Friday, August 4, 2023

Senator Dianne Feinstein and Our Clown World

By Jim Geraghty

Friday, August 04, 2023

 

The hilarious Remy sang last year that we’re living in a clown world, where up is down, down is up, absurd situations are treated as if they’re normal, everything dumb is permitted, and everything that would be helpful or common sense is restricted or made absurdly difficult by idiotic government rules and regulations.

 

The fact that Dianne Feinstein has the power of a senator but not her own power of attorney would be another vivid demonstration of our clown world. The New York Times reported that Katherine Feinstein, 66, senator Feinstein’s only child, has power of attorney over her mother’s legal affairs. (You know our governing class is spectacularly ancient when they have children old enough to collect Social Security. I can now understand why certain lawmakers are so eager to get Americans to stop using fossil fuels, because they themselves are not that far away from reaching the status of fossil fuels.)

 

An individual transfers power of attorney to a trusted friend or family member in several circumstances. Some are mundane, like an inability to be in attendance at a meeting that requires signing legal documents. But other situations include a person being mentally incompetent or unable to represent herself. Feinstein and her mother have determined that it is best if Dianne Feinstein does not represent herself in legal matters. But it is apparently just fine and dandy for her to continue to represent California in the Senate.

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