DeceptiCon ruler Mitch McConnell is the ultimate abuser in the relationship of the Republican Party to its base of voters.
During a series of remarks at a Kentucky Chamber of Commerce convention Tuesday, the Senate Minority Leader went right back to his familiar pattern of telling voters they should listen to who he says is acceptable or not acceptable as a 2022 Republican candidate.
Those of you who have walked the deep political weeds with us, will remember the battles against McConnell’s uniparty wing in the 2010, 2012 and 2014 races. This is where McConnell and McCain famously called the base of the GOP “whack-o-birds” and “jihobbits” for supporting unsanctioned Senate candidates like Scott Brown, Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, Ron Johnson, Tom Cotton, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio and more.
(KENTUCKY) – […] McConnell, speaking at a chamber event in Kentucky, said that 1994 had been the best year for Republicans and that the atmosphere heading into November “is better than it was in 1994.”
“From an atmospheric point of view, it’s a perfect storm of problems for the Democrats,” McConnell said. “How could you screw this up? It’s actually possible. And we’ve had some experience with that in the past.”
“In the Senate, if you look at where we have to compete in order to get into a majority, there are places that are competitive in the general election. So you can’t nominate somebody who’s just sort of unacceptable to a broader group of people and win. We had that experience in 2010 and 2012,” McConnell added. (read more)
.@LeaderMcConnell on the 2022 midterms: "How could you screw this up? It's actually possible. […] In the Senate, if you look at where we have to compete in order to get into a majority, there are places that are competitive in the general election." https://t.co/pevgKhkPwm pic.twitter.com/eHRBVGRjQF
— The Hill (@thehill) April 13, 2022
This guy is such a profound manipulator it is almost sickening. After the 2008 election, the Democrats had a 60-seat majority. A veto-proof majority. Mitch was the minority with 40 Republican senators in January 2009. It was the Tea Party that changed it all around, starting with Scott Brown in December of 2009.
In the specific races McConnell points out in 2010 and 2012 were races where the Tea Party base of the GOP actually produced more seats for the Republicans, culminating in a successful majority reestablished in the Senate in 2014. The Republicans did nothing with that majority and couldn’t even get rid of the Obamacare mandate which they campaigned on with eight years of promises.
Here in Texas, every RINO was re-elected. Actual conservatives are in run off elections. In North Carolina, Mark Meadows was stricken from the ballot.
Mark Meadows? He’s not running for anything.
Look it up! Sad 😢
Bush family dug deep into their bag of tricks against Ken Paxton, I hear.
Yep. They did. Paxton will probably win.
So whattya gonna do about it Cocaine Mitch?
Worried we’re gonna upset the apple cart?
Worried we might upset the DeepState apple cart indeed!
The republican revolution of 1994 was hijacked by cfr traitor Newt Gingrich and the globalist unitary chameleons
There is no 2 party system. They’re now all commicrats. Remember Nazi Nannzi bumping her fists together after biden was done speaking at the “installment celebration in January 2020”? Yep, she knows what they have planned and it has nothing to do with shots or flu or freedom or anything. It has to do with MONEY for the already overly-wealthy.
There is no 2 party system anymore, remember that. Most of the photos of turtle-face mcCONnell have either turncoat john thune behind him, or turncoat planner in chief Nazi Nannzi. Take your pick, they’re all traitors to the american people and traitors to this country. They all can’t wait to be communists because they don’t understand the full weight of what that means. Know why they don’t understand? Because they don’t wanna understand. It won’t be for them, it will be for you and me. They’ll get money, money, money, and life will go on as normal for them.
Just wait until the next time thune is in my city. I’ll be giving him 2 pieces of my mind. Ditto for rockhead rounds and their sidekick dusty johnson. Heh, his office is right beside the office where I go for my massage every friday. Should be easy to unload on that dood even if he is the least “powerful” among the 3. Who cares as long as they carry tales.
Great post
The Democrats would be a margianalised, permanent minority party, if not for the Republicon Party, enabling the steady, leftist tilt.
