I wonder why he wouldn’t ask his staff to help him? I know lots of people of similar age who remain effective and au courant in their professions by surrounding themselves with younger colleagues, and paying attention to them.
Despite his adamant bullshit take on 'no Supreme Court judges confirmed in an election year' McConnell is on video admitting that if a Supreme court justice vacancy opened up before the 2020 election, the Republican Senate would get their candidate confirmed. And 8 days before the presidential election:
While there are several elderly Senators that I admire, and are still doing good work, some that Stephen mentioned, there should still be a “sell-by” date. When something has been on a shelf for 50 or 60 years it probably a good time to restock (except for Worcestershire sauce, apparently that stuff lasts forever).
Well, I guess McConnell still gets to win even as a moldering...uh...being.
Just remember, only Democrats have any accountability for public or private behavior and everything will make sense. And once he sheds his mortal coil, the unreconstructed Republican Party there will make sure Gov. Beshear can't appoint a Democrat anyway.
Remember, because of both Murc's Law and the fact that the Republicans serve those who have always had rights in America—those who America was originally made to benefit—any tactic is on the table, any tactic is acceptable.
"Still, I don’t feel sorry for Mitch McConnell, and you can’t make me."
Why on earth would I try to do that? I don't feel sorry for him either. Besides, if this happened to another Republican senator, he would do the same thing to them.
At this point wheeling him out constitutes elder abuse. And yeah. I didn’t show up for my job then I’d be fired for sure. And what about the other guy who no one heard from forever but somehow managed to do a lot of day trading? It’s all crooked as hell. At least Feinstein didn’t cast votes or have someone tell them what she really meant to say. That should invalidate his vote period.
It is long past time for a change with mandatory retirement for congress and term limits for Supreme Court justices.
It's time for *all* the offices to be held based on competency; the ability to perform their duties, *sanely*. And upholding the oath they all swore to defend the Constitution. The access-to-the-nuclear-codes guy particularly so.
Anyone around Mitch McConnell with any sense of decency would never put him on public display, but that statement is its own proof. There is no one around McConnell with any sense of decency. Clearly McConnell can't feed himself his own pudding cup, and I shudder for whomever has to change his diaper every day. This spectacle is elder abuse!
Still, I don’t feel sorry for Mitch McConnell, and you can’t make me.
Same, my friend, same.
I just looked it up and there are 33 senators over 70 right now. A third of the people governing our lives should be hanging out with their grandchildren. I've heard of making SCOTUS retire at a certain age and have an advisory role instead. Maybe we could do something like that. But ultimately the voters know what they are voting for. I sure as hell did not vote for Feinstein in her last election but enough people did to keep her staff in Louboutins.
I am Angus King's constituent. While it's true he is an elderly man, he is cognitively intact and capable of making decisions. That appears to be true of Chuck Grassley as well, who is a decade-ish older than King and McConnell. King's problem (and the biggest problem I have with his generation of policy makers) is that his frame of political reference has not been updated since the Reagan administration, and his misreads of the moment since his re election are legion. I worry about that as much as I do any physical infirmity.
In terms of McConnell, I suspect his actual days left above ground are numbered, and I am dreading the ballwashing and fake mourning that will inevitably happen from both sides and the media when he finally experiences the sweet release of death. We are a cynical country.
This is a very interesting point, and worthy of a deep dive. That some of the elder Congress people are stuck perceiving an earlier political era that doesn't exist anymore. A truly excellent point.
I think his dresser forgot to put his teeth in.
I wonder why he wouldn’t ask his staff to help him? I know lots of people of similar age who remain effective and au courant in their professions by surrounding themselves with younger colleagues, and paying attention to them.
"the withered remains of Mitch McConnell is still a more competent and engaged senator than John Fetterman"
LOL 😆 🤣
Despite his adamant bullshit take on 'no Supreme Court judges confirmed in an election year' McConnell is on video admitting that if a Supreme court justice vacancy opened up before the 2020 election, the Republican Senate would get their candidate confirmed. And 8 days before the presidential election:
Amy Coney Barrett, ladies and gentlemen!
While there are several elderly Senators that I admire, and are still doing good work, some that Stephen mentioned, there should still be a “sell-by” date. When something has been on a shelf for 50 or 60 years it probably a good time to restock (except for Worcestershire sauce, apparently that stuff lasts forever).
Well, I guess McConnell still gets to win even as a moldering...uh...being.
Just remember, only Democrats have any accountability for public or private behavior and everything will make sense. And once he sheds his mortal coil, the unreconstructed Republican Party there will make sure Gov. Beshear can't appoint a Democrat anyway.
Remember, because of both Murc's Law and the fact that the Republicans serve those who have always had rights in America—those who America was originally made to benefit—any tactic is on the table, any tactic is acceptable.
I think the law in Kentucky is that a senator who is incapacitated can only be replaced by a member of the same party.
Hypocrisy is acceptable to them when it’s used to punch down.
Mitch seems to be a tortoise shell of his former self.
"Still, I don’t feel sorry for Mitch McConnell, and you can’t make me."
Why on earth would I try to do that? I don't feel sorry for him either. Besides, if this happened to another Republican senator, he would do the same thing to them.
At this point wheeling him out constitutes elder abuse. And yeah. I didn’t show up for my job then I’d be fired for sure. And what about the other guy who no one heard from forever but somehow managed to do a lot of day trading? It’s all crooked as hell. At least Feinstein didn’t cast votes or have someone tell them what she really meant to say. That should invalidate his vote period.
It is long past time for a change with mandatory retirement for congress and term limits for Supreme Court justices.
It's time for *all* the offices to be held based on competency; the ability to perform their duties, *sanely*. And upholding the oath they all swore to defend the Constitution. The access-to-the-nuclear-codes guy particularly so.
Anyone around Mitch McConnell with any sense of decency would never put him on public display, but that statement is its own proof. There is no one around McConnell with any sense of decency. Clearly McConnell can't feed himself his own pudding cup, and I shudder for whomever has to change his diaper every day. This spectacle is elder abuse!
Glitch McConnell is the latest example of an incapacitated politician refusing to let go.
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Yeah, about that:
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Well said, Stephen. And no mercy, Mitch.
Still, I don’t feel sorry for Mitch McConnell, and you can’t make me.
Same, my friend, same.
I just looked it up and there are 33 senators over 70 right now. A third of the people governing our lives should be hanging out with their grandchildren. I've heard of making SCOTUS retire at a certain age and have an advisory role instead. Maybe we could do something like that. But ultimately the voters know what they are voting for. I sure as hell did not vote for Feinstein in her last election but enough people did to keep her staff in Louboutins.
May he burn on the floor of Hell.
I am Angus King's constituent. While it's true he is an elderly man, he is cognitively intact and capable of making decisions. That appears to be true of Chuck Grassley as well, who is a decade-ish older than King and McConnell. King's problem (and the biggest problem I have with his generation of policy makers) is that his frame of political reference has not been updated since the Reagan administration, and his misreads of the moment since his re election are legion. I worry about that as much as I do any physical infirmity.
In terms of McConnell, I suspect his actual days left above ground are numbered, and I am dreading the ballwashing and fake mourning that will inevitably happen from both sides and the media when he finally experiences the sweet release of death. We are a cynical country.
This is a very interesting point, and worthy of a deep dive. That some of the elder Congress people are stuck perceiving an earlier political era that doesn't exist anymore. A truly excellent point.
Fellow Mainer. King can be so frustrating at times.
He doesn’t understand that times have changed, and seems bewildered that his constituents are angry at him most of the time.