"So as of this morning, our country has officially a president-elect and a vice president-elect," Mitch McConnell says.
"So today I want to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden." https://t.co/ZWDsJ78zuJ
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) December 15, 2020
Dude really sounds like he’s about to burst into tears. As though he won’t take great glee in four more years of obstructing every Democratic attempt to make peoples’ lives better!
President-elect Biden won the Electoral College yesterday. Then Barr was fired/resigned. And today Putin acknowledged Biden as the winner. Which gave the green light to Moscow Mitch McConnell to do the same.
— Scott Dworkin (@funder) December 16, 2020
??NEW On a Senate R call just now, @senatemajldr, @RoyBlunt & @SenJohnThune all pleaded with Senate Rs to NOT object to the election results Jan. 6.
MCCONNEL: it’s a “terrible vote” for the GOP. They’d have to vote it down, which makes it seem like they are anti Trump, he said
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) December 15, 2020
You know Trump's luck has run out now that Mitch McConnell has conceded the election. Because forget Putin, if Mitch can't find a way to subvert American democracy, it can't be done. pic.twitter.com/BHdLxFaJC1
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) December 16, 2020
A lot of people with platforms from which they can influence people prefer to caterwaul about how ~the system is broken~ than to acknowledge and inform the public that the system is being held hostage by political terrorists with names and addresses. https://t.co/VjHVWFvQB8
— Official Synanon (@OfficialSynanon) December 15, 2020
Shameless nutpicking: I hope #MoscowMitch enjoys being the target of the Leopards Eating Peoples Faces Party, until the next shiny object catches their mayfly attention…
The Swamp is deep and the greed is sickening. #FightForTrump Exclusive — Peter Schweizer: Mitch McConnell’s Family Fortune Dependent on Chinese Government's ‘Good Graces’ https://t.co/DZaeTN09G5 via @BreitbartNews
— President-Elect TrumpCat4-????? (@TrumpCat04) December 16, 2020
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
It’s pretty bad that Putin, a foreign autocrat, recognized Biden’s win before McConnell
scav
Boy, are they going to hate Ivanka.
HalfAssedHomesteader
Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/trump-mar-a-lago-neighbors-dispute/2020/12/15/bc2ce1d0-3ed4-11eb-9453-fc36ba051781_story.html
I point and I laugh.
Ian
Is the image on twitter of a cat superimposed with a Christmas hat and Donald Trump’s eyes?
Ridnik Chrome
“If you think it’s just McConnell you’re wrong.”
The problem is Fox News. As long as they’re allowed to systematically disinform millions of people every day with no consequences, things are not going to get better.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
I will say, Ali is right that it’s not just McConnell. Romney may be more willing to speak up than any other R of national standing, he’s still not willing to put a dent in McConnell, much less derail him.
I just saw a clip of Lindsey Graham on Fox tonight saying that there should be a special counsel to investigate the Bidens because of every thing the trump family has been put through. In 2016, besides predicting that trump would destroy the Republican party, LG was very critical of McConnell’s obstruction of Garland, saying it would come back on them
Mary G
This poor baby has been fighting brain cancer her whole life, please send all good vibes:
NotMax
He’s well aware he’ll be sitting with a slim 50-48 Senate margin until both races from Georgia are decided and confirmed.
dmsilev
@HalfAssedHomesteader: I read that story and laughed as well. Not that Trump will care; breaking contracts that he agreed to is one thing he’s genuinely good at.
Kent
Breitbart is going after McConnell now?
They are eating their own…Heh.
Looking forward to much more of that over the next 4 years.
The Oracle of Solace
It’s nice to see Trumpists attacking the GOP. I really hope the American Right spends its time forming the kinds of circular firing squads I’m accustomed to seeing on the American Left.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
I have a fairly good memory but I had to click on the replies to be reminded who the other SML spouse who was Sec of Transportation. I had completely forgotten about Liddy Dole.
@dmsilev: who knows if he even wants to live at MaL full time– there’s no golf course there, right? just a pool and food? The family has a long history in Palm Beach, I think trump might already own another house there
Punchy
@Ridnik Chrome: I think it goes the other way around. Fox is just giving their viewers what they demand; the few times they attempt to actually go truthy, the clowns jump to OOAN. Cant blame a network for making mint by giving viewer lies and bullshit when its clear their viewers want absolutely nothing but lies and bullshit, all day every day.
Wag
GOP in disarray!!!!
oldgold
We need term limits for Congress – 2 terms for Senators and 4 terms for House Members.
It would improve, if not cure, a lot of what is wrong with our politics – an addiction to power and money.
david
Mitch also filled the seat vacated by Amy Coney Barrett today; but, sure… slam dunk.
oclib
@NotMax:
It’s my understanding that both Perdue and Loeffler are still sitting senators until at least Jan 3….am I wrong?
