Past their prime...

Lamplighter · 06-28-2015, 04:13 PM

I believe some politicians just don’t realize when they are no longer relevant.
So, I propose we let them know in a very gentle way,
so they can leave the building gracefully.

Here are my first two nominees:

Newt Gingrich
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James Carville
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xoxoxoBruce · 06-28-2015, 04:42 PM

They keep reading how youth flock to the elders for their accumulated wisdom, not realizing that went out with sword fighting and knickers.

Yes I'm old, and yes I've acquired a lot of wisdom. But that's only because I was to0 stupid not to have to learn all those lessons that leave scars.

classicman · 06-28-2015, 08:57 PM

Here are a few more.

Lamplighter · 06-29-2015, 09:00 AM

McCain was already on my list too...

Here's my next two:

Henry Kissinger
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Joe Lieberman
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chrisinhouston · 06-29-2015, 11:27 AM

These 2 get my vote for retirement:

John Cornyn and Jim Inhofe

Gravdigr · 06-29-2015, 03:01 PM

Why is there a picture of Gollum under Newt Gingrich?

Lamplighter · 06-30-2015, 08:01 AM

From the third branch of government...

Antonin Scalia
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Clarence Thomas
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Lamplighter · 07-01-2015, 09:03 AM

From the Democrats...

Harry Reid
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Al Gore

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Lamplighter · 07-02-2015, 08:23 AM

And from the GOP - they get 3

Ben Carson
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Chris Christie
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Donald Duckorwhateverhislastnameis
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glatt · 07-02-2015, 09:20 AM

I hadn't been paying much attention to these guys, but I saw a headline in the paper today that Trump is actually surging in the polls with his party as a result of his anti-mexican comments and the resulting publicity backlash.

You just have to shake your head. Give the extremists enough rope, and they will hang themselves and anyone around them. The better Trump does with the republicans, the more likely the republicans will lose.

People (not just conservatives, btw) get in an echo chamber and they have no idea they are in there.

Lamplighter · 07-17-2015, 08:15 PM

Past their prime...

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Originally Posted by Lamplighter

And from the GOP<snip>
Donald Duckorwhateverhislastnameis
Attachment 52264.

I stand by my co-optation.
... and now Huffington Post is following suit

Huffington Post to cover Trump as an entertainer, not a politician
CNN - Tom Kludt - 7/17/15

Quote:

The Huffington Post will continue to cover Donald Trump, but the popular news site
is done treating him like a legitimate presidential candidate.

In a note to readers on Friday, two top editors for HuffPost said that coverage
of the brash billionaire's campaign will be a part of the site's entertainment section.

"Our reason is simple: Trump's campaign is a sideshow,"
wrote Washington bureau chief Ryan Grim and editorial director Danny Shea.
"We won't take the bait. If you are interested in what The Donald has to say,
you'll find it next to our stories on the Kardashians and The Bachelorette."

In a separate statement, Grim said that the site had
"erroneously been covering [Trump] as an actual presidential candidate."
"Now, the impact he's having on the Republican Party
and the immigration debate is itself a real thing,
and we'll cover that as substance, but anything that tumbles out of his mouth
will land on the Entertainment page," Grim said.

DanaC · 07-03-2015, 10:13 AM

There's an aspect of this thread I find uncomfortable. Someone being irrelevant I can go with. Someone being in office for a long time and feeling like it's their God-given personal fiefdom, unaccountable to the electorate, I can go with. But there's an assumption that seems to be made about age in this context that I don't like.

Griff · 07-03-2015, 10:15 AM

Actually, I'm a Bernie Sanders booster so I'm cool with age as long as the mindset is relevant.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-04-2015, 12:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Griff

Actually, I'm a Bernie Sanders booster so I'm cool with age as long as the mindset is relevant.

Hear hear, but I'm afraid congress would shut him down if he tried to do anything he wants to.

Griff · 07-03-2015, 10:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanaC

There's an aspect of this thread I find uncomfortable. Someone being irrelevant I can go with. Someone being in office for a long time and feeling like it's their God-given personal fiefdom, unaccountable to the electorate, I can go with. But there's an assumption that seems to be made about age in this context that I don't like.

Looking through the nominees, I'd say Lamps has mostly identified people whose thinking is not of this age. They are still relevant to the electorate because only retired people vote, but I think he was mostly fair about that.

06-28-2015, 04:13 PM	#1
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Past their prime... I believe some politicians just don’t realize when they are no longer relevant. So, I propose we let them know in a very gentle way, so they can leave the building gracefully. Here are my first two nominees: Newt Gingrich James Carville

06-28-2015, 04:42 PM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	They keep reading how youth flock to the elders for their accumulated wisdom, not realizing that went out with sword fighting and knickers. Yes I'm old, and yes I've acquired a lot of wisdom. But that's only because I was to0 stupid not to have to learn all those lessons that leave scars. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-28-2015, 08:57 PM	#3
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Here are a few more. Attached Images __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

06-29-2015, 09:00 AM	#4
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	McCain was already on my list too... Here's my next two: Henry Kissinger Joe Lieberman

06-29-2015, 11:27 AM	#5
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	These 2 get my vote for retirement: John Cornyn and Jim Inhofe Attached Images

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06-30-2015, 08:01 AM	#7
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	From the third branch of government... Antonin Scalia Clarence Thomas

07-01-2015, 09:03 AM	#8
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	From the Democrats... Harry Reid Al Gore .

07-02-2015, 08:23 AM	#9
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	And from the GOP - they get 3 Ben Carson Chris Christie Donald Duckorwhateverhislastnameis .

07-02-2015, 09:20 AM	#10
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I hadn't been paying much attention to these guys, but I saw a headline in the paper today that Trump is actually surging in the polls with his party as a result of his anti-mexican comments and the resulting publicity backlash. You just have to shake your head. Give the extremists enough rope, and they will hang themselves and anyone around them. The better Trump does with the republicans, the more likely the republicans will lose. People (not just conservatives, btw) get in an echo chamber and they have no idea they are in there.

07-03-2015, 10:15 AM	#13
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Actually, I'm a Bernie Sanders booster so I'm cool with age as long as the mindset is relevant. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

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