AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Louisville Courier Journal columnist publishes harsh 'pre-obituary' of McConnell while senator recovers from fall
A Louisville Courier Journal columnist used Sen. Mitch McConnell's hospitalization, and the recent death of Sen. Lindsey Graham, as the occasion to publish a blistering career retrospective he openly calls a "pre-obituary." Joseph Gerth, a columnist at McConnell's hometown paper, published the opinion piece on July 22 while the 84-year-old Kentucky Republican was reportedly recovering […] The post Louisville Courier Journal columnist publishes harsh 'pre-obituary' of McConnell while senator recovers from fall appeared first on American Almanac .
A Louisville Courier Journal columnist used Sen. Mitch McConnell's hospitalization, and the recent death of Sen. Lindsey Graham, as the occasion to publish a blistering career retrospective he openly calls a "pre-obituary." Joseph Gerth, a columnist at McConnell's hometown paper, published the opinion piece on July 22 while the 84-year-old Kentucky Republican was reportedly recovering from a fall at his home that sent him to the hospital on June 14. Gerth made no pretense of neutrality: he called McConnell a "detestable figure" and framed the column as a deliberate attempt to criticize the senator while he is still alive, so that no one could accuse him of speaking ill of the dead. The timing is pointed. McConnell's Senate office went…Open