kingbudo101
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Source: https://twitter.com/briantylercohen/status/1565128699019571200
Sep 1, 2022 12:40 AM
kingbudo101
72007
1164
8
Source: https://twitter.com/briantylercohen/status/1565128699019571200
SweetDangerKitty
C-C-C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!
depressedscientist
Did he ever say “a democrat will have my seat over my dead body!”?
FarceMajeure
Hell yeah, a qualified native democrat woman in office. Nice work, Alaskan voters
gumblemuntz
Does she stand for election again in November, or does she get a 2 year term?
Rimbox
How the fuck can you have the dame geezer in power for 46 years
kingbudo101
49* and people keep voting for him in the primaries and general
bigeasy44
Well it did take ranked voting, which isn’t a nationwide thing, so it might not be as big of a good sign for Dems
EllisHobbs
JamesAHarrod
Dude in office longer than my older sister been alive (even by republican standards)
Hish1
*died*
theregoesthegayborhood
Died.
aeroz36
Don't get cocky, but FUCK YEAH!
procrastinatingagain
Jepptastic
C-C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!!
DreamingOfDistantShores
This shit? This is not how a 'Red Wave' begins. A spark of hope returns for the future. Maybe.
NoLongerBreadNotQuiteToast
You all need term limits.
ShedCat888
Wow! IT’s a new chapter !
UnreasonablyImprudentPerson
Hell yea
buttcreambandit
Died.
trippingthelightfantastic
rbudrick
Jesus fucking christ. Is that a record term for the nation?
mn634
According to Wiki he's 6th longest tenured in the House and 9th longest tenured combined Senate & House. Record holder had almost 60 years.
mn634
There was a dude that went 2 months short of 50 years and lost renomination...
ImmaCatImmaSexyCat
When does the term end?
AsABiologistWhoIsNotFunAtParties
She has to win again in November, or else she's out in January.
softsuit
Isn't he sorta crazy?
kingbudo101
well hes dead sooo
ballsoutflyer
No more Sarah Failin.
AsABiologistWhoIsNotFunAtParties
This was just to fill the seat til the end of the term in January, Peltola goes up against Palin again in November to decide next term, so>
AsABiologistWhoIsNotFunAtParties
>hopefully this doesn't scare republicans into getting out and voting but it might.
Audasity
awesome picture of her, too
rumandbass
https://www.billtrack50.com/legislatordetail/15576 his track record isn't actually horrific. He's OG GOP though.
IconicM
OG GOP isn't great buy it's a lot better than current GOP.
DreamingOfDistantShores
The previous guy? Yeah, he held the seat for nearly half a century straight. He started his terms before Reagan started his.
Dimension09
Thank god. I hope she does great things
pirateninjaunicornattacksquad
Fuck doing great things. Just hope she sticks around half as long as her predecessor.
ahleron
She should start by winning in November
FallingStar7669
She only has a few months before she needs to win another election, but, if Palin runs again, well, she already beat her.
apollo1983
She has another election in November
pirateninjaunicornattacksquad
Outstanding. Side note: Fucking term limits, ever heard of them? Jesus fucking christ....
somethingcleverlol
With how fucked the US is with corporate corruption, term limits would actually makes things a lot worse. Aside from that, If a politician
somethingcleverlol
can keep winning there primaries and general elections, it means they are well liked by their constituents. Whats wrong with that?
pirateninjaunicornattacksquad
I would like an explanation on why term limits make corruption worse, because I honestly don't get that. As for the second point, 1/
pirateninjaunicornattacksquad
a system that favors the incumbent means that opposing votes can be suppressed and artificially prolonged by a powerful minority. Which 2/
pirateninjaunicornattacksquad
should sound familiar to any one subject to a first past the ballot electoral system. 3/3
somethingcleverlol
Politician's final terms turn into massive give aways to corporations in attempt to get cushy jobs for after office. We already see this
somethingcleverlol
now. Adding term limits would make it happen much more frequently.
FishieStardust
And she won using a ranked choice system which I never would have expected Alaska to try before so many other places. Great news
WatchTheWorldLearn
We have it due to having a ballot initiative process in our state law, bypassing state legislature.
squirrelfartsy
We have it in Maine and it's awesome. One political party hates it, for reasons.
DoctorDang
If there's virtually no risk of a democrat winning, GOP is game for whatever. This election is thanks to Sarah Palin haters :D
OiishikataAK
We are surprisingly liberal in some ways… but not the ones that matter most, most of the time. Hopefully this is the beginning of the change
AgainstMethod
Ranked choice is easier to pass in smaller elections. Lots of cities have it.
FlyingButtPliers
The fights against it so far are like... it's not just counting it's MATH!
necrojoe
RCV is the "common core" of election methods. I was going to say it's the CRT of elections, but that's already CRT.
