• Zombiepirate@lemmy.world
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    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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      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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        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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            It’s funny how on certain topics (and to be clear, VERY few), the Dems and reps are the same. The Dems have feinstein who’s in a similar state, and she’s got people keeping her in office because they don’t like who the governor is(n’t) going to pick

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              Feinstein is an order of magnitude more cognizant than McConnell, and yet a great many Dems want to see her removed also…and you just don’t see that kind of parity with the GOP.

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                I wouldn’t go as far as to say the lady who tried to give a speech during a roll call vote, ceded power of attorney to her daughter and has to heavily rely on her staff to function is more mentally cognizant than the turtle by any stretch. He’s struggling, but she’s on another level.

                But you’re right, there’s at least calls from the Dems to kick her out, so there is a decent difference between the two parties. I just wish the leadership felt the same way.

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                There’s reports from colleagues that they need to repeatedly reintroduce themselves to her during the same meeting. She was completely unaware of her own months long absence from the capital.

                There’s definitely more Democrats calling for her retirement than GOP calling for McConnells (AFAIK there are zero), but saying she’s an “order of magnitude more cognizant” is pretty damn generous

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                That’s ridiculous, Feinstein is clearly far more gone.

                The issue isn’t her replacement, it’s that Dems would lose control of all of the committees she’s on.

                I don’t believe for one second that Democrats and Republicans are the same or equally corrupt.

                In this case, though, it does seem like they’re both playing the same stupid game due to their own seniority rules.

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              It’s not about who Gavin Newsom would or would not pick, it’s a matter of the Judicial Committee being brought to it’s knees if she’s out.

              They can’t appoint a replacement without cooperation from the Republicans, and the Republicans would rather stall the committee than replace her.

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          Like they did with Strom Thurmond. Dude had to be wheeled onto the Senate floor and looked half dead by the end.

          Part of the reason this happens is committee seniority is determined by length of time in the Senate, so to control committees it’s important to keep Senators in office as long as possible for both parties.

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          I think some people might read this comment and think you are describing some satirical hyperbolic scenario. But given what we have seen from conservatives over the last few years, It’s not just possible, it’s their normal.

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            Oh, to be clear: I’m 1000% serious.

            I expect the same for any of their SCROTUS justices who beef it.

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              William Rehnquist had a speaker installed in his private bathroom and the last couple of years on the court, he would suddenly disappear from the bench during oral arguments, but never worry, he could still hear them arguing on his special toilet speaker before making decisions that would affect hundreds of millions of people.

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          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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            Arizona, Hawaii, Maryland, North Carolina, Utah, & Wyoming have similar laws according to ballotpedia.

            Mind you, not disputing the insanity heh

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              I’m a huge liberal but doesn’t this make it a little more democratic than the governor picking someone?

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      Doesn’t matter

      He has an R next to his name. His own political ads could say “I’m too incapacitated to run and if you vote for me I will murder your family” and republicans will still vote for him

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      To the contrary, I think you are displaying vast amounts of empathy by advocating for the betterment of humankind.

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      I love when people try to pull the empathy card.

      There are people on this planet who do not deserve empathy nor the benefit of the doubt. Corrupt politicians are some of those people.

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      Seriously. A few years ago he’s spearheading the party to remove rights from people and now he’s too old to speak. There has to be room for retirement between those steps.

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      The world would be a better place if he choked on his own tongue while waiting for needed medical care like so many Americans that he helped keep from having healthcare.

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      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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        I know it’s not nice to be piling onto an ailing old man who probably isn’t going to be around much longer

        Pill cosby, Rudy Ghouliani, Donald Dump, and Kenneth Cokeland have entered the chat

        Seriously, this mentality needs to end. These are people who would literally shoot you in the back for 20$

        The fact that they’re old just makes it worse, they’ve been fucking people over much longer than anyone else

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      For reasons entirely seperate from his health. But it’s a stunningly good reasons to stop electing geriatrics.

      And also human garbage like Bitch.

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    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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      If they truly cared about heir families they wouldn’t push so much disinformation and enact such horrible policies. These people only love power so you’re basically asking them to willingly give up the only thing they care about.

      Evil bastards.

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        Either being evil to the core or the great healthcare that being in the US Senate that lets them live so long. They should give everyone the same healthcare as the Senate does and run an experiment. At the very least US citizens would have decent healthcare even if the evil people got to run things. Thankfully I’m Canadian, but I do want what’s best for our neighbors.

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      Seriously, he’s given up everything to hold onto power, and now it’s too late to make any other choice. This is it.

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    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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    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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      If voting starts at birth + 18 years then participation in political life should end at average life expectancy -18 years.

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    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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      My bet is it’s a Parkinson’s freezing episode rather than mini-stroke.

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      Honestly, how in the holy hell is this not automatically done?? This person is in a pretty powerful position and makes very important decisions. They absolutely need to be coherent. Do they not have some sort of stipulation that if you consistently stroke out on the job and can’t even speak or… do anything really, you have to step away from the position until you can prove you are healthy enough to return?

      This just blows my mind. Dude could be making monumental decisions that affect the country for decades and not even know what planet he’s on.

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        IIRC Reagan had Alzheimer’s while in office and his staff tried desperately to hide it. Unfortunately, this shit ain’t new.

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    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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      Had his ilk not stood in the way of healthcare reform and medical research, he might still have enough of a mind to feel guilty. I wish only that he were well enough to register how much he deserves every bit of loathing that’s directed at him.

      Edit: I think I replied to the wrong comment but I’m still angery. (•ˋ _ ˊ•)