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Pic Of The Moment: Lol At What Being A Loyal Republican Gets You These Days (Original Post) EarlG Feb 2024 OP
What a bunch of fucking assholes. Initech Feb 2024 #1
This is why they can't get anything done nuxvomica Feb 2024 #2
And this administration orangecrush Feb 2024 #3
"Who sups with the devil should bring a long spoon" struggle4progress Feb 2024 #4
Oooooooh, who said that? calimary Feb 2024 #9
Dunno. I first learnt it from some old film noir but Oxford Reference claims struggle4progress Feb 2024 #13
This message was self-deleted by its author struggle4progress Feb 2024 #11
You can never be conservative enough Johonny Feb 2024 #5
And even if you pleased the jackals, you can't please the devil. erronis Feb 2024 #20
He doesn't look well, even for Mitch. That's the nicest thing I can say. twodogsbarking Feb 2024 #6
I think he's had.... SergeStorms Feb 2024 #17
Isn't that called aphasia? It was pretty scared. If I were a member of his family I would have had him resign a long CTyankee Feb 2024 #30
I'm not sure what it's called. SergeStorms Feb 2024 #33
Agree. He'd look better embalmed. erronis Feb 2024 #21
I wish and pray with all my Might. . . PTL_Mancuso Feb 2024 #7
Bastard. calimary Feb 2024 #8
For some reason BumRushDaShow Feb 2024 #10
I have one of those hats too. SergeStorms Feb 2024 #18
I'm not sure I understand. progressoid Feb 2024 #24
Who rammed through 3 RW loons for the SCOTUS BumRushDaShow Feb 2024 #28
Moscow Mitch started the kakistocracy which opened the door to Drumpf Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2024 #12
They have no loyalty and they will eat whoever they think is in their way. Biophilic Feb 2024 #14
What have you done for me lately???? Old Crank Feb 2024 #15
This is why we can't have nice things. 2naSalit Feb 2024 #16
If he can't even call us by our rightful, proper, and accurate name calimary Feb 2024 #19
Every time a repuke uses that, we should say "Oh, dear. It seems you missed the class in grammar school where you CTyankee Feb 2024 #31
What awful people. mwb970 Feb 2024 #22
Mitch McConnell is why we can't have nice things. tclambert Feb 2024 #23
I hope karma catches up to this a hole ! kimbutgar Feb 2024 #25
K&R LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2024 #26
Which makes me fear for the future of the Senate Wednesdays Feb 2024 #27
Yeah, that won't be pretty. :( Dave Bowman Feb 2024 #29
...because they're horrible human beings. Iggo Feb 2024 #32
Mitch who? Aussie105 Feb 2024 #34
Total scumbag. A traitor to the USA. He cared only about his own position of power, and then Martin68 Feb 2024 #35
You misspelled Free Dumb Caucus. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2024 #36
Kentucky Fried Chickenshit czarjak Mar 2024 #37

nuxvomica

(12,519 posts)
2. This is why they can't get anything done
Thu Feb 29, 2024, 01:45 PM
Feb 2024

Empathy is not just about being nice and caring for the powerless, it's also a necessary leadership skill in that it enables you to understand your fellow human beings. The MAGA party has promoted those who lack empathy, what they call "woke", and are now left with a power structure that is incapable of getting anything done. You can't have a political party comprised of only the purist narcissists. McConnell has (barely) a modicum of empathy but that's his downfall in today's MAGA-ridden Republican party.

struggle4progress

(118,455 posts)
13. Dunno. I first learnt it from some old film noir but Oxford Reference claims
Thu Feb 29, 2024, 02:08 PM
Feb 2024

it's a 14th century proverb

Response to struggle4progress (Reply #4)

erronis

(15,687 posts)
20. And even if you pleased the jackals, you can't please the devil.
Thu Feb 29, 2024, 03:01 PM
Feb 2024

The jackals of the RW free-dumb caucus will never get all they want - by definition.

The devil of global greed will demand everything, even of the jackals.

SergeStorms

(19,214 posts)
17. I think he's had....
Thu Feb 29, 2024, 02:34 PM
Feb 2024

a series of small strokes that have him more than a little worried.
Remember when he would just zone-out for 20 or 30 seconds at a time and his aides would escort him from the press?
I think he has some serious health problems facing him, and Trump isn't helping matters any. 🤔

CTyankee

(63,958 posts)
30. Isn't that called aphasia? It was pretty scared. If I were a member of his family I would have had him resign a long
Thu Feb 29, 2024, 05:49 PM
Feb 2024

time ago.

