It's betrayal. It's traitorous (in the colloquial sense). But there's something even more deeply sinister going on, something that very few want to articulate: The GOP want to destroy the United States and sell it for parts. I mean that almost literally. By driving the country into a Depression, they can break it apart, destroy what's left of our institutions, consign Americans (or post-Americans) to a lifetime of servitude to corporations that have become increasingly fascist in over the last five decades.
McConnell is one of history's great monsters. But he's also a front for a party that has weaponized the Constitution against itself, turning norms, parliamentary procedures, and even the Bill of Rights itself into a universal solvent that will eat away at everything and everyone until there's nothing left.
Mitch McConnell is a traitor. It's been obvious for a decade or more but never really given a full analysis because of all the partisan, now tribal, noise that dominates political discourse. And sadly, even if such a complete analysis existed, it would be buried in the Fox News bubble.
Look at the photos of the unmasked "freedom protesters" who have been brought together by three right-wing brothers manipulating information on Facebook and you'll see another truth: these people are filled with justifiable anger, but that rage makes it impossible for them to think rationally and examine empirical evidence. (My irrational rage makes me hope that all the folks protesting catch coronavirus--especially the ones waving Confederate flags. Luckily for me, I can usually set that aside and think of the other, innocent Americans who might be adversely impacted because of their connections to the protesters.)
While I'm glad that this article focuses on McConnell, in general, I believe the mainstream media has to bear some of the blame for the situation we find ourselves in now, because the focus has been on Trump, whose constant braying for attention has worked.
Moreover, in the days, weeks, and years before the Trump presidency (yes, hard to believe there was such a time), when McConnell exercised his power for the sake of personally feeling powerful, very few in the media called his actions traitorous because they assaulted the common good and flew in the face of our collective understanding and acceptance of the norms that bind us together as a people.
In fact, McConnell has never had the common good as his lodestar. Even though the evidence was all around us, the most egregious being his refusal to allow the Senate to confirm Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court--did any of the other Republican senators speak out against McConnell's decision? McConnell's power kept the Republican majority in line.
That affront to our democratic norms was allowed to stand at the time because people thought Hillary Clinton would win the election of 2016, so the fiasco would wind up being a "no harm, no foul." It was viewed as a simple declaration of McConnell's power, frustrating to many, and certainly norm-smashing, but a Republican ploy. I doubt Democrats would see it as such now.
That action should have been called out for what it was: traitorous.
Not long ago he was caught on camera saying that if a SCOTUS vacancy came open now, he'd see that it got filled--no waiting to see how the voters of 2020 decided to fill the office of the president. He laughed at the notion of hypocrisy.
When McConnell refused to allow witnesses at the impeachment trial of President Trump, it wasn't to save Trump, it was to save his own hold on absolute power.
While it is true that the founders of our nation, those who fashioned the Constitution and its subsequent amendments, never envisioned a president as ill-learned and self-serving at Donald Trump, the real threat to our nation, the man unraveling the fabric that holds the common good together, is the Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell.
Truthfully, I don't think the framers of our Constitution could have foreseen this unholy marriage.
Those who have lately come to see the threat McConnell poses to our nation should be doing more than just writing about him. Why aren't you writing about the honorable Amy McGrath, Lt Col, US Marine Corps, retired, who is running against McConnell for that Senate seat in Kentucky?
Why not explore McGrath's Commonwealth, Common Health initiative, which works to keep Kentucky food banks supplied? [She'd happily take a $3 donation: https://amymcgrath.com/]
Just as Trump's DNA lacks an empathy-well and he is incapable of learning from mistakes, Mitch McConnell has no care for the common good of the people of the United States. He has no character or honor. Both men are broken in a way that can't be fixed and both pose an existential threat to the nation.
But of the two, McConnell is the greater threat because he operates quietly, behind closed doors, and generally out of sight. His power is extreme and he will do or say anything to protect it; and, as it happens, he's rarely called out for his opinions and actions because he cloaks them in some politically plausible camouflage, such as "too much debt" or "stealing from our grandchildren's future," or even the more insidious "Blue State" label.
Denying assistance to states while helping corporations is another blow to democracy. Denying assistance solely on the basis of "Red" or "Blue" is the opposite of working for the United States and is, therefore, undoubtedly traitorous.
He does not care about the lives that has been lost and reopening the country to soon will or could cripple this country more but hey hold on Mitchell McDonnell u have not lost 1 penny why because you are already getting ur money from the Government and ur going to let States People Families go down for something they had no control over... U leave the Government just for 1 month without ur pay and see how u like it and I mean not be able to rely on anh savings... have to get food stamps and gef food from food banks and ask for help to pay ur bills for that month u sorry piece of dirt...the only reason u have stayed in the Senate is because no one has ran against u oh i wish someone would..
Treason is the only word that applies to McConnell, Trump, and those that surround them in the Congress and White House. Let's focus on defeating these traitors in the 2020 general election and consigning them to political oblivion from there.
"Multiverse of betrayal": what a great phrase.
