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LA Times (Opinion): Dianne Feinstein was harder on preteen climate activists than she was on Amy Coney Barrett
- Thread starter MisterSnrub
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Don't be silly, you want to cram it full with young people, how else are you gonna get a proper return on investment? Sorry, I meant, "protect the integrity of the US constitution."
OP
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I used to give this lady a lot of extra rope just because she looks like my gran
like a lot like my gran
(i miss my gran)
like a lot like my gran
(i miss my gran)
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Tbf I don't know what the fuck to do with kids either, but if I'm a politician and they show up at my office wide-eyed and excited about changing the world, in what universe do i even start to believe that yelling at them is either appropriate or helpful in any way
I voted for De Leon. Indeed, she REALLY needs to be replaced by someone new, hopefully someone more Left-leaning and more hard-hitting against GOP bullshit.
Sucks that people finally realized who she really is this late into her career.
Same man, wish he had won.
It'd be one thing if this was someone like Joe Manchin. Sometimes with him I have to grit my teeth and go "this sucks but he's figured out a way to get elected in a deep red state so I guess this is better than having some extreme rightwing GOP psycho in the senate."
What drives me nuts with Feinstein is that she's from California. They should have some of the leftmost senators in congress, not this shit.
What drives me nuts with Feinstein is that she's from California. They should have some of the leftmost senators in congress, not this shit.
Power is intoxicating. It is still astounding that Washington decided to hang it up after two terms.
I didn't vote for her last time she was up for election because I saw that she's a "business as usual" senator. We are not in usual times and we need new blood in our politics that understand that. It has been extremely disappointing seeing her normalize the actions of our current government instead of fighting tooth and nail for democracy and calling out this farce of a government.
Or not primarying her every single time she's running to keep her on her toes. there is no reason these folks shouldnt always have tough primaries. We dont need term limits if there were people looking to challenge her during primaries.
My uneducated theory, people are just more familiar with her. She's been our Senator since 1992, so at times, it almost seems like a tradition that she's on the ballot and a tradition to keep voting her in. Sometimes, traditions are stupid! I've known people who voted for her because:
1. She's always been one of our Senators and she's done a... "fine" job at it, I guess?
2. She's familiar. I don't know what to expect from someone NEW!
3. She's the Dem candidate. You'd rather me vote for a stinkin' Republican?!
Yeah, Feinstein was especially terrible in this hearing. Just... completely terrible, especially with an election coming in 2 fucking weeks. Lindsey Graham is in the fight for his life over his senate seat, and Feinstein was differing to him like he's the pope, when she should be pointing out every single way that he's broken his vow to South Carolinians. I was really disappointed in her.
While she didn't win in a landslide (~10pts), she is still much more popular in large cities throughout California than her primary opponent(s) in 2018 (Kevin DeLeon), even though she's been much more centrist, she still rakes in support in much more progressive sections of California.
While she didn't win in a landslide (~10pts), she is still much more popular in large cities throughout California than her primary opponent(s) in 2018 (Kevin DeLeon), even though she's been much more centrist, she still rakes in support in much more progressive sections of California.
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Doesn't California's electoral system encourage this? If there's no Republican on the ballot, conservatives are always gonna vote for her over the progressive.
I was disappointed in Feinstein before it was cool to be disappointed in Feinstein.
www.sfgate.com
She's a disastrously bad Democrat who has been soft on corporate hegemony almost her entire career.
Feinstein backs legal immunity for telecom firms in wiretap cases
Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Thursday that she favors legal immunity for telecommunications...
She's a disastrously bad Democrat who has been soft on corporate hegemony almost her entire career.
We tried! Because of California's jungle primary, the general election ballot was even her vs another Democrat (de Leon, who people are mentioning here). She still won. Incumbency is a hell of a drug.
The important thing at the moment is that she absolutely can't be the judiciary committee chair if Democrats take the senate.
That and she had a shit load of money.
Someone with a lower profile like Kevin de Leon never had a shot against her war chest.
The amount if money in politics in the US is utterly terrifying and sick.That and she had a shit load of money.
Someone with a lower profile like Kevin de Leon never had a shot against her war chest.
OP you need to link the video. It is so, so bad. She is scolding the teen activists. She basically sounds like a republican in it.
You have been warned.
You have been warned.
Momentum. People just give it to you if you dont do much to disturb their daily lives.
The crazy thing is that in 2018 the California Democratic Party itself endorsed Feinstein's main primary/general opponent over her, and she still had an overwhelming win. There are serious problems with elections in this state sometimes.
Wasn't Feinstein soft this time because the last time she was interviewing Barrett she was stupidly grilling her about religious stuff and it kind of blew up on her?
She's disgusting and it has nothing to do with her age. Her net worth is in the tens of millions and she was bought and paid for decades ago, she hasn't changed.
Forget young blood, we need to primary corporate parasites like her with people that will actually change this system.
Forget young blood, we need to primary corporate parasites like her with people that will actually change this system.
Exactly. It's what a lot of people overlook. Things like this make her a more palatable choice for conservatives. It's why you can have dem debates here where one is dressed in red with American flags and a cross.