WillCorrectInaccuraciesForFood
Alaska has UBI too, pretty crazy how progressive some of their policies are when they're so vocally conservative.
AgainstMethod
They don't have UBI, they have an annual stipend.
WillCorrectInaccuraciesForFood
Ok fair, but it's closer to UBI than most other places.
IcouldntfindmymedsthismorningsoItookyours
Fucker has been there since 73!??? That shouldn’t happen anywhere. No one should “lead” for that long.
jscuster
Seniority gives committee placements which brings money back to his constituents. Senior shitty reps literally cost money to replace.
graehall
MOAR LIKE DON OLD M I RITE!?
everythingiscats
Well, he Don Dead now, so lol
dudethisbetternotbetaken
Looks like you need term limits to limit the abuse of political power.
nosenseinarguing
1973, same year as Roe ?
Zoroasterisk
Name recognition is a hell of a drug
Tumescentpie
They serve longer than many kings and dicators.
DamnMustardTiger
Yep. 100% fuckkkk the fact a rep can be in office this long.
HiImFrak
That is longer than I’ve been alive and I’m old af!!
Onebigcanuck
It's really hard to get a change over in House seats unless there is a large local demographic change. Gotta love ranked choice voting.
chrisinsocalif
Guess they didn't want to vote them out.
Thresholdpush
Dumb people fear change. "Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change."
Tengenstein
Dunno. Change is not inherently good. Some changes should be feared.
HalfPintKatie
Dude was 88!! Wtf is someone that old doing in government??!!!
Frio937
Making laws on them tubes that runs the interwebs or something of the such.
abidikgubidik
It's OK, his name was "Young"
somethingcleverlol
Well people keep voting for him in the primaries and in the general. If that's who the constituents want, than what's wrong with that?
StarSumiaki
Well, how you draw the districts determines how those votes count so... who knows, I guess? (Do districts apply to these elections?)
somethingcleverlol
for Alaska, they only have 1 House seat. gerrymandering doesn't apply here.
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somethingcleverlol
In the US term limits would make the already rampant corruption much worse. Final terms would into massive give aways to corporations in a
somethingcleverlol
attempt to get a cushy job after they leave office. If they keep winning primaries and general elections, it means they are well like. Whats
somethingcleverlol
wrong with having a politician that's well liked by their constituents?
PrairieFarmGirl
Even with a 20year term limit he would have been out 30 years ago!
inb4thewar
Term limits are undemocratic and would increase the amount of corruption in politics, not decrease it.
JustSittingHerePooping
inb4thewar
Restricts voting options and makes money matter more for winning elections. Think about an issue past how you "feel" it'd work just one time
alaest0r
Yes because a lack of term limits has worked so well for the Supreme Court & many authoritarian pseudo-dictatorship countries
inb4thewar
The supreme court's problem is that it's an unelected position. If you're telling me who I can and can't vote for, you're not democratic.
pyr0kid
i want you to read what you just wrote, think about it for a few minutes, then TRY to explain it to the rest of us.
inb4thewar
Jesus, you're dense. It's undemocratic because it restricts who people can vote for. It increases corruption by making reputation 1/2
inb4thewar
insignificant in terms of a politician's career prospects. Why would I vote in my constituent's best interest if they can't keep me employed
GlebReawer
Then why does POTUS have term limits?
inb4thewar
It shouldn't. If the people want to keep a president around, they should have that option. Notice how the establishment only established 1/2
inb4thewar
presidential term limits after the first wildly popular socialist president had a run that was a little too long for the elites' liking? 2/2
ripfridge
explain
inb4thewar
Imagine the government telling you you couldn't vote for someone. That's how it's undemocratic. As for how it increases corruption: more 1/2
inb4thewar
churn means money matters more in elections since you can't run on rep, and maintaining rep matters less since you can't be reelected. 2/2
yallmfsneedjesus
How on earth are term limits undemocratic. Please, for the love of God explain that to me.
inb4thewar
You're telling the people they can't vote for who they want. How is that NOT undemocratic?
yallmfsneedjesus
Anyone can vote for literally anyone they want at any election. Term limits do not take that away. You can vote for a fictional character.
SlammedCarsAreRuinedCars
I'll try to explain: if the people want to vote for someone to lead them but term limits prevent this, then their choice is being restricted
PackedCatMeowingPowerDensity
Statisically it reduces corruption. There are great candidates that might be hindered by it, but they too can BECOME corrupt.
SlammedCarsAreRuinedCars
Not saying I agree btw, but it's a consideration.
PectorialMuscles
Yeah that whole argument is thrown away when someone who can't be ousted in reasonable time is preventing proper rule.
inb4thewar
That's a problem with the length of a term, not with the amount of terms one should be able to have provided people keep voting them in.