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I realize that good arguments can be made for either choice, but McConnell's damage spans many years in US politics. he is an unabashed and open shill for capitalists, and he can be bought by the highest bidder. Plus, he has always been a favorite of the racist crowd.
In addition, his connected wife is just as bad, just as dishonest as he is.
So because of the amount of time McConnell has been a corrupt and racist clown, I vote for McConnell.
2naSalit
(86,501 posts)guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)Proud Liberal Dem
(24,399 posts)guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)thegoose
(3,115 posts)Dump is running his usual con, but McLipless is downright fucking evil. There's no reason for what this dried-up piece of shit wants except to inflict pain and death. Dumpie just always wants to "be best!"
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)McConnell is a rich man taking advantage of his position to do great harm to his state and the country.
thegoose
(3,115 posts)There will be plenty of other evil Repukes to take his place.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)flor-de-jasmim
(2,125 posts)Trump is a pathological liar. McConnell is a cynical, purposeful liar.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)Both are dangerous, but one is more subtle about the damage he is doing.
rampartc
(5,398 posts)dawg day
(7,947 posts)Trump has less integrity. He is a hollow, pus-ridden mess, holes in every angle, held together by frenzied conceit.
McConnell is more dangerous because he is not full of holes. He's just bad.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)And made for the US reality television driven media.
McConnell is the understated monster who is just as much of a sociopath as Trump.
trof
(54,256 posts)But it's a tough choice.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)And a reflection of the long term trends in the GOP since 1968.
DFW
(54,325 posts)Would you rather be trampled to death by an enraged hippopotamus or bitten in half by a great white shark?
It's one of those "do I HAVE to?" questions.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)McConnell is the shark in a suit.
Sorry hippopotamus.
DFW
(54,325 posts)Since one can't have negative integrity, and I find that neither of them has any to begin with, it's like the question from "Insiide Man:" which weighs more, all the trees cut down to make the paper used to print all the $1 dollar bills in a year, or all the trains that run through Grand Central Station in a year?
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)How much GOP integrity would fit on the head of a pin?
pwb
(11,258 posts).
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)Trump is a con man, but McConnell is a danger to democracy.
forgotmylogin
(7,522 posts)This is a summer job for Trump. McConnell has experience but is willing to sell out his integrity.
He's on par with Cheney flying under the radar and pulling the strings.
malaise
(268,844 posts)Moscow Mitch is violating every rule of the Senate - he is an abysmal failure and a vulgar tool.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)malaise
(268,844 posts)Turbineguy
(37,312 posts)First one has to be lower than whale shit just to measure the difference.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)At least shit can be used as fertilizer.
sheshe2
(83,708 posts)They have no heart or soul.
Which wife? One has lot's of money and you know the China Connection is evil and corrupt. The other is an immigrant that came here as an illegal alien, had an anchor baby and brought her family here 'chained migration'. She was a birther and has ties to Epstein who introduced her the Donnie.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)I give the (slight) edge to McConnell because of his long record of destroying democracy.
sheshe2
(83,708 posts)Okay. Slight, very slight advantage for time in service. That's it.
gademocrat7
(10,650 posts)Both are treasonous bastards. But McTurdle is a powerful evil man who controls the Senate. I will never forgive him for withholding Merrick Garland's nomination. He also stalled many of President Obama's other judicial nominees.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Which is worse, a fall from 100 feet onto concrete, or a fall from 99.99991 feet onto concrete?
Va Lefty
(6,252 posts)guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)Meadowoak
(5,543 posts)guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)Thekaspervote
(32,750 posts)guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)But simply for the sake of argument, I posited that each must compete for the title against each other.
Golden Raisin
(4,607 posts)His evil and wielding of power is more sophisticated, pre-meditated, polished, sordid and knowledgeable (i.e. his long experience in government.) And although he betrays and manipulates the Constitution, unlike Trump, McConnell has actually read it, which makes his treachery even more squalid. I'm not for one second letting Trump off the hook. He also is evil. But compared to McConnell, he's an amateur. A dangerous one.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)As was recently pointed out in this thread, neither possesses integrity in any measurable way. But McConnell represents an institutional danger to the concept of democracy because his actions demonstrate that he does not believe in democracy. He believes in power.
GeorgeGist
(25,315 posts)guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)Many here agree with that.
Blue Owl
(50,325 posts)n/t