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Yeah this is just an unfortunate reality of the situation we're living in today. People think she was on some sort of ego trip by remaining in the senate or som
by steviedotboston 3y ago
Yeah this is just an unfortunate reality of the situation we're living in today. People think she was on some sort of ego trip by remaining in the senate or something, when really it was just the best option for making sure Biden is able to appoint judges. She was able to get a bunch of them approved recently, we should be thankful for that. People saying stuff like "thank God she's finally gone" are so ignorant. Newsom will appoint a democrat, that democrat will get no meaningful committee appointments, and we'll be in a worse situation than we were.
- coldpie 3y agoThe argument we're making is she should have retired twenty years ago, when she was "just" 70 years old.
- steviedotboston 3y agowhy should a 70 year old retire if her constituents continue to support her?
- coldpie 3y agoTo avoid the whole "walking dead" thing that keeps happening to elderly politicians. I think it is self-evidently bad when the people running the country cannot remember what happened yesterday.
- steviedotboston 3y agoApparently you are in the minority. Her constituents had no problem voting for her in the last election despite her advanced age. They either don't care or value experience over other concerns.
- coldpie 3y agoYeah. Both "she's too old to run" and "she's the best candidate under our current system" can be true at the same time. Elsewhere in this thread, I proposed changing the system to have an upper age limit (65) on running for office, which nicely solves the problem, as someone else would have had to step up before her brain turned into pea soup.
- ImPostingOnHN 3y agoher constituents above a certain age* many of her constituents aren't allowed to vote
- steviedotboston 3y agoThe voting age is 18. Children shouldn't vote.
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