Today on The Editors, our panelists take a look at some of the most powerful people in America and find their ages worrisome.
Charlie says point-blank that “Dianne Feinstein is too old to be a senator. Her daughter now has power of attorney. She cannot give interviews, she cannot get through a sentence.” He also stresses that, while Mitch McConnell is an important leader, his “incident . . . the other day should prompt the man to retire. And I say that as a great Mitch McConnell defender.”
Michael chimes in to say that the fact that “Dianne Feinstein is not qualified to handle her own legal affairs, but is qualified to handle all of ours, is facially absurd.”
Charlie agrees, saying, “Right. This is not a generalization, it’s not a stereotype, it’s not painting with a broad brush, it’s not taking people’s immutable characteristics and drawing horrible judgments from them. This is saying, ‘Look, there are actual people with individual names and Social Security numbers and life stories who we can see on our televisions are not up to the jobs that they hold.’”
To hear the rest of this conversation, listen below.