Name:   MrHodja - Subject:   Concern about the 2020 Elections Date:   11/25/2019 6:43:42 PM (updated 11/25/2019 6:45:04 PM)

I am 74 and one of the reasons I still work is that I feel like I am more effective now than ever before and can help the younger generations with over 50 years of "been there, done that" advice. That being said, there is a history of dementia on my Mother's side of the family, although my sister is sharp as a tack and fully functioning mentally and physically at 79. 
I firmly believe in "use it or lose it"when it comes to the brain and powers of cognition, analysis, and judgement. That being said one just doesn't know when those powers wil wane, and for that reason I also wonder about the advancing age of a lot of our leaders. For Congress there are literally hundreds of others who could mitigate negative effects of aging. For the President, Vice President, and Speaker of the House, the risk is higher. 
I will say that I was in the Atlanta airport one time and saw Strom Thurmond wandering around, totally lost. I think he was in his upper 90s at the time.  On the other hand Chuck Grassley is 89 but you would never know it.