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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,946 posts)
Wed Aug 7, 2019, 12:59 PM Aug 2019

Mitch McConnell Wonders If He Could've Done More To Harm People In Private Sector

WASHINGTON—Reflecting on his 34-year career in Congress that led to his becoming the most powerful person in the Senate, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell reportedly noted Wednesday that he couldn’t help but wonder sometimes if he could’ve done more to harm people in the private sector. “Sure, I’ve been able to hurt a lot of everyday Americans during my time in the Senate carrying out the Republican Party’s destructive vision, but I’d be lying if I said I didn’t sometimes ask myself whether I could’ve done more to increase suffering in this country if I’d worked as an oil lobbyist or mining sector CEO,” said McConnell, who admitted that he often lies awake at night pondering the lives he could’ve ruined if he hadn’t entered the public sector at such a young age. “Now, of course, I’m in a position where I can offer grave harm and ruin to tens of millions, if not hundreds of millions of people, but I think of the early years when I didn’t have as much power in Congress and imagine myself making more of a difference crippling the futures of people on a state or local level. I’m proud of using my public service to cause as much pain and suffering as possible, of course, but there’s a part that always gnaws at me, wondering whether I could’ve done more in a career as a defense sector executive or pharmaceutical tycoon. At the end of the day, I just hope I’ve done enough.” McConnell also said that he sometimes wondered what it would be like to work hard and become a self-made man rather than marrying into money.

https://politics.theonion.com/mitch-mcconnell-wonders-if-he-could-ve-done-more-to-har-1837034587

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Mitch McConnell Wonders If He Could've Done More To Harm People In Private Sector (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2019 OP
Sadly leftieNanner Aug 2019 #1
A combination of greed and sociopathy. guillaumeb Aug 2019 #2
Sometimes I wonder if that story is true leftieNanner Aug 2019 #3
I have read that he had polio. guillaumeb Aug 2019 #5
Brilliant. CentralMass Aug 2019 #4

leftieNanner

(15,084 posts)
1. Sadly
Wed Aug 7, 2019, 01:00 PM
Aug 2019

The Onion is far too close to the truth. I often wonder what makes a cruel man like Mitch McConnell think and behave that way. SMH

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
2. A combination of greed and sociopathy.
Wed Aug 7, 2019, 01:02 PM
Aug 2019

Money is his first priority. And he obviously does not care about others.

leftieNanner

(15,084 posts)
3. Sometimes I wonder if that story is true
Wed Aug 7, 2019, 01:04 PM
Aug 2019

That he was thrown out of the military for "sodomy". If he is deeply closeted, that would certainly make a person delight in inflicting pain on others. I don't know the truth, but it might help to explain it as well.

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
5. I have read that he had polio.
Wed Aug 7, 2019, 01:06 PM
Aug 2019

That might have made him unfit for the military.

And his greed makes him unfit for public office.

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