[Magdalen] Hypocrisy?

[Mahoney, W. Michael]

I am not sure that "hypocrisy" is the right word.  McConnell doesn't really
try to fool anybody.

You want hypocrisy?  Try Jerry Falwell, Jr.

I am also not sure what the right word is.  "Unscrupulous", perhaps.


Mike Mahoney
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On Sat, Sep 19, 2020 at 4:07 PM Chad Wohlers <chad at satucket.com> wrote:

> You have to understand that Mitch McConnell is a politician, first,
> last, and always. Nothing at all matters - not hypocrisy, ethics,
> morality, whatever - as long as it advances his cause (the Republican
> Party). He is a complete Machiavellian.
>
> --
> Chad Wohlers
> chad at satucket.com
> Woodbury, VT   USA
>
>
> On 9/19/2020 9:39 AM, Roger Stokes via Magdalen wrote:
> > An earlier attempt to send the bulk of this was blocked by the
> > system's spam filter (no quibble about that, Brian) so here's another
> > attempt.
> >
> > It is being reported that Mitch McConnell as saying that the Senate
> > will move forward quickly on confirming President Trump's nominee of a
> > successor to Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court. I would like to
> > think that this really is "fake news" but is all too plausible. In
> > March 2016 this same Leader of the Senate said it was too close to a
> > Presidential Election to proceed with President Obama's nomination
> > following Antonin Scalia's death. Does he really have the gall and bad
> > taste to do this six month's closer to the election? If he does then
> > he certainly does not deserve to be in his present position given
> > Christ's condemnation of hypocrisy? It would be even worse if he did
> > so if he sought Senate confirmation of such a nomination if, as the
> > polls indicate, the Democrats achieve a majority of the popular vote.
> >
> > Roger
> >
> >
>