According to Sir Winston Churchill, young folks who are not liberal have no hearts. Older folks who aren’t conservative have no brains. I have heard the quote many times and I have read it almost as many times, but it was not until recently that I realize that he was describing himself. Indeed, in his youth he was a member of the liberal party. Later, as he became older, he became very conservative. For that reason, I guess we can say the the man did have both a heart and a brain.

I guess we can’t say the same for Old Joe. He is currently very old and he is still very liberal. My guess is the man never had a brain. Moreover, if the Churchill test is true, we can definitely say he is currently without a brain now.

On the other hand, I was never liberal. Just what does that say about me?

Moreover, it does bring an important thing to mind. If only the founding fathers had been able to hear the quote while writing the Constitution, they just might have written in a minimum voting age of 25, for all voting. Maybe then, we would not be in this mess. Just maybe Old Joe would be taking things easy in his expensive beach house. Or maybe not. It is quite conceivable that he he’d not have all his lucre with which he bought the expensive home in the first place.