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4mo ago

McConnell Defends Polio Vaccine, an Apparent Warning to RFK Jr.

www.nytimes.com

“Efforts to undermine public confidence in proven cures are not just uninformed — they’re dangerous,” said the Republican leader, who is a polio survivor.

This is apparently the point where the "moderate" Republicans are willing to start pushing back — where they've got personal experience with just how evil a policy is.

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4mo ago

McConnell Defends Polio Vaccine, an Apparent Warning to RFK Jr.

www.nytimes.com /2024/12/13/us/politics/mcconnell-polio-vaccine-rfk-jr.html

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4mo ago

McConnell Defends Polio Vaccine, an Apparent Warning to RFK Jr.

www.nytimes.com /2024/12/13/us/politics/mcconnell-polio-vaccine-rfk-jr.html

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Too late turtlefucker, you set this machine in motion, there's no going back now. Enjoy the last few years watching the nation you took for granted collapse before you die.
- Seriously. You did EVERYTHING possible to prop up a system that screws everyone EXCEPT you.
- This cum stain will never ever have to truly see any consequences for what he has done.
  That's the difference here that we should really be highlighting. These people may as well live on another planet, that's how much more privilege and just downright evil these people are working with.
  Dealing with their own actions hasnt even been on their radar a little bit.

It's interesting that RFK Jr., the head of HHS, is now actively preparing to withdraw the polio vaccine. And the story is "Ooh, Republican drama!"
Our government has become a reality TV show, but it's still doing things that affect living and dying. The media is the problem, they made this happen to sell ad space.
- This is the third story of the NYT ran about this today. The other two covered the policy itself, and the likely health consequences
- Our government has become a reality TV show
  That’s what happens when you put the host of the Apprentice in the White House. He gets to play CEO of America fire everyone and run it into the ground just like he did his fucking casinos. And he will continue to money launder Russian money and peddle influence. Elect shitty reality show hosts to government, live in a shitty reality show.

He does this every now and then. Don't take the bait: he's still a miserable little shit stain that needs to hurry up and choke to death on Putin's dick.

Did this dude have a Scrooge moment or something??
- Mitch McConnell had polio himself. He knows what the vaccine defends against
  
  The funny part is, with how wacko things have been in the last 2 months, it would not surprise me one iota for him and the balance of the last dozen old guard repubs to defect to the dems over something like this.
  
  All the more unfathomable that he could have seen those horrors and still turned out to be so evil.
- He's old enough that he had polio before their were vaccines to prevent it, and had a leg paralyzed for an extended period of time. Probably saw other kids forced to live in an iron lung and maybe even die
- He's retired. So he can say whatever he might have otherwise retained from saying.
  By the same token, it doesn't matter what he says since he will have no power.

People are cheering because Mitch McConnell is fighting back against RFK banning the polio vaccine. Literally the only reason he cares is because he had polio as a kid. And if every other vaccine gets banned, he probably won't say a damn thing.
He and his fellows have a total lack of empathy. No comprehension of any sort of suffering they haven't personally experienced.
"Being poor isn't a problem. I've never been poor."
"Getting raped isn't a problem. I've never been raped."
And, of course, "bigotry isn't a problem, no one's ever called me a name because of my skin color."
- There's a difference between supporting an act and supporting a person. You can say that this is a good thing while also acknowledging what a piece a shit they are. Moscow Mitch has fucked the country over in more ways than one but if we can keep the polio vaccine then I would call that a win for everyone.
  
  It's not much of a win if all the other vaccines get thrown out. Not dying from polio doesn't really matter as much when it's easy to die from measles, mumps, etc.
- Him having Polio isn't the only reason he's speaking up.
  He's also not seeking reelection at the end of his current term.

- He's not. He endorsed the dipshit, and prevented prosecution during his second impeachment. IRS partially his fault we're even in this mess.
- He's the "voice of reason" because he survived polio. If he didn't have polio as a kid, he wouldn't give a shit.
- The Overton Window cuts both ways!
  I didn’t grow up a centrist. But the window moved both to the left and to the right of me!

Oh cool. Now we get to pretend like Moscow Mitch is a man of the people.
- The only reason he's coming out for the vaccine is because he had polio as a child. It's another one of those things where they only care about an issue if it affects them directly.
  
  Broken clock is right twice a day.

Screw you, Mitch. You made all of this possible with your obstructionism and support of the talibangelicals, even if that support was via inaction.

I knew he was old, I didn't know he was polio survivor old

Either die a villain or live long enough to become a hero? Wait that doesn't sound right.
- Either die a villain or died from an easily preventable cause.

Another great case of, I don't care until it affects ME

Mitch McConnell is the voice of reason!? Make it make cents, since, sents, scents, sense.
- Probably the single benefit of him being as old as he is. He had polio as a kid. He knows exactly how bad that shit is. He might be a stupid, evil motherfucker, but even he isn't that stupid.
  
  It's also the only reason he cares. Because the only time a Republican ever cares about suffering is if they have personal experience with it. They have a total lack of empathy.
- There is no cause for confusion, be at ease. Even an especially unintelligent conservative can easily comprehend the danger of their own policies, once the harm is made intimate to them.

another "Don't Be a Sucker" moment.. "Before he said ~~masons~~ polio vaccine, you were ready to agree with him."

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