TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoRep. David Scott, a Georgia Democrat seeking his 13th term in Congress, dies at age 80apnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square104linkfedilinkarrow-up1412arrow-down11cross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
arrow-up1411arrow-down1external-linkRep. David Scott, a Georgia Democrat seeking his 13th term in Congress, dies at age 80apnews.comTubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square104linkfedilinkcross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
minus-squareAbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down5·2 days agoIt’s not like he went bad as a result of serving too many terms—he was a corrupt neoliberal from day one. Term limits aren’t a cure for that.
minus-squaremastertigurius@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 days agoBut if there was a limit, at least he would be in that position for only one or two terms
minus-squarekreskin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agothe doddering that comes with age is one problem and milquetoast neoliberalism is another. We can solve for the age one.
It’s not like he went bad as a result of serving too many terms—he was a corrupt neoliberal from day one. Term limits aren’t a cure for that.
But if there was a limit, at least he would be in that position for only one or two terms
the doddering that comes with age is one problem and milquetoast neoliberalism is another. We can solve for the age one.