▲ 542 ▼ Nancy Pelosi: Democrat and ex-Speaker, 83, to seek re-election (www.bbc.com) submitted 3 years ago by JustAManOnAToilet@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 296 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] TurboDiesel@lemmy.world 14 points 3 years ago* (1 child) Nice disingenuous framing there. That's 2 elections. Pelosi needs to go but saying shit like that doesn't help anyone. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world -1 points 3 years ago (1 child) Would you perfer I pointed instead to it being about 1,825 days ago? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TurboDiesel@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) Why? A congressional term is 2 years. A Senate term is 6 years. Saying "it was x years/days/weeks ago" is totally unhelpful to the larger conversation. It's reductive for no reason. And I think we both know you chose "hAlF a DeCaDe" for gravitas. Now, if you had said something like "Pelosi hasn't sponsored any major legislation since x", sure. Let's talk. Honestly, fact is she's a fundraising dynamo. I fucking hate it, but that's the framework we're working in. She brings in money and is thus valuable to the DNC. In an ideal world she'd be replaced with a progressive who isn't an octogenarian. But that's clearly not where we are yet. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world -1 points 3 years ago (1 child) Would you perfer I pointed instead to it being about 1,825 days ago? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TurboDiesel@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) Why? A congressional term is 2 years. A Senate term is 6 years. Saying "it was x years/days/weeks ago" is totally unhelpful to the larger conversation. It's reductive for no reason. And I think we both know you chose "hAlF a DeCaDe" for gravitas. Now, if you had said something like "Pelosi hasn't sponsored any major legislation since x", sure. Let's talk. Honestly, fact is she's a fundraising dynamo. I fucking hate it, but that's the framework we're working in. She brings in money and is thus valuable to the DNC. In an ideal world she'd be replaced with a progressive who isn't an octogenarian. But that's clearly not where we are yet. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TurboDiesel@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) Why? A congressional term is 2 years. A Senate term is 6 years. Saying "it was x years/days/weeks ago" is totally unhelpful to the larger conversation. It's reductive for no reason. And I think we both know you chose "hAlF a DeCaDe" for gravitas. Now, if you had said something like "Pelosi hasn't sponsored any major legislation since x", sure. Let's talk. Honestly, fact is she's a fundraising dynamo. I fucking hate it, but that's the framework we're working in. She brings in money and is thus valuable to the DNC. In an ideal world she'd be replaced with a progressive who isn't an octogenarian. But that's clearly not where we are yet. permalink fedilink source parent