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This happened because of Georgia and nothing else. He’s the most evil politician of all time but he isn’t dumb.
Adolph Hitler was a politician, too, Chris; legitimately elected to office by the German people. So you’re saying Mitch McConnell is worse than Adolph Hitler? That’s quite a statement.
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The most evil politician of all time! I realize he’s not on your team, but to paint him with that brush is a bit extreme. Why is the “most evil of all time”?
Gravedigger of American democracy, sure, but not the most evil of all time. From Christopher Browning, a historian on the Holocaust back in 2018:
“If the US has someone whom historians will look back on as the gravedigger of American democracy, it is Mitch McConnell. He stoked the hyperpolarization of American politics to make the Obama presidency as dysfunctional and paralyzed as he possibly could. As with parliamentary gridlock in Weimar, congressional gridlock in the US has diminished respect for democratic norms, allowing McConnell to trample them even more. Nowhere is this vicious circle clearer than in the obliteration of traditional precedents concerning judicial appointments. Systematic obstruction of nominations in Obama’s first term provoked Democrats to scrap the filibuster for all but Supreme Court nominations. Then McConnell’s unprecedented blocking of the Merrick Garland nomination required him in turn to scrap the filibuster for Supreme Court nominations in order to complete the “steal” of Antonin Scalia’s seat and confirm Neil Gorsuch. The extreme politicization of the judicial nomination process is once again on display in the current Kavanaugh hearings. …
Whatever secret reservations McConnell and other traditional Republican leaders have about Trump’s character, governing style, and possible criminality, they openly rejoice in the payoff they have received from their alliance with him and his base: huge tax cuts for the wealthy, financial and environmental deregulation, the nominations of two conservative Supreme Court justices (so far) and a host of other conservative judicial appointments, and a significant reduction in government-sponsored health care (though not yet the total abolition of Obamacare they hope for). Like Hitler’s conservative allies, McConnell and the Republicans have prided themselves on the early returns on their investment in Trump.”
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/10/5/17940610/trump-hitler-history-historian
That’s not at all what I said but feel free to interpret anyway you see fit.
Chris, you said point blank: Mitch McConnell was the most evil politician of all time. I didn’t “interpret” anything; that’s what you said! You may recant it if you’d like in the face of my citing Adolph Hitler…but in the absence of your recant, my conclusion from your statement is correct.
I guess I’m being naive here – but why are the employed getting stimulus money? Not that they shouldn’t, but wouldn’t it be better spent on those who have lost their jobs/income/rentals?
Totally agree Jolf. In fact I know many businesses completely unaffected by the pandemic that received huge PPP payments, while the small businesses, especially in hospitals sector are dying.
The employed are getting stimulus checks because congressmen on both sides of the aisle think anyone who gets a stimulus check will vote for them. It’s the age old practice of “buying votes”. Has nothing to do with the relative needs of those that get the checks. It is pure politics.
I agree those hardest hit should get the benefit but targetting aid that specifically in a very quick manner is difficult and many peope claim increased unemployment money only discourages people from working, so you can find an argument on every side. Most important this is a cash infusion (probably not enough) into the economy that will benefit everyone. The CARES Act is the only reason the economy isnt ten times worse today than it is. Yes many undeserving people benefitted but the impact was helpful overall. Too many people complain about what the other guy is getting instead of looking at the big picture. Hopefully those who cheat the system will be dealt with legally.
The PPP was wrought with fraud the first going around. What is going to be done to better “vet” this second round?
What government program is not wrought with fraud? Too many dishonest people that will cheat the system if they can and it’s too big of a country to police it all. That’s why I question the federal government being in the business of handouts when it might be better handled by states.