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Senator Mitch McConnell receiving medical care after being admitted to hospital
(www.theguardian.com)
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You know what I want to do when I'm 84? Nap. Look at pictures of my grandkids and shit. Not be in any form of legislature.
But, because this fucking ghoul can't understand the appeal of properly enjoying the last years of your life, the rest of us will probably have to work ourselves to death so that he can die while still being in control of the country and make a bunch of other sociopathic asshats money.
Fuck you, Mitch. I hope it's painful and slow.
You clearly haven't become addicted to power.
What damn good is power if you spend your golden years grinding yourself into an undead shell?
I mean, yeah, I get that this is pathological on some level. But I'll never understand why you wouldn't have an exit strategy that allows you to enjoy the fruits of destroying a nation for at least a few years.
I'm not one of them. I'm a teacher. I can't pretend to truly understand it.
I hear you, it's an alien mindset.
Terrifying to think that our economy and government are rules by the pathology of people like this.