Nancy Pelosi: Democrat and ex-Speaker, 83, to seek re-election

Oh for fucks sakes.

Fuck’s sake *
- Yes. Fuck posses the sake.
She's only one more reelection to lichdom.
- We should turn her into a giant baby.

No.

No, no, no, no, no!

Is she looking at Feinstein and thinking “well, I don’t need to be propped up yet, so I should still be able to run the country!”

I don’t care on which side of the aisle these oldies sit. They do not represent the will of a people who are largely younger than they are by two decades.

No, she's looking at her and her husband's bank accounts and thinking "well, I don't need to be propped up yet, so I can continue to be grossly corrupt and get even richer"
- Well, she is the queen of congressional insider trading…
She predates the baby boomers. She was in diapers when pearl harbor was bombed. Two decades younger should be the mandatory retirement age for politicians.
Younger by two decades is still mid 60s/retirement age
- The average age of constituents in her district is 40. I cant figure out how she keeps getting elected, unless she's just never had a peimary challenger worth a damn.

Hi, dem here. WE DONT WANT FUCKING ELDRITCH GODS REPRESENTING US anymore. Term limits. Term limits. Term limits.

Term limits and age limits.
- The age thing I’m less interested in, but competency tests and health checks probably more so. Think they’d do the same thing but more precisely (some people shit out in their 70s, some people stay sharp until they’re 100)

She is widely credited with marshalling the passage of former President Barack Obama's signature healthcare legislation, as well as bills to address infrastructure and climate change under incumbent President Joe Biden.

Her big claim to fame...

Getting republicans to vote for a more conservative healthcare plan than what the Republican candidate for president wanted to pass if he had won.

It's fucking disgusting moderates still act like that was the finish line over a decade later and oppose any more improvement to it, while demanding we call them progressive for it.

Although, once you're in your 70s, a decade probably feels like two weeks. Time flies when age related mental decline stops you from noticing the passage of time.

Hey, they had to get rid of the public option part and gut the bill to get some republican support! Ignore the fact that it was still passed entirely from a down party lines vote with zero republican support. They had to make it a shitty gutted bill for some reason. It was such an accomplishment forcing everyone to get healthcare from multi billion dollar companies with fat profit margins.
- They had to get rid of the public option to get enough Democratic support to pass.
  It was not a party line vote, 34 Democrats joined all the Republicans in voting No. It squeaked through the House, 219-212.
Getting republicans to vote for
No Republicans voted for it.
In fact, she had to work to get Democrats to vote for it. It passed the House 219-212, with 34 Democrats and all the Republicans voting No.
- That was the joke...
TESTIFY!

I respect older people, but at this age you really have no business being in high levels of government. Go retire and enjoy your life. If you want to, be an advisor to more junior members of congress. This wraithing is absurd.

Its a shame more people, especially younger people in the US, aren't more into things like primaries and other voting besides presidential elections. Makes me wonder who would break through future elections and who they would appoint as a result.
- because the system is designed to check against this! we cannot realistically outvote the cartoonishly dumb and convoluted primary system or the electoral college. after bernie got fucked over twice, how can anyone even have hope anymore? no one more progressive that pete fucking buttigeg is getting anywhere
- What are you talking about? “Young people” are turning out more at their age than prior generations at that age.

I'm in her district. This has given me a possibly-crazy idea. What if I registered to run against her? Hear me out.

I don't think that I could win. She's been in the game for so long, I have no illusions. But, registering and announcing a campaign to challenge her might result in some national publication contacting me for a quote. I might be able to get a line in said publication and get people talking about it.

"Nancy Pelosi should get out of the way of younger generations and let those who came after her have a seat at the table."

I'd appreciate feedback on the value of doing something like this. Also, the likelihood that it would have the desired outcome. Also, thoughts on how this might be done.

I've been kicking this idea around since this morning when I first saw this. I'm increasingly thinking that it sounds like a good idea. Thoughts?

