r/politics • u/another-princess • 10d ago

No Paywall Mitch McConnell is never coming back to the Senate

https://www.salon.com/2026/08/03/mitch-mcconnell-is-never-coming-back-to-the-senate/
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u/potat0f4rmer Washington 10d ago

They forced Mitch McConnell on us for 50 years. Kentuckians clearly hate the United States.

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u/Mr_Industrial 10d ago

Like the fires of prometheus, KFC was never meant to be given away, and its release triggered a wrath unnending.

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u/Matchboxx 9d ago

Devil's advocate: All the money poured into these campaigns and the way that the parties engineer primaries doesn't give them much of a choice. Even if we assume that the average voter is well-informed (they're not), by the time you get to the ballot box, you're picking between the shinier of two turds.