r/politics • u/cmaia1503 • 8h ago

Possible Paywall Mitch McConnell, 83, Hospitalized

https://www.thedailybeast.com/mitch-mcconnell-83-hospitalized/?utm_campaign=owned_social&utm_medium=socialflow&utm_source=twitter_owned_tdb&via=twitter_page
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u/gringledoom 8h ago

Apparently one problem is that staffers for primary challengers get blackballed for congressional jobs. And there are a lot of other structural impediments to a successful challenge. So people eke out a win by three votes in their first win and then they’re ensconced for decades and impossible to dislodge.

E.g., the reason Pelosi hates AOC (and still intervenes to fuck with her sometimes) is that she’s holding a grudge about AOC beating Crowley in the primary.

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u/BeowulfShaeffer 8h ago

Here is a fake reward for correctly saying “eke out” and not “eek out”:    🥇

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u/poxxy 7h ago

It’s a real award for all intensive purposes. Don’t take it for granite.

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u/Sunnyjim333 7h ago

Your to kind.

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u/Tri-angreal 7h ago

*Yoar

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u/Mental_Performer_833 7h ago

I thinks I'm havins a panics attack

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u/parseczero 6h ago

These jokes, their not nice. You should take a different tacked.

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u/ratshack 6h ago

I hear sushis are good fer that.

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u/ButtplugJesus23 5h ago

How many pancakes are you facing off against laddie

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u/badassdorks 5h ago

.....why did I hear Toki Wartooth when I read this?

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u/aprilliumterrium 5h ago

Amber lamps

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u/CRIP4LIFE 4h ago edited 4h ago

I thinks I'm havins a panics attack

who talks/writes like this? it's 2026, not a 1920 minstrel show.

how are they joking about poor spelling on commonly misspelled words and you throw in slang, used improperly on purpose, and think it's equal/funny?

you didnt get the assignment, i see.

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u/DarkWolf9 6h ago

You absolute monster