The Dem is the person walking towards you in a dark alley or deserted parking lot, talking loudly, waving their arms, to DISTRACT you, so you won’t notice their partner in crime (the Republican) sneaking up behind you, to stab you in the back, so they can rob you, and leave your naked body.
In order to avoid this type of robbery, which has been done with variation, for THOUSANDS of years, you have to recognise it, turn 90 degrees and put your back against a wall.
EXPOSING the second guy, sneaking up behind, is KEY.
And then being willing to FIGHT, knowing if you don’t your life, and all you hold dear is forfeit.
McConnell is the ENEMY, do NOT be distracted by Pelosi, Obummer or old Joe.
Great analogy!
Yup. Dovetails nicely into what I’ve said many times. The biggest mistake Trump has made is not creating his own party while he has the power and following. Massive game changing opportunity missed. There is no salvaging the “Democrats in Drag” (LB).
I have gone back and forth with it. However, I now agree a MAGA Party would probably been the best way to go as it stands now. There is no contrasting choice. It is all one Communist/Fascist/Totalitarian government of the corrupt, crooked, criminal governance.
It is all one Communist/Fascist/Totalitarian government of the corrupt, crooked, criminal governance.
AMEN!!!!!
My mind is made up when I look at the leaders in the two chambers (McCarthy & McConnell). We don’t know who voted for them to be leaders (or I certainly don’t). So we really don’t know how deep the problem is only that it is some sort of majority in both the House and the Senate. Which is very different than saying we need to primary out a half dozen in the Senate. That number almost seems doable in an election or three versus when there is an unknown majority in both chambers that need to be removed and replaced.
Myopically I look at my state and upcoming election. Looks like I am stuck voting for fully corrupted Rubio or a Communist. And the fact that Ivanka turned down the possibility of primarying Rubio leaves me in a “why vote?” frame of mind.
For the 1st time in 55 years of voting in every election, voting Republican, being a Committeewoman and very active on campaigns…I’m not voting for Rubio or my Congressman, Brian Mast.
I’m out.
And that right there is the great tragedy the left has done to our country (and when I say left I include Mitch and his accomplices).
And unfortunately, it is exactly what they intended.
“Mitch and his accomplices” — Precisely.
Lets remember he was elected by his peers to be the GOP leaders in the Senate. Same goes for McCarthy in the House. So when we are talking accomplices, it represents a majority of the GOP across both chambers. And that, to me, is why the party cannot be salvaged.
AMEN Levi
With respect … I don’t think you really understand what it takes to make a new party…I do.
I was a Republican committeewoman in the Perot years, knew some of those folks.
They told me what they had to do to get the Reform Party registered in all 50 states, and then get Perot on the ballot on all 50 states, and the enormous expense (which would be in the BILLIONS of dollars today).
You know who the stingiest donors are in politics…. conservatives/MAGA. So … Who is gonna do all the hundreds of hours of work to get this done? Who will put forth the billions of $$ to establish the Party, keep it running, fend off the lawsuits by both Ds and Rs?
WILL YOU?.. Yeah, I thought not.
Keep the virtue signal up lady . Voting is not the way to fix this .
If the “will you” question is asking me if I will donate to the GOP any longer, the answer is a resounding no. The last three elections (16, 18, 20) I donated more than all preceding election donations combined. What did I get out of it?
Two stolen elections (18 and 20), a GOP House and Senate that refused to move a GOP President’s agenda forward and refused to support him (or even themselves) when elections were stolen.
Did it ever cross your mind that one reason for stingy donations to the GOP MIGHT BE because of the crap product/service they provide and not the customer? Yeah, I thought not.
By the way, thanks for what you did back then. Have a wonderful day.
The RINOs only think that “They’ll get money, money, money, and life will go on as normal for them.” The well-established record of commies is that these well-heeled useful idiots are the first ones thrown into the pit, at the precise psychological moment of “…hey, wait a minute, this wasn’t what we said…”
Chinese Attack Dog yells at tree
Eff You Mitch
Mitch can see China from his bed.
lol – sad but true
Heh, more than just see, Mitch is in bed with China.
How frigging funny!!!!!!!!!
