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| Sen. Dianne Feinstein at 84 is not planning to retire |
| 2017-06-19 |
| [ABCNEWS.GO] The nation's oldest U.S. senator looks like she's sticking around. Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party,'s Dianne Feinstein ...Dem Senator-for-Life from Caliphornica. She has been a politician since about the time she was weaned. Feinstein was the author of the 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban, and tried it a second time in 2012. Feinstein has chaired the Select Committee on Intelligence since 2009. At age 80, Feinstein is the oldest currently serving United States Senator.... turns 84 on Thursday and is displaying signs that she's headed for a re-election campaign, not a retirement party. While the Democrat has been coy when asked about seeking a fifth full term next year, her political committee, unambiguously titled Feinstein for Senate 2018, raised more than $650,000 in the first three months of this year in a cue she is looking ahead. Feinstein plays a marquee role for Democrats on Capitol Hill, where she has queried Attorney General Jeff Sessions and former FBI Director James Comey about their interactions with President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... , amid probes tied to Russian influence and the 2016 presidential campaign. On Friday, she warned that Trump might attempt to fire Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating possible obstruction of justice. "The message the president is sending through his tweets is that he believes the rule of law doesn't apply to him," she said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #20 What happens to all that cash if she drops out? They've written a law for themselves to convert that to their own money. That's how 'average' citizens go to Washington and retire as millionaires. It's part of a diverse portfolio. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-06-19 16:17 |
| #19 If Kamala Harris is any indication, Di-Fi's eventual replacement will be even worse. Posted by Iblis She'll continue in the finest traditions of her socialist idols. Men such as Congolese henchmen Jean-Bedel Bokassa or Nigerian despots like Sani Abacha, and Gen. Abdulsalam Abubakar. We've got quite a lot to look forward to with Kamala. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-06-19 15:16 |
| #18 So the committee to re-elect her raised more than $650,000 in the first three months of this year in a cue she is looking ahead. What happens to all that cash if she drops out? |
| Posted by: warthogswife 2017-06-19 14:16 |
| #17 If Kamala Harris is any indication, Di-Fi's eventual replacement will be even worse. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2017-06-19 13:57 |
| #16 Term limits need to be such that the DC ruling class doesn't have sufficient time to develop the corruption networks. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-06-19 12:53 |
| #15 Hey, with Harris, the Dems hit the cycle* - Harris was the first woman, the first Jamaican American, the first Asian American, the first Indian American, and the first African American attorney general in California. Wikipedia *Which I just learned this year, the cycle in baseball is a single, double, triple, and home run, all in the same game. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2017-06-19 12:53 |
| #14 Increasingly effective top tier life extension for the DC elite means we are doomed to be ruled by an ever more aged Methuselah class. Term limits. Even 25-35 years would be better than what we have now. Before it's too late. |
| Posted by: The peanut gallery 2017-06-19 12:47 |
| #13 Planning to die together with California, eh? Murder/suicide scenario. |
| Posted by: regular joe 2017-06-19 11:46 |
| #12 This is one example of why we need term limits, and a convention of the states to propose the necessary amendment, because it would never get out of Congress. Keep in mind that Senators such as Feinstein & McCain aren't just individuals; they become industries of staff, toadies, hangers-on, etc., devoted to power, influence, fundraising, and so forth. The pressure to NOT retire is enormous. |
| Posted by: PBMcL 2017-06-19 11:23 |
| #11 We ended up with Kamala-la-la Harris, D. dipshit. Fortunately, this woman is her own worst enemy when she opens her mouth. Feinstein gets it right occasionally but then again every blind pig finds an ear of corn occasionally too. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-06-19 10:35 |
| #10 I don't know. At least Feiny seems to have a grasp of the issues. Remember, the last time Cal got a new senator, we ended up with Kamala-la-la Harris, D. dipshit. Be care what you wish for. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2017-06-19 10:26 |
| #9 The question you should ask is what the real estate business holdings are for her hubby. After election agin, at the right moment, she retires and Jerry or Gavin merely appoints the next Socialist/Progressive/Minority Senator to further the far left agenda. Leftist autocracy playing the theater of the absurd for the ignorant masses who wait for the goodies. |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2017-06-19 10:21 |
| #8 She's going to vote dem for the next 100 years. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2017-06-19 09:43 |
| #7 The only way they will get her out is on a gurney |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2017-06-19 09:05 |
| #6 Not planning to retire? It is a shame. Kalifornia has about 40 million people...there's got to be a decent replacement somewhere in the Golden State...is there something in the water? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-06-19 08:27 |
| #5 Who knew there would be a 'down side' to modern medicine? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-06-19 07:50 |
| #4 DI-FI is wrong. If there is cause, such as a conflict of interest, Trump can fire Mueller. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2017-06-19 07:48 |
| #3 Feinstein, Pelosi, McCain, Fonda, Ginsburg, Kissinger, Mugabe...and you ask me why I read the obits ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-06-19 07:06 |
| #2 Got to help sucker the youth into funding the generation that impoverished them the most, and especially in rentierist Kaliphornia. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2017-06-19 05:40 |
| #1 Planning to die together with California, eh? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-06-19 03:00 |