Mitch McConnell freezes during GOP news conference, escorted away

Looks like Turtle stroked out. Fortunately he gets the best medical care available paid for by the taxpayer, whereas he is adamantly opposed to Medicare for All to provide this benefit to all Americans.

McConnell is a liar and has done a lot of harm to the US. He and many others like him should have retired many years ago.

I"m old too. I will retire from my job at retirement age. Other people could use the job opening I'd leave.

And I think Trump is a criminal/liar and too old to run for president. And Biden is just too old to run. Looks like I'll be forced to vote for Biden because he doesn't know when to bow out gracfully.

<This post was all over the place> McConnell is too old and needs to retire. Back on topic!

Looks like I'll be forced to vote for Biden because he doesn't know when to bow out gracfully.

Is there another well enough known (and well supported within the party) Democrat candidate who could have a reasonable chance to beat the orange sack of shit at this point in time?
- No, but that's mainly because the DNC fell around Biden and hasn't moved away from him since before he was elected. If he'd decided not to run, you've have seen several Democrats get bigger coverage as well as be more active, with help do the DNC to make sure you knew about a few of them.
- Unless I'm mistaken, we got Biden or RFK. Between the two, I'd go for Biden any day.
- No, Biden said he was running. If Biden wasn't running there would be a primary to decide.

To answer your question, most people aren't against age limits. But the elderly are the single strongest voting population and the people already in power won't do anything against their own interest without significant voter follow through.

Everyone is for age limits until they would be affected.
- I hope I have the wherewithal to maintain my convictions at that age. Perhaps that's naivete, but I never became conservative, either.
Because the elderly don't work, so they can vote while everyone else is busy propping up the economy they built.
We should move to a system where votes are weighted based on age. Up to, say, 40 years of age your vote has a weight of 1.0. Above 40 the weight should reduce linearly each year until it reaches 0.1 at the age that equals the current life expectancy. Basically: the closer you are to death the shorter you are affected by the consequences of your votes, so you should have less influence. Older people are probe to short term thinking as they won’t live to see the long term effects anyway.
- What the fuck. What the fuck.
- Ah, Dred Scott vs Sanford raises its ugly head again.
  
  When you get old enough to be worth 0.6, shall we call it “3/5” just for old times’ sake? As a compromise?

That's so weird that he came back. God that looked like a stroke.

If it were any other situation he'd be going to the hospital immediately. That's definitely either a stroke or a seizure and he needs a CT or MRI ASAP.

However, the optics of him freezing like that and then getting rushed to the hospital are bad, even worse than him looking like a wax sculpture and freezing, so he came back to say he's okay. Then he goes to the hospital, but they drive him around the block a few times before arriving to throw off the press.
- He could just have Parkinson’s and it’s not public knowledge.
  
  We aren’t really doctors and not really able to diagnose someone based on a clip.

Eh, frankly, I’m not a big fan of age limits or term limits, I think they’re fundamentally undemocratic. If people in a state keep electing someone then it is their right to do so.

Banning people over a certain age or who have served a certain amount of terms doesn’t solve the core issue in such circumstances, that being gerrymandering, voter suppression, and wide spread misinformation and disinformation spread by bad actors. There are plenty of old representatives and senators who I have endless respect and trust for, and it would really be a shame if they were forced to leave office just because they hit some arbitrary number of years or terms.

The Constitution says that a person can't be under 30 to serve in the Senate. Is that saying that there aren't any sub-30 year olds who would be great Senators? Why is one arbitrary limit OK, but one on the other end of the range suddenly undemocratic? That just makes no sense to me.
- I don't think they agree with that lower limit either. They didn't say anything to make me think it's not included in the age limits they're talking about.
Legislative work is a career. One gets better at their career the longer they do it. I don’t hire rookie electricians, and I hate that my state forces to vote for useless green legislators. They don’t know what they are doing and they kowtow to lobbyists and interests who write all the bills that pass here. Term limits are step one in legislative capture.

