text:  Ageism is an issue. Americans have a rich history of holding people's physical characteristics against them. OK, you can ask African-Americans. He's older. That doesn't mean that he is unfit. And there's a lot of ageism there. Now, this age attack, this obsession by the right. Joe Biden may not be able to speak for himself the way that he used to. They want to think to take on government if we get out of line, which they're talking again about.