We'll get another once they let a non partisan doctor in to check McConnell's vitals.

You’re absolutely wrong about him. He was a PILE of shit, not a piece!

Yeah the whole 'moral high ground' shit of not wishing death on anyone only serves to protect evil people from vigilante justice.

The best response to a tumor is excision.

I suspect Mark Twain only felt that way because the internet didn't exist so he wasn't exposed to literally all of the evil things these people tend to do.

People as bad existed in the past, but due to limited communication technology their ability to screw over the entire planetary population was severely limited.

Yay!!!! I too thought was being punked. First fucking headline can't believe it. Damn wish had friends to celebrate with. My kid just said "who" when I told him.

When I read it I was just filled with joy. I feel awful about feeling good about somebody's death though, piece of shit though he was

I would have preferred he lingered in a state of horrible suffering, tbh.

What did he have to say about Hell?

A rather rancid British politician was just murdered, so thats an infernal trio.

No, because it was a "brief and sudden" illness. Doesn't sound like he suffered

Sounds like there will be a lot fewer people filling his seat from now on.

Unless SC has weird rules like KY does, they will probably just hold the special election at the same time as the general, with the same candidates, since the general election is so close. They might be able to consolidate the two elections into the same ballot line, but maybe they can't, and there will be two lines the ballot for the same job.

So someone will be appointed to the job soon. Then, that person will get the job until whoever wins the special election is certified, probably mid-november. Then, whoever wins the General Election will take over whe the term officially begins in January.

Since SC is a safe Republican seat, though, the current Republican nominee will probably get appointed to the seat, and win both elections, so he will keep it until 2032.

Edited to add: ah, it looks like Graham was already the nominee. This will put SC Republicans in a bit of a time crunch to select a replacement. Because of that, it's possible they appoint a caretaker to only take the job until November, so that they can take the proper time to find a replacement on the ballot....

In any case, there is zero chance a Democrat can get this seat in SC. Even if Republicans can't pick a replacement in time for the election, SC would still elect a dead Republican over any Democrat.

The next guy in the endless line.

My compromise is that I believe in hell for really shitty people in positions of power, and that's it.

Since he flew back from Ukraine the day before, I'm thinking blood clot, embolism, something like that. 8 (?) hours on a plane is tough for anybody, much less older folks.

Will I miss him? Absolutely not.