Thursday, August 31, 2023

Congress should not double as a geriatric ward

Sen. Mitch McConnell's second high profile "freeze up" within a month was definitely hard to watch. 




As with everything involving elected officials, the reaction from a good portion of the American public was less about showing humanity and more about mockery as well as shrieks for McConnell to step down. 


I will concede that an 81-year old man who suffered a concussion after a fall should not be thrust back into as high a profile, demanding job as Senate Minority Leader. Given McConnell has less than three years remaining in his current term, it would behoove his family to have a serious chat with him about stepping away. All that being said, it should come as zero shock in today's political climate that the loudest voices demanding McConnell move on haven't been nearly as vocal over the obvious limitations of the walking cadaver in the White House, the senior Senator out of California or the incoherent Senator hoodie out of Pennsylvania. 


Let's be clear: this is all about progs' obsession with tightening their grip on power. A lot of them assume that Democrat Gov. Andy Beshear would appoint a Dem to replace McConnell were he to resign. Ah, yeah, while I hate to burst the bubble of those soulless ghouls on the left (or not), the fact is Kentucky's law for replacing a U.S. Senator who leaves office is a tad different. 


The appointee shall be selected from a list of three (3) names submitted by the state executive committee of the same political party as the Senator who held the vacant seat to be filled, shall have been continuously registered as a member of that political party since December 31 of the preceding year, and shall be named within twenty-one (21) days from the date of the list submission.


Translation: If McConnell resigns, a Republican will replace him. 



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