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Mitch McConnell provides proof of life, reveals fall led to hospitalization after weeks of silence
(www.theguardian.com)
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Yes, and McConnell's not the only one. Thomas Kean, a Republican representative for NJ, just came back after four months of total silence about where he was or why he was gone, for example.
We're only hearing from McConnell now because if he had not done something to end the speculation about whether he was even alive, Gov. Beshear would have called a special election to fill his seat out from under him.
What REALLY grinds my gears, though, is that the ones doing it are Republicans, the ones repeatedly voting against those same protections for any one of us that might also have cause to be absent from work: they vote against universal healthcare, they vote against minimum paid leave, they vote against the entire social safety net at every chance they get.
The bastard smiling in that bed might as well be holding a piece of paper in his hand that says fuck you I got mine because that's exactly what it's a picture of.
At least they're consistent: "I've got mine, so fuck you."
I wonder how the weather was in Moscow...
I'd probably be depressed too, if I was a Republican politician.
I'd probably fucking kill myself.
Maybe Mitch will come back with a stunning boob job?