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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.
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.
None of that has happened in the states that have term limits. If you think Republicans, no matter how long they have been in office, are going to start putting anyone other than Federalist Society drones on the courts, I'm not sure I can have a good faith argument with you.
I don't think term limits will solve anything near what people pitching term limits as a panacea think they will solve.
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.
I want to be very clear: I will never support or condone violence. But when this parasite dies (from natural causes), the entire country will be massively better off for it.
proof that old fuckers shouldn't be allowed in politics due to a literally dysfunctioning brain
EDIT: to say 'ageism is bigotry' is a gross oversimplification. I'm not prejudiced against people above a certain age, I'm against the idea of allowing individuals with dementia or other degenerative conditions having political control over other people while literally having impeded brain functioning and judgement.
His birth is closer to Lincoln's assassination and the abolition of serfdom in Russia than to 2023.
I’ve had some relatives reach a very old age and this kind of thing is just part of the territory.
However my aged relatives were not in positions of great power. Neither should this man be.
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.
Seriously. Enough with the septuagenarians and octogenarians in the government. If you're going to drop dead from old age at any moment, you shouldn't be in any government position, especially not a national/federal one, IMO.
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.
Or covfefe. Or falling down a 5-degree decline. Or desperately gripping a bottle of water with two hands to carry it to his Queller Demon mouth.
I don't believe that it's discriminatory when I say that people with severe neurological disorders and dementia shouldn't be making laws.
The US of A is governed by dying greedy geriatrics
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.
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
Not like the man is known for his empathy himself. So it's a bit of a FAFO situation I feel.
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
Thoughts and prayers that he has some incurable medical condition.
He's been a piece of human garbage all his career, so let's not sugar coat things now.
Republican, Democrat, Independent, Goat-Sacrificer, Whatever; we all need to vote in people that are actively working to improve the future. You know, the one boomers don't even believe in...
For now, that's democrat. I know I know two party system sucks etc etc but we need to stop the bleeding before we try to walk again.
Trump and the GQP have set us all back 2 decades and they aren't done dragging us down.
100% agree. We have to halt and try to undo the damage they are actively doing to our country (Supreme Court, anyone?), then we can focus on our antiquated "first-past-the-post" system...
Anyway, remember how hard he worked to take away benefits from 9/11 first responders?
I have no sympathy for this man, anybody else want to just reminisce about the horrible shit he's done instead?
Is it bad that I hope this is a sign of medical issues that will force him into retirement? I'm sick of a misogynist turtle calling the shots.
Unfortunately he seems to have recovered, was back out there walking and talking again before too long. Still, an encouraging sign.
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.
No wonder America's laws are so outdated, they're made by guys who still think the 20's were the "good ol' days"
You should have to take physical driving tests every 2 years past age 65 to keep driving.
Yet we let these senile millionaires legislate our lives.
Putting aside being the worst President since Jackson on policy alone, we let drooling Alzheimer's Reagan maintain his hand on the nuclear button for years, with the help of his traitorous wife, putting all of us at risk for no other reason than to protect the "Reagan Legacy." Aww, he didn't want to be embarrassed, so we had no one at the wheel in the late 80s who could reliably remember how to tie their own shoes in the event of a global crisis, much less the names and vital details of every major world leader as they should.
I'm sorry if it makes me ableist to say, but having dementia/Alzheimer's means that the most important decision you should be allowed to make until your death is what you want for lunch. When You're broken and a danger to yourself to others, fuck your legacy.
Lmao
The libs bending over backwards to lick his arse in the name of "civility" despite spending every single day of his life working to kill the poor and inflict maximum suffering on the working class in the name of extracting the largest amount of wealth into bougie pockets all deserve the same suffering. The man has killed thousands of people with a pen. Frankly this only happening to him now that he's 81 is far less than he deserves.
We are governed by senile folks who belong in a nursing home not ruling over us.
It is really sad and disgusting how long it took all those people standing around him laughing and joking to even respond to this. Or even see he was having a problem. And it was even dumber that they didn't escort him away for medical attention immediately, gotta make him look good for the cameras. NO. There is no saving face, get him medical help. I HATE Bitch McConnell, but damn do the right thing here.