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Mitch McConnell Is A Threat To The Future Of America (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2019 OP
yes. he. is riversedge Dec 2019 #1
Him - and the radicalized Big Business interests that back him (and Cheeto) sandensea Dec 2019 #2
K and R Stuart G Dec 2019 #3
Query: Wasn't the real reason why Obama didn't appoint judges via no_hypocrisy Dec 2019 #4
What goes through my mind is: look at this guy. How the hell can he be a threat to anything? KPN Dec 2019 #5
He's got that Heinrich Himmler look... n/t Woodycall Dec 2019 #6
He has the army of Fux Nooze watchers behind him mdbl Dec 2019 #7

sandensea

(21,600 posts)
2. Him - and the radicalized Big Business interests that back him (and Cheeto)
Thu Dec 26, 2019, 06:31 PM
Dec 2019

No fascist ever rose to power without backing from his country's business leaders.

Not all of them are so inclined, of course - but those that are, easily become the biggest threat to any democracy.

no_hypocrisy

(46,020 posts)
4. Query: Wasn't the real reason why Obama didn't appoint judges via
Thu Dec 26, 2019, 09:35 PM
Dec 2019

Recess Appointments was McConnell had a pro forma Senate technically gavel in during recesses, so Obama wouldn't have that option? (Obviously, Obama could have done that when Harry Reid was Majority Leader in the Senate.)

KPN

(15,635 posts)
5. What goes through my mind is: look at this guy. How the hell can he be a threat to anything?
Fri Dec 27, 2019, 12:34 AM
Dec 2019

Which of course is why he is if you burrow to the root of it. Because that's exactly how he feels deep inside himself -- powerless, worthless, impotent -- all of which he really is.

Geesh! Fucking humans (well, some of them; thank god for the rest)!

mdbl

(4,973 posts)
7. He has the army of Fux Nooze watchers behind him
Fri Dec 27, 2019, 10:32 AM
Dec 2019

They are those stupid people in your family everyone always avoided.

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