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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCNN: Feinstein says she plans to serve out full term after Newsom vows to appoint a Black woman to
replace her:
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/03/16/politics/feinstein-newsom-replacement/index.html
I really do think given her very advanced age (87) & situations where we've seen her act very forgetfully that she really needs to resign & have Gov. Newsom appoint someone in her place.
RandiFan1290
(6,229 posts)awesomerwb1
(4,267 posts)it's "getting" ridiculous.
Budi
(15,325 posts)You are right. "New blood. Younger progressive minded, Left Democrats are ready, qualiified & waiting to move up the chain of command.
I love Markey, but like DiFi, your amazing legacy has proven its worth, we thank you. But graciously allow the future to enter & keep the political stronghold all of you tirelessly built for the generations to come.
Funtatlaguy
(10,870 posts)My family is riddled with it.
I know the signs.
Enuf said.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)When I noticed he was driving and forgetting how to get home...hardest thing I ever had to do
She needs to step aside...
alwaysinasnit
(5,066 posts)Fullduplexxx
(7,860 posts)Budi
(15,325 posts)Jus sayin.
They are living out their tenure just like Feinstein is.
They all do it.
alwaysinasnit
(5,066 posts)Budi
(15,325 posts)Oh well!
Better clarified, is the Post#19
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Deminpenn
19. IIRC, Newsome's comment was in relation to a story that DiFi's husband
is interested in an ambassadorship in Europe and that Biden may be inclined to appoint him to one. If that happened, the DiFi would presumably follow him to his posting thus opening her seat.
alwaysinasnit
(5,066 posts)Indykatie
(3,696 posts)Politicians more than any other group stay in high paced demanding jobs way past a reasonable retirement age. I think any 87 year old Senator talking about running for another 6 year term when she'll be 89 is pure selfishness and hurts the party and the country. Shame on her.
LenaBaby61
(6,974 posts)But after this statement caught fire this pharmacist 'clafified' himself.
Update: After this story went viral, the pharmacist interviewed provided an additional statement clarifying his remarks. I am not aware of any member that actually has Alzheimers and would certainly not disclose any such information if I did know. He added, patient privacy is a very serious matter that I am committed to upholding.
Initial statement by Mershon:
Erin Mershon at STAT News recently spent some time shadowing the pharmacist who provides prescription drugs to many members of Congress.
Her story, which you can read in full here, includes a relatively alarming passage in which the pharmacist casually mentions that some members apparently have Alzheimers:
Mike Kim, the reserved pharmacist-turned-owner of the pharmacy, said he has gotten used to knowing the most sensitive details about some of the most famous people in Washington.
At first its cool, and then you realize, Im filling some drugs that are for some pretty serious health problems as well. And these are the people that are running the country, Kim said, listing treatments for conditions like diabetes and Alzheimers.
It makes you kind of sit back and say, Wow, theyre making the highest laws of the land and they might not even remember what happened yesterday.'
The current Congress is among the oldest in history, and more than half of the senators running for reelection in 2018 will be over 65. The average age in the House of Representatives is 57, and the average age in the Senate is 61.
The pharmacist doesnt appear to have violated any patient privacy laws, which only restrict providing medical information that would identify a specific patient. (If hed said which senator, for example, fills Alzheimers prescriptions, that would violate the law.) Still, he gives a surprisingly frank and unsettling insight into conditions that could affect judgment, memory, and decision-making.
Read the entire story here.
Update: After this story went viral, the pharmacist interviewed provided an additional statement clarifying his remarks. I am not aware of any member that actually has Alzheimers and would certainly not disclose any such information if I did know. He added, patient privacy is a very serious matter that I am committed to upholding.
He said that he was [s]peaking very broadly about disease states that the general American population have and that it also applies to everyone including members of the U.S. House and Senate since they are also people just like you and I.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/10/11/16458142/congress-alzheimers-pharmacist
mobeau69
(11,143 posts)Boomerproud
(7,952 posts)She is hurting herself and her constituents.
FBaggins
(26,731 posts)Hoping he can placate a few people who were upset that he didn't appoint a Black woman to replace VP Harris - before a potential recall vote.
Joinfortmill
(14,417 posts)demtenjeep
(31,997 posts)However, Biden is older and he is kicking ass
bahboo
(16,337 posts)now get the hell out...
stillcool
(32,626 posts)Something about the bubble that is D.C. is both detrimental and necessary to a stroked ego.
Demovictory9
(32,453 posts)Deminpenn
(15,286 posts)is interested in an ambassadorship in Europe and that Biden may be inclined to appoint him to one. If that happened, the DiFi would presumably follow him to his posting thus opening her seat.
Budi
(15,325 posts)Helps to know the source at issue.
Appreciate it.
JI7
(89,248 posts)Deminpenn
(15,286 posts)A gracious end to a long and productive political career.
bigtree
(85,996 posts)..."You're making a mountain out of a molehill," she added.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)here: