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Michelle Vancura's avatar

Actually, everything we’re going through right now is Mitch McConnell’s fault. It all started to turn to shit when Obama became president and Mitch threw his hissy fit on Inauguration Day 2009. He’ll be remembered in history as the bastard who put the first nail in the coffin of democracy.

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Alex Dash's avatar

He has been Kentucky's biggest embarrassment for decades. Shameful.

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Bikracer's avatar

Well, there’s a way they could have stopped him and they didn’t so Kentucky must like McConnell bunches!

I’m pretty sure that like Governors, you can’t gerrymander Senators.

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Alex Dash's avatar

I am not defending KY's voters. They obviously did not choose well.

That does not change the fact that in my opinion McConnell is the Commonwealth of Kentucky's biggest embarrassment.

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George in Atlanta's avatar

Kentucky voters are apparently ill-educated, which I didn't really know before. They're also stupid, as they do not know of, and adjust to, their own limitations.

When people crawl from the smoking wreckage of our civilization, generations from now, what will certainly occur to any republic-builders at that time will be a voting mechanism. I envision this mechanism to be similar to the Electoral College, but different in that it puts weight in the favor of the concentration of functional intelligence rather than mere land mass.

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Robert Eckert's avatar

The first nail was Antonin Scalia stealing the 2000 election, giving Republicans the belief they would never have to give up power again.

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Denise Donaldson's avatar

Excellent point, Robert. Exactly right.

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Tim Shaw's avatar

Let's not forget Merrick Garland.

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Bonnie Council's avatar

Indeed.

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George in Atlanta's avatar

No question McConnell is a blazing pile of pig turds. But, he's intensely intelligent and crafty in a lizard (turtle?) -like way. The effects of all of this, much still to be revealed, and his role in setting it all in motion is certainly crystal clear to him. He saw an opportunity to dog-whistle up some old-fashioned race hate for the rubes, and vastly mis-calculated. I think he understood the dangers to the country and the world if the rubes were able to ascend to power, but he took a risk since that had never happened at this scale before (Andrew Jackson notwithstanding). He was wrong. He knows he was wrong. He will suffer with this guilt until he dies. He destroyed the greatest creation mankind ever devised, just to score a few short-term political points, and I'm certain he knows it. Rot in hell, you old bastard.

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