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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.
by 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 agoI 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 agoon the other hand the late Senator Strom Thormond didn't leave office until he retired at age 100.
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- nocman 7y agoI 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