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Wednesday, October 5, 2016

U.S. VP's are More Than Just Postscripts This Year

Donald Trump, born 1946
Hillary Clinton, born 1947
If you go over the history of the United States, not all that many Vice Presidents took over the Presidency. And during the campaigns, most were forgettable or worse. But this year's/next month's American Presidential Elections have an element that rarely if ever seen. Not only is the sum total of the Presidential candidates' ages higher than ever, 139, but neither has been very open about her/his current health situation. If you have the time and patience to calculate click here for the Wikipedia listings of candidates.

Does this mean that seventy is all that ancient? Gd forbid! But in 2008, Obama, who was all of  47, made John McCain's age, 72, an election issue.

This year the Americans are choosing between two retirement age candidates, and for that reason, let's take a quick look at their Veep choices aka running mates.

Tim Kaine
Like Hillary's kissing Suha Arafat after her anti-Israel speech filled with lies, the Democratic nominee, Tim Kaine,  is haunted by his boycott of Bibi's speech to Congress. From my perch here in Shiloh, Israel, I don't like what I see coming from the Democratic Party.

Mike Pence
In all honesty, I know even less about Trump's Veep,  Mike Pence. Considering that Trump has no congressional experience, I'd think he'd draft someone with a good track record. Remember that JFK never managed to pass his platform, and it was the congressional power house, Lyndon B. Johnson, who got the job done when he assumed the presidency after Kennedy was assassinated. So the information I just read in Wikipedia "During Pence's twelve years in the House, he introduced 90 bills and resolutions; none became law.[42]" may not be good for Trump.

May Gd save us all...

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