The Moar You Know
@oldgold: Fuck term limits. I have a right to the representation I choose for as long as I choose to have it. I have good Congresspeople. I want them to stay there as long as possible.
Mo Salad
@oldgold: Nope. Why would you insist on booting people right at the point where they are starting to get good at their jobs? Michigan has had Draconian term limits for years. ALEC ends up writing most of the stuff the Republicans propose because nobody knows how to actually write laws or craft policy when they are limited to only six years in the house and eight in the senate.
CaseyL
@oldgold: We already have term limits: it’s called primaries. If people don’t want superannuated Representatives/Senators, they can vote for someone newer and fresher in the primary.
That would mean people need to pay attention to politics more often than once every four years, and learn more than the information in paid political ads. The fact that so many eligible voters don’t is on the voters, not the politicians.
Wag
@oclib: One, I believe Loefflrr, is up as an appointed Senator. Tiger seat may be eligible for immediate vacancy.
Cacti
Not an accident.
Chetan Murthy
@oldgold: Quite to the contrary: it would result in inexperienced legislators who would be forced to rely even moreso on lobbyists than they do already. Wanna fix the problem? Get money out of campaigns. Reverse Citizens United, provide mandatory public funding for all federal races, and fund the staffs of legislators and committees the way they used to be, before Newt blew that up.
Mike in NC
Elaine Chao has been sucking on the government teat for 30+ years. When does that end?
VOR
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: Trump International Golf Club West Palm Beach is less than 5 miles from Mar A Lago. The Trump Doral in Miami is about 75 minutes away, per Google Maps.
Yutsano
I am just so glad this fucking woman is about to be booted back to Michigan. Get the fuck out Betsy. Your staff fucking hates you.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@oldgold: Term limits exist, it’s called the ballot box. Arbitrary term limits don’t work.
dmsilev
@Punchy: The Post had an amusing story yesterday about how the more-extreme-than-Fox stations are coping with Biden’s Electoral College win:
‘This is the reality’: Newsmax and One America grapple uneasily with Biden’s electoral college victory
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Chetan Murthy: Yup.
Kent
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: DOT is where the GOP park their wives. It is where the Dem’s park their token Republicans. Which is actually what Bush did too with Norm Minetta.
HumboldtBlue
@Kent:
Yeah, but this time around we have multiple transportation industries under tremendous economic distress — trucking, railroads, airlines, shipping — that will need careful managing.
gwangung
@oldgold: No, it wouldn’t. In fact, it would make it worse…it would place power even more firmly in the hands of lobbyists…who’d be guiding the babe in the woods…for their own good, naturally…
Yutsano
Oh hot damn.
There might still be an objection in the Senate yet!
End of this Politico article re: Yertle trying to keep the Senate in line. This might be popcorn-worthy.
trnc
Maybe not so much an issue of McConnell not recognizing Biden’s win as understanding who holds the leash around his own neck.
Kent
@HumboldtBlue: Oh, I agree that DOT is important. It just hasn’t historically been treated as important by either party.
oldgold
Mo Salad
DECEMBER 15, 2020 AT 11:40 PM
@oldgold: Nope. Why would you insist on booting people right at the point where they are starting to get
Mo Salad
DECEMBER 15, 2020 AT 11:40 PM
@oldgold: Nope. Why would you insist on booting people right at the point where they are starting to get good at their jobs?
What?!? Starting to get good at their jobs? Ha! These bastards put the fun in dysfunctional several decades ago.
oldgold
Mo Salad
DECEMBER 15, 2020 AT 11:40 PM
@oldgold: Nope. Why would you insist on booting people right at the point where they are starting to get
Mo Salad
DECEMBER 15, 2020 AT 11:40 PM
@oldgold: Nope. Why would you insist on booting people right at the point where they are starting to get good at their jobs?
What?!? Starting to get good at their jobs? Ha! These bastards put the fun in dysfunctional several decades ago.
@?BillinGlendaleCA:
Mike in NC
@trnc: Didn’t some oligarch pledge about $400M to invest in a factory in KY to benefit Moscow Mitch? Worth an investigation by the next AG.
HalfAssedHomesteader
@Mike in NC: And I believe they lifted Magnitsky sanctions on a Russian oligarch to get it done.
West of the Rockies
@Yutsano:
I’m looks-shaming here, but–gack!–DeVos is a drab creature. May her remaining years be spent in bitter resentment and disappointment.
Mallard Filmore
@Yutsano: So if there is a Republican objection to counting the Electoral Votes, the Democrats send the issue to a committee for extensive study. Time runs out and Pelosi becomes President.
