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[–] 212 points 2 months ago (22 children)

He's on sick leave. Which would be totally normal in Europe.

The irony here is that he gets to enjoy what he has worked rabidly his entire life to deny his fellow citizens.

Fuck this walking corpse.

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  • [–] 52 points 2 months ago (6 children)

    Yeah, if what was happening to Mitch wasn't so exceptional in America then this would be a non issue.

    Americans, btw, what's happening to Mitch is just what happens to ANY PERSON AT ALL in most countries when they are suffering from severe long-term illness and disability.

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  • [–] 56 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

    Except that most people in most countries are retired by age 84 and therefore wouldn't be "off" on sick leave in the first place.

    But yes, otherwise, the point stands.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Yeah, if what was happening to Mitch wasn’t so exceptional in America then this would be a non issue.

    It would still be an issue because (a) Kentuckians are missing half of their Senate representation, and (b) because his death is obviously being hidden for bad faith political purposes, to illegally deprive Kentucky's governor of his right to appoint a replacement.

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  • [–] 25 points 2 months ago (8 children)

    Except in most American jobs you would be fired by now for being on sick leave this long

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  • [–] 21 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    Yes, that's one of the things that happens in this violent and inhumane nation. I now live in Europe, and I had a lot more than 75 days of sick leave when I had my amputation. I still have my job and my employer isn't mad at me in the slightest, because here it's understood that shit happens and that's life.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Now the orange felon has made it nearly impossible for americans to leave because the world hates our guts even more. I'd be embarrassed to even go to another country without a short that just says SORRYYYYYY on it.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago

    I certainly would be careful about saying you're American if you go on vacation abroad. But I'm a long-time expat, and I can tell you if you behave well and you integrate in the society of your choice, people know the difference between ugly Americans and those who choose to be better.

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  • [–] 109 points 2 months ago

    That's not too bad. Remember when they uncovered a child pedophelia ring, locked up a women and then told us we're moving on from it.

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  • [–] 74 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    They're using this to test how long Americans will tolerate having a clearly dead person hold elected office for when Trump finally farts himself to death

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  • [–] 64 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Hey what's up with them Epstein files?

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  • [–] 54 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    When it comes out that he’s dead but they waited long enough that there is no time for a special election, they should just have the special election anyway, because he was away from his duties before the deadline.

    It’s procedural fuckery to get what you want. he would’ve loved it.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    At this point they will keep covering up his death until Jan 21st.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

    When it comes out that he’s dead but they waited long enough that there is no time for a special election, they should just have the special election anyway, because he was away from his duties before the deadline.

    No. Kentucky's governor should just immediately appoint a replacement, because the law requiring a special election was already unconstitutional (according to KY's state constitution) to begin with. Which is also, by the way, probably why they're continuing to conceal his death even after the fake 'deadline' has passed.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago

    Part of the reason for the deadline is so the special election could be held properly with sufficient time to staff and run it how you're supposed to.

    Regardless of this fucking chicanery nobody should be pushing to give them excuses to water down election integrity or change established rules on the fly. He can be ousted in the midterms.

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  • [+] 49 points 2 months ago (2 children)
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  • [–] 26 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    He absolutely has to be, or at least has such brain damage he cannot function properly. They wouldn't go through so much to hide his state like this.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Still waiting for anything to actually come from it AND be able to finally officially celebrate

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  • [–] 22 points 2 months ago* (4 children)

    Part of the problem is Mitch McConnell's absence advantages the Democratic party since it leaves the vote vacant as absent.

    If a special election were had, a Republican would surely replace McConnell, and they would vote on the Senate floor.

    This lends evidence McConnell is still alive, and the GOP is unwilling to pressure his administration to step down. It's a situation similar to Diane Feinstein.

    No one gives up power until its pried from their cold, dead hands.

    It might be proper to pass forcing officials to step down id they are absent for a set length of time, and to mandate periodic proof-of-life correspondence in order to keep elected office. Confirmations of life and condition by a professional under penalty of perjury during absence might also be in order. But this is all conversation for the post-revolution constitutional committee.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 months ago (8 children)

    I think the turtle is dead

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago (7 children)

    At this point the deadline has passed for it to matter for bye-elections. If he was dead why wouldn't they just say so. The whole thing stinks, it hasn't made a lick of sense from the start.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    At this point the deadline has passed for it to matter for bye-elections.

    Well fuck. I hope there's still time for the hello-elections!

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    They can’t announce it too quickly or else it’ll look suspicious… well, more suspicious than this shit already looks. They think they’re pulling a sneaky

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    This exactly it. Plus the Kentucky Governor said they're are loop holes they can use if he is dead, so they are delaying for as long as they can. Which likely means until the next GOP person can campaign and run for senator.

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  • [–] 34 points 2 months ago

    This country is such a joke. And its not even funny.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Current US politics are ridiculous. How come there aren’t large protests with burnt tires, thrown concrete blocks, and biological waste being pumped into government buildings like France had in the recent years? And before anybody points that out, French police and military also have guns, so being armed is not unique to the US forces. Hasn’t prevented the unarmed Frenchies from taking action too.

    Mere words don’t mean anything to these politicians.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 months ago

    I was just talking about this for my fiance last night. I can guarantee you that it won't be long after the election that he will have suddenly died in the hospital. My opinion is that he's probably just being kept on life support, brain dead.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Oh I care.

    I hope he's alive and not dead. Alive but sick and in a lot of pain.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Turning what’s left of him into a realistic skin suit and finding a suitable actor who can imitate the way he speaks isn’t done in a few days.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 months ago

    How about we all do the same and receive the same benefits... oh right none of us are a corrupt asshole that has received gifts and funding from every shitty company that has been poisoning us and the planet!

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    It's been 75 days already?? Fuck this guy.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    You got my hopes up. I read MMA instead of MIA for a second. Now you have to make it happen or I'm gonna cry.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    the Harp bs was probably realesed to distract from it

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  • [–] 23 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Everything all the time is a distraction from the two only two things that really matter:

    • The upcoming rigged mid-terms and the final entrenchment of the American fascist regime.
    • The Epstein files.
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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago

    We've moved on from demanding answers. Now people just say, he's dead, and carry on.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago

    I think he’s been turtle soup for a few weeks now

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    Wish he'd hurry up and die so we don't have to keep paying him.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago

    Considering what Republican US senators do, his absence makes exactly zero difference.

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