SergeStorms

(19,214 posts)
33. I'm not sure what it's called.
Thu Feb 29, 2024, 06:28 PM
Feb 2024

But yeah, it was a little alarming to watch. I think they gave him a heads-up that he should get out of the way. If Trump wins the election (gawd forbid!) , he won't want the Turtle as minority/majority leader in the Senate.

It all looks kind of fishy to me. They're clearing every path for Trump to become dictator for life. I really hope this is just a paranoid suspicion on my part. If it isn't, my family and I will be driving across the US/Canada border the next morning, never to return.
Do you think the Canadians will build a wall?

 

PTL_Mancuso

(276 posts)
7. I wish and pray with all my Might. . .
Thu Feb 29, 2024, 01:56 PM
Feb 2024

. . . that Jamie Raskin or Adam Schiff or Sheldon Whitehouse or any of a number of our heroes will speak on McConnell's departure NOW and LIST every damn time he stabbed Democracy in the back for his own power and wealth and at the behest of the "Vast right-wing conspiracy" of zillionaires, which the repugs and MSM turned into a sort of joke, which is all too real and which Mitch served to make ever more powerful.

I hope Evil Mitch will not die peacefully in his sleep.

He is a Democracy Destroyer of the First Order.

BumRushDaShow

(131,028 posts)
10. For some reason
Thu Feb 29, 2024, 02:04 PM
Feb 2024

I haven't seen/heard anyone (at least here or even on MSNBC last night) speculate about the timing of Turtle's "announcement" and the subsequent SCOTUS decision.

So let me do this -

SergeStorms

(19,214 posts)
18. I have one of those hats too.
Thu Feb 29, 2024, 02:40 PM
Feb 2024

That's exactly what I was thinking.

Things are NEVER as simple as they appear when it comes to these ultra-right-wing pricks.

I'll see your tinfoil hat, and raise you another tinfoil hat.

BumRushDaShow

(131,028 posts)
28. Who rammed through 3 RW loons for the SCOTUS
Thu Feb 29, 2024, 05:34 PM
Feb 2024


Just like how Alito's Dobbs decision "leaked", I expect the "leaks" are still going on for those "who need to know".

For Turtle, his work is done -



Biophilic

(3,808 posts)
14. They have no loyalty and they will eat whoever they think is in their way.
Thu Feb 29, 2024, 02:13 PM
Feb 2024

Once this types of people taste power they never stop wanting more. Not for any righteous cause, but just for the sense of power it give them. Anyone they even suspect of being in their way just gets eliminated.

2naSalit

(87,406 posts)
16. This is why we can't have nice things.
Thu Feb 29, 2024, 02:19 PM
Feb 2024

And he may well have sold out our entire species along with many others.

calimary

(81,804 posts)
19. If he can't even call us by our rightful, proper, and accurate name
Thu Feb 29, 2024, 02:59 PM
Feb 2024

Then FUCK HIM at the starting gate!

The Democrat colleagues”???

Shouldn’t that be “Democratic colleagues”?

Are we or are we not the DEMOCRATIC Party?

NOT the “Democrat party”!!!!! They have NO right to fuck with our name. NO RIGHT!!!

We are the DEMOCRATIC Party.

CTyankee

(63,958 posts)
31. Every time a repuke uses that, we should say "Oh, dear. It seems you missed the class in grammar school where you
Thu Feb 29, 2024, 05:57 PM
Feb 2024

would have learned how to properly speak the English language. Or at least enough of it to know a noun from an adjective. English IS your native language, correct?" (maybe add "or are you just a dumbass?&quot

kimbutgar

(21,374 posts)
25. I hope karma catches up to this a hole !
Thu Feb 29, 2024, 04:14 PM
Feb 2024
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This song is one that’s in my mind all the time now because what the repukes and TFA have done to this country are up for a reckoning. Mitch is in my top 10 of those who i want to crash and burn!

Wednesdays

(17,624 posts)
27. Which makes me fear for the future of the Senate
Thu Feb 29, 2024, 05:24 PM
Feb 2024

If you thought McTurtle was bad, just wait until we see his replacement!

Aussie105

(5,593 posts)
34. Mitch who?
Thu Feb 29, 2024, 08:26 PM
Feb 2024

Forgotten him already. (*)

More of a worry though - who will replace him?

(*) Where do turtles go when they are past it, over the hill, and blank out at the wrong time?

Martin68

(23,212 posts)
35. Total scumbag. A traitor to the USA. He cared only about his own position of power, and then
Thu Feb 29, 2024, 10:47 PM
Feb 2024

the power of the GOP. He didn't give a shit about the USA except to assume what benefitted him benefitted the country. A self-serving prick.

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