful in the extreme that a resolution would pass Congress when so many of the leaders of that once-august institution would find themselves looking at an unwanted retirement under such an amendment. Still, there are other ways to get this done, and the amendment would be pretty simple:
No person shall be elected to the Presidency, nor to the House of Representatives or the Senate, who will attain the age of 75 during the term for which they seek election.
The age, of course, would be subject to negotiation. I'd be OK with 70. An argument could be made for 65. But 80, as my Brit friend would say, should be right out.
The best argument for such an amendment appears in the video clips presented above and in any number of news pieces in circulation right now documenting the many and varied episodes of the Weekend at Bernie's Presidency.
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Of course, the proposed amendment only affects the gerontocracy portion of our national problem. The kakistocracy portion is a little more difficult to deal with, especially since tar and feathers seem to have fallen out of favor as a means for the populace to express their disapproval of an elected representative, and there is a national shortage of fence rails upon on which to ride malefactors out of town. Maybe we could bring back the pillory? A day or two in the pillory being pelted with rotten vegetables might be just the thing to convince a corrupt politician to change his or her ways.
The obvious solution is to vote the rascals out, but for some reason, the American people these days seem all too happy to keep voting the same rascals in.
This November, we'll have another chance. If the United States has any good fortune left at all, then January of 2025 will see this geriatric president leaving office, taking his incapable and incompetent VP and White House staff with him, and perhaps giving the traditional farewell of another famous figure who, like Joe Biden, famously suffered from a stutter.
And if the rascals retain their positions, well, at least they will keep giving us opportunities to point and laugh.
