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In reply to the discussion: Is arguing that older elected officials should make way for younger ones "Identity Politics?" [View all]juxtaposed
(2,778 posts)8. So putin is against old ppl. and for young ppl.?
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Is arguing that older elected officials should make way for younger ones "Identity Politics?" [View all]
EffieBlack
Dec 2018
OP
how about less qualified make way for more qualified, based on actually results? nt
msongs
Dec 2018
#6
We tried term-limits. They lasted just long enough to knock out a very good Democrat,
pnwmom
Dec 2018
#76
If you think my OP referred to some random post about AOC, you haven't been paying attention to the
EffieBlack
Dec 2018
#43
LOL! Folks jump in a thread about identity politics that doesn't mention or refer to AOC,
EffieBlack
Dec 2018
#57
Voting is highly personal so I *try* not to tell others who or what to focus on.
SMC22307
Dec 2018
#109
As my tenured professors would say when asked why they don't retire at retirement age.
TheBlackAdder
Dec 2018
#17
Darn, that sounds almost like a lot of politicians. The ones who can't bother to read
Autumn
Dec 2018
#21
And, therefore, based on this one lackadaisical professor somewhere on Americs
EffieBlack
Dec 2018
#22
Let's get real, for 80% of the politicans, the party gatekeepers select the candidate.
TheBlackAdder
Dec 2018
#29
If you really want to get real, you'd face the fact that the PEOPLE WHO VOT select the candidate
EffieBlack
Dec 2018
#31
Well, the premise that the Democratic Party is a Ground Up Institution changed over the years.
TheBlackAdder
Dec 2018
#33
"If voters don't know the candidate, they will just vote for the existing elected official"
EffieBlack
Dec 2018
#34
There are several components to winning an election, each is required for success.
TheBlackAdder
Dec 2018
#35
Interesting, I now deploying Russian counter propaganda tools to suppress voting?
TheBlackAdder
Dec 2018
#48
South Jerseyan--It's difficult to get on a township Democratic ticket without a Norcross blessing.
TheBlackAdder
Dec 2018
#52
Can an older, newly-elected Member be considered "fresh talent" or is age alone the issue?
EffieBlack
Dec 2018
#51
Identity Politics...ugh. Stupid term. Identity politics is just an insult the right uses against...
TCJ70
Dec 2018
#86
It is a way of attacking effective leadership by appealing to idealism. Much like Bernie does.
PubliusEnigma
Dec 2018
#101
It's pretty difficult to argue that looking at a candidate's experience is "identity politics"
EffieBlack
Dec 2018
#110