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In reply to the discussion: To those who argued it was wrong to suggest RBG should have retired under Obama... [View all]Azathoth
(4,611 posts)24. She was 80 and had already survived cancer in 2013
There was no reason for her not to retire. She had achieved absolutely everything a legal scholar could achieve in a lifetime, including hero-status and a legacy firmly cemented in the history books. There was no reason to cling to the office, and that point was raised several times back then. She wouldn't even entertain the idea of retiring.
This kind of late-life egotism is a problem. Lautenberg pulled the same stunt, bulldozing his way back into office when he was 84, then dying and giving Good Year Blimp Chris Christie the opportunity to appoint his successor.
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To those who argued it was wrong to suggest RBG should have retired under Obama... [View all]
PTWB
Sep 2020
OP
JUST STOP IT. Have you no decency? Some of us are actually mourning her and trying to honor her
hlthe2b
Sep 2020
#2
Agreed. Good point. We can discuss pragmatism and strategy on some future date
Statistical
Sep 2020
#19
What good does it do looking backwards and figuring out where to place blame?
groundloop
Sep 2020
#8
No disagreement about that.... but your OP is about placing blame, not learning.
groundloop
Sep 2020
#14
Who thought Democratic voters would sit home, vote for trump, vote Green, etc., giving us trump?
Hoyt
Sep 2020
#13
This line of thinking is remarkably similar to saying "Black women will save the Dem party" ...
Hekate
Sep 2020
#25
We had the Senate until the end of the 2014...she could have been replaced...you don't need the
Demsrule86
Sep 2020
#48