Wow. That does not look good.
Can we have some term limits, please?
Can you imagine how many problems simple term limits would fix?
Term limits empower lobbyists and career staffers and encourage legislators to give less of a shit about their constituents. I know “career politician” is often considered a dirty word, but having competent, knowledgeable elected officials is a good thing.
They are already openly corrupt. Term limits would result in younger candidates in touch with this century. Lobbyists would also have to bribe new people. It might also break up the ridiculous 100% party voting.
Not to mention help with our Supreme Court problems. Randomly giving appointments that last decades to whoever is president in at the time is insane.
I really don’t think we have that many competent elected officials anyway.
Yes, eliminating gerrymandering and citizens united would be more effective, but I wouldn’t kick term limits out of bed.
Lobbyists would also have to bribe new people.
No they’d hand pick them, run them on utter lies that they can’t be challenged, then throw them out when the public wises up. You seriously underestimate how far the power dynamic can swing.
Term limits would result in younger candidates in touch with this century.
Yes cuz that’s worked so well in places that already have them…
We have term limits in Florida. They have done nothing to solve any problems, and arguably have made the quality of our officials worse, while giving much more power to lobbyists.
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Oh goodness, I hope it’s nothing minor.
I generally don’t wish ill will on people. That being said, this asshole isn’t a human in my book. He’s just an evil hate filled pile of shit, and it will be a great day for democracy and America when he does die.
Isn’t that the type of incident you should be immediately going to the hospital for? And to maintain some shitty image of power they just yank him to the back line and have him stand there?
Man it took waaay to long before someone even reacted and even then they didn’t focus on his well being but on the press conference.
What a sad sight, zero empathy
If it makes you feel any better, he would have done the exact same or worse to anyone else in his place.
He’s one of the few people in this world on my “no empathy for him” list. I would’ve just sat back and had some popcorn
I’d agree with Mark Twain on this one, I don’t exactly wish anyone to die but I’ll read some obituaries with satisfaction, paraphrased.
what a sad sight /s
(I have) zero empathy.
Not like the man is known for his empathy himself. So it’s a bit of a FAFO situation I feel.
They were torn between wanting to help him but also wanting to minimize the appearance of the episode for him. Both of which are valid concerns for him.
Conservatives when Biden does something like walk the wrong direction: omg he’s senile and clearly has dementia!
Conservatives when McConnell (maybe) has a fucking legit seizure: everything’s fine, nothing to see here.
Both of them need to get the hell out of politics as should anyone over the retirement age.
How about hemberders? Or Tim Apple? Trump talks and walks like he’s have constant brain aneurism, yet not a single peep form his idiot base.
Everyone saying he’s just old but I’ve reacted the same way as McConnell did multiple times when I realized the shrooms have kicked in.
I don’t believe that it’s discriminatory when I say that people with severe neurological disorders and dementia shouldn’t be making laws.
NEW CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
No person shall hold an elected or appointed position past the age of 10 years younger than average life expectancy, to be updated each census year. A special election is held to replace the person when this age is reached in the case of elected office. A new appointment required in 30 days for appointed positions.
I like this, but I’d drop the special election in favor of disqualifying candidates who would age out during their term.
Or just make it so the age is a limit for the start of their term, and if they age out, they simply can’t run again.
One of the few issues where you can legit say “both parties are as bad as each other”.
Half these people should be retired.
Because it isn’t right vs left, it’s various flavors of have vs the have nots. Just half the have nots (probably more) are stupid as shit, according to the other half. Then we just bicker while they fucking fleece our dumbasses.
Already you can be removed if you are unable to carry out your duties. It is the will to do it that is lacking. I don’t think tying terms to an average life expectancy is reasonable. You could have a pretty wide range across states for instance and people would constantly sue over how it should be calculated.
I think a better angle would be to just set term limits. Set them longer for congressmen if people want.
The US of A is governed by dying greedy geriatrics
Ribbit
I keep saying that the fact that Trump has made it to 77 is a testament to modern medical science.
It’s like Eugenia Cooney. How is she still alive? How do you treat your body with absolute disdain and survive?
Mick Jagger just turned 80.
I eat pretty well, exercise daily and I doubt I’m making it that long…
As it turns out, a boatload of money is the best thing for your health.
He is 85. What the fuck drives you besides greed and power to stay in Congress past your 70th? He will probably die in a couple of years, but still clings to this power trip with bare hands. Just illustrates how fucking greedy and corrupted that mf is.
The issue is seniority rules. You only get the real power (committee seats, etc) after you’ve been in the senate for decades. Giving that up is probably hard if you’ve spent decades climbing that ladder.
Oh, no, those poor old fucks. I hope they die in their piss instead of ruining our world any more.
Finally hells freezing over.
Like. He’s hell and got real cold. Not that hells freezing over.
Judging the expression on his face he had a terrible diarrhea
Resting turtle face.
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No wonder America’s laws are so outdated, they’re made by guys who still think the 20’s were the “good ol’ days”
It’s so weird to me that we’re currently defining what people will refer to as “the 20s” for the next century
The good ol days, obviously
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That’s what blows my mind. What is motivating these people? If you’re in your 80s, surely you have enough money to just fucking retire already. Is their greed for even more money and power that strong that they have to continue ruining our country well after the average person is deep into their retirement years?
Mitch is gonna be fine, unfortunately. He just needs to consume the soul of another several hundred children to recharge the battery where his heart should be.
Sometimes I worry this is where the Republicans get that adrenochrome conspiracy, is that a projection? There have been studies showing that a transfusion of a young person’s blood into an old person has benefits.
What’s wrong babe you’ve barely touched your PediPuree Punch
This is the weirdest old people’s home.
That’s actually a great idea. Just like they make those old folks homes with a fake old town, maybe we can make an old folks home for old politicians where we let them speak to each other on podiums. provide fake news that refers to their speeches, and lets them think red or blue or taking the lead.
Then lets put most of congress there.
I was talking to a friend about it earlier. We need a congressional old folks home with locks on the doors.
I’m cautiously hopeful that this is the end of McConnell’s leadership
Why? The next Republican will be worse. They are always worse.
They may very well be worse, but what I’m counting on is them not having the skills/ability to keep the GOP one cohesive unit.
Say what you will about Mitch, but you can’t deny that he’s good at his job. Or, well, he used to be, at least
They only thing I will say about that man is that he is a huge, hypocritical piece of shit, who is directly responsible for the decline in decorum.
