• grue@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    she would be retiring after she served, like every other president does, and we would lose her voice.

    That’s not a rule, you know. John Quincy Adams served in the House after being President, Andrew Johnson became a Senator, and Taft got appointed to the SCOTUS.

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      2 months ago

      I know, but it’s precedent. And I’m sure the secret service wouldn’t love her continuing to be active in politics.

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      2 months ago

      I don’t know about Quincy adams, but the other two do not represent what I want more of in American politics

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        2 months ago

        The point is that retiring from open politics is a choice, not a requirement.

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          2 months ago

          My point is that it’s too much to ask of her to be president for eight years and then continue nobly serving her country.

          The people who still want to be in politics after that aren’t doing it for good reasons.