Jump to content

Get Well Soon Mitch!


Recommended Posts

21 hours ago, The Frankish Reich said:

This is the job of the press.

Before he slipped into pure hack status, conservative commenter and radio guy Hugh Hewitt did this with Trump. If I remember correctly, he asked Trump, "What is the nuclear triad?" Trump obviously had no idea what he was talking about. (It is the Cold War strategy that our nukes are deployed on land, in air, and on submarines, making a Russian knock-out of all our nuclear defenses practically impossible.) Hewitt made a big deal about this, suggesting Trump wasn't qualified to be President given his shocking ignorance of a key U.S. defense doctrine. Until Trump was nominated and he conveniently forgot all about this.

That's the kind of question debate moderators should ask. And they shouldn't let go until the candidate either fesses up that he simply doesn't know, or reveals his ignorance by trying to bluff his way through it (see Trump's recent Iowa comments on a carbon sequestration pipeline)

Frank the once ambitious administration you and I were going to share is apparently going to be a hot mess. I could not disagree more that we need our Presidential candidates to take some administrative state sponsored multiple choice test in order to assume the office. Where is THAT written in the constitution? That sort of litmus test will only serve to double down on the Washington establishment class. Now…while I believe candidates would of course eventually study for and pass such an exam, criticizing a previous or current candidate for not clearing a hurdle that is definitely NOT part of the admissions criteria is beyond ridiculous! 

2 minutes ago, SoCal Deek said:

 

 

Edited by SoCal Deek
Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 1 month later...
3 hours ago, B-Man said:

 

 

Enough.

 

Time to retire.

 

 

 

Yeah, this is bad.

When Biden was running and there were all those questions and memes about his cognitive ability or lack thereof, I remember saying there's two almost 80 year olds out there who seem to not have lost a step at all: McConnell and Pelosi. They were, to me, exactly the same as they were 20 years ago.

Haven't seen Nancy lately, but we are, at best, down to one ....

... a cautionary tale about giving really old people really important jobs.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

 

 

BEN DOMENECH: McConnell can resign without leaving the Senate.

 

Many Republicans point out that McConnell needs to stay in his seat to prevent Kentucky’s Democratic governor Andy Beshear, currently being challenged by McConnell ally Daniel Cameron, from naming a replacement. But that is a reason for McConnell to stay in the Senate, not one that requires him to stay on as its minority leader.

 

The truth is that McConnell is not so dramatically reduced in his capacity that he needs to step down as a senator. He shows far greater capacity than current Senate Democrats Dianne Feinstein or John Fetterman, nor does he have the health struggles of the likes of Thad Cochran or Johnny Isakson in their final years. But continuing on as minority leader headed into a critical election year is a different question entirely.

 

 

https://thespectator.com/topic/mitch-mcconnell-resign-without-leaving-senate/

 

Yes.

 

  • Agree 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

On 7/27/2023 at 8:53 AM, The Frankish Reich said:

On the order of $35 million or more. His wife, Elaine Chao, has served in cabinet positions twice. Makes her valuable as a lobbyist. 

I do wonder what is left for him to accomplish if you got $35 million in your pocket go spend time with your grandchildren and enjoy life
 

That’s what I would do

1 hour ago, ALF said:

Biden was advised by a Dr that McConnell is recovering from a concussion and this happens. He should be ok in time. 

The problem is this is happened before right he was doing this even before he hit his head or am I missing something?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

22 hours ago, John from Riverside said:

 

The problem is this is happened before right he was doing this even before he hit his head or am I missing something?

 

Mr. McConnell had a concussion in March when he fell at a Washington hotel during a fund-raising event

 

Then last month, Mr. McConnell froze midsentence during an appearance at his weekly news conference in the Capitol and was briefly escorted away from the microphones to recover.

 

froze up suddenly during a news conference on Wednesday in Covington, Ky., the second such episode he has experienced on camera in recent weeks.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/30/us/politics/mitch-mcconnell-freeze-kentucky.html

 

He really should retire , he does fall a lot , childhood polio 

  • Agree 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

×
×
  • Create New...