Never mind that
Mitch is IN BED WITH CHINA
Literally
C’est ca que la fait amusant.
2020 proved that national politics is no longer relevant. They hate us as much as we hate them. I’m done with these traitors…all of them.
Who cares what Cocaine Mitch says. And saying this at the COC? What a surprise.
Keep McCain-Feingold in mind. Monetary support from Party coffers will not be forthcoming to “unacceptable” candudates. We will have to support them ourselves. Lots of small donations. Once we get control, REPEAL McCain-Feingold.
Money wont be coming from the Party, but political and personal attacks and sabotage on the campaigns of “unacceptable” candidates will be.
Good call. The –only- reason that I’m still a registered member of the R-party is to vote against these RINO (expletive)s in the primaries.
The same McChicken-livered traitorous undeserved GOP “leader” who refused to do anything for Trump or his voters now lecturing on acceptable candidates? Irrefutably the worst Senate leader in US history. While the Marxists are destroying the country, this guy is trying to fill the senate with more losers – Romney/Murkowski. Any one who was involved in the deep political weeds of McConnell/McCain Duo; will remember them calling the base of the GOP “whack-o-birds” and “jihobbits” for supporting unsanctioned Senate candidates like Scott Brown, Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, Ron Johnson, Tom Cotton, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio and more know well what this RINO means when he said “How could you screw this up? It’s actually possible. And we’ve had some experience with that in the past.” That, is the same old trick McConnell and his related RINOS, together with Karl Rove pulled, in their involvement in efforts to smear Eric Greitens are not only disgusting, but low down critters who don’t care who they hurt – any one who loves America.
You know he just hates seeing Sarah Palin step back into the limelight. Eff him.
I know; when she announced I wondered how many heads were spinning on the repub side;
knowing that they were all spinning on the other side.
yes. Remember this? HR1?
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And that T rump did not endorse his boy McCormick.
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To hell with McConnell. I don’t take advice from a corrupt politician. He has been in the senate for many years; overseeing the decline of the USA. He is the voice of the problem; not the voice of the solution.
Astute post, Professor.
Absolutey. He has never been the voice of the solution.
FMM
My feelings exactly.
Like ‘Yourself’ for instance?
Specifically!
Hey McTurtle . . . YOU are an unacceptable candidate!
I detest that traitor.
The same McChicken-livered traitorous undeserved GOP “leader” who refused to do anything for Trump or his voters now lecturing on acceptable candidates? Irrefutably the worst Senate leader in US history. While the Marxists are destroying the country, this guy is trying to fill the senate with more losers – Romney/Murkowski.
As to the question if McConnell has any moral red lines; it is revealing ..
He admits it .. stumbles over it, stalls for time and simply cannot come up with an answer.
Interesting interview.
He could say that subsequent to his earlier statements information and hard evidence has been made available that proves President Donald Trump was NOT the instigator of the problems at the Capitol in January 6, but rather a corrupt element sanctioned by the FBI covertly infiltrated the January 6 Election Protest and those bad actors deliberately and violently sabotaged their otherwise peaceful action that was ongoing in support of the incumbent President.
But that “Moral Red Line” was one McConnell didn’t at all mind crossing.
He can’t do that. The moral red line does not exist when he knows his own ‘covert’ dealings aren’t unknown to anti-Trump FBI.
The interviewer knows that. That title was used deliberately in the interview so as.to hang McConnell’s “sins” around the necks of all Republicans. IOW, whatever the interviewer can (using “gotcha” questions) trap McConnell into trying to evade the answers, and this appear to be guilty of, the interviewer wants viewers to then associate that “guilt” with all Republicans.
It’s a very old and frequently-used trick that unfortunately works on people who have not paid close enough attention to the facts and thus they set themselves up to fall for an array of cheap tricks and devices used by the Left.
It’s like watching an amateur magician fascinate and entertain a group of 5 years olds but as an astute adult observer we can see every cheap trick he uses and therefore aren’t fooled at all.
Interviewer tongue in cheek
McConnell single-handily lost the TWO Senate seats in GA in 2020. McConnell is a legend in his own mind.
