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delisen

(7,366 posts)
11. So you want to pass a law against Jamie Raskin running for re-election?
Mon Mar 30, 2026, 11:17 AM
Monday

One thing I have to say about Republicans, they rarely age-bash their candidates, office-holders, and voters. Why? They know they will lose voters.

A lot of women spend a disproportionate amount of time on familtly compared to men and enter politics at a later age than men. So you want to arbitrarily tell these women they have missed the boat and cannot serve as long as men no matter what their skillls? Should we have told Nancy Pelosi she had to quit at 60, no matter how effective she was at the time?

You want to break up one of the most effective Democratic movements in history? At the next Indivisable march grab a microphone and tell everyone over 60 that you thank them for their concern and work but don’t dare run for the House of Representatives.

I personally am disgusted by people who want me to vote the way they do but want to tell me I should not have the right to vote run for office, that I can be a follower but not a leader?

I think there are more productive avenues to improving representative democracy.

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I don't care which party you represent.....79 is too damn old. Your "your best if used by date" has expired. walkingman Monday #1
What then should the arbitrary cut-off age be? Torchlight Monday #2
IMO, it depends on their role.... walkingman Monday #4
Social Security Retirement Age JBTaurus83 Monday #6
A personal voting preference or as legislation you believe should be passed? Torchlight Monday #9
Just a personal preference JBTaurus83 Monday #10
So you want to pass a law against Jamie Raskin running for re-election? delisen Monday #11
I love Jamie Raskin - I think he would make a great Senator. walkingman Monday #28
I'm not offended. delisen Monday #39
I say no one can start a term after age 72 Captain Zero Monday #32
I'm fine with that. The age of Congress has gone way up the last 30yrs. Callie1979 Monday #33
Sounds serious Torchlight Monday #41
65 and no lifetime pension. SS is just fine for politicians. Autumn Monday #51
He's not running to actually serve in office, he's just running to siphon Dem votes. nt. SunSeeker Monday #3
Understood and sadly many people will fall for it because of his religious background. walkingman Monday #5
He's not likely to make it to the general election. pat_k Monday #45
Cindy Burbank will defeat Forbes in the primary and then drop out... pat_k Monday #44
The shit we have to go through to get around Republican cheating! SunSeeker Monday #54
The more I looked at the problematic reporting on the Bill Forbes situation, the more pissed I got. pat_k Monday #58
Ageism irks me but I'm not opposed to ... littlemissmartypants Monday #22
I'm 74. Have complete control of my faculties. OAITW r.2.0 Yesterday #61
I wouldn't be surprised to see more folks doing this - TBF Monday #7
In the end, he will probably hurt republicans more than he helps Renew Deal Monday #8
Particularly since he isn't likely to make it to the general election. pat_k Monday #46
We've got the same thing going on in Fort Bend county, Texas primaries. nt Susan Calvin Monday #12
I have a very good friend that lives in Richmond and we talk multiple times a week. walkingman Yesterday #69
I can explain Nehls in the House of Representatives as straight up gerrymandering. Susan Calvin Yesterday #70
"as GOP plant", you mean as DINO. republianmushroom Monday #13
A good example. Blue Full Moon Monday #19
Fetterman is a pain in the a** when he goes on Fox and berates Democrats and supports war in Iran Mad_Machine76 Monday #34
I expect him to leave the Demcratic Party GoodRaisin Monday #37
No, no, no. Read the reporting on this guy. He is way, way, WAY right of anything to be described as DINO. stopdiggin Yesterday #59
Vet them all... ultralite001 Monday #14
The Raw Story article is VERY strange. It sounds to me that the party knew exactly what he was from go... pat_k Monday #47
The Democratic Party had endorsed Osborn WELL before (over half a year) the late filings of stopdiggin Yesterday #60
They knew what he was from the moment he filed. pat_k Yesterday #63
Yeah. There was NEVER any 'confusion' on the part of anyone stopdiggin Yesterday #64
We're going to see more of this swong19104 Monday #15
GOP is the party of deceit and lies AllyCat Monday #16
Typical Gee Oh Pee dirty trick blue-wave Monday #17
It all just proves how important it is that we stay alert. calimary Monday #18
Have you heard of Patricia Ann Cotham? littlemissmartypants Monday #23
No, I never heard of her blue-wave Monday #27
I think what she did should be criminal fraud. GoodRaisin Monday #38
Something similar happened in TN Farmer-Rick Monday #20
It was 2012, Corker won re-election, defeating the RW plant Mark E. Clayton Celerity Monday #29
I happened to meet Larry Crim at a restaurant (I think it was before that election) 70sEraVet Monday #31
Thanks for fleshing that out Farmer-Rick Monday #35
Your memory was pretty accurate TBF. Also, there is another strange twist to that election, in the Dem Primary. Celerity Monday #42
Yes, she was the one I was making phone calls for Farmer-Rick Yesterday #68
The plight of big money versus many small donors. Festivito Monday #21
No, they just get better at cheating Farmer-Rick Monday #24
Fetterman might as well be. nt Exp Monday #25
A pastor? Jeezus. Joinfortmill Monday #26
Yes, as is Sen. Raphael Warnock Polybius Monday #53
Not sure, but I think you may have missed my point, which was this was shocking behavior for a 'pastor'. Joinfortmill Yesterday #67
I did Polybius Yesterday #72
Almost like not running a candidate was a mistake or something. quakerboy Monday #30
Geez Mad_Machine76 Monday #36
I dont think we should let any election go without fielding a candidate. quakerboy Yesterday #71
Another Democrat DID file pat_k Monday #49
it would have been a little bit silly to 'run' someone on the ticket, AFTER having endorsed another stopdiggin Yesterday #65
Damn...Not good. I guess no other Democrat filed? Or they have already had their primaries etc... LeftInTX Monday #40
Cindy Burbank filed to 1) defeat forbes, 2) drop out, 3) endorse Osborn pat_k Monday #48
Thank you for the update.. LeftInTX Monday #52
The more I looked at and thought about the reporting on Bill Forbes, the more pissed I got. pat_k Monday #57
Forbes will face Cindy Burbank in the Democratic primary in May pat_k Monday #43
Thanks for the update. progressoid Monday #55
The shoddy reporting on it is exacerbating the problem pat_k Monday #56
This thread reminds me of a guy from my youth... Pinback Monday #50
And that's voter fraud - Pastor! Grins Yesterday #62
As the good book timms139 Yesterday #66
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