Posted on 08/31/2023 6:12:37 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
After his second public freeze up in about five weeks, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) fitness for office is under renewed scrutiny. But his quest to stay in leadership—or the quest of those around him to keep him in leadership, as it may be—could actually stem from a potential threat by Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D).
Kentucky, until recently, was a state that allowed the governor to fill a vacancy, regardless of party. This led McConnell, now 81, to urge the Republican-led state legislature to pass a new bill in 2021 that requires an appointment of the same party. Now Beshear would be forced to fill a McConnell vacancy with a Republican. But in a recent column for Politico, Jonathan Martin said there’s growing pressure for Beshear to flout the newly passed law in light of McConnell’s health issues and appoint a Democrat anyway.
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Mitch has already been told, you’re not going anywhere.
Biden called him same day, and said they’re good friends.
Someone on this forum wrote that the rule in Kentucky is as follows:
When replacing a senator three nominees from that senator’s party are selected by party leadership and sent to the governor to choose.
I don’t know the details.
That is the law. Passed over the governor’s veto I believe
Replacing Gobbler with a rat is essentially the same thing we see now. And that POS is not exactly driving people to the polls as 2024 looks rather iffy.
He has no choice, unless his choice is to ignore legislation on the books.
Hmm, flout a law.
So, they win or they win or else.
They flout.
How about this Kentucky GOP, flout your governor right the hell out of office and use your supermajority to impeach his arse if he doesn’t comply.
Of course, the answer is he would not. Only way possible if it was a RINO Uniparty one.
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Mitch McConnell will embarrass himself and lose every single bit of dignity to serve Master Joe.
Just like disgraced Sessions being told that run for Congress after he had been thoroughly discredited - when he had no chance of winning.
In March 1967, shortly before the expiration of his educational draft deferment upon graduation from law school, McConnell enlisted in the U.S. Army Reserve as a private at Louisville, Kentucky... This was a coveted position because the Reserve units were mostly kept out of combat during the Vietnam War... His first day of training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, was July 9, 1967, two days after taking the bar exam, and his last day was August 15, 1967... Shortly after his arrival he was diagnosed with optic neuritis and deemed medically unfit for military service, and was honorably discharged.
There are draft dodgers and there are draft-dodging lawyer flim-flam artists. This Veteran (who happened to be in uniform in 1967) has no uber positive (but no negative) wishes for Mister McConnell, other that I hope he sticks his term out.
What difference would it make if he appointed a D to replace McConnell? Both sides are useless. You go ahead and fight this one. It’s a waste of time believing he’d appoint an R. He’ll appoint a D and the matter will go to the SC after a year or two, and by then we’ll be spelling America with a k.
Indeed it is.
Governor Beshear has signaled that intends to fight it if given the opportunity. This is why doddering old McConnell is staying put. The GOP can't risk Beshear winning his court battle.
Of course, in hindsight, the Vietnam War “draft dodgers” were the smart ones.
Beshear has a long history of flouting the law. Including when he was the AG. The law is the law only when it benefits Democrats.
If he thinks he can get away with appointing a Rat, he will do it. We unfortunately have a very leftist state supreme court that has demonstrated little interest in holding King Andy accountable for his disregard of the law.
The entire article is about the law on the books and Andy Beshear potentially flouting the law and the comment section contains posts discussing advising that there is a law on a books requiring him to appoint a Republican.
Come on, folks.
The Schumer Senate would probably also vote to seat the Senator he appoints, leaving the Courts’ hands tied.
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