That was intentional on Mitch’s part. He would rather throw the Senate to the Commiecrats (and remain majority leader) than be held accountable to the exploding MAGA contingent of the R-party. And that’s exactly what Mitch did. As evidenced by his weasel-words in the interview above, there is no bottom.
I’m taking advantage of a primary and voting for my candidates here in Ohio. I got a political call today, sounded like DeWine’s campaign or something because they asked how I viewed DeWine, as a liberal, moderate, or conservative. I chose liberal. After a series of ratings on certain candidates they know I’m voting Mandel for Senate and Renacci for governor.
We just have to outnumber the Left because they are too far gone as a bunch. They get their news elsewhere and it’s all deep state propaganda as we know, as well as their indoctrination via our education system. I saw on a website for our local school district that someone posted that a bill similar to Florida’s K-3 banning discussion of sexuality, transgender, etc., was proposed in the Ohio legislature. The posters replying to it are all Dems and saying, “Where is the proof this is being taught?” They don’t even think CRT is being taught, it’s all a right wing conspiracy.
My husband and I are doing the same ! We live in the district that Gonzales was elected, he decided to bow out after voting for Trump’s impeachment so good riddance. I’m looking forward to dumping Dewine, I remember when he had his health officials going around giving citations to bars and restaurants for serving drink and food after 10 pm. Covid apparently showed up at 10.01PM. He’s ridiculous!
Me, too, and Renacci was our rep before Gonzales.
If Mitch is looking for acceptable, Nevertrump foreign policy grifter suggests a Zelensky Democrat.
“If Liz runs for the Republican nomination in 2024, I’ll donate. I’d vote for her in the VA primary if it could make a difference. But I’m doubtful that will be the case. I think it’s more likely that in 2024 I’ll be voting not for a Reagan Republican but for a Zelensky Democrat.” – Bill Kristol March 15, 2022, twitter
FBK
I would love to tell Cocaine Mitch and the horse he rode in on, Bill Kristol that they can both go f**k themselves.
P.S.
Please Liz run for President in 2024. I would love to hear what President Trump names that skank lesbian Liz
A “Zelensky Democrat” is a thing? Isn’t his father a Trotskyite?
OMG! Bill Kristol lives in my state. VA how low can you go.
when is McConnell up for re election?
2026. He’ll be 86
I posted this earlier but should have saved it for here – I revised it to make Turtle soup.
Want to clear out the McConnells in Congress? Here’s just a start.
TERM LIMITS – two terms for Senators – three terms for Representatives.
NO health care for life. It ends when you walk out the door. Buy your own. Being in Congress is a part-time gig – not a career position.
NO pensions for life. Use 401’s or equivalent.
NO “fancy” dining privileges in Congress. Set up the equivalent of military mess hall(s) used by enlisted personnel. They eat the same food as the people who PROTECT them.
All assets go into blind trusts when elected.
No free transportation between DC and home districts. Take the bus.
There…..I feel better.
Damn good list
thanks
Instead of terms I’d use years as the limit. 12 years over your lifetime total. Mix/match from Senate / House but the total is what counts.
It’s not just health care for life. Congress critters can retire after 6 years (1 Senate or 3 House) with 90% pay for the rest of their lives. Health care and retirement pay should be yanked. As you said, get a job and live under the rules you have helped create.
ok
Drug tests (Hair screen) for EVERYBODY!!!
ONLY if a cognitive test is included…………….
McConnell is despicable. So is Kevin McCarthy.
So is most of the GOP.
I want a Freedom Party.
I wish we could dish out 1790’s style retribution.
These people need to be put in stockades and publicly shamed.
I will bring the rotten tomatoes
If there are unacceptable candidates then there must be unacceptable voters that would vote for them, right Turdle ?
Exactly 💯 💯
Constitutional Republic Citizens and MAGA AMERICANS need not bother with being concerned.😳
✅️Mitch and the Uniparty gang will take care of everything they need to accomplish.😵💫
We are the unwashed.
