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In reply to the discussion: To those who argued it was wrong to suggest RBG should have retired under Obama... [View all]BeyondGeography
(39,369 posts)12. Being called all sorts of names for being realistic about mortality...
Thanks for your post. Calling for someone north of 80 who was five years past her first pancreatic cancer diagnosis to retire and pass the torch wasnt and never will be wrong.
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To those who argued it was wrong to suggest RBG should have retired under Obama... [View all]
PTWB
Sep 2020
OP
JUST STOP IT. Have you no decency? Some of us are actually mourning her and trying to honor her
hlthe2b
Sep 2020
#2
Agreed. Good point. We can discuss pragmatism and strategy on some future date
Statistical
Sep 2020
#19
What good does it do looking backwards and figuring out where to place blame?
groundloop
Sep 2020
#8
No disagreement about that.... but your OP is about placing blame, not learning.
groundloop
Sep 2020
#14
Who thought Democratic voters would sit home, vote for trump, vote Green, etc., giving us trump?
Hoyt
Sep 2020
#13
This line of thinking is remarkably similar to saying "Black women will save the Dem party" ...
Hekate
Sep 2020
#25
We had the Senate until the end of the 2014...she could have been replaced...you don't need the
Demsrule86
Sep 2020
#48