I think the local DNC would have to "allow" it. Otherwise you'd run as something-other-than-Democratic.
But all it would cost you is time, and maybe a small filling fee to find out.
I say, go for it! It would at least shake up the geriatric incumbents a bit.
- The local DNC could potentially work against you but they can't stop you from running in the primary as long as you meet the requirements.
Do it! As one of the most notable Democrats alive it'd be a near impossible task to unseat her, but maybe you get 20% of the vote and that's not a terrible result. After that maybe someone more notable like a Mayor or state rep would run and maybe win. Shoot your shot!
We need a competitor. Please do it.
have you heard of Shahid Buttar
- Apparently, I had. The first two links on a search had already been visited. That's discouraging. Thanks!
- He had a good platform too; a true leftist planning for the future of AI, UBI, etc. She just straight out refused to debate him. Then she ran a smear PR campaign on him just to be sure
Running in such a prominent campaign would probably make your life suck. Pelosi's seasoned team would probably go through your entire life with a fine-toothed comb and spin anything remotely negative about you to make it seem like you were a serial killer. The Republicans, meanwhile, might throw money into supporting you without caring if you wanted their "help" just to make Pelosi's life hell.
There are probably already real challengers who actually want the job who you could support instead. If you donated to them and volunteered for them, they might make enough noise to at least get some headlines. And, you wouldn't have to stick your own neck out.
"Nancy Pelosi should get out of the way of younger generations and let those who came after her have a seat at the table."
Don't stop with her. Make your platform about Glitch McConnell, Dianne "The Wraith" Feinstein, Chuck "Touch" Grassley, and every other member of Congress who can't even claim to be a boomer because they were born before the end of WW2. Their generation built the America we have now; how's it working out for y'all?
Here's what you do, announce that you're running, say your peace, and when you're surfing that publicity wave, announce that you're running for governor of California. No flaw!
Do it!
I wish you would. Get your friends to do it too... "Nancy Pelosi Faces a Dozen Primary Challengers" might draw some more attention.

We need to put an age limit on political offices

I think we should also include term limits for these offices in addition to the age limit.
You can’t be president for more than 8 years, but you can be in the same political office more or less for almost 40? That doesn’t make a lot of sense to me lol.
- Yes, term limits are a much better solution as age restrictions can be a slippery slope.
- It would also make you useless as your term comes to an end. Political capital and IOUs are the currency in the capitol
Can't we just vote for younger candidates?
Doesn't make sense to subvert the will of the people when they clearly support this.
Also, her age isn't what makes her shit. She's a corporate democrat just looking out for different rich people.
- The problem is that this isn’t the will of the people. Preliminaries don’t count as an election so your vote for which candidate that appears on the actual ballot is just a suggestion.
  The party committees gets final say on who’s on the ballot for that party to vote for.
  Which leads to the problem of the 2 party system where we vote for the least worst candidate
- You're absolutely right.
  Collectively we vote for the representation we deserve.

Can we not be ruled by geriatrics anymore?

Geriatocracy

I’m angry at her, but more angry at the voters that reelect her. Get new blood into these positions.

Two party system that the party gets to choose who runs.
- While that does suck, there are options in the primary. So you can vote her out without voting for a Republican, if that's anathema/unrealistic in her district.

Fuck this horrible bitch. She fucking enriches herself via a marriage of her position and decision making with the stock market.

Fucking disgusting, no fucking politician that votes on policy should be allowed to trade stocks.

GET THE FUCK OUT AND STAY OUT YOU GERIATRIC FUCKING CORRUPT TRAITOR

Settle down, trumper.
- Nothing to do with Trumper, he's right. Just like Trump should go to prison along with anyone who helped him on Jan 6
- I'm a lifelong dem and I generally agree with the sentiment, minis the name-calling on his part. Her shady stock market trades are problematic at best, and we need young blood in the game. I'm hoping for a strong contender against her and I think many folks feel the same.
- You're what's wrong with politics these days. You don't have to be fully locked in to one side you know?

The fucked up thing is that people are still gonna vote for her. No one cares about corruption or acrually having good political leaders, they just need their team to win like it's some kind of stupid sport.

Blues and Greens...just like the Byzantines
Or they know how important it is that the Republicans not win.
It's not just about keeping score and keeping points for the red team. The blue team is currently fighting for white supremacy, christian supremacy, male supremacy, and to change the rules to make any other political party irrelevant.
If someone as wonderful as Mr. Rogers ran against Nancy Pelosi, but that person said he'd vote with his Republican colleagues on every important issue, his own personal qualities wouldn't matter. He personally might not lie, cheat or steal, but he'd be supporting a party that openly does all those things.
It sucks, but when it's a first-past-the-post system with 2 major parties, you mostly have to hold your nose and vote against the greater evil.
Because there is no corruption. Right wing conspiracy theories aren't fact
- There's corruption. The whole system is corrupt and Pelosi is a whirlwind of corruption. Does not make right wing conspiracy theories any more correct, though.

