Ailing Mitch McConnell, 83, Hospitalized
4mon 13d ago by lemmy.world/u/Sunflier in politics from www.thedailybeast.com
*Edit: found a better picture to accompany this post.
pffft i hope its painful you piece of shit. nothin to be done about it now... damage has been done.
bastard has directly caused the pain and suffering of hundreds of millions of people over decades.
I would feel bad for the cancer that got Mitch Mcconnell
Don’t feel bad for the heroes. Root for them.
Heartbreaking: cancer diagnosed with Mitch McConnell
Oh no, that poor cancer
Dick Cheney lived 10 years without a heart. I am not celebrating just yet.
Dick was around for more than 10yrs.
Same. But also I will celebrate his death and mourn his life.
And 70 years without a soul.
Oh no. I hope it’s something serious.
The champagne in my fridge is reserved for Trump, but I guess I would make an exception for him.
*to celebrate Trump's passing, relax 😂
finally, some good fucking news.
“He is in regular contact with his staff and looks forward to returning to Senate business.”
Just fucking retire, you despicable old cunt.
McConnell, the Senate’s third-oldest member,
WHAT?!? There's 2 senators older than him.
He plans to retire from Congress when his current term concludes in January 2027.
He wont live that long
My theory is somewhere deep inside himself he knows that once he loses access to his power and position, and the obsequious self-assurance it provides, all that's left will be to confront the abject moral abyss that is his soul. So he's just trying to die ignorant and shameless in office.
Bernie Sanders is a year older than him and Chuck Grassley is 92 fuckin’ years old. Sad to say that he isn’t even the oldest senator to have ever served
Oh man. Is one of my reserve bottles getting popped soon?
To those putting on their dancing shoes... there's no point. He already did all the damage. Short of going back in time nothing will fix what he's done. Unfortunately.
His death doesn't reverse things, but the world will still be a better place without his presence.
No argument there. :(
I kinda think the world is better without him welding even the slightest bit of power over any other human, but I'd be okay in that instance with him living another dozen or so years to experience the consequences of his decisions along with the rest of us.
Perhaps with luck, his medical bills will bankrupt him in the same way that he's made it possible for so many others to be bankrupted.
He has free medical care for life.
I can hope it is a painful death.
You act like he cant still do MORE damage
Good point. Sigh.
I wouldn't get your hopes up just yet. Some turtles can easily live for over a hundred years.
Like this one, for instance...
It's a shame he'll age out before the guillotines could get built.
We should have built them faster
He's still alive right now, it can't take that long to build a guillotine, what exactly are we we waiting for?
We can still make his corpse dance then
We can make Weekend at McConnell's and bring him to anti-ICE protests.
Then grab a pillow.
Not the same.
Cadaver Trial. Pope Formosus was put on trial by Pope Stephen VI even though Pope Formosus had been dead for nine months.
Why should Mitch the Glitch McConnell being dead stop us?
Which has a longer prison term, a "medical accident" or desecrating a corpse?
I'm not sure prison terms are still relevant anymore, it seems like the choices are becoming either indefinite, deportation, death, or no enforcement or punishment at all (if you're rich or powerful)
America elected a convicted felon. You're naive if you think there's any guillotines getting built.
That whole country needs to be dismantled and rebuilt
Why is he still clinging to the vestiges of his power and not resting at home? These people are fucking pathological.
In most states, if a Senator leaves office for any reason, the state's governor would be empowered to appoint a replacement until a special election can be held. Kentucky, however, has two powerful Republican Senators, and a Democratic Governor. So after some back and forth, the legislature passed a bill (over the Governor's veto) that said the Governor could not appoint anyone, but could only schedule the special election, letting the seat remain vacant.
However, it is possible the governor might ignore the law and appoint someone anyway, and let the Senate deal with accepting the appointment.
You could ask Dianne Feinstein the same question. God only knows what keeps Chuck Grassley ticking.
These people are fucking pathological.
Elderly people are stubborn as old nails. They don't just move out of the way on their own.
The better question is what's keeping them affixed to their positions. Enormous amounts of money go to defending incumbents with full on dementia. And party loyalists consider their aging leadership sacrosanct.
On top of all that, Senators get the best health care benefits in the world. Keeping your job is - in some ways - a predicate for your very survival.
Mostly good points but I'm pretty sure the healthcare plan is for life so it's literally just influence driving them
I personally will not be satisfied until he rests beneath the dirt.
Suffer, you degenerate piece of shit.
Feel every second of pain and agony that you deserve.
Also, 
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Fuck this guy. Fuck everything he's ever done. I hope he rests in piss. Representative of one of the most impoverished states in America, married to a billionaire, shit his pants before Trump made it cool.
Here's hoping for the Republican rule of 3
This vile ghoul ushered in the death of America by breaking key covenants in governance, and while he's vaguely expressed some sort of remorse since over the years, there will be no forgiveness or peace for him on his deathbed. He will only be hailed by a cabal of grinning sycophants encircling his frail shell, chanting "you made this all possible" as they lean in to devour his rotting carcass. Thanks for nothing, Mitch.
