@ImNoAuthor@Luevano1@ravavyr@nytimes Then I’d also implore you to look up what happened with Tom Daschle- an incumbent with a tremendous amount of power.
@ImNoAuthor@Luevano1@ravavyr@nytimes I appreciate the dialogue around this. Find two stats for me, please. 1) what’s the average tenure for a US Senator in the past century, and 2) how many US Senators today were elected by beating an incumbent (as opposed to an open seat)?
@florian_krammer Seems like parting hairs to me. But hey, go ahead & continue criticizing the semantics used by healthcare professionals via Twitter, and they’ll continue helping people suffering from SARS-CoV-2 infections in real life.
@reluctantlyjoe You’re calling him transphobic for this? You’re soft as butter. Toughen up & stop picking fights with intellectual superiors just to make yourself feel smarter.
@ImNoAuthor@Luevano1@ravavyr@nytimes “We need to turn Congress over more often”. 100% agree, but not by the means of implementing term limits. Vote them out. $1,000 says you’d feel completely different if your beloved member of Congress was removed by a term limit, only to be replaced by a radical up & comer.
@ImNoAuthor@Luevano1@ravavyr@nytimes Ok- so then who do we elect, Aristotle? When do we ever cast a vote for the best candidate *for the job? It’s the candidate we best tolerate. Your point is moot, regardless. Even if you did find the best candidate for the job, you’re arguing we should be forced to remove them?
@BringinJackyBak @AriBerman And to clarify, I prefer this majority in 2021 over the previous. I just think moderates need to step the fuck up & start forcing concessions in policy crafting.
@BringinJackyBak @AriBerman Majority rules in the HOUSE. They are the reactive body, not the deliberative. I agree that 3/5ths vote isn’t probably attainable for every policy debate, but I disagree with your notion that the majority should have free will. Procedure is important to force compromise.
@LeaderMcConnell I have to agree. Harry Reid started the conversion of the Senate into a smaller version of the House in 2013, and then you dildos returned the favor 4 years later. Invoking the nuclear option on legislation debate would be the end of the Senate. Learn how to negotiate!
@ravavyr@nytimes Wrong. Limiting terms, or restricting office eligibility by age (high or low) is fundamentally wrong in a representative democracy. The people (individual states) should be able to elect who they so please.
@marly518705731 Marly, my guess is that you probably don’t possess enough basic intelligence to differentiate what is/isn’t sarcasm. It’s the same lack of intelligence that allows you to believe Trump was competent, or that OAN is reputable. Just a guess.