Dianne Feinstein has passed away

[IIVI]

Kicking people out at 70 is pretty extreme, there are some very physically/mentally capable 70 year olds. My great grandma is 81 and she still drives (with no problems), walks without a cane, takes care of herself, etc. It depends on the person.

But I wouldn't be opposed to people above a certain age having to take test every year or two to make sure they're not senile and are physically capable of the job. People who know they wouldn't pass would have an incentive to retire to avoid embarrassment.

Yeah it's definitely a slippery slope. For example Feinstein did a lot of her net positive, humane work at 70-85.

That said, many people that age are obviously not capable.

So I agree, I actually think standardized, non-bias tests would be the best. Take a page out of whiteboard interviews and protect against cheating. If they can pass the exams, they can run and would have to pass them periodically.

 

[the artist known az]

Power.

They don't want to give it up. Once you do, your personal assistants go away, your influence goes down, you don't get to enjoy some of the spoils and riches of power.

And since she is dying as a sitting Senator and not a former Senator, they will likely have a big funeral for her in DC that will be covered live by the major media channels, and all the Presidents except Trump (cause he is petty) and Carter (cause of age) will attend.

And at the end of the day, you're still dead and life goes on

 

[concise]

Kicking people out at 70 is pretty extreme, there are some very physically/mentally capable 70 year olds. My great grandma is 81 and she still drives (with no problems), walks without a cane, takes care of herself, etc. It depends on the person.

But I wouldn't be opposed to people above a certain age having to take test every year or two to make sure they're not senile and are physically capable of the job. People who know they wouldn't pass would have an incentive to retire to avoid embarrassment.

Then they can do other jobs.
All tests have some implicit bias in them somewhere.

We already have age floors, we absolutely need age ceilings. A line has to be drawn somewhere ... 70, 75, 80 ... 90 year old senators should not be a thing.

 

[Consigliere]

It’s true: As San Francisco mayor, Dianne Feinstein did repeatedly fly a Confederate flag in front of City Hall

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 slavery and KKK race terror flying in front of City Hall.

sfbayview.com

yall need to get off her dikk. rest in piss you selfish bytch.

Great post

Seems like she would have been a Dixiecrat if she had an accent…

 

[patscorpio]

Imagine a 90 yr old person relating to America now . Probably though we don't share water fountains anymore . They need to phase these people out

 

[Lexington Steele]

Confederate flag flying bytch.

 

[Geek Nasty]

How is this even remotely close to RBG? She has a blue district. Another Democrat was gonna replace her no matter when she died.

Decrepidly old white woman who refused to give up her spot, regardless of obvious health issues, under great protest for her to resign until she died because she knew someone black was going to replace her?

 

[Left.A1]

it’s sad that our US Senate body is like a who’s who of AARP hall of famers

 

[Geek Nasty]

it’s sad that our US Senate body is like a who’s who of AARP hall of famers

Biden is looking terrible this week too.

 

[Sad Bunny]

Vaccinated?

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

Vaccinated?

She had dementia and likely Alzheimer’s at this point.

 

[get these nets]

Mentioned this in an earlier thread about age and Federal Office, the voters knew her age and condition and she won the last election anyway.

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

Mentioned this in an earlier thread about age and Federal Office, the voters knew her age and condition and she won the last election anyway.

Ehhh that was back in 2018 before her dementia condition was truly known and to the point it got.

Besides if you know who her opponent was, then you would know that it wouldn't have been a good idea if he won based on what's come out about him.

Two majorly flaw candidates in hindsight.

 

[Absolut]

Aren't democrats fukked now ? The opps can now freely stall out any judges




Another RBG situation.

Yep. Dems never learn to play for keeps. Should have forced her off her special committee a decade ago. They play nice, the other side plays politics

 

[Devilinurear]

Vaccinated?

She did get the jab years ago