The death of America precedes him by a generation or three in my opinion, but he nailed the coffin shut!
A functioning Democracy/Republic would never allow this creature to stay in office since 1985, over 40 years of this nasty piece of work
As someone who isn't even from or in the US: may he soon rest in piss, the absolute cunt.
Didn't that guy go on to play Doc Ock in the later, Spider-Man movies?
Yup, Alfred Molina.
I hope you die slowly and painfully Mitch
Imagine a world where mcconnell votes to convict trump in 2020 and gets some other senators to join him
Jellyfish don't grow spines, even at the hour of their death
May he truly understand how awful he was before he bites it.
I hope he has a visceral fear of going to hell because of his actions. The least we can wish for.
This motherfucker ushered in Trump and his fascist regime. May he rest in piss.
The US is now literally run by a gang of pedophiles and child traffickers. Thanks mitch.
Die painfully, reptile.
Don't insult reptiles like that...
Is he dead yet?
Edit: i love how we're all on the same page here. may he die soon. and painfully.
I hope it hurts when he dies
It's looking like I'll have to plan the start of my pissing on graves tour soon.
Make sure you hydrate.
I'd like to remind everyone here that, while he was laying the groundwork for the current political climate of the U.S., he had 3 daughters and two wives. He's old enough that the upper part of his left leg is paralyzed due to polio.
We are seeing a resurgence of measles, thanks to men like this — who got to live full lives while fucking us all over. Who knows, maybe we'll see one for polio!
Cheer for his death if you must, he has already won.
“I have never wished anyone dead, but I have read some obituaries with great relish.”
I wish him dead. Not just because fuck him, there is that. But the world would just be a better place.
Conservatism in general is a great evil, he is just one of its most visible practitioners.
Virtually all CEOs and a good 20% of America would fit into the same category of irredeemable evil.
I wish the last thing he experiences is being treated by a lesbian minority doctor who tells him night night.
Wow! That's a huge violin! Don't have one smaller?
Behold the fields where a grow my fucks and see that they lay barren .
it's clearly a cello.
"It sure is, Tiny Elvis!"
Image shows a scene from the "Tiny Elvis" skit on Saturday Night Live where the characters are lounging in a room. Tiny Elvis is at the center, looking at objects and calling them huge.
Is that a tiny cello or it plays violin weird?
Yes
props for the scale bar.
I hope he suffers.
I assume he's at the marine biology hospital? Well, I'm sure he'll be coming out of his shell soon - one way or the other.
The headline "Mitch McConnell sheds his mortal shell" is just waiting there, patiently
You know the Onion has that headline printed already, just in case
The former Senate majority leader missed crucial Senate votes on Monday and Tuesday, Politico reported.
At least there's that
Yeah, it might be better that he remains alive but unable to vote, instead of being replaced by a new MAGAt.
No one did as much as Turtle McTraitor did to make the United States a fascist nation.
Hmmm... Roger Ailes?
I have despised this guy for decades, what a nasty piece of work.
GO TOWARDS THE LIGHT MITCH
The light from the hell fires?
What I don’t understand is why people keep voting for him!?
The same reason why people keep voting doe Raphael Cruz. Cause they have R beside their name.
There's a Democrat in NC making Republicans sweat by switching her party affiliation from D to R. It's actually the dumbest thing ever.
Gerrymandered state and ignorant populace.
Um Ackshually, gerrymandering has nothing to do with this one. As a Senator, he represents his entire state, and the borders of his "district" don't change.
However, "ignorant populace" may be spot on.
Except the gerrymandering means there's no local pressure. So technically you are correct but it allows it to continue.
Because he’s Republican. Why else would a bunch of old people vote for an old racist who wants to get rid of their “entitlements”?
You need to get beyond the old people part. There are tons of 18-35 year olds who voted for this bullshit we're currently stuck in. I was at a buffalo wild wings in Nov after the election and while showing a UFC fight the orange Nazi was brought in to sit with fellow shitstain joe rogan...and a table of guys who weren't old enough to order beer we're chanting U-S-A
4chan, and the "culture" that emanated from it ruined an entire generation of young men.
It's generational voting. The kind of "My daddy voted Republican so I do too!" bullshit mixed with propaganda, mixed with racism, with a hint of just being downright stupid on top.
As Mitch's closest relative, and power if attorney... (please no questions) It's time we pull the plug. Go ahead. I consent, take him off life support. It's what he would have wanted. Do it. DO IT NOW!
I can confirm that this is true
Ideally they can keep his heart pumping juuuuuust enough so he continues to miss floor votes but won't get replaced by someone that can has mobility.
Rot in hell.
I’ll have to start believing in it. As a treat.
He won't die yet. Mitch's contract with Satan states he still gets to live to a hundred before his soul is forfeit.
I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further.
Hang on Mitch! You can still ruin the lives of couple more poor people. You just have to get to another vote. You can make it!
83? I'd have sworn it's been 803 years of misery and suffering due to him.
Now this is the kind of wish I can get behind for everyone.
Ain't that a fucking shame. The bastard has the best SOCIALIZED health care while the rest of the USA is in the shitter.
"The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs, trying to turn itself over, but it can't. Not without your help. But you're not helping."
