• Zombiepirate@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    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.

    • Saneless@sh.itjust.works
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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

    • ThatWeirdGuy1001@sh.itjust.works
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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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      To the contrary, I think you are displaying vast amounts of empathy by advocating for the betterment of humankind.

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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.

      • Scubus@sh.itjust.works
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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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      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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      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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    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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    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•)