Well what do you know? I agree with Nikki Haley on something.
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She ain't wrong (huuuge edit: ON THIS SUBJECT QUOTE)
The average age IS pretty fucking high. Fresh blood would be good, methinks. Most of these codgers are career politicians who’ve just cling to their positions for decades
Be careful, she used this line to accuse Biden of being declined like McConnell or Feinstein
Biden over Trump was an easy vote. But Biden wasn’t exactly my first pick. There’s something fucked up about people who would be considered absolutely unemployable in any other profession clinging to power and running the country like it was 40 years ago. This applies all around.
Yeah admittedly my first pick was also ancient, but he was the leftest
I agree with you and her as far as health care but I doubt McConnell and Feinstein are actually enjoying their golden years. You'd expect a nursing home to help with that part.
Oh well I don't feel sorry for them as they are power addicted idiots.
They look miserable. But I don't know if Feinstein is power addicted at this point and not just entirely confused and pupeteered by other people. I wonder what she would answer if you asked her how old she is right now.
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Joe Biden's decline? Look, I don't like having great-grandpa in the Whitehouse or Senate or Supreme Court, and I think we should have an age limit, but there's no need to invent a "decline" to make a point.
And I'd press her on naming one "great thing" McConnell has done...
Depends on perspective. If you're a fascist, that list is quite long.
This. He denied Garland to the Supreme Court. Then without a shred of shame shoved Barret through. He blatantly shat on a precedent he himself set. His supporters don't care. They think this is good.
His unwavering support for Ukraine.
Or if you want a dish that is well chilled but much spicier look no further than the Anti-Corruption Act of 1988
Look at the Sponsor, then look at the Co-Sponsor, then read the Summary. Look familiar? 😉
Sad that “one great thing” now equates to doing their fucking job.
To be fair, can you think of anything that would qualify as "one great thing" that doesn't fall under the purview of "doing their job"?
Like, I don't think the expectation is that he would have run into a burning building to save some starving orphans?
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In her mind, the blocking of Merrick Garland.
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Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
Fuck Haley, but she is right about the nursing home part. But there is a fix that Americans don't want to admit - their voting - or LACK OF voting - is what is keeping these elderly Senators in office. Of course she is an opportunist twat that is only saying this to try to hit at Biden indirectly by bringing up the age issue.
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Damn if she's not right about that.
She is but I can't help but think she has unstated motives for saying it.
Person trying to boost popularity says popular thing.
Standard GOP tactic
- Complain about how bad the government is
- Get elected
- Make government worse
- Back to step 1
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I actually hate Nikki Haley. Her policies, ideas, and alignment are all wrong. But she is somehow self-aware enough to realize that a bunch of old people are running our country right now, and how detrimental that is.
Her miscalculation is that she believes young voters will refill the GOP coffers with people as crazy as she is. Won't happen.
A heartbreaking story is currently unfolding that’s sure to have devastating ramifications for years to come. Just moments ago, without any warning, the worst person you know just made a great point.
https://clickhole.com/heartbreaking-the-worst-person-you-know-just-made-a-gr-1825121606/
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Politician reads the room and adopts the most lukewarm, obvious, low-hanging-fruit take in an effort to score free publicity. Damn, really raising the bar here.
100%. We need age and term limits for all elected offices.
We don't want a Senate with 60 Ted Cruz's. I agree with the other guy. Money reform first. Then we can consider age and term limits.
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I guess the question is: what problem are you trying to solve by instituting age limits and term limits?
If the issue is the advantage of incumbency and having entrenched politicians with large campaign funding operations behind them, then maybe a better way of solving this would be campaign finance reform that prevents private dollar donations from non-individuals and heavy restrictions on how much an individual can contribute.
All that term limits and age limits in Congress would achieve is setting an artificial barrier for those who do the job well while setting up a new group of people to benefit from the legislature's dysfunction.
Wouldn't it be easier to "get your guy" in if they pushed rotate people through the Senate. Its not like either situation is good. But I don't trust Nikki for shit. I still think she's a stooge
Power corrupts. The end. The longer you are in positions of power, the more exposure you have to influence from money. It needs to be a revolving door for every elected official. Get in. Do good things. Lead by example. Move on up or gtfo.
I feel like that misses a lot about how politics work. Someone just getting into office is often far too ineffective for us to allow our system to be run by first and second term legislators. First term legislators are often fairly useless because they are still learning the job. I'm not saying there is no solution to that, but it would have to be coupled with massive reform around the support mechanisms for our legislatures. You think the federal government is slow moving now, just wait until everyone in office has no idea how to do their job.
Edit: Also as others have pointed out, you'd also be terming very competent legislators along with the corrupt ones. I think people overestimate the amount of corruption in the legislative branch, due to the media creating a confirmation bias. For every evil corrupt piece of shit, there are 5-10 people you've never heard of just doing what they think is right (even if you don't agree with them).
Edit2: maybe a better solution is a dementia/Alzheimer's in person test given to all legislators past 65 every year, evaluated by a 3 doctor panel. If you fail the test, you're legally prevented from running and forced to resign if in office. If removed the political party impacted gets to appoint the replacement, otherwise if there is no political party (true independent) the executive branch of that state gets to appoint replacement.
Just look at Bernie.
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Haley said on Fox News that the Kentucky senator has “done some great things, and he deserves credit,”
Examples?
Republicans consider damage to the country a great thing.
For one, he destroyed the legitimacy of the federal judiciary & supreme court. Which is terrible, but great. Like Voldemort.
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Who cares what this monster says? Yall want federal abortion bans, lgbt bans, more environmental damage and worse access to medicare?
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She’s a fucking traitor.
"Absolutely devastating, the worse person you know just made a great point."
She's terrible, but she doesn't crack the top 100 worst American politicians. Her point is accurate, though.
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I suppose even a racist clock is right twice a day
The horrible evil lady is right! Let's not do what she says otherwise.
This is due to the rules of the Senate which state that committee seniority is given to the longest serving members. Both sides keep people in office as long as possible to secure these important positions.
She's not wrong...
Of course, attacking McConnell's health was part of the game plan. She's not wrong though.
Wow that huge bigot finally said something good. Let’s see where she is at 80.
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