President Biden's record of achievements speak for itself and cynicism about his age should not hold him back, writes Jeffrey Sonnenfeld
Sonnenfeld is senior associate dean and Lester Crown professor in management practice at Yale School of Management and president of the Yale Chief Executive Leadership Institute.plan to announce a second term candidacy asserting “The public understands what Mr. Biden apparently won’t admit: that electing an octogenarian in obvious decline for another four years could be an historic mistake.” In 820 words, they could not provide a single piece of evidence for such a decline.
The wisdom of octogenarian leaders have rebuilt nations at fragile moments. Only the 82-year-old Benjamin Franklin could lead the needed national consensus at the U.S. Constitutional Convention, and only 87-year-old Konrad Adenauer could rebuild national spirit and global trust for defeated post-war Germany. France relied upon Charles De Gaulle to unify the nation as he reached 80.
Common societal pathologies have filtered truth from the public through such ideological and prejudice barriers as: racism; sexism; anti-Semitism; authoritarianism; Communism; fascism; and anti-Americanism. In President Joe Biden’s case the “isms” that serve as unique barriers to the truth areAfter a presidency which tore apart the fabric of social harmony, were it not for media cynicism and ageism, the public would likely be singing happy days are here again.
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