Does anyone wonder why these ancient farts easily win re-election every term? It is because it is impossible to unseat them during the primaries. If you try, the DNC will come down on you like a ton of bricks, spending millions in negative ads to destroy you. This is rotten and undemocratic.
Yes indeed. Privately, many high-ranking politicians admit they are afraid of being primaried by @aipac1.bsky.social money. This is why they shill for Israel, knowing full well their army (the IDF) is committing war crimes every day.
I'm not ageist, but it's clearly a bad idea to continue appointing people to prominent positions primarily whose health and mental fortitude is constantly under threat.
Remember too that Maxine Waters was responsible for getting Katie Porter off the Financial Services Committee. Because she was irritating the bankers too much.
Seniority, experience, and political savvy are extremely important on committees and should be utilized for the sitting members to counsel and advise the NEWER chairs
Got the memo Dems?
And all the DNC influencers getting ratioed for their defense of this then comically doubling down and demanding AOC get some gray hairs first. Either it’s no insight or they’re just tuggin the party line.
This is the unfolding impact of 2016, during which the Democratic Party establishment made a specific decision to force everyone who was under sixty out of the party, rather than let Sanders be the nominee.
They knew it would destroy the party’s future but didn’t care.
Can we like, put them in a Care Home that just looks like congress and the senate? Let them bang their little gavels and have their decorum. If they weren't in charge of everything it'd be almost adorable. Yes Mr. McConnell, you can bang the gavel after pudding.
How will these elderly Dems combat the MAGA movement? These obstinate old folks are clinging to political practices from the 1980s and 1990s. The political landscape has evolved, and these old bats are unable to comprehend this change. #typical #losingmentality #stubborn
They don't see it as "we." They hate their voters. They only care about keeping their jobs and their power within the party. Not even winning elections matters much to them
They've been attending ivy leagues and dining at country clubs with the opposition for decades. They do not understand our peril at all, at all. Wtf kind of """public service""" is this? Go be a retired millionaire grandparent jfc
if you made a cartoon called ‘yes country for old men’ that was just geriatrics in congress moaning and pissing themselves on the house floor, people would say it was too weird and sad and gross, why did you force south koreans to animate it also the title makes no sense
Hopefully, @aoc.bsky.social will stop primarying common sense Democrats, and then when she is 74, she can lead a committee for a couple of months before dying of cancer.
What I'm wondering is what are they looking for? ls it that hard for them to give up power? Or do they hate their families so much that they don't even want to spend a few measly years with them? I legitimately don’t understand
Did you read that axios article where the Dems all pop in to condescendingly tell this "sad little girl" that maybe she'll get it next time if she just tries a little harder? It's infuriating. It's worse than the deed itself.
My dad turns 80 this weekend, and he is of the opinion that retirees should not be in government. His exact words were, "I wouldn't want me in office at my age!"
Sad thing about that is that Rose, Blanche & Dorothy were only supposed to be in their 50s -- far too young to be Dem leadership. Sophia was supposed to be 80, so I guess they'd consider her.
No more old farts in power Democrats, these fissils
Are the reason you don’t win, that and you take way too much corporate cash while not running a good campaign…
I think the lesson here is when your bench of athletes are battered, injured, aged, and infirmed you always start those players without exception. Anyone who tries to stop you from your plan is ageist.
He actually kinda does. Also if you're going to be critical of all those Democrats because they are old which seems to be the case here why are you giving Bernie a pass on that?
He does tho. He's openly stated he's willing to work with Trump and has agreed with Elon Musk on Twitter. He's as useless as any other mainstream Democrat.
it’s just weird to specifically bring up the only vaguely left wing voice in the senate instead of Chuck Schumer, feels like you have some weird internet axe to grind with Bernie supporters over 2016 or 2020
“This candidate has spent decades proving their malleability and submissiveness. They believe nothing and thus prioritize donors’ will. Their deference to neoliberal institutionalism, while it doesn’t bolster turnout or activism, keeps their pockets lined.”
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Bunch of primaries this year
Got the memo Dems?
Apparently that does not apply to young people.
AOC is 35
We need new leadership!!!
They knew it would destroy the party’s future but didn’t care.
Elon Musk is dangerous for America.
https://www.semafor.com/article/12/18/2024/musk-faces-scrutiny-over-security-protocols-and-influence-on-trump
You guessed it
Frank Pallone
Guess ego and lust for power is the only thing that doesn’t decline with age.
MeeMaw Pelosi and the #FossilCaucus win, again.
That's the #americandream baby!
Are the reason you don’t win, that and you take way too much corporate cash while not running a good campaign…
“This candidate has spent decades proving their malleability and submissiveness. They believe nothing and thus prioritize donors’ will. Their deference to neoliberal institutionalism, while it doesn’t bolster turnout or activism, keeps their pockets lined.”