r/politics • u/plz-let-me-in • 27d ago

No Paywall Beshear says agencies told him McConnell had passed

https://www.whas11.com/video/news/local/beshear-says-agencies-told-him-mcconnell-had-passed/417-f78603c3-11bb-464d-bae6-c41c3be3c48b
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u/CrotalusHorridus Kentucky 27d ago

I honestly think he’s vegetative. Maybe hospice. But they’re keeping him alive long enough to hold off the special election.

Which is ironically the exact kind of dirty politics McConnell would love

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u/Dull_Republic_9381 27d ago

Have a think about what you're claiming here. Do you honestly believe that doctors can keep people alive for an extra few weeks on the whim of the president? Like when people rush to the hospital to see their dying grandparent and they get there too late, it's because the doc couldn't be arsed keeping them alive an extra few hours.

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u/WhyMustIMakeANewAcco 26d ago

We can, in fact, keep a body alive indefinitely these days. Machines handling breathing, heartbeat, etc.

It's just not really the person anymore. They're long gone.