[Civsoc-mw] [NYASANET] The DPP cabal bares teeth on hapless police

[Tony Thontholani]

William McKinley, 54
Theodore Roosevelt, 42
William H. Taft, 51
Woodrow Wilson, 56
Warren G Harding, 55
Calvin Coolidge, 51
Herbert Hoover, 54
Franklin D Roosevelt, 51
John F Kennedy, 43
Lyndon B Johnson, 55
Richard Nixon, 55
Jimmy Carter, 52
Bill Clinton, 46

Even in the 20th Century - the trend in American voting pattern has been towards the youngish. And on this list I have deliberately left out Gerald Ford and Harry S Truman who were 60 and 61 at the start of presidency. 

Look at Malawi. Kamuzu was 67 or thereabouts at start of presidency and left thirty years later. 

We have a problem in Malawi. Ancients like Goodall Gondwe, what sort of new ideas are they putting on the table? It’s not he hasn’t been given a chance; he’s been tried and tested. 

> On 31. May 2019, at 05:34, Louis Nthenda <louisnthenda at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Of the thirteen presidents you have listed as being in their forties and
> fifties, eleven don't count.
> Only three are comparable: JFK, Clinton and Obama to the Malawi situation.
> These three are 20thc and 21stc contemporaries facing similar life
> expectancies as Malawian Presidents. .
> Before the 20thc, reaching forty was old age. By 50, you were ancient and
> preparing for death. If you hadn't achieved in your thirties, you wouldn't
> amount to much.


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