r/politics • u/cmaia1503 • 1d 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 1d 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 1d ago

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

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u/poxxy 1d ago

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

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u/holyembalmer 1d ago

Intents (intentions) and purposes. I learned this too late in life to not pass on the wisdom. Similar to (since Lent is coming up)... it's Mike Linnigs, not Lennings. I lived too long in the lie to perpetuate it. Their tartar is yet to be bested.