There’s a new book out on Mitch McConnell. I’m sure it’s informative and fills in certain details of events and decisions in his painfully long career. The author was on Newshour last night and did little to betray the contents of the book, other than to say that McConnell admits to pissing people off with the Merrick Garland stonewalling, along with an unwillingness to pursue impeachment after January 6.
I don’t know if my personal favorite gets a mention: proclaiming that Job 1 for Republicans was to make sure that Barack Obama was a one-term President.
There was no mention of any regrets about Garland or January 6, events with major implications for what’s happening currently. Apparently, he was just playing politics and protecting his brand, whatever that was. He even garnered praise in certain quarters, and most likely feels little remorse. In fact, McConnell is proud of the make-up of the SCOTUS, since he had so much to do with that.
What sticks in my craw about Mitch and others is that there are few rules in politics. It’s more about what you can get to stick, by any means necessary. In McConnell’s case, it’s this seemingly irrational hatred of anything Democratic, or perceived as liberal. It’s the unwillingness to play fair. It’s about power and prevailing and forcing one’s views on people who don’t share those views. It’s about disregarding precedent or protocol or processes put in place, simply ignoring these things, and, in this case, appeasing Donald Trump and the MAGA crowd instead.
McConnell will have his moment, his opportunity to “explain” things. But I can imagine that this book will do little for those who look on McConnell with disdain for his role in perpetuating the monstrous ruse that has been the Trump era. He won’t be missed by many when he finally retires soon.
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