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  • JonJ Offline
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    Jon
    wrote on last edited by Jon
    #9

    From what I read he didn’t walk away so much as get led away by GOP leadership.

    Frankly I would support mandatory retirement from all politics at 70. That includes SCOTUS.

    George KG LuFins DadL 2 Replies Last reply
    • JonJ Jon

      From what I read he didn’t walk away so much as get led away by GOP leadership.

      Frankly I would support mandatory retirement from all politics at 70. That includes SCOTUS.

      George KG Offline
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      George K
      wrote on last edited by George K
      #10

      @Jon said in Frozen Mitch:

      Frankly I would support mandatory retirement from all politics at 70. That includes SCOTUS.

      We can argue about price age, but I agree with the fundamental concept. Gonna take a Constitutional amendment, right? That's a steep hill.

      One of the surgeons I worked with had a husband who flew United Airlines. They had a mandatory retirement age (62?). IIRC, the union fought against, and won, that rule.

      One of the reasons I left the university was because of the policy where one can't be chairman past age 65. The chair at the time was a great guy who understood the value of things beyond just publishing papers. He was 63. With my pathetically short list of pubs, I was concerned that the next guy wouldn't value my skills, so I jumped at an opportunity to leave.

      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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      • 89th8 Offline
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        89th
        wrote on last edited by
        #11

        Funny, I was just thinking there are age requirements to take office (25, 30, and 35) and it seems there should be one for leaving office. Off the top of my head I would say 75 or 72.

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        • George KG Offline
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          George K
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          #12

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          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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          • George KG George K

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            MikM Away
            MikM Away
            Mik
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            #13

            @George-K 😆

            “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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            • bachophileB Offline
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              #14

              Can someone tell me why no one called an ambulance immediately???

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              • bachophileB bachophile

                Can someone tell me why no one called an ambulance immediately???

                Aqua LetiferA Offline
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                Aqua Letifer
                wrote on last edited by
                #15

                @bachophile said in Frozen Mitch:

                Can someone tell me why no one called an ambulance immediately???

                Optics, as Barry would say.

                Please love yourself.

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                • Doctor PhibesD Offline
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                  Doctor Phibes
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                  #16

                  My dad had an ischemic attack at about that age. I wouldn't have been happy with him shopping alone after that, much less running a country.

                  I was only joking

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                  • CopperC Offline
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                    #17

                    I assume that there is a doctor on-call in the Capitol.

                    I believe Congress has more than one doctor as members, not counting Doctor Jill.

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                    • CopperC Copper

                      I assume that there is a doctor on-call in the Capitol.

                      I believe Congress has more than one doctor as members, not counting Doctor Jill.

                      George KG Offline
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                      George K
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #18

                      @Copper said in Frozen Mitch:

                      I assume that there is a doctor on-call in the Capitol.

                      I believe Congress has more than one doctor as members, not counting Doctor Jill.

                      Dr. Jill is not a member of Congress, for goodness sake!

                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                      • CopperC Offline
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                        Copper
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                        #19

                        Maybe she should be.

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                        • bachophileB Offline
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                          bachophile
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                          #20

                          U don’t need a doctor. What can a doctor do in the capitol except maybe give an aspirin. U need an ambulance to get to a hospital. Then there is a chance at revascularization with tPA. I find it hard to understand why 911 wasn’t called and him taken for a CT.

                          Btw u may recall the bibi recently had a blackout and was rushed to my hospital and ended up with a pacemaker because of heart block.

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                          • JonJ Jon

                            From what I read he didn’t walk away so much as get led away by GOP leadership.

                            Frankly I would support mandatory retirement from all politics at 70. That includes SCOTUS.

                            LuFins DadL Offline
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                            LuFins Dad
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #21

                            @Jon said in Frozen Mitch:

                            From what I read he didn’t walk away so much as get led away by GOP leadership.

                            Frankly I would support mandatory retirement from all politics at 70. That includes SCOTUS.

                            Grassley
                            Feinstein
                            Sanders
                            Mitch
                            Ben Cardin
                            Jim Risch
                            Dick Durbin
                            Angus King
                            Edward Markey
                            Richard Blumenthal
                            Mitt Romney
                            Peter Welch
                            Mazie
                            Joe Manchin
                            Jeanne Shaheen
                            Thomas Carper
                            Jack Reed
                            Ron Wyden
                            Elizabeth Warren
                            John Boozman
                            Debbie Stabenow
                            Chuck Schumer
                            Patty Murray
                            Roger Wicker
                            Michael Crapo
                            John Kennedy
                            John Hickenlooper
                            Rick Scott
                            John Cormyn
                            John Barrasso
                            Susan Collins
                            Sherrod Brown
                            Marsha Blackburn

                            That's 33 in the Senate right now, with another 20 that will be over 70 before their next reelection. Good luck getting 2/3rds. I think the House is even worse...

                            The Brad

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                            • George KG Offline
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                              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                              • 89th8 Offline
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                                89th
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #23

                                Wow, it’s like a meeting at the local retirement community.

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                                • Doctor PhibesD Offline
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                                  Doctor Phibes
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #24

                                  It's nice to see them getting out and about.

                                  Maybe they could create a pretend Senate like they do at Elementary School, and they could all attend and do voting and speeches and stuff.

                                  I was only joking

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                                  • JollyJ Offline
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                                    Jolly
                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #25

                                    There are four docs in the Senate. Rand (ophthalmologist), Cassidy (gastro), Marshall (OB) and Barrasso (orthopod).

                                    All are Republicans.

                                    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                    • George KG Offline
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                                      George K
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #26

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                                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                        • bachophileB bachophile

                                          U don’t need a doctor. What can a doctor do in the capitol except maybe give an aspirin. U need an ambulance to get to a hospital. Then there is a chance at revascularization with tPA. I find it hard to understand why 911 wasn’t called and him taken for a CT.

                                          Btw u may recall the bibi recently had a blackout and was rushed to my hospital and ended up with a pacemaker because of heart block.

                                          brendaB Offline
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                                          brenda
                                          wrote on last edited by
                                          #28

                                          @bachophile Agreed, Bach. They acted like it's something they've seen happen before with the guy. They don't seem to see it as an emergency at all. What the heck?

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