Thanks for making room for an opinion that is often unpopular in left dominated online spaces.
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- The funny thing is, the “term limits for legislators” and “age limits for legislators” did not come out of left wing theorists or even social liberal theorist, they came from Koch funded think tanks like the heritage foundation! It’s another example of how effective astroturfing and targeted political “advertising” can be at manipulating both side of the political spectrum.
Please, what old senators do you have respect and trust for?
- Bernie Sanders

Somehow I really don't fucking care. He's just another psychopath in a suit. If karma bites him, so be it.

We already have age limits at the lower end. Why are people so against age limits at the upper end?

Probably because some people age better than others? I'd argue term limits are probably a better solution to this problem. Although, people could also have the courtesy of resigning when they're clearly too old for the job.

Some people also young better than others, though. There are 18 year olds in the world I've have no problem voting for, if I could.

But yeah, a lot of age limit sentiment seems to be just straight up just ageism to me, as if every person becomes senile as soon as they turn 80, or even just 70 or 60, which just isn't remotely true. Intelligence can remain sharp as ever, and sometimes elderly wisdom is indeed a thing. And every politician is surrounded by aids who will notice if something starts to go wrong.

I'd be sort of okay with a very high age limit, like 90, I guess, but on the whole I agree term limits are better anyway.
- I disagree, even if you're not senile you should be moving out of the way for younger generations. Wisdom doesn't count for much if you're completely out of touch with modern problems (see climate change, LGBTQ+ rights, "series of tubes" guy). Part of the reason millennials have been infantilized and poor for so long is that boomers won't relinquish power in government or business.
- There are 18 year olds in the world I’ve have no problem voting for,
  
  I never knew such 18 year olds. I think the brightest who were forced to grow up fast will able to take up a serious leading role around 23-24.
Frankly, I oppose term limits as well, if people want to keep electing a politician they like, they should be able to, and it’s really anti-democracy to insist they have to pick someone new after an arbitrary amount of time.

The issues with bad politicians are not coming from them being allowed to keep running, it’s that the systems around elections are so broken that bad politicians can keep winning.
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- So by that logic we should repeal the 22nd Amendment?

Must have lost radio contact to C&C.

The worst part is having to send a technician all the way to Washington to reset the system. Do they still have anyone posted on the detail who is closer than Moscow or Beijing?

(quick edit - I'm making light because it's political, but I legitimately sucked in a breath when I saw it happen, as both my father and FIL are in their 80s and I'm not ready to lose either of them yet.)
- Same (to your edit). It's sad, really.
The Music Factory? I guess this really is one of those Things That Make You Go Hmmm...

fuck man why didn't this fascist die?

I am certainly not a fan of turtle dude, but that isn't a nice thing to say and isn't in line with the Beehaw philosophy. He doesn't have the same values as a lot of us, but everyone has friends and family that would miss them and be sad if they died. Instead of wishing bad on people, let's try to focus on positive change. He should retire...a lot of them should retire. What incentives do they have for NOT retiring? Money? What else? What incentives do they have TO retire? How do we make retiring look more inviting to them?
- I'm loving this kind of commentary. Positive (different than apathetic or gullible) and practical. A huge contrast to some other places on the internet. Just wanted to say this is noticed and appreciated and will hopefully encourage others (including myself) to do better.
Turtle mcturtleface is the only thing keeping republicans in line currently. If he goes, then the republicans.will be exponentially more awful than they already are. Also, Ukraine would stop receiving us aid, because McConnell is the Republican in the Senate making sure that those bills get passed. Without him, the Republicans would be able to stop Ukraine aid bills from passing.

He likely stops being useful after 2024, but for the moment, it's best that he stays right where he is.

Because old people made the rules. It's a lot easier to take from people who are excluded from voting than it is to get the guys who made the rules to give up their power.