If someone was to waterboard that little beotch Mitch and release the recording, I just bet there would be mass resignations in the Senate the next day.
FBI if you are monitoring this site, I identify as a Black Supremacist.
Dude sounds just like Turd.
Go straight to hell McConnell. As I keep telling the RNC. Not ONE penny while McConnell is in leadership.
I’ll tell you what. It’s going to be clear this November that we aren’t voting our way out of this.
GFY McConnell.
Come on Kentucky, please show us you’re smarter than this guy. Send him packing.
If you understand swamp speak,unacceptable candidates are ones who are honorable,moral and stand up for our country and our people in the defense of our nation against all enemies foreign and domestic and the ability to live a prosperous and peaceful life the way God created it to be.Or to have people like mitch,mitt,lindsey,schumer,pelosi who have lined their pockets for decades at the expense of this nation.To me and a lot of people we have had enough of the corrupt politicians the likes of my examples.Father,we thank you that your hand come in and remove every one of these corrupt self serving members of the senate and house.According to your word Psalm 68 1-3 Let God arise,
Let His enemies be scattered;
Let those also who hate Him flee before Him.
2
As smoke is driven away,
So drive them away;
As wax melts before the fire,
So let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
3
But let the righteous be glad;
Let them rejoice before God;
Yes, let them rejoice exceedingly.Psalm 35 1-10 Plead[a] my cause, O Lord, with those who strive with me;
Fight against those who fight against me.
2
Take hold of shield and [b]buckler,
And stand up for my help.
3
Also draw out the spear,
And stop those who pursue me.
Say to my soul,
“I am your salvation.”
4
Let those be put to shame and brought to dishonor
Who seek after my life;
Let those be turned back and brought to confusion
Who plot my hurt.
5
Let them be like chaff before the wind,
And let the [c]angel of the Lord chase them.
6
Let their way be dark and slippery,
And let the angel of the Lord pursue them.
7
For without cause they have hidden their net for me in a pit,
Which they have dug without cause for my life.
8
[d]Let destruction come upon him unexpectedly,
And let his net that he has hidden catch himself;
Into that very destruction let him fall.
9
And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord;
It shall rejoice in His salvation.
10
All my bones shall say,
“Lord, who is like You,
Delivering the poor from him who is too strong for him,
Yes, the poor and the needy from him who plunders him?”Let the corrupt be humbled before you and exposed and brought to naught,in Jesus Christ name,Amen.
Fool me once…. Never again.
Rigor Tortoise is the prime example of an unacceptable canditdate.
Listen to who McTurtle says to vote for?
Nope. Mitch, you aren’t E.F. Hutton and we aren’t listening.
I remember the E F Hutton commercials.
Did anyone listen?
So says the guy with a 30% approval rating. Vote for those he finds unacceptable then.
Is it just me or does MaoConnell look like Gary Oldman’s hideous “Mason Verger” character from the movie “Hannibal”???
http://www.moriareviews.com/horror/hannibal-2001.htm
Here’s a pic.
McConnell, unacceptable himself!
Like him? Sorry, we’re done.
McConnell has already manipulated Trump to withdraw his endorsement of the only conservative candidate in Alabama. Mo Brooks isn’t the greatest candidate from a populist perspective but he has signed a promises to vote against McConnell to remain as the Republican Senate leader. Britt has refused and Durand has stated that he sees no reason NOT to vote to keep McConnell as the Senate Republican Leader.
Britt is being heavily financed by McConnell’s ally Shelby, she also has links to the Chamber of Commerce and has been a lobbyists for tax increases. She will lie about The Brooks voting record then say what a devout Christian she is.
Durand on the other hand entered politics as a McCaine supporter, has receiving funds by a PAC associated with the Lincoln Project and has made some concerning comments about disarming citizens in cities.
Although Trump may be our best candidate and I will eagerly vote for up him again, but wish he would stay out of local politics. What we need to pay attention to is who we are electing fo Congressional and local offices and not vote for someone just because of a Trump endorsement. Remember Trump endorsed Mitt Romney, Lindsey Graham and Mitch McConnell.
a good start is to demand that any candidate sign a promise to remove Mitch McConnell as the the Senate Majority leader.
