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[–] BeUnique@lemmy.zip 11 points 8 hours ago

Mitch Turtle McConnell, corrupt as fuck even in death

[–] Reborn_Mormon@lemmy.world -1 points 3 hours ago

I wish his family well

[–] solidheron@sh.itjust.works 6 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

McConnell could be braindead or in hospice care

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 2 points 8 hours ago

This is the most likely outcome. He's obv been on deaths door for a while, they're just trying to keep it going until gen elec

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 30 points 21 hours ago (4 children)

I personally don't think he's dead. I think it's far more likely that he only technically alive on life support.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

He'll never die. His cask may wither away, but he'll find a new host.

[–] Napster153@lemmy.world 10 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

That's a fate worse than death. Imagine turning a literal zombie moose and you're corpse is being piloted for political gain of your subordinate parasites.

[–] Karjalan@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

I mean, it's got Herman Cain vibes all over it.

[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 hours ago

That's probably the most Mitch McConnell way to go out though.

[–] solidheron@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 hours ago

I call zombie moose a Antlered horror

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 5 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

he cant be dead if hes a lich, with 1000yo of lifetime experience.

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 2 points 13 hours ago

he cant be alive for the same reason

[–] heartSagan5@lemmy.zip 9 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

He’s politically dead, though, except using him like “Weekend At Bernie’s”

Basically, Kentuckians had better stand up to get represented.

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 46 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Curiously, Feinstein was incoherent and had to be wheeled into committee in a wheelchair for a while before she finally expired, still in office.

We've seen countless times that officials, whether elected or appointed, will cling onto power until we pry it from their cold dead hands.

We really need to implement age caps as well as term limits, since we can't count on elected officials being pressured into retirement by their own peers, nor can we count on the voters primarying them since it means losing the incumbent advantage.

Sadly, as with much of political reform, the status quo serves those who are in office, so there's not much motivation to implement such legislation, and the public is not great at organizing over secondary matters.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 6 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

that wont happen, SCHUMERS LIKE 80+? and nobody is batting an eye of having him removed.

feinstein had shingles encephalitis, which is quite uncommon. get your shots if you 50+, its more severe for older people if they get shingles. they did this with another gop, she was a memory care facility, but they kept it secret(i think it was a GOP house member)

[–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 1 points 9 hours ago

they did this with another gop, she was a memory care facility, but they kept it secret(i think it was a GOP house member)

Yeah, GOP Rep. Kay Granger: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/03/14/kay-granger-dementia-dc-media-00210317

[–] Gorilladrums@lemmy.world 54 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

I remember a few years ago, the Japanese PM, Shinzo Abe, resigned from his position due to a chronic health condition that was worsening. He resigned of his own accord and made a public statement saying that he's stepping down because he did not want to make any major political or policy mistakes that would compromise the welfare of the nation. He was only 65 at the time, but still had the humility to recognize the weight of his position.

Meanwhile, we have 80+ year old dinosaurs that are brain dead and on life support that are still clinging on to power to their very dying breath regardless of the harm it does to the nation. Nancy Pelosi, Mitch McConnell, Clarence Thomas, Maxine Waters, Eleanor Holmes Norton, and the list goes on and on. It's time for all of them to fuck off. Even Bernie Sanders needs to go. It's time to step back and enjoy retirement.

These parasites are literally the reason why we're in the mess we are in today. Their greed and selfishness is so extreme that it's like a disease. The dinosaurs that did go extinct like Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Dianne Feinstein ended up leaving headaches for everybody else because they just couldn't step down gracefully. It's fucking embarrassing that we're even allowing these leeches to stay in power as a country. It's embarrassing that people are seriously wanting age limits for their politicians because these ghouls are soulless. When you look at actual civilized countries like Japan, you could only dream of what could be here.

[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Idk why Bernie is still in it. I find it weird that nobody in the DSA can take his position

[–] danciestlobster@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 hours ago

It's reasonably likely AOC or Mamdani may attempt this

[–] SuperApples@lemmy.world 16 points 21 hours ago

Shinzo Abe ... humility

Those words don't go together at all... unless you add a "no" before humility. 'Poor health' was an excuse given to cover for him breaking his promise to never resign, and he resigned because of the unpopularity of himself and the party scandals at the time. Wikipedia has a good summary:

Abe's ruling Liberal Democratic Party suffered great losses in the upper house election, losing control for the first time in 52 years. Agricultural minister, Norihiko Akagi, involved in a political funding scandal, resigned after the election. Additionally, Abe's rejection of a possible female Japanese monarch, which led to the Japanese succession controversy, diminished his support base.[47][48] In an attempt to revive his administration, Abe announced a new cabinet in August 2007. Support for Abe rose by 10 percent as a result; however, the new agricultural minister Takehiko Endo, involved in a finance scandal, resigned only seven days later.[49]

On 12 September 2007, only three days after a new parliamentary session had begun, Abe announced his intention to resign his position as prime minister at an unscheduled press conference.[50][51] The announcement came just minutes before opposition leaders were scheduled to question him in Parliament and shocked many. Abe had described himself as a "politician who fights" and previously pledged not to resign.[52] Abe explained that his unpopularity was hindering the passage of an anti-terrorism law, involving among other things Japan's continued military presence in Afghanistan. Party officials also said the embattled prime minister was suffering from poor health.

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 1 day ago

Power is really that addictive. In ancient cultures, those who hoarded wealth were thought of as mad or of poor moral character, and there are modern psychological studies that show that anyone who is given power without consequences will abuse it and begin to believe that they are somehow deserving of the advantage.

The problem this time is that the ultra-wealthy have so much of the wealth that they can buy elections and control governments across the world, and no-one near them dares be anything but sycophantic, except their similarly-vicious billionaire peers.

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[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Everyone knows it.

They will get away with it.

This is the reality of the new Fascist America.

[–] PhoenixDog@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And Kentucky voted for this for what, 40 years? Hes held his seat since 1985. I wasn't even born yet and I'm 40.

America is a fucking cesspool.

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Kentucky is part of the long-corrupt South. Even when Jim Crow laws and black voter suppression became illegal, the corruption was too deep to route out.

McConnell's seat was secured by election tampering the whole time. So Kentuckians didn't vote for him, but they "voted" for him.

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[–] DarkGamer@fedia.io 95 points 1 day ago (2 children)

He died as he lived, usurping the rule of law and stealing power for his fascist party

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[–] Entropy_Pyre@lemmy.ca 98 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Ya know. When I was a kid, I was horrified reading a reveal in a book where the queen was actually a corpse that was being puppeted around to hold off a succession war.

Every once in a while I think about it again

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[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 74 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's what he would have wanted.

I mean, you're not wrong. He probably loved the idea of still being an evil cunt even after death.

And now I'm even more pissed at RBG, she could still be on life support today if only she'd planned accordingly.

[–] StarryPhoenix97@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago (46 children)

If he's effectively brain dead he could be on a ventilator. Some 1-in-a-million chance of recovery that they're using to keep him 'alive' to hold the seat

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[–] Pacattack57@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think the actual process is lost on a lot of people. Apparently there is no process to remove McConnell while he’s alive unless he resigns. Meaning if he’s on life support there’s nothing anyone can do. His seat just remains as is. I honestly think no one knows what’s going on with him. Apparently according to sources he’s been in a coma for 3 full weeks.

[–] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 1 points 9 hours ago

Someone knows and they aren't telling

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