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Baffled Dianne Feinstein walks out of Senate chamber wondering what just happened: 'Did I vote for that?'
Business Insider ^ | 2/15/23 | Warren Rojas

Posted on 02/16/2023 6:40:43 AM PST by 1Old Pro

Sen. Dianne Feinstein emerged from the Senate chamber on Wednesday seemingly confused about what she had done during a two-vote series.

"Did I vote for that?" Insider overheard the California Democrat ask her long-time chief of staff, David Grannis, about approving a judicial nominee to the federal bench.

Grannis, who had just finished explaining to his 89-year-old boss that the six Senate votes scheduled throughout the day would be on Biden appointees, shook his head and said, "No."

The most jarring part about the public episode was that Grannis was trying to map out what Feinstein — whose cognitive ability has increasingly come into question — needed to know about what was happening later, but she couldn't recall what had transpired minutes before.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: dementia; diane; nursinghome
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To: 1Old Pro

This is a narrative being set up for her to resign and be replaced by Schiff who will then be placed on the Senate Intel Committee.

I say make her stay in the Senate. If she dies, embalm her and bring out her corpse Weekend at Bernie’s style, until the next election.


41 posted on 02/16/2023 7:48:27 AM PST by statered ("And you know what I mean.")
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To: 1Old Pro; All

Carl Hayden knew how to do it much better. His staff gave him how to vote cards and Carl always walked out of the committee rooms or Senate Chamber smiling his benign empty headed smile.


42 posted on 02/16/2023 7:59:12 AM PST by robowombat ( ..)
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To: statered
This is a narrative being set up for her to resign and be replaced by Schiff who will then be placed on the Senate Intel Committee.

That's a good bet.

43 posted on 02/16/2023 8:01:10 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: 1Old Pro

If there are more old diims than pubs..
we may finally win due to extreme ego..i mean age of the reps.


44 posted on 02/16/2023 8:04:23 AM PST by Leep (Hillary will NEVER be president! 😁)
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To: 1Old Pro

All she needs to do is to ask China how she should vote.


45 posted on 02/16/2023 8:05:02 AM PST by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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To: bwest

At least she has greater awareness than fetterman.


That’s hard to say without being in Fetterman’s head. He might be fully aware, but because of his stroke unable to articulate his awareness. Or it could be the stroke has actually affected his ability to think clearly, since we ‘think’ in words.

In any case, it is obvious that she can no longer function as an independent adult, let alone a Senator. But her staff know that if she were to resign, they’d be out of work—at least for a time, or maybe permanently since the replacement, sure to be a democrat, will already have a staff.

And if she should die in office, she might well get a state funeral, flags at half-staff and maybe even a democrat pep rally at her memorial service.


46 posted on 02/16/2023 8:33:52 AM PST by hanamizu
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To: 1Old Pro
If Saturday Night Live wanted a funny skit, they could stage a debate with Feinstein, Fetterman, Pelosi, Biden and AOC - The Dem Braintrust!.
47 posted on 02/16/2023 8:36:43 AM PST by The Sons of Liberty (Ultra MAGA in Biden's Post Constitutional United Socialist States of Amerika!)
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To: rightwingcrazy

That’s why the Founders in their wisdom crafted the Constitution to so severely limit the power of those we elect. Of course we’re an empire now and that document is mostly a dead letter, but it worked remarkably well for awhile.


48 posted on 02/16/2023 8:37:42 AM PST by Orosius (A)
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To: The Sons of Liberty
If Saturday Night Live wanted a funny skit

I think it's pretty much settled that they don't.

49 posted on 02/16/2023 8:37:45 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: 1Old Pro

Can you imagine Jotatato debating anyone? He either won’t run or there could possibly be some type of emergency where everyone would be locked inside their homes. No way of knowing what that could be.


50 posted on 02/16/2023 11:24:24 AM PST by subterfuge (I'm a pure-blood!)
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To: subterfuge
Can you imagine Jotatato debating anyone?

He's too far gone to process questions that are not rehearsed.

51 posted on 02/16/2023 11:26:52 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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