Peel back the veneer on almost any Republican politician and you will discover a corrupt, dishonest, hateful hypocrite who will do virtually anything to hold on to power. Most representative of this paradigm is Senate Minority Leader, Mitch McConnell, as this editorial from his local paper demonstrates.
George W. Bush got a lot wrong in his administration, but he certainly did figure out Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell.
In his new memoir, Decision Points, the former president tells of a meeting he held in September 2006 with Mr. McConnell, then the Republican whip in the Senate. The occupation of Iraq was going horribly, American and Iraqi casualties were rising sharply, costs had mushroomed into the hundreds of billions of dollars, and Iraq was teetering on the brink of full-scale sectarian civil war. Mr. McConnell was concerned, and he gave the president his advice.
But why was he concerned? It wasn’t because of bloodshed, destruction, a hemorrhaging budget or a slide toward disaster. He was fearful that the morass in Iraq would cause the Republican Party to take a beating in the approaching mid-term elections. And what was his advice? He urged the president to “bring some troops home from Iraq” to lessen the political risks, Mr. Bush writes.
This incident, which Sen. McConnell’s office has not denied, shines brightly on the contemptible hypocrisy and obsessive partisanship that have come to mark the senator’s time in office.
At the time that Sen. McConnell was privately advising Mr. Bush to reduce troop levels in Iraq, he was elsewhere excoriating congressional Democrats who had urged the same thing. “The Democrat[ic] leadership finally agrees on something — unfortunately it’s retreat,” Sen. McConnell had said in a statement on Sept. 5, 2006, about a Democratic letter to Mr. Bush appealing for cuts in troop levels. Sen. McConnell, who publicly was a stout defender of the war and Mr. Bush’s conduct of the conflict, accused the Democrats of advocating a position that would endanger Americans and leave Iraqis at the mercy of al-Qaida.
Unless he is prepared to call a former president of his own party a liar, Mr. McConnell has a choice. He can admit thut at he did not actually believe the Iraq mission was vital to American security, regardless of what he said at the time. Or he can explain why the fortunes of the Republican Party are of greater importance than the safety of the United States. [emphasis added]
Inserted from <The Courier Journal>
Normally, the earmark king of any Senate is the a member of the Majority, but not this year. Bought Bitch Mitch holds that title too. I fully agree with the conclusions his local paper has reached, and I’m not tha only one who does. Here’s Rachel:
If only there were a Democrat in the Senate to rub his bulbous nose in this every time he opens his lying mouth! His term ends in 2012, and Democrats had better put up someone better than Blanche!
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That man is a despicable excuse for a human being, well his whole party actually! No wonder the thugs were afraid of Dubyas book coming out! Conservatives usually don’t read books so I’m glad Rachel reported on this story last night, she did GOOD!
But Sue, there’s a difference here. They don’t read books because that can’t. They don’t watch Rachel, because they refuse.
Unless he is prepared to call a former president of his own party a liar, Mr. McConnell has a choice. He can admit…
Admit to who? Turtlehead Mitch will ignore this or at best get one of spin masters to cast his statement in a different light.
You’re right. People who do not watch Rachel and cannot read hove no idea this happened. So that’s 90% of his base.
I just once again shows that republicans put politics above everything else including the American people. They would rather win an election than save our children from being killed. Maddow did a great piece on this last night.
You’re right, Jerry. Nothing new here. This is just more egregious than most, because in 2006 he called us traitors for the same thing he was doing.
I simply love his new name: Bought Bitch Mitch! Lying sack of sheep shit that he is, he has earned that name. 👿 He is evil, the devil incarnate…which btw.. him and his henchman spent 65 million in corporate cash trying to paint Pelosi as. His karma will really be a thing to behold, and I do believe it will hit his worthless ass some day like a ton of bricks raining down on him.
Like all my creations, Dusty, Thou Shalt Steal. 🙂
Someone needs to write What’s Wrong With Kentucky after their selection of Rand Paul with a lot of out of state money influencing them. His win establishes the pattern, which confirms that there was a problem all along with them electing Bunning and McConnell. Maybe they regret that they never seceded during the Civil War and didn’t get to experience Reconstruction like the rest of the Confederacy did. At they rate they are going, their turn may well be on the calendar.
Good point, Realist. Now we change the T to an F… 😈
I believe I have been doing a disservice to turtles by nicknaming McConnell one. Though the resemblance is true, turtles are much better creatures than this oafish windbag. I surely hope he loses next time around.
You have indeed, Sherry. What a lowlife!
It’s not hypocrisy if Republicans do it.
So they claim, Dave.
It’s all about getting elected. It doesn’t matter how they do it, who they fuck over to get there, who gets killed along the way, as long as they get elected. It’s a reality tv show now, scripted by Big Biz and advertised by Big Media. Nothing else matters, as long as they get elected, and they don’t care by whom, really, as long as it happens.
Bee, there are variations, but your theme is correct.
Ok, is Bitch McConnell the ugliest man on earth – he with the turkey neck. He’s got plenty of money – get that shit fixed!
Secondly to pull troops out of Iraq simply for political reasons is absolutely abhorrent. He doesn’t care about the men and women he put on harm’s way, only about scoring political points. I think he’s the devil incarnate and a hypocrite to the nth degree. What a fucking douchebag. 😡 😈
Sorry I haven’t be on much lately, I had a cold that totally kicked my ass.
Lisa, that’s a terrible thing to say at this time of year. Bought Bitch Mitch is the last thing I want to think of next Thursday. 😉
Amen.
I only hope you’re feeling better.