RIP Diane Feinstein

[mcski]

She’s still insisting on finishing her term.

[SumJongGuy]

Gibo beat me to it. Sorry man. But yeah we all agree it’s complicated. It’s not like Biden or Hillary singing praises of a ADMITTIDLY REFORMED AND REMORSEFUL FORMER kkk grand wizard.

Fixed it for you

And, she'd been dead for years.. The smell finally started getting to people around her to confirm it.

[Telemahn]

All the ass millinery aside she was one bad ass bitch. Not perfect, not a saint, but got shit done.

[mud]

She’s still insisting on finishing her term.

Weekend at Diane's!

[Viva]

Beijing responds to the news of Sen. Feinstein's passing:

[dunfree]

While Feinstein certainly hung on too long--the tragedy of dementia is that one cannot know one has it--experience in politics is greatly undervalued. It is a profession like any other and our fondness for electing Washington outsiders--whether governors, half-term Senators, or reality show actors--has not served us well.

Addiction to power? A politician without it is like an actor not addicted to attention or a priest not addicted to god--unlikely to be any good at their job. The greatest American President--greatest in the sense of having the most influence on our lives today whether you agree with his policies or not--served 3 terms and part of a 4th. While he declined to run for a second full term the President who signed two of the greatest--perhaps THE greatest--laws in our history--the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts (not necessarily happily) was certainly addicted to power. OTOH his predecessor, an inexperienced young Senator, began his term with the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion, which a more experienced leader might have quashed.

it ain’t fucking dementia old fart, it’s the inertia of being a senator. Strom Thurmond was slurping oysters in his 90s with bimbos while his aide did all the work because that’s what most senators do.

[Conundrum]

https://www.theonion.com/senator-dia...dea-1850887265

[54-46]

I remember how she stepped up when Moscone and Milk were shot.

More currently, her office was helping us obtain a grant to build housing for homeless and foster kids that attend a charter school in SoCal. Project now in limbo.

RIP


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[neufox47]

I feel like these people who hang around too long should have their legacies trashed. I don’t care what you did 30 years ago, I care that your ego kept you in power for at least 6 years too long. If anything is going to curb politicians hunger for power it is the knowledge that their legacy will be judged very harshly for hanging around too long.


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[bodywhomper]

I was on a zoom call with her 2 years ago. She was the only one not on camera. We all introduced ourselves and she commented that she could hear me so well. This was because I was the only person using a landline (cuz my bandwidth sucks). Everybody else was using their computer audio.

She had some weird influences on several projects that I worked in over the years. Either because of the project relations to strong supporters of her’s and at least one seemed very related to a position that her husband held as a UC Regent.

[SB]

Chinese spy driver for 20 years.

Enemy of the US constitution.

BIH

[AmmergauerTele]

$80+ million net worth......we are the little people.

[Core Shot]

$80+ million net worth......we are the little people.

she has multimillion houses in aspen and Tahoe
Has she ever skied?

[riser4]

$80+ million net worth......we are the little people.

Ya, but how much of that is a house or two? If she had a nice pad in SF that was purchased decades ago, that's not very hard to get to double digits millions. Yes, I am a little people compared to that. I'm not defending or criticizing her, just pointing out that net worth these days probably deserves an asterisk due to hyper inflated real estate values in many markets.

[plugboots]

Hmmmmm...JFK prolly hit it.
You woulda too.

[TNKen]

I let a mag on the MP5 RIP for her.

This is why we need term limits. How does one accumulate $81 million working as a public servant making $174k/year?

[m2711c]

NFT’s…

[PNWbrit]

How does one accumulate $81 million working as a public servant making $174k/year?

Marry a billionaire who dies before you?

[JimmyCarter]

Marry a billionaire who dies before you?

That’s one trumpian billionaire if she’s down to 80 million.

[riser4]

I let a mag on the MP5 RIP for her.

This is why we need term limits. How does one accumulate $81 million working as a public servant making $174k/year?

SF real estate purchased decades ago? And yes, we need to figure out how to get a younger senate. VTs delegation is aged. I'm glad Leahy retired and didn't go out like Dianne.

[mcphee]

writing books and insider trading seems to be the path to righteousness for our elected leaders

[Bunion 2020]

For many? Yes. No idea about her but....

For much of her wealth, Feinstein — who passed away Thursday in her Washington DC home, aged 90 — could thank her second husband, Richard Blum. He was an astute investor and the founder of Blum Capital Partners.

[Core Shot]

Hmmmmm...JFK prolly hit it.
You woulda too.

Yep. Nice titties. And cute before she got senile and old.

[old goat]

Would you rather have a rich Senator or one who has to take the odd bribe? I'll take a Feinstein over a Menendez any time.

[waxman]

I let a mag on the MP5 RIP for her.

that's the spirit