Feinstein fell Tuesday. “All of her scans were clear and she returned home,” the senator’s office said, adding that her hospital visit lasted about two hours.
Why not retire at retirement age? I am sure there would be a younger democrat that would have been elected to do the job.
Seems like people get power and they don’t want to give it up.
Oh and fix our social security system AND put the age back to 65.
Your weekly reminder that there is a minimum age requirement to serve in the senate, but bo maximum, and that needs to change.
I don’t even think this is necessarily an age issue. You can get Alzheimer’s at 50 too. To me the issue is a shameful unwillingness from Democrats to acknowledge Feinstein’s inability to fulfill her duties. Pelosi straight up called people sexist for suggesting Feinstein should step down. It’s despicable. If I was in California, I’d be pretty fucking mad right now that my senator was being used as a tool to advance other people’s interests by preying on her dementia.
Feinstein isn’t the only problem here. In fact the 118th Congress average age is the third oldest since 1789 .
I cannot understand why people continue voting for the same incumbent year after year. Not once have I voted for the a politician, then thought to myself in the next election “they listen to me and deserve my vote again”. I refuse to vote twice for any politician unless I actually believe they care about the average person and I’ll be honest that has never happened. Maybe I just grew up in the wrong era and didn’t get to appreciate these politicians when they were in their prime twenty years ago?
I just don’t get it. Are we voting based on a popularity contest of names we recognize on the ballot with a D or R next to their name? How f*cking pathetic. Look across the asile, both ways - maybe there’s someone decent out there. Unlikely, but maybe they’re better than the current guy who’s been there for thirty years.
Politicians like diapers should be changed often, and for the same reason.
Yes, ageism is horrible and too common especially against women. But it’s really disingenuous to say there should be no age limit whatsoever, especially when it’s acceptable in every other industry. No one is “preying on her dementia” as some kind of distraction. They have a political advantage to having her stay in office, it’s really not that hard. The choices are bullshit, as usual, because it comes down to keeping her in office the rest of her life or open it up to some fascist conservative.
Of course reasonable Californians are mad. But do you have time to organize and get the signatures for a special recall election? Not many people do.
Getting old sucks. Maybe it will happen to you someday.
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Dianne is part of a thin Senate majority and on the judiciary committee. If she were to retire now, governor Newsome would name a replacement and set up a special election. But, that replacement would not have her senority in the Senate or on committee. So, should something happen, like Biden nominating a new judge, it could turn into a real shitshow. Could relive Garland. That is the reason, I think, that you won’t see her gone until the next Senate
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I’m half her age and I don’t recover from falls and injuries anywhere near as quickly as I did in my younger days. I can barely wrap my brain around how frail a 90 year old must be.
My father was in his seventies and had a fall that broke his hip. He was dead within a month. Let’s hope she broke her hip.
