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Mitch McConnell and an analogy

 


The US political class right now reminds me of the end of the Brezhnev period in the USSR. Br himself died. Then Andropov died. Then Chernenko died. The whole cadre had grown old together and they all died together. Only after a lot of death did a new generation -- Yeltsin and, alas, Putin, step forward. And yes, I'm old enough to remember this but I'm still a good deal younger than our analogs to Brezhnev et al.

I'm not a doctor, but I've got a hobby blog, which is qualification enough for what follows -- Mitch McConnell has publicly twice now looked like a man in the midst of a petit mal seizure. This is not just "light headedness" brought on by inadequate hydration. Nor is it at all likely that the two times it ha happened on camera are the only two times it has ever happened.

I wish nothing bad for anyone. I hope Senator McConnell will have a lot of happy years in retirement, surrounded by a loving family and friends. But he ought not to be in a position of responsibility, much less should he be in a position to become Majority Leader of the Senate again should the numbers break that way next fall.

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  1. Paul D. Van PeltSeptember 9, 2023 at 10:49 AM

    Sooner than later, public officials need to retire. But is excruciating to leave the stage, and, narcissisticly enough, some of them very likely long to die in office. It casts their legacy in stone. There are concerns, rightfully I think, around an official's fitness to carry out duties.
    Some have expressed concern over a putative front runner for the upcoming presidential contest. Oddly enough, to me anyway, those concerns have not been raised over the possible(?) opponent. Strange game, politics. Anywhere...

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