Even a year ago I would have put more blame on her but now it is clear her brain is beyond cooked. The worms have chewed through most of the wriring and it is nothing but brown smoke.

Her absence is what enabled the obstructionism, so not sure what your point is. 

All public office should have term limits and/or max age limit you can serve to.

I suspect she's no longer cognizant enough to understand resigning if she did so. She would probably show up to work the next day like nothing happened. 

I doubt it’s her ego. People with diminished capacity are typically blind to how much they have declined. My take is she doesn’t remember the times she repeats herself, forgets essential information, etc. I’ve seen it before with older relations. Unless they have someone they really trust telling them they are…

Oof yeah, I had encephalitis when I was a little kid, I was in the hospital for three weeks and my parents had like Make-A-Wish and stuff come to do meetings.  It was bleak.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg 2: Electric Boogaloo. Never underestimate the ego of Boomers (or, hell, I guess technically “greatest generation” in this case).

god save us from the arrogance and egocentrism of geriatric Democratic women that has given the fascists the opportunities they need to fuck us all over.

No, they won’t be less obstructionist. But if she retires, or dies, the governor of California can simply appoint a replacement and Republicans can’t do anything about it. Whereas Republicans were able to obstruct when they were trying to get her off the committee while still remaining a Senator.

She totally can destroy her legacy. If she keeps this up much longer the only thing people will think of when her name comes up is how she screwed over the country by not retiring and preventing Democrats from appointing judges while they still had control of the Senate, and it absolutely will overshadow anything else…

Legacy is largely a function of how one is remembered. I am not confident that we (i.e., human beings,) are good at nuance or context when it comes to judging others. So, I think that when it comes to public perception and “legacy,” under most circumstances, you (and me, and Senator Feinstein, and everyone,) are only…

She can’t “destroy her legacy”

Jesus fucking christ lady, how out of control is your damn ego? Retire, you’re making things worse.

This is RBG all over again.

She seems hellbent on destroying her legacy by refusing to retire. It’s almost too bad the encephalitis didn’t take her out, that would have been one way to solve the problem if she’s refusing to be reasonable and bow out. 

She needs to just quit, in fact she should have long ago. Now she’s just there, getting in the way of everything.

Oh God fuck off.

Yes, lets wait for that most trusted completely honest, never lies organization... the NYPD. While we're at it, let's see what the gop says, they're known truth tellers as well.

My main question is where they were going within NYC that they were being chased for TWO hours. Traffic is bad, but it’s not that bad.

Not that the paparazzi should be recklessly driving (and should be charged for it), but how did it get that way to begin with? I have much more sympathy for the family if it started the paparazzi were trying to run them off the road, as opposed to say them trying to speed to avoid having thier pictures taken.