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  No it is not.  What has been awkward and uncomfortable has been her staying in the senate past her ability to remain there.  It hasn't been dignified for her.
context: You notice how no one is tearing Patrick Leahy apart? 
  Cause he had the good grace to step away with some dignity. >
  
  The bigger point is that no one ever questioned the lucidity of Pat Leahy.  Many people have been upfront about their concerns regarding Feinstein's clearly diminishing mental capacity. >
  
  This is why we need term limits and a retirement age   for politicians >
  
  Term limits only give lobbyist more power.  It's been tried before on the state level.   I agree with age limits >
  
  OK but if we have term limits, maybe they’ll vote to get the money out of politics because you know they have term limits? >
  
  That’s a rough article
  
  “God bless her,” said Garry South, a Democratic strategist who has worked on major statewide campaigns in California. “But the most pathetic part of politics is when somebody doesn’t know when it’s time to leave.” >
  
  As a Californian this fossilized, helmet haired Oligarch should have never been voted in at all. She capitalized on tragedy and then inside traded herself into mega wealth. She's everything that's wrong with Neo-Liberalism. >
  
  Nothing sums up most voters more than this story:
  I begged everyone I know not to vote for her in ‘18, said “She’s too old.” My mother-in-law was particularly offended, chastised me for ageism. 
  Recently, my mother-in-law said to me “she never should have run last time, she was too old.” >
  
  I moved to SF in 2008 and most people I knew thought she should retire then. 14 years later she’s still there…it’s long past time we implemented term limits for congress and SCOTUS. >
  
  Dianne Feinstein was born in 1933 and the Golden Gate Bridge was finished in 1937. Yep, she's older than the iconic Golden Gate Bridge. >
  
  Also older than chocolate chip cookies. >
  
  Thanks for that fun fact! I would have never guessed. So glad I wasn't born in the 1800s. >
  
  Bonus fun fact: Grasshoppers have been on Earth longer than grass. >
  
  If they are that damn good at prediction then I'm holding one hostage for next week's lottery numbers >
  
  Unfortunately they’re really lazy, though. >
  
  This...I belive >
  
  She never should have stayed around this damn long to begin with. Why do people act like staying there the longest is some great accomplishment, that means the job has been easy enough for her to coast by on even in old age. I’ve seen a lot of younger politicians that abdicate responsibility when a position of authority gets too demanding, instead we have politicians that make the job easier and delegate more responsibilities so they can continue being inadequate at it. We need to get our head out of sentimentality and into practicality; these jobs need to be done by people that understand the problems these positions need to address without needing unelected staffers to explain it for them. My respect for elders stops when they put their ego above my well-being. >
  
  I think one layer of the explanation, among other things, is how powerful the incumbency advantage is. It's not just a very strong political effect—people have a preference to stick with the devil they know—but it has a snowballing campaign finance aspect of it too. >
  
  Go Katie Porter! >
  
  The Whiteboard of Justice takes the Senate! >
  
  It's interesting because you'll see some apologists say that this standard is sexist since many men have been this incapacitated and not forced out.
  I'd hope that CA, the largest state in the union with the least proportional representation in the senate would have a fully capable advocate, but Feinstein won her last primary in a landslide when she was already losing it. >
  
  Somehow despite her age Feinstein manages to be the boomiest of Boomers, holding onto power, thinking only of herself, and cutting off opportunity for the younger generations. >
  
  She's even older than the boomers; she's part of the Silent Generation! But yeah, she's the epitome of me, myself, and I. >
  
  I'm pretty sure DiFi is unaware of any awkwardness.  As she represented the worst of the Democratic Party, I'm glad she'll be gone.
  Either Adam Schiff or Katie Porter would make a far better Senator.