All I can think is that he’s now a bitter, senile old man, ranting at clouds.
That’s what really appalling. There’s no interest in compromise or actually accomplishing anything. Just naked opposition.
Well, if he just fades away mumbling “didn’t actually intend for things to go to shit quite this hard, dunno what happened”, then what vestige of a “legacy” will he have left?
IMHO McConnell has a serious case of Saruman Syndrome. He thought he could go on running things to his advantage and manipulate and dominate the people of all ideological persuasions he was in contact with. He underestimated the rising power of Sauron (Trumpism) and thought he could ride the storm for his own benefit, no matter which side was ultimately dominant.
Even though Trumpism is nowhere near as defeated (yet?) as Sauron, ISTM that McConnell has moved into his Shire-wrecking phase. He will stoop to anything that will contribute to continuing his accustomed role as a dominant mastermind, and will harm the “other side” who dared to oppose him.
“Sharkey McConnell” has a nice ring to it.
Moscow Mitch is alliterative, and is known to piss him off, which adds to its appeal.
IMHO, I think we have to look at his connections. The moniker, “Moscow Mitch,” doesn’t arise out of nothing. He has close known ties to Russia. One can only imagine the unknown ties.
He also has close ties to China via his wife and former Transportation Secretary, Elaine Chao. Again, there is known corruption there. And probably a lot of unknown.
Were these connections to be closely scrutinized, I expect there are more than a few serious criminal violations of law.
At Moscow Mitch’s age, there are likely few things more frightening than having your vast fortune escheated and your physical liberty revoked. More than enough impetus to carry on with maximum obstruction and the piffle of destroying our democracy.
Does that make Bernie Sanders Frodo?
geez, I’m not sure I really want to get into expanding this allegory, but carry on, it’s public domain
The MyPillow guy is “investigating” Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Wikipedia, and claims their bosses will all be going to jail.
Mike Lindell is starting to sound like the homeless guy who told me that swinging your arms when you walk gives you cancer.
Wouldn’t that require that there be conservative policies (it’s a plural, so need at least more besides “let’s cut taxes”)?
“… Lindell announced that he had hired a team of investigators to look into Zuckerberg, Dorsey and others that he believes are guilty of ‘criminal activity.’”
I wonder if it’s the same crack team of investigators that Trump hired and sent to Hawaii to uncover The Truth™ about Obama’s birth certificate?
Sorry, logical questions immediately disqualified. Please move to the end of the line.
The thing with Mitch is that this isn’t a new development. I have often asked myself the same question - why does he do it? It’s not just about personal or generational wealth. He’s doing well in that regard, but not RICH rich. If he wanted to be RICH rich, he’d be better off in the private sector - or retiring a long time ago and moving into the “former Senator” gravy train. As far as I know, he doesn’t have kids?
So, I’m left with only one conclusion - POWER (as he sees it). Personally, I am on the opposite end of the spectrum of people who crave power, but I can intellectually move my brain around to see how someone can be motivated like that. Now, one might ask - OK, power to what ends? Sure, he can point to “accomplishments” that serve the conservative agenda. But underneath that, I don’t think he really (like REALLY really) cares about taxes or judges or abortions - those are just means to his ends. So, instead it’s kinda nihilistic.
I think that once you’ve gotten a taste of real POWER, it’s an addiction - you just crave more and don’t want to stop.
He has 3 kids with his first wife, who became the women’s history archivist at Smith college. His youngest daughter, Porter, is an activist, against pretty much everything Mitch is for
Isn’t his wife really rich, from the shipping company owned by her family?
He’s trying to regain favor with the MAGites he pissed off when he said Trump should go to trial.
Or he’s trying to compensate for his great-granny neck.
He never got picked as the ‘Captain’ of his grade school basket ball team at a recess game.
He promised them a bright shiny new basket.