b_m_b_m_b_m Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 This shit getting to print means it must be much worse than they're letting on. It would be much more tragic if she weren't one of the most important people in the country 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 Dementocracy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricofoley Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 Remember when she got pissed at a bunch of kids for coming to her office to advocate for climate action? 'You didn't vote for me': Senator Dianne Feinstein responds to young green activists | US news | The Guardian WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM Sunrise Movement says California senator reacted with ‘smugness and disrespect’ to their campaigning for New Green Deal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted December 10, 2020 Author Share Posted December 10, 2020 Forgot this gem A pharmacist says he has filled Alzheimer's prescriptions for members of Congress - Vox WWW.VOX.COM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted December 10, 2020 Author Share Posted December 10, 2020 Joe biden was the youngest senator in the Senate in early 1979. Now it's Josh Hawley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 Like I said before. I didn't vote to re-elect her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 It's not too late to execute her. It’s true: As San Francisco mayor, Dianne Feinstein did repeatedly fly a Confederate flag in front of City Hall SFBAYVIEW.COM Supporters of Democratic California Sen. Dianne Feinstein are determined to write out of history the fact that, as mayor of San Francisco at the time, she infamously fought to keep the flag of... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairslinger Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 And this is a total internal party power thing, right? Newsom would appoint her hypocritical replacement and there is virtually no chance that replacement would lose to a Republican when the seat came up again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted December 10, 2020 Author Share Posted December 10, 2020 6 hours ago, Chairslinger said: And this is a total internal party power thing, right? Newsom would appoint her hypocritical replacement and there is virtually no chance that replacement would lose to a Republican when the seat came up again? Republicans haven't had a candidate for the Senate make a general election since 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cusideabelincoln Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 8 hours ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: Joe biden was the youngest senator in the Senate in early 1979. Now it's Josh Hawley. Drain the swamp! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 So, obviously this is bad, but it's made 10x worse because of the INCREDIBLY FUCKING DUMB RULES/TRADITION of giving senior members the top positions. Why should the senior ranking Democrat be in charge of judicial appointments? Why not a person with the most experience in the area? I swear, the US system is such a joke. In Canada we have the opposite problem (if it's a problem), where the "boys in short pants" are derided by Members of Parliament for basically running the Prime Minister's Office and ordering them around on votes. The "boys" in this case are usually people in their 20s and 30s who run the PMO and have the energy and gumption to get things done. Stephen Harper and Justin Trudeau both have this policy, of staffing their office with younger people who then take charge and effectively run the PMO and set policy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted December 10, 2020 Author Share Posted December 10, 2020 3 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: So, obviously this is bad, but it's made 10x worse because of the INCREDIBLY FUCKING DUMB RULES/TRADITION of giving senior members the top positions. Why should the senior ranking Democrat be in charge of judicial appointments? Why not a person with the most experience in the area? I swear, the US system is such a joke. In Canada we have the opposite problem (if it's a problem), where the "boys in short pants" are derided by Members of Parliament for basically running the Prime Minister's Office and ordering them around on votes. The "boys" in this case are usually people in their 20s and 30s who run the PMO and have the energy and gumption to get things done. Stephen Harper and Justin Trudeau both have this policy, of staffing their office with younger people who then take charge and effectively run the PMO and set policy. I mean it isn't to say that the US only has old people running things--often these senators and representatives have small armies of young staffers who do the vast majority of the work. But the seats filled and votes cast by these senators and congresspersons largely on the democratic side, and especially in democratic leadership, are by these dinosaurs who stick around in their posts for *decades*. This is a problem because it stunts the growth of the bench to the detriment of the party all so Dianne and nancy and hoyer and clyburn can retain their positions. The GOP has been doing this shit right! Since 2003 (!!!!) The democratic house has had 3 people, the same 3 people, in leadership. In that same time, Republicans have had 8. Instructively, one of whom became a senator (roy blunt) when the senate seat opened up in his state of MO when the incumbent was about 70 and retired. Two of them were criminals and resigned in disgrace (this is the republican party after all), two retired on their own, one was primaried and is no longer in government, and the last two are in power now, both age 55. Now I'm not saying AOC or someone similarly young needs to be in leadership, but hakeem jefferies (as much of a corporate stooge as pelosi) would be a vast improvement on this front, as would someone like Pramila Jayapal or Mark Pocan, both in their mid 50's and more in line with the democratic party base ideologically Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CitizenVectron Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 45 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: In that respect they actually share a lot in common with police, which is perhaps why the DNC leadership is so loathe to go after police. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osxmatt Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 None of my grandparents lived past 85. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted December 10, 2020 Author Share Posted December 10, 2020 Man, even the soviet gerontocracy was younger than what we have now lmao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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