Stocks aren't going to inside trade themselves! Get out of the way you old cunt. Hopefully someone primaries her and the people in SF vote her out. Still worse to have a Republican in the seat but jfc this is infuriating.

There really needs to be age limits on government positions.

Term limits, too.
- Trading limits, too.
We do have age limits, but only minimum age. Any time there's a min age, there needs to be a corresponding max age.
But then again Bernie Sanders has done a lot to help "wake up" the minds of many millennials and zoomers.
- He's also too old imo
And some psychiatric tests, to see if she still has all the necessary faculties for decisions. The cognitive decay is as sure as death and taxes

TOO OLD

another canidate question what has your past politics done for me locally? even nationally? if the answer is unsure or maybe some tv propaganda answer that was fed to you then why do they deserve votes

You don't think Pelosi has done anything to advance the Democratic agenda? I don't live in her district, so I'm not sure about locally, but I do think she's been highly influential nationally, and I personally think she has done a good job.
That being said, her district is safe Democratic even if she doesn't run. She should retire, enjoy the rest of her life with her family and leave feeling good about her accomplishments. It's someone else's job to carry on the work.
- Well we sure know she used her position to advance her wallet
  But yeah go off, defend this geriatric corrupt traitor. She’s not fucking special she’s a literal enemy of the people due to said corruption

She's not the worst, but as I was reading, I thought she was dead until I made it to "seeks re-election"...

That’s what the plastics are for.. they never die…

Whatever happened to “just fuck off to your third home in the Hamptons and become a philanthropist” retirement path for these people?

She and her family rich af. Just pass the torch and support some other upstart. Fucking power hungry assholes.

We need to shut down this senior center. I'm tired of this. Let's get some fresh ideas in this place.

HEY REPUBLICANS:

I'm as left leaning as they come and this old bitch should retire. This is one of the many many many differences between us. All you care about is winning, like this is some type of fucking football game, and I care about is what's best for our country.

Apparently not in California, home to both Nancy Pelosi and Diane Feinstein.

muther fucker, get these old farts outta here.

Ugh get these dinosaurs out of office. I do not feel represented by someone who is a millionaire and over twice my age, they have no understanding of what my life is like or what I need.

We seriously need age limits for elected officials, it's absolutely absurd to have an octogenarian in a position of authority like that.

While we're at it, term limits for congress would be nice - 19 terms is absolutely ridiculous.

Didn't Ruth teach these geriatric roadblocks anything?!?

maybe US voters who should take more than colors and letters into consideration such as job resume over the years, what are they financially invested in, past examples of experience, et cetera

Someone fucking primary her ass

Her district is jam packed full of the most elite liberals in the country. They love her. She's one of them. Realistically, the only one who'd replace her would be a carbon copy of her.
- "Liberals" meaning fiscally conservative establishment donors whose social views are centrist or indifferent at best.

No.

Boomers, agnostic of any party affiliation, have brain worms.

She is the generation before boomers: the silent generation.
- Not better.

Holy crap when I saw the headline at first I thought it was an obit

If she pulls a McConnell I’m claiming copyright on “Nance in a Trance.”

With ants in her pants

Oh fuck off with the dinosaurs

Wonder how her husbands portfolio has been doing since she left.

Any significant gains? Does he really have that midas touch without her fortunate position.

Lol the hammer attack would have been a great exit strategy. Oh well would you look at that, ever since my husband got his head beat in with a hammer he just can't seem to pick stocks as well.
I think it got hammered lately. Too soon?

We need age limits for politicians. I’d be more than fine with that being 60. But this skeleton is 83; she will be 88 by the time her term is done if she wins again. Nobody near 90 should decide the future of the younger generations

I'd make it whatever the retirement age is. In Australia, that would be 67. If we have an age where we agree it's time to collect your pension and live out your life, then it should apply to politicians as well.
No, we don't actually have this policy. Plenty of our pollies are over 67.
Wouldn't she be 86, not 88? House term length is just 2 years, so that term would end Jan 3rd 2027 and her birthday is March 26, 1940
(Not saying 86 is young, just want to be accurate)
Then the younger generation should vote and often

Well, if you want her to stop being in Congress, you know what to do in the primaries.

I'd vote against Pelosi in the primaries for the same reason I'd vote against Biden or Trump or McConnell or Feinstein in the primaries. They're all too fucking old. The average age of the Senate is 64 years. The average age of the House of Representatives is 57 years.

