Tom Toles for April 05, 2019

No party stays in power forever. In 2016, Democrats had to defend 29 seats; Republicans only 6 (there two more than usual up because there were also two special elections). In a low-turnout mid-term, which favors Democrats, Republicans were only able to pick up a net gain of 2 when the conditions should have hinted at many more.

In 2020 the situation is reversed; the Republicans are defending 22 seats and the Democrats only 11 and, in a high-turnout presidential election, which favors Democrats, and with an unpopular incumbent in the White House, it looks good for Democrats to take back the Senate.

Changing the Senate rules to suppress the minority party could come back to bite McConnell bigly time if he comes back as the minority leader and Democrats are ready to serve up some much-deserved payback.

Of course, McConnell might just pull a Paul Ryan, anticipate the loss of the senate (and maybe his own seat, which is up for reelection) and decide it is a good time to retire.

A knife in the back, and heart, of the Constitution is this docs special operation.

Payback is hell!

WARNING: It only takes one look at Dr. McConnell to potentially suffer a stroke! (x‸x )

Patience? Am I missing a joke, or is this a glaring typo?

Please note the lower caption; “One Party Rule.” It’s worked so well in Russia, China, and North Korea. Why not here?

Seems that both patience and the patient were killed, but I wonder if Dr. Mitch isn’t a bit confused.

The best part of this will be listening to McConnell snivel when Democrats take back the Senate and it’s used against him and his party.

Patient?

Mitch is going to love how his legacy looks when them liberal history profs at the University of Kentucky, Princeton, and Harvard start publishing.

Hey, Mitch! Look up the meaning of “democracy”. Don’t try to kill that again, too. Democracy WILL prevail.

Anti-democratic Russian money taking Mitch is definitely evil.

Packing the court with unqualified right wing extremists.

I guess that makes him the perfect Republican.

Welcome to Trumpistan, one of those s-hole countries.

Like Ryan before him, McConnel has enough graft saved up to not need nor want to run again

Let’s face it, most of Trump’s Cabinet choices were pathetic—both the current ones, the former ones, and the “acting” ones. The same for his judicial choices (and I’m not even going to bring up the Perjuring Putz Kavanaugh). We need a hell of a lot MORE debate about his choices!

Yertle the Turtle is currently polling somewhere around 38% approval among voters here in Kentucky.

I didn’t approve of the “nuclear option” when Reid pulled that in 2013 and I don’t approve of it’s use now. You can find lots of examples of both sides condemning its use before they went ahead and used it. Hypocrites, the whole lot of ’em!

Dr. Mitch — The originator of the “Hypocritical Oath!”

It’s time to judge Mitch.