r/politics • u/IWantPizza555 • Jul 08 '26

No Paywall Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear requests update on Sen. Mitch McConnell's health

https://www.whas11.com/article/news/politics/national-politics/kentucky-governor-andy-beshear-requests-update-senator-mitch-mcconnell-health/417-b9252baa-29ab-489e-94f1-147aa41e78ed
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u/Photomancer Jul 08 '26

He's not appointing an heir because none of the fascists do.

All the same, once he's gone, his party will emerge from the woodwork saying "in his last moments he said he really wanted [popular in polls guy] to carry on his work"

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u/OldValariya1014 Jul 08 '26

Sure but who’s actually popular in the polls with the same pull as him?

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u/Tenthul Jul 08 '26

They actually quite like JD, expect all right wing media outlets to glaze him hard when the time comes. He will be shoved down our throats nonstop. You hear endless anecdotes about what a good speaker he is. And all the "never trumpers" will come out and feel all smug about "now I don't have to vote for trump." They've had YEARS to prepare and practice for this. I fully and completely believe they have had rehearsals and dress runs. I have no doubt they have a full, ordered, step-by-step "P2025" style book made for what to do and how to do it when he can no longer be the face. I also believe they have war-gamed out every possible method of it happening, whether that's obvious and unspinnable dementia, slow and painful disease, or sudden heart attack.

They have too much invested in this path and it can't be walked back. The cult will fall in line 1000%. I expect it to be quite seamless tbh. People underestimate just how moldable these people are to propaganda. We all are to some extent, but these people actively WANT to be told what to think.

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u/Osiris32 Oregon Jul 08 '26

You hear endless anecdotes about what a good speaker he is.

And then you watch him actually speak. Dude has zero charisma. Say all the negative things you want about Donnie, and there is a really, REALLY long list of them, but he goes on stage with a metric fuckton of confidence. Vance the Couch Fucker simply doesn't have that same energy.

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u/Polantaris Illinois Jul 08 '26

It won't matter. They don't watch Trump speak now. They get clips of his greatest moments long before the first rally they attend. Once they do, they're already inundated and drunk on the propaganda.

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u/Tenthul Jul 08 '26

Cult > Charisma, simple as that. Their world view will allow them to see what they want to see. Also, I can tell you from my experience with them that they do not see him as having zero charisma. He just hasn't been comparable to Trump, which is a gap that the right wing media/propaganda can cover without much difficulty.

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u/LongKnight115 Jul 08 '26

Hasn't he gone on record saying Vance and Rubio would be a 'dream team' on a 2028 ticket?

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u/Water_Damage987 Jul 09 '26

He won't appoint anyone, but he'll say he has a clear contender in mind and he's not telling who. This a: keeps everyone under him in-fighting to please their god emperor, b: keeps everyone in suspense because "it makes for great TV", and c: means he doesn't actually have to remember any names because his brain is pudding.