Here's every senator or congressperson age 68 or older.

State	Senator	Age	Birthdate	Party
Iowa	Charles E. Grassley	89	9/17/33	R
California	Dianne Feinstein	89	6/22/33	D
Vermont	Bernie Sanders	81	9/8/41	I
Kentucky	Mitch McConnell	80	2/20/42	R
Maryland	Benjamin L. Cardin	79	10/5/43	D
Idaho	Jim Risch	79	5/3/43	R
Illinois	Richard J. Durbin	78	11/21/44	D
Maine	Angus King	78	3/31/44	I
Massachusetts	Edward J. Markey	76	7/11/46	D
Connecticut	Richard Blumenthal	76	2/13/46	D
Utah	Mitt Romney	75	3/12/47	R
Vermont	Peter Welch	75	5/2/47	D
Hawaii	Mazie K. Hirono	75	11/3/47	D
West Virginia	Joe Manchin III	75	8/24/47	D
New Hampshire	Jeanne Shaheen	75	1/28/47	D
Delaware	Thomas R. Carper	75	1/23/47	D
Rhode Island	Jack Reed	73	11/12/49	D
Oregon	Ron Wyden	73	5/3/49	D
Massachusetts	Elizabeth Warren	73	6/22/49	D
Arkansas	John Boozman	72	12/10/50	R
Michigan	Debbie Stabenow	72	4/29/50	D
New York	Charles E. Schumer	72	11/23/50	D
Washington	Patty Murray	72	10/11/50	D
Mississippi	Roger Wicker	71	7/5/51	R
Idaho	Michael D. Crapo	71	5/20/51	R
Louisiana	John Kennedy	71	11/21/51	R
Nebraska	Deb Fischer	71	3/1/51	R
Colorado	John Hickenlooper	70	2/7/52	D
Florida	Rick Scott	70	12/1/52	R
Texas	John Cornyn	70	2/2/52	R
Wyoming	John Barrasso	70	7/21/52	R
Maine	Susan Collins	70	12/7/52	R
Ohio	Sherrod Brown	70	11/9/52	D
Tennessee	Marsha Blackburn	70	6/6/52	R
West Virginia	Shelley Moore Capito	69	11/26/53	R
New Jersey	Bob Menendez	69	1/1/54	D
Virginia	Mark Warner	68	12/15/54	D
Alabama	Tommy Tuberville	68	9/18/54	R
Kansas	Jerry Moran	68	5/29/54	R
Indiana	Mike Braun	68	3/24/54	R
South Dakota	Mike Rounds	68	10/24/54	R
Wyoming	Cynthia Lummis	68	9/10/54	R

