all these years, would be someone beating him.


Having said that, I would much rather have a senate and house full of McCain republicans than TeaParTY

The only way to stop this is term limits but how long and if we do that then we do lose good ones like Kennedy who also would not have been able to stay as long as he did. Perhaps a good Democratic challenger might be best especially since Republicans will try to primary him out so we will have a weaker opponent but we must start now finding a good Democratic candidate.

I used to oppose term limits on the ground that it took more choice away from voters. In general, I was much more naive then. I am not sure I oppose them now. Whether the evils of lifelong "service" in Congress outweigh the benefits, I am not sure. Someone said when you can smell the marble (in the Capitol building), it's time to go. I think too many of them can smell the marble, but will never go voluntarily.

I, too, used to think of Kennedy whenever the subject of terms limites. However, he was a 1950s-60s liberal. I don't think we will see his like again.

Consider some hypotheticals. Let's say that though the official is elected by the people, he is more in contact with, and under the influence of, his major donors. And if he contests those donors, they will transfer their support to someone who will.

Maybe only a long term office holder can resist the onslaught of special interest challenges. IOW, the solution introduces some unintended complications.

--imm

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Statistically speaking.... http://www.ssa.gov/oact/STATS/table4c6.html

He just stores them in his cheeks.

badda bum... tsssshh

And to do so based on a number is just another form of prejudice. I do think he has an anger problem, and has had it since his POW release if not before. That isn't age. I do think he has an odd proclivity for a certain female appearance. I generally disapprove of his politics, but occasionally I find myself agreeing with him. Like "Russia isn't a country it's a gas station."

Should he retire? Yes. Do I want to see other old people retire? No, not if they're vital and can do some good. That's key. Like Ruth Bader Ginsberg.

he'll probably win.

"How can I help you my NVA captors?"

as to talking to captors, it is going to happen. No one can hold out for ever, and we weren't there. His politics suck, but I won't gig him on this.

That's hilarious, especially as the angriest, whitest, and oldest of them all. I wonder when the last time was that he actually saw the Arizona sun.

Thanx for posting.

I always find the pic of the moment amusing, but for whatever reason this time, I literally LOLed.

sending u royalties...

Now you will eventually leave even more of a disgrace than you already are.

He won't he happy until he crashes the entire US.

And you can quote me on that.

And don't get me wrong. There are plenty of good progressive people in Arizona but unfortunately there is not enough of them. The governor that they just elected makes Jan Brewer look like a liberal by comparison.

Even gawd has a limit to the amount of shit he will take.

Early on people saw McCain as courageous. Turns out, he was just obsessed and never knew how or when to quit.

there used to be some excellent Democrats in AZ. Whatever happened to them?

n/t

Grassley, one of my 2 senators from Iowa (along with Ernst), turns 82 this September. He showed how capable he still was for the office by jogging somewhere. When he runs and wins in 2016 he'll be 83. So assuming he completes THAT term, he'll be 90 by the time the next crew is sworn in, January 2023. He'll probably still be senator then too.

And as long as there is, I'll keep yelling to bomb it!

I would bet that his wife suggested it to him. Would YOU want him around the mansion?

He is a deluded crackpot shell of his former self

So little time!

Look out John, your monster may come back to bite you in the ass. Sarah ALWAYS bites the ass that feeds or fed her.

"I sign lots of letters "

"Maybe it's time for the ole 'Maverick' to retire"

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/03/11/1370231/-John-McCain-s-excuse-I-sign-lots-of-letters

So becoming --will be campaigning at morgues and cemeteries all across the rotted plain!

That said, why on earth would anyone want to still be working at 80?

I know that the Democratic bench is pretty thin in Arizona. I'd love if Rep. Raul Grijalva (sp?) ran against him.

I'm trying to eat breakfast !

A MAVERICKY MAVERICKAL MAVERICK
I'D HIT THAT

But He can't find his houses.

John, the GOP will have plenty of grumpy old men even if you retire. Your time to lazily chew the cud on a green pasture has come--or even look forward to the great glue factory in the sky--just get the hell out of the Senate. You're a crazy hawk that would bomb a shit house in Samoa just for the fun of it. Enough! Yes, I know you were a prisoner of war in Viet Nam and I respect that--but that was a long time ago.

We shouldn't allow representatives to have anymore time than the president does to straighten things out. What I'm saying is, Representatives would have to actually work to accomplish anything. Now they don't care because they've pretty-much gerrymandered their way in. We can't have people with this kind of power, we see everyday what it does.

God how I wish a Dem would take his place.

That way, every Arizonan think he can't even spell M-C-C-A-I-N

to bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb iran.
ahahahahahhahahaa. <-empty, humorless laugh.

that you'll make 81.

Will RW AZ ever see fit to boot him, if he refuses to withdraw gracefully?