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[–] 225 points 3 years ago (9 children)

So perfect that it happened when he was asked about running for reelection; the ads write themselves.

And before anyone condemns me for lack of empathy: the world would be a better place without McConnell in power. Also, fuck him.

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  • [–] [S] 45 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    I wonder if he can even make it to the end of his term. He knows the Democratic governor of Kentucky will not appoint a Republican to replace him, so he's going to fight that.

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  • [–] 63 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    Oh, I'd put money on them keeping him in a vegetative state if he croaks just to keep a Democrat out of power.

    It would be the culmination of his life's work.

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  • [–] 34 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    At this point, we're already witnessing the GOP version of "Weekend at Bernie's".

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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago (1 child)
  • [–] [S] 16 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    This is insanity.

    Under the amended law, the governor now may only choose from three names recommended by the executive committee of the outgoing senator's state party, and must make that selection within 21 days of receiving the list from the party.

    With both of Kentucky's senators currently being Republican, the choosing of those three nominees would be up to the executive committee of the Republican Party of Kentucky, which is made up of 54 members.

    After a vacancy is filled, there would be a special election with an open and bipartisan process — often referred to as a "jungle primary" — allowing any candidate gaining 1,000 signature to run. A candidate with more than 50% of the vote would win, but if no one wins a majority of the vote, the top two vote getters would go on to a runoff election in 70 days.

    The timing of that election would be determined based on when the vacancy occurred.

    If the vacancy occurred more than three months before a regularly scheduled election, that's when it would take place. It the vacancy occurred less than three months before an election and a regular election is scheduled the following year, the latter election date is when the vote for the Senate seat would occur.

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    [+] 102 points 3 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)
  • [–] 16 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    I've accepted this for so long as baseline knowledge that I've kind of forgotten some of the headlines. Can someone toss me a few bullet points of the bullshittery?

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  • [+] 47 points 3 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)
  • [–] 16 points 3 years ago*

    The "fun" part of his acquittal vote is that he said he was guilty, but since he had lost the election already, casting a guilty vote would be the wrong thing for the senate to do.

    He wanted to both appease trump voters by voting not guilty, and appease saner moderates by calling him guilty in the press

    Just mealy mouthed all the way around.

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  • [–] 27 points 3 years ago

    He proposed a bill and then when Obama backed it he voted against his own bill.

    On another occasion he proposed a bill, and after it passed and the fallout was bad he blamed Obama for not stopping him from passing the bill.

    Mostly he's changed the rules to benefit his party at the expense of the American people and / or democracy.

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    [–] 55 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    All my homies hate Bitch McConnell

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  • [–] 23 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I know it's not nice to be piling onto an ailing old man who probably isn't going to be around much longer, but yeah when he was in good health he was an awful person who didn't give a single fuck about anyone else who was having a hard time, and had literally decades filled with opportunities to help people who were worse off and squandered them all just to accumulate more worthless power and money for himself.

    Keeping him in power does nothing but harm other people and the country in general IMO, although to be fair that was also true before his health started to go south as well.

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    [–] 50 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    It's honestly sad that these people would rather hold on to the little power they have than retire and spend the little time they have left with family.

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    [–] 33 points 3 years ago

    Goodness I hope it isn’t anything to minor.

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  • [–] 29 points 3 years ago

    Glitch McConnell

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  • [–] 22 points 3 years ago

    Guess that long Covid is catching up. Adios Mitch.

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  • [–] 19 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Put him in an elderly home. I'd rather have a crack head off the streets make policy decisions instead of him.

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    [–] 18 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Get rid of all politicians over the age of 55 or 60. Allow them to be maybe advisors but at this point these people have been unhelpful to the larger younger population.

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  • [–] 16 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Half-a-minute a second!? That's not good.

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    [–] 13 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    This dude is going to end up dying of a stroke on camera isn't he.

    Seems he's had several in the past few months already. Repeated events like this rarely end positively.

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    [–] 12 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Time to take the keys away, Mitchell. People with dementia shouldn't be driving

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    [–] 11 points 3 years ago

    Who is the handler in the video? She's more of an enabler.

    She shares a ton of the blame.

    We should write and call her because she's effectively serving as an unelected senior Senator now.

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  • [+] 10 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    Someone please put him out of his misery. Stupid fuck just want to suffer each day and die.

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    [–] 8 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

    On the one hand, that poor devil

    On the other hand, fuck that guy

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