Sort of incestuous isn’t it?
Nepotism is part of the GOPe’s and the ruling elite’s modus operandi.
People in KY will never figure it all out.
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Maintaining the Oligarchy is more like it.
Since there is no longer a Ron Paul POTUS campaign, ol' Jesse has to come up with $586,616 large from somewhere to keep granddaughter Valerie happy, happy, happy ...
Why is it only conservatives are willing to overlook political philosophy when family is involved?
Old saying - birds of a feather flock together. In this case, the birds are not very good, to say the least.
Looks like Ms Grimes will be the next Senator. Conservatives here are NOT voting for McConnell in the general. He’s going to get stomped.
How can we save this country when the GOP is our biggest enemy??
Amazingly surrealistic, those lily livered pussies will “compromise” with Dems on *anything*, yet they declare a take no prisoners war on their own party base.
More proof that we have a uni party system. The GOP is the slightly less liberal wing of the DemocRAT Party.
I urge all of us to keep fighting, but also to prepare for the worst. Politically and economically. Liberty is dead in America.
Paul has already said he was asked to endorse McConnell before there was any opposition. As much as I’d like to see McConnell gone, I don’t think this is a big deal.
Rand Paul is perhaps merely repaying that courtesy?
Isn’t it pretty much SOP for one Senator from a State to give some tacit endorsement of the other?
I don’t think Rand went so far out on the Mitch limb so as to actually help him defeat the Primary contender.
Cruz more or less held off endorsing any one in any Primary.
First of all, endorsements don’t mean a whole lot and probably mean even less to incumbents than challengers but for people like Rand Paul and Rick Perry to NOT endorse the challenger probably helps McConnell more than the endorsement does.
A shrewd politician builds up favors owed and then cashes them at election time. No doubt McConnell has done something in the past for both and now wants his payback.
This is politics, folks. This is how it works. If it disgusts you, I’m sorry but it is the real world.
A guy like Ted Cruz that doesn’t endorse Cornyn is why he’s despised by colleagues. Others will remember that he failed their loyalty tests. In Cruz’ case, he’s betting his populism will trump his lack of “playing along” but it is a very risky strategy. Washington can be a vicious place when nobody stands up for you.
Ron Paul’s Campaign Manager Will Work for Mitch McConnell
http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2012/09/13/jesse_benton_here_s_why_ron_paul_s_spokesman_will_work_for_mitch_mcconnell.html
It seems to me that Rand Paul is a little bit Paultard, a little bit GOPe, and a little bit conservative. I think he’s more Paultard than he lets on, because he knows he can’t go too far with his father’s views. I hope Cruz stays far away from him. He’s better than a pure GOPe kind of guy, a McConnell or Boehner or (God forbid) McCain, but not much.
Jesse Benton, campaign manager for Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), said that he was holding his nose while working for McConnell and thinking of the long-term best interests of Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), according to a recording of a phone conversation posted by the Economic Policy Journal, a libertarian-leaning website.
“Between you and me, I’m sorta holdin’ my nose for two years, cause what we’re doin’ here is gonna be a big benefit to Rand in 2016, so that’s the long vision,” Benton reportedly said, apparently referring to a possible presidential run by Paul.
According to the Economic Policy Journal, the recorded conversation took place between Benton and Dennis Fusaro of the Reformed Theological Seminary on Jan. 9, 2013. Fusaro confirmed to the Weekly Standard that he made and later released the recording.
http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2013/08/mitch-mcconnell-campaign-manager-im.html