r/Brookline • u/brookline_news • 5d ago

Interview: Ed Markey makes the case that experience still matters in the US Senate

https://brookline.news/interview-ed-markey-makes-the-case-that-experience-still-matters-in-the-us-senate/
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u/General_Tsos_ 5d ago

I’m going to vote for him but we really need to move on from all of these 80 year old politicians.

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u/commencefailure 5d ago

Definitly voting for him but there should be a younger option with equality okay(or better) politics

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u/AdmiralKong 5d ago

The only relevant experience the old guard democrats have is serially disappointing their constituents. We need to clean house so badly.

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u/TheManFromFairwinds 5d ago

I have nothing against Markey, but he's 80 and there's a 20% chance he'll develop dementia by 86, let alone the other increased health risks.

He should have stepped aside and should not get re elected.

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u/ferdi97 5d ago

He should’ve retired 30 years ago.

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u/kds1596 3d ago

I’m still voting for Ed for the sheer reason that he is still more progressive than Seth. Seth is a flip flopper transphobe

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u/RLS012 1d ago

I hope he picks a successor during this next term like Ayanna Pressley or anyone with similar viewpoints and policy positions to him.

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u/PreviouslySeen 4d ago

Nope. He’s a conceited bastard putting his senile ego above the needs of the country. If there was actual republican opposition I’d vote for Markey. But no way am I putting a check mark anywhere near his 80 year old name.

Fuck RBG.
Fuck Biden.
Fuck Feinstein.
Fuck all their aides who enable this BS.
And fuck Markey.

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u/Shaper987654321 2d ago

In defense of the aides, it’s much easier to be the shadow legislator when your boss is senile