Biden said the DOJ belongs to “the people” and will not interfere with its operations. Pelosi did not make that promise.
West of the Rockies
@Yutsano:
Can someone have a punchable name? Tommy Tuberville… I wish a Tyson right cross would land on his grinning mug.
Another Scott
Electoral College dude gotta go!!
Cheers,
Scott.
smike
@West of the Rockies:
Well, she won’t suffer without comfort. Her family wealth is actually in the billions , unlike you-know-who. I think she takes pride in screwing the undeserving lower-class ‘leeches’. I’m sure she’s very proud of herself.
NotMax
@oclib
I’m talking about the new Congress which convenes on January 3rd. And deals with the electoral votes on the 6th. McConnell can readily see that all it takes is two to (as it were) un-tango.
Ian
@oldgold: My 2 cents is that states with term limits on their state congress critters have just much corruption and money issues as non term limit states. Inexperienced legislators are not immune to bribery or corruption, nor do they lack in desire for power.
Enhanced Voting Techniques
@The Oracle of Solace: I’m skeptical of the GOP civil war thing. Most of the commentators being quoted from Parlor and so on are nut cases not normally involved because they are insane fan bois. It’s also questionable how much this thus is simply kayfabe since a lot of Trump fans are big time wrestling fans.
Jay
@oldgold:
Flying Phil Galardi,
Corrupt as hell, ( Flying Phil for his speeding tickets, entered politics with $1500 in the bank, retired a multi-millionaire, ( along with his kids) on an MLA’s salary of $16k a year.
Still beloved.
We got highways, hydro, bus service, public insurance, medical care, Universities and affordable post secondary education, amongst other things.
NotMax
@Kent
A DoT plays a role in attending to climate change mitigation I’m particularly pleased to see someone so young in the post, someone who has a much longer term vested interest in working toward a planet which moves away from becoming increasingly uninhabitable than do some of the usual suspects for cabinet posts.
Jay
@West of the Rockies:
May all her yachts sink.
West of the Rockies
@smike:
True, but money does ot guarantee bliss. She may be pampered, but I doubt she is joyful. Look at that face: do you see genuine happiness and contentment? I don’t.
NotMax
@NotMax
Torturing the metaphor, will throw in that an agency of the second water is a good spot for him to get his feet wet and learn the fine points of navigation upon (and within) the federal ocean.
smike
@West of the Rockies:
True, I think there is bitterness there. It’s not a pretty sight.
oclib
@NotMax:
gotcha….I was assuming you were talking about the current situation which is 52-48. Still, I would guess that McConnell would not bring anything to the floor during that time period when in doubt…
DFM
@Yutsano: Tuberville is probably stupid enough to begin his Senate career by crossing McConnell.
David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch
I imagine Ted Cruz and Aqua Buddha will object on Jan 6th
NotMax
@David Merry Christmas Koch
As it is, while usually a formality dealt with quickly, each state’s or district’s votes is technically allotted two hours of debate, so the process potentially could be dragged out for quite some time.
sab
@oldgold: Ohio tried that and it made things much much worse.
Sloane Ranger
@Ridnik Chrome: Fox news is on the way out, too moderate, too much of a toehold on reality. It’s actually describing Joe as President elect.
The real loonies are moving to OAN or Newsman, who are still fighting the election outcome, like Japanese soldiers in a jungle hideout in 1950.
Gvg
@Sloane Ranger: but those don’t have profitable cable contracts that get them into nearly all TV’s in America. I also don’t think cable companies will make the same mistake twice.
i wonder if the increase in people cutting the cable and going internet streaming will hurt fox too.
The Oracle of Solace
@Enhanced Voting Techniques: Oh, there won’t be a GOP civil war—it takes at least two sides to have a war, after all. But every day the Trumpists vent their spleen at their own elected officials is a good day, and I can only hope it lasts.
Uncle Cosmo
@oldmold: This wasn’t worth posting once, let alone twice. And your original post wasn’t worth posting at all.
Glad to see so many here pushing back on your stupid notion. Maybe there’s hope for this site yet.
Miss Bianca
@oldgold: It would also make our system of government even more dysfunctional than it is already. I live in a state with term limits, and it’s a goddamn shit show trying to get the politicians up to speed on any particular issue – say, the need for state funding for adult education outside the higher ed system. It takes one full term to get them to recognize that there’s an issue, then the next term to recognize that the issue ought to be funded, then…they’re gone, and you have to start all over.
Believe me, it’s not the solution you’re looking for.
WaterGirl
@Uncle Cosmo: I agree that term limits is a really bad idea, but why do you have to be a dick about it when you say so?