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mahatmakanejeeves

(71,788 posts)
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 04:51 PM 9 hrs ago

I just played pickleball with my old friend Mitch McConnell, the senior Senator from Kentucky.

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‪Crystal Fleming クリスタル
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I just played pickleball with my old friend Mitch McConnell, the senior Senator from Kentucky. The game lasted just shy of 20 minutes, after which time we enjoyed a lovely lunch at his southern mansion prepared by descendants of slaves he personally selected and purchased himself centuries ago.
4:26 PM · Jul 7, 2026

I just played pickleball with my old friend Mitch McConnell, the senior Senator from Kentucky. The game lasted just shy of 20 minutes, after which time we enjoyed a lovely lunch at his southern mansion prepared by descendants of slaves he personally selected and purchased himself centuries ago.

Crystal Fleming クリスタル (@alwaystheself.bsky.social) 2026-07-07T20:26:26.262Z
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I just played pickleball with my old friend Mitch McConnell, the senior Senator from Kentucky. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves 9 hrs ago OP
🤣🤣🤣 lisa58 9 hrs ago #1
I assume you played at Bernie's on the weekend. Shoeless Louis 6 hrs ago #25
Thanks, got a good laugh out of the main headline. Biophilic 8 hrs ago #2
;-{) THIS Goonch 8 hrs ago #3
This will be the ultimate auto pen. yourout 8 hrs ago #4
Lets get this one rolling snowybirdie 8 hrs ago #5
I just saw Mitch McConnell with a Chinese menu in his hand Earth Bound Misfit 8 hrs ago #10
His hair was perfect. Arrgh 7 hrs ago #17
Mitch McConnell just helped me bring my groceries in the house Beaverhausen 7 hrs ago #14
I thought I saw him practicing discus and shotput PCIntern 8 hrs ago #6
I think Mitch's wife escaped to China because she wants no part his 'he is not comatose' applegrove 8 hrs ago #7
Her mission is now complete. Dr. T 7 hrs ago #13
Outstanding. NoMoreRepugs 8 hrs ago #8
His staff indicates he will be back for the next Senate vote with reasonable accommodation. Marcuse 8 hrs ago #9
I just saw him riding "It's a Small World" ride at Disneyland. Buddyzbuddy 8 hrs ago #11
He's ridin' hard to catch that herd, but he ain't caught it yet NBachers 7 hrs ago #12
i thought that was real until i got to the part where descendents of those bought were serving lunch.... dawn5651 7 hrs ago #15
I just saw Mitch McConnell waving to a hare! ColoringFool 7 hrs ago #16
more like Quanto Magnus 7 hrs ago #18
better pickleball than a rousing game of hide the pickle..... bottomofthehill 7 hrs ago #19
We had a quick lunch Buckeyeblue 7 hrs ago #20
wait DoBW 7 hrs ago #21
They are waiting to name Interstate 86 after him. For the record MItch, you don't rot in hell, you burn. twodogsbarking 7 hrs ago #22
I saw Mitch in Walmart, this afternoon. Nice conversation...He was quite pleasant[ chouchou 7 hrs ago #23
I actually shook McConnell.'s hand ... sarchasm 6 hrs ago #24
Who noticed? He actually played striker for the US men's team. usonian 6 hrs ago #26
I'm hoping we find out McConnell,passed away the same day as the orange piggy and since death kimbutgar 6 hrs ago #27
I saw Mitch McConnell drinking a Pina colada at Trader Vic's Endlessmike56 6 hrs ago #28
I just spotted him on bench presses for 20 minutes Aviation Pro 6 hrs ago #29

yourout

(8,924 posts)
4. This will be the ultimate auto pen.
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 05:18 PM
8 hrs ago

Someone will wrap his fingers around a pen and write his signature with it.

snowybirdie

(6,788 posts)
5. Lets get this one rolling
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 05:18 PM
8 hrs ago

I just spent a lovely afternoon sunning with Mitch McConnell on Miami Beach sipping mojitos.

Beaverhausen

(24,714 posts)
14. Mitch McConnell just helped me bring my groceries in the house
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 06:09 PM
7 hrs ago

We chatted about how hot it had been lately and what a shame about the USA's loss last night. Good times.

PCIntern

(28,859 posts)
6. I thought I saw him practicing discus and shotput
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 05:23 PM
8 hrs ago

but I may have been mistaken. It was probably too much after his 10,000 meter run

applegrove

(134,056 posts)
7. I think Mitch's wife escaped to China because she wants no part his 'he is not comatose'
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 05:27 PM
8 hrs ago

gambit.

Dr. T

(859 posts)
13. Her mission is now complete.
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 06:05 PM
7 hrs ago

She will live on in the annals of Chinese history as one of their most prolific agents.

Buddyzbuddy

(3,098 posts)
11. I just saw him riding "It's a Small World" ride at Disneyland.
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 05:44 PM
8 hrs ago

He said the ride was stuck for almost a month. He's sure it was Lindsey Grahm pranking him.

dawn5651

(836 posts)
15. i thought that was real until i got to the part where descendents of those bought were serving lunch....
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 06:21 PM
7 hrs ago

omg. i laughed...pretty hard to play pickleball with someone who is as ill as senator mcconnell is.

Buckeyeblue

(6,506 posts)
20. We had a quick lunch
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 06:31 PM
7 hrs ago

He didn't eat much. Kept his head bowed, as if in prayer. I said the food is not that bad. He kept praying until I excused myself. The man loves God.

twodogsbarking

(19,977 posts)
22. They are waiting to name Interstate 86 after him. For the record MItch, you don't rot in hell, you burn.
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 06:34 PM
7 hrs ago

chouchou

(3,472 posts)
23. I saw Mitch in Walmart, this afternoon. Nice conversation...He was quite pleasant[
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 06:48 PM
7 hrs ago

Although ,,He did shop lift a box of "Snickers" ..Said "I deserve them" "Fuck um.."

sarchasm

(1,322 posts)
24. I actually shook McConnell.'s hand ...
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 06:56 PM
6 hrs ago

I live in Nashville, but I'm from Louisville, and one thing's for certain, he's never held rake or a shovel in his life. His hand felt like a down pillow.

kimbutgar

(27,757 posts)
27. I'm hoping we find out McConnell,passed away the same day as the orange piggy and since death
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 07:28 PM
6 hrs ago

Occurs in threes who would be your third hope to die?

Putin would make it a wonderful day!

Aviation Pro

(15,911 posts)
29. I just spotted him on bench presses for 20 minutes
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 07:46 PM
6 hrs ago

Where he hit 150, 165 and 190 KG singles. He seemed in fine fettle for a near corpse.

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