District	Congressperson	Age	Birthdate	Party
CA-31	Grace F. Napolitano	86	12/4/36	Democratic
DC-AL	Eleanor Holmes Norton	85	6/13/37	Democratic
KY-05	Harold Rogers	85	12/31/37	Republican
NJ-09	Bill Pascrell Jr.	85	1/25/37	Democratic
CA-43	Maxine Waters	84	8/15/38	Democratic
MD-05	Steny H. Hoyer	83	6/14/39	Democratic
SC-06	James E. Clyburn	82	7/21/40	Democratic
CA-11	Nancy Pelosi	82	3/26/40	Democratic
IL-07	Danny K. Davis	81	9/6/41	Democratic
TX-31	John Carter	81	11/6/41	Republican
CA-16	Anna G. Eshoo	80	12/13/42	Democratic
FL-24	Frederica S. Wilson	80	11/5/42	Democratic
CT-03	Rosa DeLauro	79	3/2/43	Democratic
NC-05	Virginia Foxx	79	6/29/43	Republican
TX-12	Kay Granger	79	1/18/43	Republican
CA-07	Doris Matsui	78	9/25/44	Democratic
IL-09	Jan Schakowsky	78	5/26/44	Democratic
MO-05	Emanuel Cleaver II	78	10/26/44	Democratic
GA-13	David Scott	77	6/27/45	Democratic
IN-04	Jim Baird	77	6/4/45	Republican
NJ-12	Bonnie Watson Coleman	77	2/6/45	Democratic
CA-08	John Garamendi	77	1/24/45	Democratic
OH-09	Marcy Kaptur	76	6/17/46	Democratic
TX-37	Lloyd Doggett	76	10/6/46	Democratic
CA-12	Barbara Lee	76	7/16/46	Democratic
NC-12	Alma Adams	76	5/27/46	Democratic
MD-02	C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger	76	1/31/46	Democratic
TX-09	Al Green	75	9/1/47	Democratic
VA-03	Robert C. Scott	75	4/30/47	Democratic
GA-02	Sanford D. Bishop Jr.	75	2/4/47	Democratic
NY-12	Jerrold Nadler	75	6/13/47	Democratic
CA-18	Zoe Lofgren	75	12/21/47	Democratic
FL-08	Bill Posey	75	12/18/47	Republican
AS-AL	Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen	75	12/29/47	Republican
SC-02	Joe Wilson	75	7/31/47	Republican
MI-01	Jack Bergman	75	2/2/47	Republican
FL-22	Lois Frankel	74	5/16/48	Democratic
MS-02	Bennie Thompson	74	1/28/48	Democratic
OR-03	Earl Blumenauer	74	8/16/48	Democratic
CT-01	John B. Larson	74	7/22/48	Democratic
AZ-07	Raul M. Grijalva	74	2/19/48	Democratic
PA-16	Mike Kelly	74	5/10/48	Republican
TX-36	Brian Babin	74	3/23/48	Republican
MD-07	Kweisi Mfume	74	10/24/48	Democratic
NY-20	Paul Tonko	73	6/18/49	Democratic
TN-09	Steve Cohen	73	5/24/49	Democratic
OK-04	Tom Cole	73	4/28/49	Republican
TX-25	Roger Williams	73	9/13/49	Republican
MA-01	Richard E. Neal	73	2/14/49	Democratic
FL-11	Daniel Webster	73	4/27/49	Republican
ID-02	Mike Simpson	72	9/8/50	Republican
TX-29	Sylvia R. Garcia	72	9/6/50	Democratic
NV-01	Dina Titus	72	5/23/50	Democratic
OH-03	Joyce Beatty	72	3/12/50	Democratic
VA-11	Gerald E. Connolly	72	3/30/50	Democratic
WV-01	Carol Miller	72	11/4/50	Republican
TX-18	Sheila Jackson Lee	72	1/12/50	Democratic
TX-26	Michael C. Burgess	72	12/23/50	Republican
VA-08	Donald S. Beyer Jr.	72	6/20/50	Democratic
FL-16	Vern Buchanan	71	5/8/51	Republican
CA-04	Mike Thompson	71	1/24/51	Democratic
NJ-06	Frank Pallone Jr.	71	10/30/51	Democratic
WI-04	Gwen Moore	71	4/18/51	Democratic
MI-05	Tim Walberg	71	4/12/51	Republican
GA-12	Rick W. Allen	71	11/7/51	Republican
UT-04	Burgess Owens	71	8/2/51	Republican
CA-21	Jim Costa	70	4/13/52	Democratic
MA-09	William Keating	70	9/6/52	Democratic
FL-05	John Rutherford	70	9/2/52	Republican
CA-26	Julia Brownley	70	8/28/52	Democratic
CA-10	Mark DeSaulnier	70	3/31/52	Democratic
OR-02	Cliff Bentz	70	1/12/52	Republican
MO-03	Blaine Luetkemeyer	70	5/7/52	Republican
HI-01	Ed Case	70	9/27/52	Democratic
MI-06	Debbie Dingell	69	11/23/53	Democratic
CA-28	Judy Chu	69	7/7/53	Democratic
CA-41	Ken Calvert	69	6/8/53	Republican
NY-07	Nydia M. Velazquez	69	3/28/53	Democratic
TX-03	Keith Self	69	3/20/53	Republican
CA-48	Darrell Issa	69	11/1/53	Republican
CT-02	Joe Courtney	69	4/6/53	Democratic
NJ-02	Jeff Van Drew	69	2/23/53	Republican
NY-05	Gregory W. Meeks	69	9/25/53	Democratic
TX-14	Randy Weber	69	7/2/53	Republican
FL-02	Neal Dunn	69	2/16/53	Republican
SC-05	Ralph Norman	69	6/20/53	Republican
NJ-04	Christopher H. Smith	69	3/4/53	Republican
PA-03	Dwight Evans	68	5/16/54	Democratic
MI-13	Shri Thanedar	68	1/1/55	Democratic
OR-01	Suzanne Bonamici	68	10/14/54	Democratic
GA-04	Hank Johnson	68	10/2/54	Democratic
NY-13	Adriano Espaillat	68	9/27/54	Democratic
MN-04	Betty McCollum	68	7/12/54	Democratic
CA-32	Brad Sherman	68	10/24/54	Democratic
AL-06	Gary Palmer	68	5/14/54	Republican
FL-28	Carlos Gimenez	68	1/17/54	Republican
OH-06	Bill Johnson	68	11/10/54	Republican

That's.... eye-opening
Pelosi in particular isn't just old but is also showing some signs of seriously impaired memory at the least.

