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Reid (Seattle)'s avatar

Though mostly true of almost all politicians, in McConnell's case we can always assume there is a calculation of advantage in everything he does. He no longer operates on any principle whatsoever, if he ever did. Like Gollum with the Ring, power is his only lodestar.

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Stephen from Sunny Seattle's avatar

At least Gollum was a character that one could feel sympathy for...

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David Holzman's avatar

McConnell is a real sh!t, and someone who doesn't give a damn about the country. One interesting factoid about him: his three daughters are all estranged from him.

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Reid (Seattle)'s avatar

One would think that would tell him something....

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Maggie's avatar

Never knew he had pro-created!!!!

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David Holzman's avatar

It was probably a miracle. In any case, while in some cases, including my best friend and his ex-wife, give 'em a little time and they get along well. But Mitch's ex seems to realize she married a piece of slag (slag is much worse than sh!t because the latter is fertilizer and food for the dung beetles, whereas slag is poisonous).

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Maggie's avatar

Didnt even realize that the current wife is No. 2!

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Nancy Wilson (Tokyo, Japan)'s avatar

After her divorce from McConnell, Sherrill Redmon left Kentucky for Northampton, Massachusetts. There, she became a feminist scholar and Director of the Sofia Smith Collection of the WomenтАЩs History Archives. While at Smith College, she worked on Voices of Feminism Oral History Project with feminist and journalist Gloria Steinem. Its primary goal was to document the persistence and diversity of women's organizing in the United States. In 2012, she retired from Smith College.

https://www.legit.ng/1409641-sherrill-redmon-biography-mitch-mcconnells-wife.html

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MaryPat's avatar

WOW!! Talk aboit "antithesis"!!!

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Nancy Wilson (Tokyo, Japan)'s avatar

Yes! She led a life after Mitch.

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David Holzman's avatar

They married in '93. Mitch became wealthier from that marriage. From Wikipedia: "In April 2008, Chao's father gave Chao and McConnell between $5 million and $25 million,[97] which "boosted McConnell's personal worth from a minimum of $3 million in 2007 to more than $7 million"[98] and "helped the McConnells after their stock portfolio dipped in the wake of the financial crisis that year".[99]"

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Maggie's avatar

Yeah - I did know the wealth came from his wife's family. I still want some investigation into exactly how he was re-elected last time. The vote numbers are a bit screwy.

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David Holzman's avatar

I'd certainly like to know the details on that, too!

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MaryPat's avatar

Ghosts on the roles...

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MaryPat's avatar

Rolls

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TPJ (MA)'s avatar

The first Ms McTurtle didn't bring in as much bacon.

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