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Uncle Joe

(66,152 posts) Mon Jul 13, 2026, 11:34 PM 7 hrs ago

Jon Stewart on Lindsey Graham's Death & America's Geriatric Political Class The Daily Show

Senator Lindsey Graham’s sudden death prompts Jon Stewart to dive into the gerontocracy problem in Washington, D.C., Trump’s backhanded tribute to his deceased “friend,” the bucket list that Graham never got to complete, and how Mitch McConnell somehow managed to outlive his colleague from South Carolina.

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Jon Stewart on Lindsey Graham's Death & America's Geriatric Political Class The Daily Show (Original Post) Uncle Joe 7 hrs ago OP

I must say Roy Rolling 4 hrs ago #1

The power and influence involved in being in politics is something only intelligent people should be asked to handle. Aussie105 1 hr ago #2

Roy Rolling

(7,775 posts)

1. I must say

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Tue Jul 14, 2026, 02:32 AM

4 hrs ago

Jon Stewart is a national treasure. His Monday appearances leave me hopeful the power of comedy will prevail over MAGAts.

Aussie105

(8,427 posts)

2. The power and influence involved in being in politics is something only intelligent people should be asked to handle.

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Tue Jul 14, 2026, 05:43 AM

1 hr ago

Yet here we are.

Alert, capable and intelligent younger people are waiting in the wings.
Kept at arm's length until an old one falls off his perch.

Most jobs have a 'use by' or 'expiration date', why not politics?

HINT: They mostly all go weird past 65.

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