The Democrats dance in the open
June 28 2019 By Abiodun Karim Giwa
Attention has shifted to the Democrats as the party's presidential candidates debate themselves on who will be the party's flag-bearer in 2020 presidential election. The strength of each of the political combatants has temporarily slowed against President Donald Trump. Joseph Biden, the party's current front-runner is receiving the bashing from his own colleagues.
The party seems in a state of confusion with some party faithfuls thinking Biden as their choice to be able to defeat President Trump. Biden is currently leading the pack of presidential hopefuls in polls as he has done before the beginning of the debate, and he is followed by Bernie Sanders.
The problem with the party is the inability to allow democratic process in choosing a presidential candidate. There have words to the effect that some party big-wigs want a younger fellow to be the flag-bearer. One of such bigwigs, a former two term president, has decided against endorsing his former vice-president for two terms. he is instead waiting in the wings to endorse whoever emerges as the party's candidate.
People are saying that if the former president has chosen not to endorse his former vice-president for reason of old age, the next in the polls among the presidential contenders is older than Biden. The younger fellows among the contenders are not even close to beating the older contenders in the polls. Younger contenders have not shown to be shining candidates from the debates so far.
The only candidate, who have dented Biden in the debate, is a female candidate named Kamala Harris. Seriously, Liberal media analysts don't think Harris beating of Biden in the debate is good for the party. Eric Swalwell is another candidate whose effort to undercut Biden on the issue of age and who should hold the party's torch, rings loud from the debate analysis.
Swalwell has asked Biden to pass the torch to a new generation of Americans. And Biden has told Swalwell he is still holding on to the torch. Apparently, Sanders has quickly said that Swalwell's request amounts to ageism. Observer knowledgeable enough say that Swalwell as an American lawmaker ought to know that the age generational debate against Biden and Sanders published in reports such as USA Today amount to age discrimination and that such discrimination is against the employment law.
The Age Discrimination in employment Act, ADEA, enacted in 1968 and amended in 1978 and 1986 prohibits employers from discriminating on the basis of age. In 1964, Executive order 11141 established a policy against age discrimination among federal contractors. If the people sets the law in motion against age discrimination in employment based on age to be respected by employers, the same people must respect the law in choosing in choosing their chief executive. No one is exempted from the respect of the law under the rule of law.
President Trump was over 70, when he became president. Hillary Clinton was close to 70, when she lost to President Trump. Sanders was well over 70 during his last loss to Clinton. If anything, Trump's demonstration of strength as a president at over 70 is enough to douse the fire power of anyone seeking a younger candidate.
The party seems in a state of confusion with some party faithfuls thinking Biden as their choice to be able to defeat President Trump. Biden is currently leading the pack of presidential hopefuls in polls as he has done before the beginning of the debate, and he is followed by Bernie Sanders.
The problem with the party is the inability to allow democratic process in choosing a presidential candidate. There have words to the effect that some party big-wigs want a younger fellow to be the flag-bearer. One of such bigwigs, a former two term president, has decided against endorsing his former vice-president for two terms. he is instead waiting in the wings to endorse whoever emerges as the party's candidate.
People are saying that if the former president has chosen not to endorse his former vice-president for reason of old age, the next in the polls among the presidential contenders is older than Biden. The younger fellows among the contenders are not even close to beating the older contenders in the polls. Younger contenders have not shown to be shining candidates from the debates so far.
The only candidate, who have dented Biden in the debate, is a female candidate named Kamala Harris. Seriously, Liberal media analysts don't think Harris beating of Biden in the debate is good for the party. Eric Swalwell is another candidate whose effort to undercut Biden on the issue of age and who should hold the party's torch, rings loud from the debate analysis.
Swalwell has asked Biden to pass the torch to a new generation of Americans. And Biden has told Swalwell he is still holding on to the torch. Apparently, Sanders has quickly said that Swalwell's request amounts to ageism. Observer knowledgeable enough say that Swalwell as an American lawmaker ought to know that the age generational debate against Biden and Sanders published in reports such as USA Today amount to age discrimination and that such discrimination is against the employment law.
The Age Discrimination in employment Act, ADEA, enacted in 1968 and amended in 1978 and 1986 prohibits employers from discriminating on the basis of age. In 1964, Executive order 11141 established a policy against age discrimination among federal contractors. If the people sets the law in motion against age discrimination in employment based on age to be respected by employers, the same people must respect the law in choosing in choosing their chief executive. No one is exempted from the respect of the law under the rule of law.
President Trump was over 70, when he became president. Hillary Clinton was close to 70, when she lost to President Trump. Sanders was well over 70 during his last loss to Clinton. If anything, Trump's demonstration of strength as a president at over 70 is enough to douse the fire power of anyone seeking a younger candidate.
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