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Born To Run The Numbers provides its view on the deaf Republican ears and blind Republican eyes at the Senate impeachment trial:
http://www.borntorunthenumbers.com/2020/01/btrtn-mcconnellism-power-party-and.html
Excerpts: "It is a downward spiral of circular logic: Republicans want to clear Donald Trump of abuse of power by essentially acknowledging that he successfully obstructed Congress by refusing to allow witnesses to testify, so there are no direct witnesses to his abuse of power. But, uh, he also isn't guilty of obstructing Congress. Go figure...
"Is what we are witnessing merely the latest chapter in history of people in power scheming and bending the rules to preserve their power? Is it just a torqued-up, steroids-era, 21st century version of 'the ends justify the means?' Or are we witnessing something entirely new
something that would make Machiavelli himself shudder in awe?...
"What, exactly, is McConnellism? (1) the belief that loyalty to party and maintaining the partys power -- is more important than loyalty to country. (2) the belief that time is better spent destroying the opposition party and denying it any accomplishments than to actually accomplish anything. (3) It is a rarified hyper-hypocrisy that shamelessly applies different standards to the actions of one party than to ones own, and stubbornly refuses to apply the same standards to comparable actions taken by both parties. (4) It is a parasite that lives and thrives by sucking off the lies of others, be it Fox News or the President of the United States...
"The signature philosophy of McConnellism was laid down in Barack Obamas first term, when Mitch McConnell announced his intent and purpose as Senate Majority Leader: 'The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term President.' The particular aorta that Mitch McConnell severed the day he uttered those words cut the flow of blood to a particularly American notion of public conduct
to act in good faith..."
Pantagruel
(2,580 posts)American democracy, "McConnellism" would be an ideal virus to propagate.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Watching the close of today's session, McConnell was recognized and asked unanimous consent to adjourn. I would have given any Senator a shiny nickel to say "Object!" when McConnell made his motion. McConnell has blocked "unanimous consent" to stop the Senate from doing practically anything, and it would have been meet and proper for one Senator to force a vote of the full Senate to allow the motion to adjourn. Yeah, it wouldn't have made a blind bit of difference, but it would have served McConnell a teaspoon of his own medicine.
reggieandlee
(775 posts)The best medicine of all would be if just four Republican Senators found the courage to defy him.
crickets
(25,896 posts)The article as a whole is a damning indictment of Moscow Mitch and all he stands for. It's a distressing but absolutely necessary read.
UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)maxsolomon
(32,992 posts)He needs to go, KY. 36 years is enough.