*Edit: found a better picture to accompany this post.
Dick Cheney lived 10 years without a heart. I am not celebrating just yet.
Dick was around for more than 10yrs.
Same. But also I will celebrate his death and mourn his life.
Oh no. I hope it’s something serious.
finally, some good fucking news.
Oh noes! Not another stroking-out geriatric retainer of the status quo about to need a special election in his district! That can’t be good for the powers desperately trying to claw some survival plan out of a burning railcare of dumpsters heading towards a cliff!
Oh man. Is one of my reserve bottles getting popped soon?
To those putting on their dancing shoes… there’s no point. He already did all the damage. Short of going back in time nothing will fix what he’s done. Unfortunately.
His death doesn’t reverse things, but the world will still be a better place without his presence.
No argument there. :(
I kinda think the world is better without him welding even the slightest bit of power over any other human, but I’d be okay in that instance with him living another dozen or so years to experience the consequences of his decisions along with the rest of us.
Perhaps with luck, his medical bills will bankrupt him in the same way that he’s made it possible for so many others to be bankrupted.
He has free medical care for life.
I can hope it is a painful death.
You act like he cant still do MORE damage
Good point. Sigh.
It’s fine, no looking back, lets just cross our fingers, toes and everything else for a special election in his district.
We will never repair even a fraction of the damage done to our country by him and his ilk, but I will still be happy to see him go and have a chance for someone, anyone new having a chance of seizing representation.
We can’t just wallow in misery, we have to celebrate good things and even just potential good things or there’s no point to life at all.
I wouldn’t get your hopes up just yet. Some turtles can easily live for over a hundred years.
Why is he still clinging to the vestiges of his power and not resting at home? These people are fucking pathological.
In most states, if a Senator leaves office for any reason, the state’s governor would be empowered to appoint a replacement until a special election can be held. Kentucky, however, has two powerful Republican Senators, and a Democratic Governor. So after some back and forth, the legislature passed a bill (over the Governor’s veto) that said the Governor could not appoint anyone, but could only schedule the special election, letting the seat remain vacant.
However, it is possible the governor might ignore the law and appoint someone anyway, and let the Senate deal with accepting the appointment.
You could ask Dianne Feinstein the same question. God only knows what keeps Chuck Grassley ticking.
These people are fucking pathological.
Elderly people are stubborn as old nails. They don’t just move out of the way on their own.
The better question is what’s keeping them affixed to their positions. Enormous amounts of money go to defending incumbents with full on dementia. And party loyalists consider their aging leadership sacrosanct.
On top of all that, Senators get the best health care benefits in the world. Keeping your job is - in some ways - a predicate for your very survival.
Mostly good points but I’m pretty sure the healthcare plan is for life so it’s literally just influence driving them
I personally will not be satisfied until he rests beneath the dirt.
Fuck this guy. Fuck everything he’s ever done. I hope he rests in piss. Representative of one of the most impoverished states in America, married to a billionaire, shit his pants before Trump made it cool.
This vile ghoul ushered in the death of America by breaking key covenants in governance, and while he’s vaguely expressed some sort of remorse since over the years, there will be no forgiveness or peace for him on his deathbed. He will only be hailed by a cabal of grinning sycophants encircling his frail shell, chanting “you made this all possible” as they lean in to devour his rotting carcass. Thanks for nothing, Mitch.
The death of America precedes him by a generation or three in my opinion, but he nailed the coffin shut!
A functioning Democracy/Republic would never allow this creature to stay in office since 1985, over 40 years of this nasty piece of work
Suffer, you degenerate piece of shit.
Feel every second of pain and agony that you deserve.
Also,
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Didn’t that guy go on to play Doc Ock in the later, Spider-Man movies?
Yup, Alfred Molina.
Here’s hoping for the Republican rule of 3
This motherfucker ushered in Trump and his fascist regime. May he rest in piss.
The US is now literally run by a gang of pedophiles and child traffickers. Thanks mitch.
May he truly understand how awful he was before he bites it.
I hope he has a visceral fear of going to hell because of his actions. The least we can wish for.
Imagine a world where mcconnell votes to convict trump in 2020 and gets some other senators to join him
