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inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 years ago

Feinstein Briefly Hospitalized After a Fall at Home in San Francisco

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Feinstein Briefly Hospitalized After a Fall at Home in San Francisco

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inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 years ago
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Dianne Feinstein, 90, has struggled to navigate the Senate this year after suffering a severe case of shingles in February.
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    Can we just get all these oldies out no matter what party that are in? We should have a law where you have to retire at whatever the youngest public retirement age is.

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      Or they should just do a cognitive and physical test every half a year once they are past the retirement age. Bernie Sanders is 81 and still has a sharp mind and his mindset isn’t stuck in the 50’s.

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        They’ll all pay a doctor to lie, so we need harder limits

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        To be fair he’s had the same mindset since the 50’s as well, it was just a progressive mindset that we still haven’t caught up to as a society

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        His mindset is stuck in the 60s, but whether or not that’s a good thing is a different debate.

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          What does this mean?

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            It is a joke. OC said Bernie wasn’t stuck in the 50s, and I’m arguing that he’s still a 60s hippie. No sense of humor around here.

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        That’s very true and should have happened. However, I still believe there needs to be a forced retirement age in politics.

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      I think I’d like to see mandatory retirement age be whatever the average life expectancy is. If they want to have a shot at staying in office longer, they’ll have to make the health care system better.

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        You say that like they have to use the same healthcare as the peasants. Spoiler alert: they don’t.

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          The idea is that they can’t work longer than the peasants live, so if they want to stay in power they have to help the peasants get better healthcare

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            Definitely misread that, thanks for clarifying.

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    So if a politician goes legally insane what happens? If they decide to go down meth alley and are completely unhinged, what happens? We all just sit and let dementia patients run the country till they die? Merica

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      Nixon was wandering around the White House while black out drunk talking to himself and ordering nuclear strikes.

      So there are legitimately no safety rails.

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        Apparently there are some safety rails if no nukes were launched.

        But point taken, fuck these old folks, and Nixon.

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          Yeah office memos telling the secret service to hide the football when they see Dick drinking

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      History has shown that mayors can smoke crack and keep being mayors and presidents can be high on stimulants daily and keep their jobs.

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      we’re gonna watch our leaders die live on C-SPAN of old age. we’re already almost there, we just need them to actually die when they BSOD while speaking

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    Does Hallmark sell a “Get well and retire soon” card?

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      It’s in the sympathy section.

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    Oh. She dead already.

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    I look forward to seeing peoples reactions when she inevitably shits herself on the senate floor.

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