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  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.
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 >
  
  I do think many politicians today are too old, especially when you compare heads of state like Justin Trudeau and Macron to Biden however it's the responsibility of the people to vote for people who represent them. And if people choose these geriatric people to represent them they have to live with that decision. 
  Though it is also unfortunate that we have political parties that push to essentially pick who even shows up on a ballot or gets elected but it is what it is. >
  
  Biden, for all his faults, has the dubious distinction of being the only silent generation president. >
  
  Does that add value to him as president? >
  
  Nope. Just a random factoid >
  
  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. >
  
  
  everything that's wrong with Neo-Liberalism.
  
  Okay, I'm stupid enough to ask: What's correct about neo-liberalism? >
  
  It reminds me of the matrix... >
  
  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. >
  
  
  term limits
  
  At least age limits >
  
  Team age limits. 
  Each election is (technically) a term limit >
  
  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. >
  
  Look at chuck grassley motherfuckers like 90 and won election >
  
  Ok here's the thing. I hate Grassley because he's a MAGA idiot, but if you watch him in his agriculture committee, he actually does a legit job trying to represent his constituents. >
  
  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. >
  
  Goodbye dinosaur. I don’t give a shit if she’s uncomfortable. >
  
  Feinstein could have stepped down gracefully but chose not to do so. Now she'll be shown the door. >
  
  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. >
  
  One of the symptoms of dementia is a total lack of awareness that anything is wrong.  A family member of mine was tested for dementia and did not believe anything was off, in spite of the fact that he couldn't draw the hands on a clock to show a specific time.  He flunked the other tests too but that was the one that really stood out to me.  To opine that this is going to be "awkward" is an enormous understatement. >
  
  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. >
  
  Get these old people out of office. Every single one of them above the age of 70 get them out >
  
  At least she stayed around long enough to beat Kevin de Leon who may be out of an LA city council job soon after he made controversial comments about a colleagues kid >
  
  Dianne's mind is so far gone she won't notice >
  
  Grew up in California till I was 21. I'm 26 now, even as a middle schooler learning about politics in class I thought she seemed old. Dianne, the fat lady has sung and gone home. Your turn. >
  
  Biden + Feinstein 2024. It's a no brainer. >
  
  This made me lol. >
  
  Careful, they will come for you too! >
  
  If she were to resign, she could handpick her successor. >
  
  Ain't she the one that said trump learned his lesson? Good riddance, idiot >
  
  No. 
  I think you mean Susan Collins, in ME? >
  
  Oh yea they look similar >
  
  Trump probably won't win the nomination. >
  
  The yentas need to accept the blame for this shit. 
  Honestly if you’re 85 or older you shouldn’t be able to vote since you obv don’t give any shits abut the future. 
  Old people living so goddamned long is one of the worst things to happen to this planet. >
  
  Put her in a home ffs. >
  
  Don't go away addled, just go away. >
  
  She proves the point of term and age limits. >
  
  Her team and family should have intervened a couple elections ago. >
  
  I want to know where is her doctor and her family? 
  People are judging her as though she is competent to make the decision to step away, while mocking her inability to make other decisions.
  She is clearly incapacitated by dementia or something very much like it. It's cruel to just leave her to become a laughingstock. >
  
  Probably isn't even cognizant of whats going on >
  
  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 >
  
  I do think many politicians today are too old, especially when you compare heads of state like Justin Trudeau and Macron to Biden however it's the responsibility of the people to vote for people who represent them. And if people choose these geriatric people to represent them they have to live with that decision. 
  Though it is also unfortunate that we have political parties that push to essentially pick who even shows up on a ballot or gets elected but it is what it is. >
  
  Biden, for all his faults, has the dubious distinction of being the only silent generation president. >
  
  Does that add value to him as president? >
  
  Nope. Just a random factoid >
  
  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. >
  
  
  everything that's wrong with Neo-Liberalism.
  
  Okay, I'm stupid enough to ask: What's correct about neo-liberalism? >
  
  It reminds me of the matrix... >
  
  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. >
  
  
  term limits
  
  At least age limits >
  
  Team age limits. 
  Each election is (technically) a term limit