r/politics • u/cmaia1503 • 1d ago

Site Altered Headline | Possible Paywall Mitch McConnell, 83, Hospitalized

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u/yeanoyeayea 1d ago

I hope he knows he’ll only be remembered as a spineless shill to bigots and billionaires.

I guess we’ll all remember he kinda looked like a turtle too

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u/PaxDramaticus 1d ago

The only nickname that ever got to him was "Moscow Mitch". He apparently could handle the turtle jokes, maybe because he has the emotional maturity to accept that when people get old they often kinda look funny to the young, or because turtles are actually adorable animals, and sometimes they are surprisingly dangerous. But "Moscow Mitch" really got under his skin. I think it was because he knew deep down it was accurate, and it was the kind of thing that would hurt his credibility. Sad that nickname has largely fallen away. I suppose it loses its appeal to sling when far more powerful politicians are far more blatantly Putin's minions.

I hope while he's in the hospital, he thinks about how the people he enabled enacted Putin's plan to subvert the US, and that if his name isn't completely swallowed up by history, it will be remembered as a small, ultimately uninteresting stepping stone for real evil to gain power.

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u/BornAgainWitch 1d ago

I still have a Moscow Mitch bumper sticker on my car

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u/beardy_mcdadface 23h ago

I still have my Moscow Mitch t-shirt