Trump is only 5 years younger, convicted of rape, facing 91 criminal felony charges and is running for re-election.

Instead of being anti red or anti blue how about you be anti fuckwit?
Trump was not convicted of rape.
- Yes indeed he was. He was found to be GUILTY of raping E Jean Carroll
- Technically right because it was a civil case rather than a criminal case. He was found liable for sexually abusing and defaming E. Jean Carroll.

This is kinda the national form of the village elder.

As a Dem, let me just say, please god no. We need younger people in Congress. It’s time to let go Nancy. I hope she gets primaried. Take Feinstein and Mcconnel with you on your way out.

Democrats are a very frustrating party to be with. The alternative is 50 years out of date, racists, homophobic assholes, so you're stuck with democrats. So they put up the worst fucking candidates and we're just stuck with them because if we don't vote for them it's voting for some backwards asshole.
Worse is republicans think we love these people. No we fucking don't, get these old people out and get me someone who represents me. They're just the lesser of two evils

There should be age limits in politics. Such as retirement age minus minimum voting age. It would be 67-18 in the US. Make it so you can’t run again after you exceeded the limit.

Boy I was really hoping that headline had a different ending.

Democrats and republicans are just looking out for different rich people.

If we ever want this nation to improve, we need to focus on independents. Party lines need to die.

Skeksis need to retire, not collapse into dust while holding on to the royal scepter.

The land is dying, and the Skeksis continue to drain its life force

Both sides are the same
Age

"We are gathered here today to honor the memory of Nancy Pelosi, who-"
"Wait, no! I'm still running for Senate in 2032! I just switched to the Zombie Party!"
"...I told you guys this should have been a closed casket funeral."

Can both the right and left agree to start electing people in their 40s or 50s for a change?

People need to ask why incumbents almost always win even if there are so many valid reasons for them to move on. The answer is pretty simple. $$$

Yeah, fuck these old, out of touch assholes who keep clinging to power and refuse to let the next generation come in.

Glad I stopped donating to the assholes a decade ago but fuck them all.

“Well I Think, I could use a good fuck”…. Pelosi maybe.

If the money and perks are good, why not??

Her net worth is like $100 million, I really doubt she seeks reelection for the money.
- Those insider trading perks are just too good to give up
- Her husband and his company profit handsomely from her insider knowledge.
- She's trying to get to $200M, obviously.
Yeah, cut congressional salaries to $10k a year and see how long the old folks stick around. Eliminates career politicians, too.
- Then the only people who can actually be congresspeople will be the ones who are already rich. Public service should pay enough that those who work in government shouldn't need a second source of income to provide for their families. Paying politicians $10k a year will only incentivize them to accept bribes from lobbyist and corporations, leading to career politicians.
- Set it to minimum wage and see how quickly that raise goes up. Lol
- These old career politicians don't become millionaires from their federal salaries.they have PACs and get paid to be guest speakers. After they quit, they get paid millions a year to be consultants or some bullshit title VP where they only meet once a year to justify "working".
  Manchin has a yatch and he's from one of the poorest states. Boats in general are a huge money sink and this asshole has a boat with enough square footage to be a regular house, 1500.
  Whenever I think of West Virginia I think of rundown early 20th century homes and barefoot kids in overalls. I know it's a stereotype, but check out that video. It's so sad that they fight so hard for the coal mines that killed 3 generations because it's the only steady income in the area.
  I don't condone killing politicians, but I do think tar and feathering should become fashionable again. If you're too old to outrun your constituents or survive your chickening, you're to old to represent them.
- hahahh its cute you think their salaries are where their money comes from

Primary her.

I'm a progressive. I usually vote Democrat, because the Republicans are horrible. Pelosi represents everything I despise about the Democratic party establishment: serving the corporate billionaires, and blocking anything that helps working people. Sure there are many Democrats who I support, but Pelosi is NOT one of them!

