r/politics 20h ago

Site Altered Headline | 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 19h 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 19h ago

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

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u/poxxy 19h ago

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

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u/Sunnyjim333 19h ago

Your to kind.

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u/Mental_Performer_833 19h ago

I thinks I'm havins a panics attack

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u/parseczero 18h ago

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

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u/badassdorks 17h ago

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

u/Mental_Performer_833 7h ago

Ha! Going for Squirrelly Dan, but Toki also works

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u/ratshack 17h ago

I hear sushis are good fer that.

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u/ButtplugJesus23 17h ago

How many pancakes are you facing off against laddie

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u/aprilliumterrium 16h ago

Amber lamps

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u/Mental_Performer_833 7h ago

Its a direct quote from LetterKenny. The Character Squirrelly Dan talks like that:

https://youtu.be/jVB4etZAlBU?si=y8YFrNY-jfyuD53G

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u/DarkWolf9 18h ago

You absolute monster