Gravedigger of American Democracy? - - Mitch McConnell.

[jmacvols1]

 

[jmacvols1]

Benny Johnson
@bennyjohnson
·
4h
Neurosurgeon I know just texted me in response to the McConnell video saying it’s obvious that McConnell just suffered from an acute stroke.

“You can see it in the eyes. Dead eyes. Forgets where he is and who he is. Cognitive breakdown. Common in stroke patients”

 

[clarksvol00]

Damn it! Who forgot to replace his batteries?

Looks like something serious happened to him, not a laughing matter.

 

[Orangeslice13]

Looks like something serious happened to him, not a laughing matter.

Looked similar to that episode Nadler had a while back.
At some point we need to stop electing the extreme elderly as our leaders

 

[85SugarVol]

I don't think that one hits like you think it hits.

Livin life as Mayday Malone? Sounds like a sweet gig to me.

 

[clarksvol00]

Looked similar to that episode Nadler had a while back.
At some point we need to stop electing the extreme elderly as our leaders

Feinstein is also a problem.

 

[GroverCleveland]

Looks like something serious happened to him, not a laughing matter.

Consider the poster.

 

[85SugarVol]

Term limits

The people should be allowed to choose their representatives.

 

[clarksvol00]

Consider the poster.

Lot of posters, regardless of ideology, like to take pleasure in this kind of thing.

 

[clarksvol00]

The people should be allowed to choose their representatives.

Everybody wants terms limits... but they keep voting for the same people.

 

[JOEY’S ALL VOL !!!]

The people should be allowed to choose their representatives.

Agreed, but term limits would not deny that opportunity, it would only narrow the field to choose from. There are already certain restrictions on who can run for office, term limits would just add one more and it is desperately needed.

 

[jmacvols1]

Mitch McConnell escorted away from press conference after falling silent

"Twelve minutes after the pause during Wednesday's press conference, McConnell returned to the podium and was asked if the incident was related to his injury earlier this year.

“I’m fine,” McConnell responded. When asked whether he was still fully able to do his job, he said, "Yeah." A McConnell aide told Yahoo News that the senator "felt light-headed" and stepped away for a moment."

 

[LadyVolette]

the old "I prefer horse crap to dog crap" thinking

Or the ‘I voted for Biden because he’s a better human’… ummm, what?

 

[LadyVolette]

Feinstein is also a problem.

Didn’t she ‘step down’ or they told her she had to?

 

[LadyVolette]

Everybody wants terms limits... but they keep voting for the same people.

Well, the people who are there never vote on it because then they would lose their gig.. not what the founders intended.. lifelong politicians lol (changed what I said.. wasn’t lady-like)

 

[RockyTop85]

Looks like something serious happened to him, not a laughing matter.

Looks like the description of a dyscognitive seizure.

 

[85SugarVol]

Everybody wants terms limits... but they keep voting for the same people.

I get the appeal of term limits. But let the people choose, don’t limit their choices via statute. Jmo.

 

[85SugarVol]

Agreed, but term limits would not deny that opportunity, it would only narrow the field to choose from. There are already certain restrictions on who can run for office, term limits would just add one more and it is desperately needed.

Disagree.

If someone has “termed out”, they are no longer eligible to be chosen by the People. You’ve limited their choice.

 

[Vol737]

It is a concern seeing someone just go "out" like that, like him or not. However, the man is 81 years old. Why even still be in DC? That is not what I want to be doing if I'm fortunate enough to hit 81 in "decent health".

 

[JOEY’S ALL VOL !!!]

Disagree.

If someone has “termed out”, they are no longer eligible to be chosen by the People. You’ve limited their choice.

I can see that sentiment, but choice is already limited. A 12 year old boy can’t be Governor, should he be allowed to be just because his ineligibility narrows the choices? Should a child rapist in prison be eligible because his exclusion limits the people’s choices? Restrictions are already there for “the people” and term limits is a worthy restriction. Just my opinion.

 

[85SugarVol]

I can see that sentiment, but choice is already limited. A 12 year old boy can’t be Governor, should he be allowed to be just because his ineligibility narrows the choices? Should a child rapist in prison be eligible because his exclusion limits the people’s choices? Restrictions are already there for “the people” and term limits is a worthy restriction. Just my opinion.

Who would choose either. But convicted felons can run for office.

 

[JOEY’S ALL VOL !!!]

Who would choose either. But convicted felons can run for office.

Who would choose the many that are there now? but yet there they are.

 

[turbovol]

Or the ‘I voted for Biden because he’s a better human’… ummm, what?

Yes, that would be very true. Thanks for noticing.

 

[turbovol]

The two-year House term is stupid--too short. It means that the members spend half their time doing reelection-type work, especially the second year. IMO House terms should be four years--and then we should have, say, a three-term limit, so 12 years in office, max. And Senators should be limited to, say, three terms--that's just over 20 years. But we'll never get Congress to vote for putting a term limit on their cushy jobs.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

I don’t care so much about term limits as I do campaign finance reform. If an elected official is representing their constituents well for a couple of decades then they shouldn’t necessarily be forced to give them up. But unfortunately they learn how to serve and enrich themselves. Rules and laws could be stronger. Pay and benefits could be cut to make it not so lucrative to spend a lifetime in office.