Not once but many times Trump-endorsed critters were ‘duped’? into thinking Trump does not know what he is doing while meantime they have over the course of time, proven that keeping your enemies closer works when they expose themselves. Trump could fight all smears and attacks not necessarily directly from these critters, but no good will come of it – besides he will be attacked on top of it all as whining, lacking sound judgment because he endorsed them ,, etc etc. We’ve seen all of these. Over time, I believe Trump knows that letting the people see how far the rope he gave these people will reveal everything they do ; and we HAVE, in spite of media bias. More people know the extent and forces they weren’t aware of now than ever before – what they are up against than any words can categorize or catalogue. Recently BOOZMAN comes to mind – exposed by private citizens. He faced some hard questioning (which he couldn’t answer) a few days ago while meeting with his constituents over elections. The times we start hearing about unsavory stuff concerning these people is when they make ‘not for the people’ moves, chicken out or endorsed illegal laws etc and Trump has never been afraid to use words to describe accordingly what he thinks of them.
McConnell has no influence to tell me who I should or should not vote for. None.
Instead if butching in here flood this prick’s office with phone calls yelling him to F$%& himself.. that we’ve had enough of his bullshit and that he’s the reason we are where are now. We will send to the Senate who we damned well please and that he would do well to remember just who it is he works for.
Why are we listening to unelectable Mitch. He is the lamest duck there is. His leadership is soon gone and if he were smart he’d just resign.
Resign? He’s got 4 more years of cu$hy job security in DC.
This puke has got to go!
It’s gotten to the point that whatever Mitch is for, I’m against.
Mitch is totally wrong, there is no “moderate” anymore so we can ignore that one. Being a “moderate” Republican means being a pre-Obama Leftie and a globalist. Just like Dan Bongino said last election, “it’s a base election”. If anyone is wishy washy in the general, the voter will have to pick a side, sanity or insanity. We HAVE to pick America First. So those in PA need to vote Kathy Barnette for example, instead of Dr. Oz bullcrap.
Liz Cheney is hated in her own state and Mitch McConnell thinks people like her are the GOP future. Mitch McConnell needs a real eye opener. Let’s show him the People are choosing MAGA candidates. There’s too much of a divide to pick a RINO traitor at any rate.
“Liz Cheney is hated in her own state…” -Kaco
Obviously, DC Mitch thinks the voters in Wyoming are dumb hicks if they don’t like Liz.
This is his last term anyway, so he will do as much as he can to stop any maga candidate or worse if that’s possible. Can’t trust any of them.
It is way past time for Senator McConnell to be tarred and feathered and run out of town on a rail.
Paul Ryan smirks, adjusting his purple tie, while Republican voters prostrate themselves on the ground and lick the pennies on Mitch’s loafers.
the worst snake Ryan. Keeping himself out of the public eye – yet to be outed for pretty sure many things he’s been up to during the Trump years and now.
Need to start with him!
McConnell used Dominion CheatWare to steal his own race in Kentucky. Not to mention President Trump’s.
And if you think Kowtow Kemp sold those two Senate Seats without Mitch’s approval, you’re not paying attention.
I am beginning to detest the actions of the Republican Party almost as much as I do the Dems actions.
It really is time to form a MAGA party. There will be no cure to the corruption of government until MAGA has it’s own party and candidates that do not have to run against RINOs or Dems in Primary races.
The political and voting corruption is too great within the present party system to fix. As long as the people keep wringing their hands saying it cannot be done to create a third party it will make it much harder to do soon. Maybe even too late.
There is a reason the independent voter roles have increased.
There are many former Dems in the MAGA movement and at present the Republican Party is their only exit.
Beginning? Trump should have gone third party….he didn’t. That does not mean I have to vote for his endorsements. I will not comply.
I do not think Mitch McConnell understands that the majority of Democrat and Independent voters who will be voting Republican this year are not doing so because they want to vote for a Republican. They will be voting Republican because the only other choice is to vote for the lunatic left.
McConnell is the one that is unacceptable!