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  • Newman
    Behind the Iron Curtain
    • Friday, November 1, 2013
    • 25814
    #1

    Sen. Feinstein passes

    Dianne Feinstein, California’s longest-serving senator, dies at 90 (msn.com)​

    Dianne Feinstein, the oldest member of the current U.S. Senate and the longest-serving senator from California, has died at age 90.

    Her death was reported Friday.

    Her passing marks the end of a boundary-pushing political career that spanned more than half a century, studded with major legislative achievements on issues including gun control and the environment.

    Feinstein, a Democrat, had planned to retire at the end of her current term in 2024.

    Feinstein's death leaves vacant her powerful Senate seat, requiring Gov. Gavin Newsom to appoint a temporary successor.

    A San Francisco native, Feinstein cleared a path for women in politics as she rose the ranks of leadership. After two failed bids for mayor, she was elected president of San Francisco's board of supervisors in 1978, becoming the first woman to hold the title.

    Feinstein was made acting mayor of the city later that year, after then-Mayor George Moscone and Harvey Milk, her colleague on the board of supervisors, were assassinated by Dan White, a former member of the same board. In later interviews, Feinstein recalled finding Milk's body and searching for a pulse by putting her finger in a bullet hole.

    Feinstein was the first to announce the murders to the press. She was appointed mayor a week later, again becoming the first woman elevated to the office. . . .
    ​
    Her recent decline was public and hard to watch. R.I.P.
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    • 80zephyr
      Senior Member
      • Saturday, January 3, 2015
      • 19074
      #2
      What is it about power that people will cling to it to the bitter end?

      Mark
      Race Card: A tool of the intellectually weak and lazy when they cannot counter a logical argument or factual data.

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        • Newman
          Behind the Iron Curtain
          • Friday, November 1, 2013
          • 25814
          #3
          Originally posted by 80zephyr View Post
          What is it about power that people will cling to it to the bitter end?

          Mark
          I don't know if it's her or her staff and Party. Oldsters are often helpless to the ministrations of others.
          • "I'm a hell of a lot smarter than most of you guys." — Joe Biden, at Jesse Jackson's funeral, March 2026.​
          • "That's all I do in my life. I make deals. I'm really good at it." — President Donald Trump, Oct. 13, 2025.
          • “Inside every progressive is a totalitarian screaming to get out,” — David Horowitz.
          • "We [Democrats] are all willing to work with anyone who is serious about doing the work of censoring the American people, and advancing progress."​ — Ayanna Pressley, explaining progressives.
          • ​​"Florida is where Woke goes to die." — Ron DeSantis.
          • "No one is above the law, and everyone has the right to a trial to prove innocence." — Nancy Pelosi, explaining Lawfare.
          • “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety”​— Ben Franklin, who got it right.
          • "The way I see it, there's always, c'mon, there's always money. It's there." — Elizabeth Warren, explaining socialism.
          • "The interesting thing about the Green New Deal is it wasn't originally a climate thing at all.... We really think of it as a how-do-you-change-the-entire-economy thing." — Saikat Chakrabarti, then AOC's Chief of Staff.
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            • Celeste Chalfonte
              apostate
              • Saturday, October 5, 2013
              • 27897
              #4
              I did not like her personally. I've butted heads with her politically since the 1980s, ironically because she was too conservative as Mayor of SF (opposed domestic partner benefits, which state and local politicians actually had the legal power to create, unlike Newsom, who later arrogated to himself the power to change the law on marriage, which he lacked the power to do as a local politician), then most recently because she took up with the extreme left wing of our party.

              That notwithstanding, she was a trailblazer and a tenacious politician, at times a true leader, and it's a shame she didn't step down graciously and spend her last years enjoying her family and her beautiful SF home.
              "Since the historic ruling, the Lovings have become icons for equality. Mildred released a statement on the 40th anniversary of the ruling in 2007: 'I am proud that Richard’s and my name is on a court case that can help reinforce the love, the commitment, the fairness, and the family that so many people, Black or white, young or old, gay or straight, seek in life. I support the freedom to marry for all. That’s what Loving, and loving, are all about.'." - Mildred Loving (Loving v. Virginia)
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                • phillygirl
                  Not superior, just kind
                  • Wednesday, October 2, 2013
                  • 19840
                  #5
                  Originally posted by 80zephyr View Post
                  What is it about power that people will cling to it to the bitter end?

                  Mark
                  I also think in these cases that the work becomes how you identify yourself. I've seen it with lawyers and judges who just won't retire, despite the obvious signs that they simply are unable to continue to work at that level. Their work defines them so much that they can not let go of it. I think that probably happened with Ms. Feinstein.
                  Not where I breathe, but where I love, I live...
                  Robert Southwell, S.J.
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                    • scott
                      Go-to Guru
                      • Tuesday, October 1, 2013
                      • 15799
                      #6
                      Originally posted by 80zephyr View Post
                      What is it about power that people will cling to it to the bitter end?

                      Mark
                      I don't think she knew any better, she was mentally incapacitated.
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                        • Lady Marva
                          Senior Member
                          • Wednesday, June 17, 2015
                          • 13321
                          #7
                          Originally posted by 80zephyr View Post
                          What is it about power that people will cling to it to the bitter end?

                          Mark
                          No way to make them leave and oh boy the perks.

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                            • Lanie
                              Finally have my self respect.
                              • Wednesday, October 2, 2013
                              • 4829
                              #8
                              Originally posted by scott View Post

                              I don't think she knew any better, she was mentally incapacitated.
                              I think that once they brought her to work and she asked where she was that the state of California should have stepped in. Regardless, I hope she's at peace.
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