It's betrayal. It's traitorous (in the colloquial sense). But there's something even more deeply sinister going on, something that very few want to articulate: The GOP want to destroy the United States and sell it for parts. I mean that almost literally. By driving the country into a Depression, they can break it apart, destroy what's left of our institutions, consign Americans (or post-Americans) to a lifetime of servitude to corporations that have become increasingly fascist in over the last five decades.
McConnell is one of history's great monsters. But he's also a front for a party that has weaponized the Constitution against itself, turning norms, parliamentary procedures, and even the Bill of Rights itself into a universal solvent that will eat away at everything and everyone until there's nothing left.
Exactly!
Mitch McConnell is a traitor. It's been obvious for a decade or more but never really given a full analysis because of all the partisan, now tribal, noise that dominates political discourse. And sadly, even if such a complete analysis existed, it would be buried in the Fox News bubble.
Look at the photos of the unmasked "freedom protesters" who have been brought together by three right-wing brothers manipulating information on Facebook and you'll see another truth: these people are filled with justifiable anger, but that rage makes it impossible for them to think rationally and examine empirical evidence. (My irrational rage makes me hope that all the folks protesting catch coronavirus--especially the ones waving Confederate flags. Luckily for me, I can usually set that aside and think of the other, innocent Americans who might be adversely impacted because of their connections to the protesters.)
While I'm glad that this article focuses on McConnell, in general, I believe the mainstream media has to bear some of the blame for the situation we find ourselves in now, because the focus has been on Trump, whose constant braying for attention has worked.
Moreover, in the days, weeks, and years before the Trump presidency (yes, hard to believe there was such a time), when McConnell exercised his power for the sake of personally feeling powerful, very few in the media called his actions traitorous because they assaulted the common good and flew in the face of our collective understanding and acceptance of the norms that bind us together as a people.
In fact, McConnell has never had the common good as his lodestar. Even though the evidence was all around us, the most egregious being his refusal to allow the Senate to confirm Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court--did any of the other Republican senators speak out against McConnell's decision? McConnell's power kept the Republican majority in line.
That affront to our democratic norms was allowed to stand at the time because people thought Hillary Clinton would win the election of 2016, so the fiasco would wind up being a "no harm, no foul." It was viewed as a simple declaration of McConnell's power, frustrating to many, and certainly norm-smashing, but a Republican ploy. I doubt Democrats would see it as such now.
That action should have been called out for what it was: traitorous.
Not long ago he was caught on camera saying that if a SCOTUS vacancy came open now, he'd see that it got filled--no waiting to see how the voters of 2020 decided to fill the office of the president. He laughed at the notion of hypocrisy.
When McConnell refused to allow witnesses at the impeachment trial of President Trump, it wasn't to save Trump, it was to save his own hold on absolute power.
While it is true that the founders of our nation, those who fashioned the Constitution and its subsequent amendments, never envisioned a president as ill-learned and self-serving at Donald Trump, the real threat to our nation, the man unraveling the fabric that holds the common good together, is the Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell.
Truthfully, I don't think the framers of our Constitution could have foreseen this unholy marriage.
Those who have lately come to see the threat McConnell poses to our nation should be doing more than just writing about him. Why aren't you writing about the honorable Amy McGrath, Lt Col, US Marine Corps, retired, who is running against McConnell for that Senate seat in Kentucky?
Why not explore McGrath's Commonwealth, Common Health initiative, which works to keep Kentucky food banks supplied? [She'd happily take a $3 donation: https://amymcgrath.com/]
Just as Trump's DNA lacks an empathy-well and he is incapable of learning from mistakes, Mitch McConnell has no care for the common good of the people of the United States. He has no character or honor. Both men are broken in a way that can't be fixed and both pose an existential threat to the nation.
But of the two, McConnell is the greater threat because he operates quietly, behind closed doors, and generally out of sight. His power is extreme and he will do or say anything to protect it; and, as it happens, he's rarely called out for his opinions and actions because he cloaks them in some politically plausible camouflage, such as "too much debt" or "stealing from our grandchildren's future," or even the more insidious "Blue State" label.
Denying assistance to states while helping corporations is another blow to democracy. Denying assistance solely on the basis of "Red" or "Blue" is the opposite of working for the United States and is, therefore, undoubtedly traitorous.
He does not care about the lives that has been lost and reopening the country to soon will or could cripple this country more but hey hold on Mitchell McDonnell u have not lost 1 penny why because you are already getting ur money from the Government and ur going to let States People Families go down for something they had no control over... U leave the Government just for 1 month without ur pay and see how u like it and I mean not be able to rely on anh savings... have to get food stamps and gef food from food banks and ask for help to pay ur bills for that month u sorry piece of dirt...the only reason u have stayed in the Senate is because no one has ran against u oh i wish someone would..
Treason is the only word that applies to McConnell, Trump, and those that surround them in the Congress and White House. Let's focus on defeating these traitors in the 2020 general election and consigning them to political oblivion from there.