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valleyrogue

(2,494 posts)
11. Eighteen years his junior.
Sun Nov 30, 2025, 03:46 PM
Sunday

It is not too fondly looked at, especially not these days. Big age gaps DO matter.

This is totally calculated because he thinks he can't get elected president if he never marries.

He can't get elected anyway because he has some baggage when he was mayor of Newark. He completely trashed the teachers there.

Some of us have very long memories.

He needs to stay put.

ETA: I just want to add that before being a US senator, he was a member of the neoliberal Democrats for Education Reform and was a big advocate for charter schools and vouchers. That is disqualifying for the presidency in my book even as he shifted his views when he started getting into the big time of national politics.

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Another step towards '28. Sneederbunk Sunday #1
Yeah, that occurred to me as well PatSeg Sunday #8
That type of cynicism... Gore1FL Sunday #9
Congrats Senator Booker and Alexis Booker! FalloutShelter Sunday #2
Cheers to the Lucky Couple.. Cha Sunday #3
And she's cute, too!!!! NM Grins Sunday #4
Oh yes, she is lovely! PatSeg Sunday #10
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Awwwwwwwww!!! Love wins again! calimary Sunday #7
Eighteen years his junior. valleyrogue Sunday #11
Oh brother BWdem4life Sunday #12
Why? Why do age gaps matter? WarGamer Sunday #13
but women age faster, biologically once they hit 40-ish... GenThePerservering Sunday #20
I'm not a biologist or anything... WarGamer Sunday #22
In some countries, LisaL Sunday #25
How do women age faster if they live longer than men? LisaL Sunday #24
She is certainly old enough to figure out LisaL Sunday #15
Big deal, she's 38 Polybius Sunday #18
If the wife doesn't want to end up being a nurse with a purse. GenThePerservering Sunday #21
I have a sliding scale... WarGamer Sunday #23
She looks like Rosario Dawson JI7 Sunday #14
The happy couple SocialDemocrat61 Sunday #16
all this time i thought he was married to Rosario Dawson lol Takket Sunday #17
No, but his new wife does look familiar SocialDemocrat61 Sunday #19
Congratulations 🎉👏 MustLoveBeagles Sunday #26
MY best wishes for the happy couple. riversedge Sunday #27
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