Not feeling great about this.

Usually these style titles are for deaths, and I got excited for a moment

US politics really romanticizing elderly abuse.

DINOs out

COOL

She's had years to train up a successor, at this point it's just blind power hungry arrogance.
To your first paragraph, decline often comes suddenly. Of course with a two year term, and hundreds of representatives, it's not as critical of a risk as a 6 year senator, but still.

She probably doesn't want to hang around the house and watch underwear hammer fights.

She doesn’t want to give up hubby’s hot streak on stock trading.

Great

Ugh!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GozmjcrcP3w

what a cunt. do us all a favor and die already.

American Dissident and unable to vote here WHY THE F##K DO Y'ALL PEOPLE KEEP VOTING THESE F##KS BACK IN ? IS IT TO HAVE SOMETHING TO B###H ABOUT LATER ONLINE? talking to y'all will definitly vote biden this fall because his name does not start with T sounds like Pakleds voting

Why was it necessary to include her age in this headline?

Because she's a dinosaur and her age is very relevant to the situation.
- "dinosaur"
  That's delusional talk
Because cognitive ability and reasoning declines with age after a certain point. Not sure what that point is but it’s definately in the 70s and 80s
- a) are you a doctor b) that's ageism not fact c) there's plenty of 40 year olds in congress that are worse

Damn bro calm down, that level of hate against any human is concerning. I absolutely think she should be voted out and go enjoy her retirement, but wishing that level of ill upon another person is worrying.

Nancy Pelosi is awesome. Best politician on the planet and the fascist GOP are terrified of her.

We do legitimately have a gerontocracy problem and this doesn't help, but at the same time as long as she's capable of doing the job I can't in good conscience object either. The beauty of our system of government is anyone can run. You don't like her, run against her or STFU and quit screaming at the clouds.

The beauty of our system of government is anyone can run. You don’t like her, run against her or STFU and quit screaming at the clouds.
You act like primaries are fair...
Even the DNC stopped doing that years ago, why do you still believe it?
The Court continued, “For their part, the DNC and Wasserman Schultz have characterized the DNC charter’s promise of ‘impartiality and evenhandedness’ as a mere political promise—political rhetoric that is not enforceable in federal courts. The Court does not accept this trivialization of the DNC’s governing principles. While it may be true in the abstract that the DNC has the right to have its delegates ‘go into back rooms like they used to and smoke cigars and pick the candidate that way,’ the DNC, through its charter, has committed itself to a higher principle.”
https://observer.com/2017/08/court-admits-dnc-and-debbie-wasserman-schulz-rigged-primaries-against-sanders/
- No, no. You see buttery emails and stuff, they never deliberately worked against Bernie to ensure Clinton won. Totally it was all the people voting.
- if the dnc didn't like fucking up primaries, bernie's vp would be the front-runner in 2024. oh, and the country would be in a lot better shape than it is now, too.
  i hope california can come up with a candidate that can challenge pelosi in the primaries.
- The Court continued, “For their part, the DNC and Wasserman Schultz have characterized the DNC charter’s promise of ‘impartiality and evenhandedness’ as a mere political promise—political rhetoric that is not enforceable in federal courts. The Court does not accept this trivialization of the DNC’s governing principles. While it may be true in the abstract that the DNC has the right to have its delegates ‘go into back rooms like they used to and smoke cigars and pick the candidate that way,’ the DNC, through its charter, has committed itself to a higher principle.”
  I'm not saying the DNC isn't biased. But it looks like that was a legal arguments made by lawyers. Generally, they make every argument they can fit into their brief.
- Conflating
True, anyone can technically run. But in practice, a fresh-faced new candidate going up against a well-funded incumbent will very very rarely win. The few times it has happened the incumbent either didn’t take the threat seriously (AOC), or the incumbent was involved in a big scandal.
For your well-intentioned version of America to exist in reality, we’d need to do a few things: overturn Citizens United, require that all elections be fully publicly funded, ban private political donations, and stop letting elected officials draw their own maps. Until then, the gerontocracy will go on.
- You give me a dozen reasons why can't win. Maybe your the wrong person for the job.
  Someday I'll tell you the story of 7 of 11 and Obama.
Not sure about you but I don't have the time or money to run.
- But you do live in the district? Excellent. Now get some support and raise some money. Make sure to talk to the party of choice. Get some petitions signed. You have to work to get on a ballot.