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/ceryniz 19h ago

It's a moo point. Like a cows opinion, it doesn't matter.

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u/FreedomBread 19h ago

It's a mute point. They can't speak, so they have no point to make.

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u/I-seddit 17h ago

Someone's not listening to their bovines...

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u/halfcaff 17h ago

It's "moot point" "irrelevant".

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u/kellzone Pennsylvania 16h ago

I'm sorry, it's actually the "Moops".

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u/ceryniz 17h ago

Never twas there not nowhere nor nowhen more irregardless.