Damn right, I'm not helping.
When asked if he had any health issues people should know about, he replied, “Of course not,”
Hehe that's funny
83 is already 7 years of bonus time
Die motherfucker die!
FINALLY some happy news!
And when he dies, that particular species of turtle will be extinct. The scientists thought about trying to save the species, but… just look at him. That species is worthless.
It seems only the good die young :/
"flulike symptoms"
Moscow Mitch is fully vaccinated, while supporting policies that will make it impossible for most Americans to get an up-to-date vaccine.
Reminds me of Covid, when the fully-vaccinated redcaps were going on and on about the "dangers" of the jab
H5N1 is going to burn through North America, and we in the states will be fish in a barrel. No new vaccines are being developed, and the existing ones aren't being updated.
You seem to be ingesting propaganda from a firehose.
I hope your unvaccinated ass gets hit hard.
LOL I have an immune system. I take public transit and people cough on me all the time, I get update packs every day...
Keep trembling in fear at imaginary threats like the good citizen you are. Maybe there's an unvaccinated Russian under your bed right now!
People like you are a never-ending source of amazement and entertainment for me.
Rest in piss you POS. I've lost all compassion for the traitors fucks.
We need term limits for Congress, always have. Assuming there's any Congress left in three years.
The minute anyone gets that level of power, they'll do anything to keep it, especially the vulnerable ones.
The painting keeping this guy alive must be on another level of decrepit.
A doctor or nurse could become a hero any second now. Think of the future research departments they could save.
This POS deserves the worst for what he and his friends did to this country.
he got 83 years too many. fuck you, scum.
Some turtles live to be 200.
let's hope it's nothing trivial
Tick tick tick tick tick....
Oh no! The pistachio butter I bought wasn't as good as I thought it would be this morning.
Anyways.
Is it just the brand or what? Curious about pistachio butter.
Peppertux from costco.
You get back here and die on stage like the joke you are sir
NOOOOOOOOO!
KEEP HIM ALIVE!!!!
He should be forced to watch the result of the years of his corruption, evil and vileness.
like he gives a fuck.
He smiles when people talk about the terrible things that happen to people from his policies. Fuck this ghoul, cremation while alive would be too good for him.
It would be cathartic if he spent the next couple of years suffering from immense pain in a hospital bed.
I wouldn't mind him having to see polio come back. Seems like one of the few things he actually cares about. You know, because it once affected him directly.
Death is too good for him
That too
Hope this pos burns in hell.
Come on, if you pull an O'Hara on us, you owe us a McConnell, tit for tat.
Die already.
on chin support
Linger and suffer, you fucking ghoul
Roll mitch the bitch, right into the ditch.
🤞
I normally only want good things for all people, but I hope it hurts.
“His prognosis is positive and he is grateful for the excellent care he is receiving,”
Damn it
Oh no - anyway, gotta clip my nails.
I had a hang nail that was bothering me all morning. It felt so nice to get rid of it
Turtles are so much better than he ever was.
Rest in piss.
🐢
Good
I hate Trunt with my prefrontal cortex for his fraud and sedition against the United States of America.
I hate McConnell with my amygdala, which instinctively recognizes him as a sneering, hostile, alien threat to our species.
Get wrecked, bozo 🤡
O thank God. Now he can't nominate another supreme court justice
Good
I keep loosing that really tiny violin.. where did I put that thing?
Shit, he's doing better.
if he improves, by next week doctors hope to declare him dead.
Praying for his speedy return to hell 🙏🏼
All these pieces of shit live so long because they're afraid of atoning for their piles of crimes and lies and deceit. Rest in piss to the likes of Rumsfeld, Cheney and everyone else responsible for exploiting the ignorant to drag this country down.
So we had an awesome 18th anniversary dinner at a seaside resort on the west coast of WA tonight. Any of you do anything nice/fun today?
Oh God, this year is looking up!
Death is too good a fate for the people who deserve it the most.
Edit: typo
It's Mitch mcuckas to y'all.
Had he been good like Kevin's mom from home alone, we would all be bawling. But I don't know, I was fine with Kevin's mom passing because she was plenty old. My mom is old but I know her personally so I would cry for a few months on and off.
But mitch DA bi*ch? I think hell is currently preparing a welcome party... Forks cherry red ready for comfortable ass impalement. A nice pfffsssss noise just sizzling and foaming.
But I don't judge. I'm probably going to hell too although I'm just gonna be there randomly moving along. I'm probably only going to be gently emancipated for eternity. Maybe only a little sizzling and acid pickling but not for many thousands of ages. Maybe a few thousand years. It gets easier with friends.
I propose having Donald Trump personally operate on dear Mitch. He has all the knowledge he needs for a...successful outcome.
I kinda want to see him live longer so he can deal with the consequences of his own actions.
...who's going to make him deal with consequences if they haven't by now?
I dunno, would be great if he got locked in syndrome and just had to watch how shitty he turned the world.
Suffer you horrible pile of shit, suffer the wrath you brought to millions, billions of times over and over.
Suffer!
Monthly gotta stick the giblets back in the hole checkup.