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I was going to contact my senators. One of them is Dianne Feinstein, and... ugh, why is she always on the worst side when it comes to privacy? She's actually

by ipsin 7y ago

I was going to contact my senators. One of them is Dianne Feinstein, and... ugh, why is she always on the worst side when it comes to privacy? She's actually a sponsor of this thing. I've written her enough that I can already write my own reply from her office. Shorter Feinstein: "Thank you for your concerns, but you're wrong."

coldpie 7y ago
> why is she always on the worst side when it comes to privacy Because she is a terrible Senator. Please, please, please stop voting for her already.
- catalogia 7y ago
  She's 86 now and the next time she'll be up for reelection is in 2024. There's a good chance she won't be around long enough to ever lose reelection.
  - yjftsjthsd-h 7y ago
    > There's a good chance she won't be around long enough to ever lose reelection. No need to be so negative. Isn't it nicer to say, "There's a good chance that she won't win reelection*."?
    - catalogia 7y ago
      I think that phrasing is more ambiguous, not nicer (nor meaner.) "Won't win reelection" is phrasing that's compatible with a 'loses the election' scenario, which I consider implausible (If she's still alive in 2024, she'll undoubtedly win.) Adding ambiguity to my comment doesn't make it nicer; it only increases the chance that I might be misunderstood.
  - smegger001 7y ago
    on the other hand the late Senator Strom Thormond didn't leave office until he retired at age 100.
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  - nocman 6y ago
    I know this is a day old now, but Pelosi was born March 26, 1940, so she is 80 (not 86). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Pelosi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Pelosi
    - yesco 6y ago
      This discussion is about Dianne Feinstein, not Pelosi.
      - nocman 6y ago
        LOL. Sorry about that. Not sure where I got my wires crossed there. Must have gotten distracted somewhere in the middle while looking it up. I also didn't realize that Feinstein was that old.
api 7y ago
She's a Democrat from the district including SF. She could eat a baby on live TV and still win. It's like being a Republican from a heavily rural Texas or Utah district. Congressmen and senators from hard single party regions are basically tenured.
hedora 7y ago
She’s basically a moderate republican: https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/ https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/ She used to vote with Trump more than any other Democrat. Now she’s number 2 (and she is much further right wing than many republican senators). I don’t understand how she keeps winning in places like SF. Even a California republican would probably be further to the left than she is.
- SamReidHughes 6y ago
  You aren't sorting by the proper column. She's right in the middle of the Democrats.

by ipsin 7y ago

coldpie 7y ago

> why is she always on the worst side when it comes to privacy Because she is a terrible Senator. Please, please, please stop voting for her already.

catalogia 7y ago
She's 86 now and the next time she'll be up for reelection is in 2024. There's a good chance she won't be around long enough to ever lose reelection.
- yjftsjthsd-h 7y ago
  > There's a good chance she won't be around long enough to ever lose reelection. No need to be so negative. Isn't it nicer to say, "There's a good chance that she won't win reelection*."?
  - catalogia 7y ago
    I think that phrasing is more ambiguous, not nicer (nor meaner.) "Won't win reelection" is phrasing that's compatible with a 'loses the election' scenario, which I consider implausible (If she's still alive in 2024, she'll undoubtedly win.) Adding ambiguity to my comment doesn't make it nicer; it only increases the chance that I might be misunderstood.
- smegger001 7y ago
  on the other hand the late Senator Strom Thormond didn't leave office until he retired at age 100.
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- nocman 6y ago
  I know this is a day old now, but Pelosi was born March 26, 1940, so she is 80 (not 86). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Pelosi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Pelosi
  - yesco 6y ago
    This discussion is about Dianne Feinstein, not Pelosi.
    - nocman 6y ago
      LOL. Sorry about that. Not sure where I got my wires crossed there. Must have gotten distracted somewhere in the middle while looking it up. I also didn't realize that Feinstein was that old.

api 7y ago

She's a Democrat from the district including SF. She could eat a baby on live TV and still win. It's like being a Republican from a heavily rural Texas or Utah district. Congressmen and senators from hard single party regions are basically tenured.

hedora 7y ago

She’s basically a moderate republican: https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/ https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/ She used to vote with Trump more than any other Democrat. Now she’s number 2 (and she is much further right wing than many republican senators). I don’t understand how she keeps winning in places like SF. Even a California republican would probably be further to the left than she is.

SamReidHughes 6y ago
You aren't sorting by the proper column. She's right in the middle of the Democrats.