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Dianne Feinstein has finally left the Senate, and the hard way, too.
As the Los Angeles Times wrote:
Feinstein, 90, was a towering political figure for decades. She was the oldest member of the U.S. Senate when she died, and questions about her mental capacity shadowed her final years in office, blemishing her reputation and forcing her to repeatedly fend off calls to resign.
“I’d put my record up against anyone’s,” Feinstein said in a statement as she neared her 89th birthday in April 2022, after a series of news accounts that questioned her ability to do her job.
She ultimately bowed to age and political reality, announcing in February that she would not seek reelection in 2024 to a sixth full term. By then, the race to succeed her was already underway.
A fellow Californian, John Steinbeck, wrote in “Travels with Charley” about chatting up an itinerant thespian he met on the road who declined a refill of the author’s whiskey.
“No,” he said. “No more for me. I learned long ago that the most important and valuable of acting techniques is the exit.”
It’s a tough lesson to learn. Feinstein had her successes and her failures, but for now, at least, all people will remember is that in the end, she overstayed her welcome.
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Her, and RBG, unfortunately for those of us who live the with the consequences.
Yup. We all think we’re indispensible. And as capable in our old age as we were as young pups. And with more knowledge and experience, too!
“Get off my lawn, you young hooligans! I’ll let you know when it’s time for me to head for The Home! Now where’d I leave m’dadblasted car keys … and where the hell is the car?”
Look at the dumpster fire that is Trump and his Maga goons, Folks who have overstayed their usefulness and need to be sent to the bleaching end of the gene pool. She may have overstayed her prime but still better than the maga dumbasses, lowlifes, sh$t heads. scumbags, retards, feces for brains, redneck trash. Sorry, my vocabulary could go on but I belabor the point. AT her worst, she was still better than Trumps’ crowd.
Sheeyit. Dead she’s better (and smarter) than that shower of bastards. Any fool can break something. But you don’t see fools making much. Other than a shambles, that is.
Patrick, you have done it again. You put into gentle words, that Strunk and White would approve, what others won’t say.
As far as MAGA folks go, they’re doing the dumpster’s bidding and ground the government to a halt and started an impeachment inquiry on no evidence. Seems like this small band of miscreants are doing better than the rest of us. Coup Number 2 Redux is what.
Thank you, sir. And it goes without saying that the Red Hat Raiders will be getting paid despite the shutdown, unlike many of their constituents, who draw paychecks for doing work, not throwing tantrums.
It’s not as though the RHR actually need their salaries, of course. They can get by quite comfortably on what comes in under the table.
Their salaries are a pittance compared to the dark money river flowing through the halls of congress. One thing is for sure, none of them give a damn about us normal folks. The dems won’t bail the Squeaker out because they want to hurt him and maga brats next election. The rest of the rupugs won’t bail him out because they want to win their next election. So, we are are on our own. The last of a flurry of emails I sent to Kelly, Sinema, Ciscomani, and Harris on this budget fiasco said congress is a national disgrace. I know, pissing into the wind.
The Squeaker has his tail in a couple of traps, for sure. That takes real talent. He does nothing (his specialty), he’s screwed. He asks for Democratic votes to break the deadlock, he’s screwed. This pendejo makes weak tea look like single-malt Scotch.
Well, didn’t think he had it in him. But, all this chest pounding and soundbites from both sides hide the fact that none of these dipsticks did their job. The 12 appropriation bills, or at least some with an omnibus for the rest should have been done in July. FY-24 starts tomorrow.
“It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress.” — Mark Twain.
I guess the good news for Donks is that she is sure to be replaced by another Dem. But a more graceful exit than getting the hook from the Grim Reaper would have been better. RIP, Senator.
Yeah, that should be fun to watch. Gavin Newsom is talking a Black person and an interim appointment, but says he won’t pick someone who’s already running for the job. And he doesn’t want to screw the pooch here because he also has big plans for himself.
Her legacy will be hard to match, impossible for the current “squeeker” of the house at any rate.
The House of Reprehensibles is an upholstered sandbox for pampered toddlers to shit in. A game in which a puffed-up poison toad like Matt Gaetz can become a player is not worth the candle.
Yeah, but as George Carlin would say, where do they come from? Us. and We the Peepole elect them. “…This is the best we can do, folks…”
Jesus H. Watching the sausage being made over keeping the government up and running makes me want to pluck out my eyes and eat them. There’s less preening and posing during Fashion Week.
Meanwhile, not even close to 400 miles in September. Just 343, dern it all ta heck. I phoned it in yesterday and today, doing an hour and 15 on the ’cross bike in Elena Gallegos and 90 minutes on the road with Herself.