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Feinstein Briefly Hospitalized After a Fall at Home in San Francisco (www.nytimes.com)
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[–] 36 points 3 years ago (3 children)

Can we just get all these oldies out no matter what party that are in? We should have a law where you have to retire at whatever the youngest public retirement age is.

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  • [–] 14 points 3 years ago* (3 children)

    Or they should just do a cognitive and physical test every half a year once they are past the retirement age. Bernie Sanders is 81 and still has a sharp mind and his mindset isn’t stuck in the 50’s.

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  • [–] -3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    His mindset is stuck in the 60s, but whether or not that’s a good thing is a different debate.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I think I'd like to see mandatory retirement age be whatever the average life expectancy is. If they want to have a shot at staying in office longer, they'll have to make the health care system better.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    You say that like they have to use the same healthcare as the peasants. Spoiler alert: they don't.

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    • [–] 24 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    So if a politician goes legally insane what happens? If they decide to go down meth alley and are completely unhinged, what happens? We all just sit and let dementia patients run the country till they die? Merica

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  • [–] 23 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Nixon was wandering around the White House while black out drunk talking to himself and ordering nuclear strikes.

    So there are legitimately no safety rails.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago* (2 children)

    Apparently there are some safety rails if no nukes were launched.

    But point taken, fuck these old folks, and Nixon.

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    • [–] 20 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Does Hallmark sell a "Get well and retire soon" card?

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  • [+] -10 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Who wants her to get well?

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Democrats, because while she is not able to vote the Judiciary Committee is split evenly, and nothing will pass unless there is at least one Republican vote. Republicans have been clear they will not support Democrats replacing Feinstein temporarily while she is out sick. It looks like if they want to replace her, it would have to be permanent -- and there's no guarantee Republicans would support that, either.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    There is a guarantee that they would, in fact, not support that. They are obstructionists, the party of minority rule who throw temper tantrums when they are not actively in power and imposing their minority views on the rest of us.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    The only thing holding the obstructionism in check is the notion that they might be in the majority again someday. If they do take control of the Senate in the next election, it will be by a small margin, and they will have their own octogenarians with committee assignments. They may not want to set the precedent that committee seats that go vacant never get refilled.

    I did a fair amount of searching around regarding what exactly Republicans have said regarding replacing Feinstein, and the only thing I can validate is that they would be against assigning another Senator temporarily while she is away, then having her come back. I think it's their way of pushing her to quit.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    The key to understanding conservatives is to internalize the fact that they don't give a fuck about past precedent. All they care about is power. Gaining it and keeping it. If they have to flip back and forth to make up new, contradictory rules every day, then they will.

    Just look at their "we can't fill a supreme court seat during an election year" bullshit.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    What you're missing is how likely the new rule is to be used against them. They did the thing with the SC seat because they knew that it could lead to a SC majority, and that the possibility that the same tactic could be used against them (a Democratic Senate ignoring a Republican President's SC Appointment) was not likely to happen for several years. But if Feinstein leaves permanently and they refuse to seat a replacement, they could feel the backlash of that as soon as the next Congress, if they take a slim majority. Chuck Grassley is also on the Judiciary Committee, and he's no spring chicken either.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Conservatives don't care that a rule change could be used against them, if they get power, they will change the rules, and then change them back the next day.

    That's what you're missing. Consistency is for people who actually care about the rule of law. Conservatives only care about power in the moment, and have fucked themselves over long term several times before. The second they gain power, they just change the rules again. It's the whole reason why conservatives focused on State governments in 2010. So that they could change the rules around elections and remain in power.

    And with the constant backing of Fox News, they got away with it. Fox let them be as two faced as they pleased, changing rules and then changing them back as it benefited them.

    That's slowly starting to backfire, but I doubt that conservatives will change tactics, instead I expect them to double down.

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  • [–] [S] 7 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Her friends, her family, people who aren't callous enough too wish death on people?

    I just want her to f'ing retire and let someone not suffering from massively declining mental facilities legislature shit that affects my life. I mean hell, I absolutely hate McConnell and his lack of any morals and I'll gladly piss on his grave, I wouldn't care if he died, but I don't actively wish for his death.

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    • [+] 6 points 3 years ago
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    [–] 5 points 3 years ago

    Oh. She dead already.

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    [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    I look forward to seeing peoples reactions when she inevitably shits herself on the senate floor.

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