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You do know that nearly everyone expects Biden to die shortly, leaving us with President Harris, the most left-leaning Senator in American history. Now, Mrs. Ha

You do know that nearly everyone expects Biden to die shortly, leaving us with President Harris, the most left-leaning Senator in American history. Now, Mrs. Harris also likes to put poor people in prison for marijuana charges, so "left-leaning" isn't saying _too_ much, but by American standards...

spaetzleesser 6y ago
“ most left-leaning Senator in American history.” That’s just propaganda nonsense. It seems everybody who is only slightly left to the current administration is labeled as “RINO” or “far left” who wants to create a second Venezuela or Cuba.
zrail 6y ago
"nearly everyone" is doing a lot of work there. I for one don't expect him to die in his term. I do expect him to decline running for a second term and set up Harris for a strong campaign in 2024, but four years is a long time.
- nerdponx 6y ago
  Lest we forget that Biden, Sanders, and Trump are all around the same age.
  - spaetzleesser 6y ago
    Considering how old Pelosi and McConnell are I think 75 may just be the minimum age for political leadership in the US right now. The fact that Biden ran with 78 shows that he has a big ego so I wouldn’t be surprised if he didn’t let go in four years either. Maybe it will be 78 years old vs 82 year Biden with 86 year old Pelosi leading the house and 80+ year old McConnell in the senate. Trust no one younger than 75 :(
    - nerdponx 6y ago
      The Baby Boom generation is a huge voting group, and their candidates are aging at the same rate as the people who keep voting for them. And 30 years of brand recognition seems powerful enough to keep serious (younger) competition out of the way. There is probably a doctoral thesis somewhere in here.
mypalmike 6y ago
Liberal drug laws came from conservatives. War is peace. Freedom is slavery.
dragonwriter 6y ago
> You do know that nearly everyone expects Biden to die shortly No, not “nearly everyone” expects that. > leaving us with President Harris, the most left-leaning Senator in American history She isn't even the most left-leaning sitting Senator. > Now, Mrs. Harris also likes to put poor people in prison for marijuana charges Kind of weird she was the Senate sponsor (not a cosponsor) of the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act, if that were true.

spaetzleesser 6y ago

“ most left-leaning Senator in American history.” That’s just propaganda nonsense. It seems everybody who is only slightly left to the current administration is labeled as “RINO” or “far left” who wants to create a second Venezuela or Cuba.

zrail 6y ago

"nearly everyone" is doing a lot of work there. I for one don't expect him to die in his term. I do expect him to decline running for a second term and set up Harris for a strong campaign in 2024, but four years is a long time.

nerdponx 6y ago
Lest we forget that Biden, Sanders, and Trump are all around the same age.
- spaetzleesser 6y ago
  Considering how old Pelosi and McConnell are I think 75 may just be the minimum age for political leadership in the US right now. The fact that Biden ran with 78 shows that he has a big ego so I wouldn’t be surprised if he didn’t let go in four years either. Maybe it will be 78 years old vs 82 year Biden with 86 year old Pelosi leading the house and 80+ year old McConnell in the senate. Trust no one younger than 75 :(
  - nerdponx 6y ago
    The Baby Boom generation is a huge voting group, and their candidates are aging at the same rate as the people who keep voting for them. And 30 years of brand recognition seems powerful enough to keep serious (younger) competition out of the way. There is probably a doctoral thesis somewhere in here.

mypalmike 6y ago

Liberal drug laws came from conservatives. War is peace. Freedom is slavery.

dragonwriter 6y ago

> You do know that nearly everyone expects Biden to die shortly No, not “nearly everyone” expects that. > leaving us with President Harris, the most left-leaning Senator in American history She isn't even the most left-leaning sitting Senator. > Now, Mrs. Harris also likes to put poor people in prison for marijuana charges Kind of weird she was the Senate sponsor (not a cosponsor) of the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act, if that were true.