The arrogance of old age

I was watching Vincent brown the other night and among the panel he had on was a young female candidate for some by election. I think she said she was 27 or so. Although I am a fan of Brown and the controversy he generates, being the presenter that he is he had to ask that stupid question posed to all young aspiring politicians which is; 'do you not think your a bit young?'. I cringed when asked this question. what has age to do with political competence?
The track record of the past government would suggest that old age corresponds with political incompetence. Off the top of my head I would think that the medium age of those in that government was 50. Going by Browne's logic and probably the logic of many of the elders in this country, would suggest the older a party is the more politically competent it is.

But this is obvious bullcr.ap as history has thought us that with age in this country comes political incompetence since it is now the generation of youth, my generation, who has to clean up after the shower of crooks and gangsters who took a world class economy and drove it into the ground.
Perhaps its my generation who are better off running this country since it is us who have paid the ultimate price by the incompetence of our elders since we are the ones who are first hit by social welfare cuts and forced to immigrate because of the lack of opportunities our 'elders' deprived us of.

I was once a great believer that one should respect his elders but I no longer believe in this considering how my parents behaved during the economic boom, remortgaging our family home and now we are faced with the prospect of losing it. I think its time for a social revolution in this country where the youth should mobilize and the old should step aside so that we can restore it to its former glory. Because it has been at times of great crisis where the youth have shown true leadership!