Kentucky tea partiers to McConnell: Step aside for Matt Bevin

washingtontimes.com ^ | 2/17/14 | Tom Howell Jr.

[cotton1706]

The United Kentucky Tea Party on Monday said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell should drop out of the Republican primary in their state so conservatives can rally around Matt Bevin, the GOP candidate who is challenging Mr. McConnell from the political right.

The tea party group cited Mr. McConnell’s dramatic vote last week to extend the nation’s debt limit and polling that suggests he could lose to the eventual Democratic opponent, Alison Lundergan Grimes, in the general election.

“Senator McConnell’s recent vote with [Senate Majority Leader] Harry Reid to hand President Obama a blank check for the next year has further degraded his support in Kentucky,” the group said.

Mr. McConnell’s vote rallied last-minute support among Republican senators to extend the nation’s borrowing authority, eliciting gasps in the chamber as the party rallied to avoid blame for a potential default over strenuous objections from conservative groups.

The tea party’s new criticism is not surprising, as it has criticized Mr. McConnell in the past in their bid to buttress Mr. Bevin’s campaign.

The McConnell campaign hit back quickly, citing a Politico story last week that said Mr. Bevin signed off on an investment firm document that praised the 2008 federal bank bailout, or Troubled Asset Relief Program.

Mr. Bevin has criticized Mr. McConnell for supporting the program at the time.

“After last week’s revelations, the remaining defenders of Matt Bevin are left with little justification for continuing to support him and even less of an argument for attacking Sen. McConnell,” campaign spokeswoman Allison Moore said. “It’s a shame that some well-intentioned folks bought into Matt Bevin’s fictional account of who he is and what he stands for.”

[Colonel_Flagg]

The McConnell campaign hit back quickly, citing a Politico story last week that said Mr. Bevin signed off on an investment firm document that praised the 2008 federal bank bailout, or Troubled Asset Relief Program.

Don't change the subject, Mitch. DEFEND YOUR VOTE. Stand on your record. Unfortunately, in your case you've got your record all over your nice new suit.

[skinkinthegrass]

BOOT ' EM ALL OUT!
Support Matt Bevins, Defeat Sen. *itch "Mumbles" McConnell. *(D.C.-GOP / E)
Support Eric Gurr, Defeat (SotH) Rep. John *HIC! / HIC!* Boehmer. *(D.C.-GOP / E)

Support Linda Vega or Dwayne Stovall, Defeat John Cornyn *(D.C.-GOP / E)
Support Joe Carr, Defeat Lamar Alexander *(D.C.-GOP / E)
Support Lee Bright, Defeat Lindsey Graham *(D.C.-GOP / E)
Support Chris McDaniel, Defeat Thad Cochran *(D.C.-GOP / E)
Support Dr. Milton Wolf, Defeat Pat Roberts *(D.C.-GOP / E)

*District of Criminals-Gutle$$ Old Party / E$tabli$hment

[PoloSec]

Well that should enrage him, but not enough for him to step aside.

[INVAR]

That’s all he does, deflect and redirect.

He is carpet bombing the net and local radio blasting Bevin in the most shameful and petty ways. Attacking him in ways McConnell will NEVER attack a Democrat for.

It’s an outright war by the Ruling Class oligarchs in the Establishment against Bevin. They would rather lose the seat to a Democrat than let a Conservative have it, which ought to explain in great detail why McConnell and Boehner act the way they do.

They serve the UniParty of the Federal Beast.

[Paladin2]

Mitch really likes TARP no matter what he seyz.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

The McConnell campaign hit back quickly, citing a Politico story last week that said Mr. Bevin signed off on an investment firm document that praised the 2008 federal bank bailout, or Troubled Asset Relief Program.

This is weak tea. Bevin's signature was probably among dozens of others who, at the time, didn't know the full scope and magnitude of the unfolding catastrophe. Hell, even half of FR supported Bush doing something about the financial crash.

The question is though, would Bevin (if true he even supported it to begin with) support such a measure again? Now that TARP was overblown and the catastrophe caused by unintended government consequences, the answer would be no.

Folks, conservatives aren't going to hold their noses anymore. We don't care if the Dem wins the seat in the general. People like McConnell are part of the problem and need to be driven from office asap.

[Paladin2]

(Ditch) Mitch is all about gov’t spending and squishing the bugs (peeps) of Ky.

[Viennacon]

DITCH MITCH!

[Paine in the Neck]

He is carpet bombing the net and local radio blasting Bevin in the most shameful and petty ways.

Take heart. That's exactly what Dewhurst did to Cruz here in TX. People were disgusted by it. I think it even drove people out to vote against Dewhurst who otherwise might have sat home.

[INVAR]

conservatives aren't going to hold their noses anymore. We don't care if the Dem wins the seat in the general. People like McConnell are part of the problem and need to be driven from office asap.

You got that right.

You cannot fight an enemy clearly marked in front of you if you are consumed with fighting the traitors within your own ranks - WORSE when it's the leaders and generals of your own side who are siding with the enemy.

If elections were not machine-rigged from this point out- knowing who the real enemy is, is vastly superior than putting up with another traitor to the cause and the movement.

McConnell is no Conservative. He's already declared war on the TEA Party. Let him be ousted. At least we won't have to worry about being stabbed in the back.

[Colonel_Flagg]

They do indeed. I wonder though, if given McConnell’s poll results against Grimes, the same poll that shows Bevin beating Grimes, that Kentuckians have had enough.

[tennmountainman]

Help Mitch get a job at Trent Lott’s lobbying firm.

Vote him out of office.

[grania]

The problem McConnell has now made even worse is that his Democrat opposition can say with justification that there's no point in voting for a Republican whose views are the same as Obama's.

Would he pull a Murkowski? By that I mean run as an independent to assure the defeat of a conservative.

Another thing is that Bevin really does have to explain his support (if it's true) for TARP way back when. We haven't always done well with conservatives that don't have a voting record that proves their campaign rhetoric.

[Pharmboy]

I was so happy to get a call from the RNC last week asking for money. I was polite, but told him that neither my wife nor I would give the RNC a dime this year unless a cogent argument could be made as to why Ken Cuccinelli was NOT supported for governor of VA. He could not answer.

I told him to take me off their list.

McConnell WAAAAY past his due date. Retire, Mitch--you're an embarrassment!!

[INVAR]

Would he pull a Murkowski? By that I mean run as an independent to assure the defeat of a conservative.

Astute supposition.

I would not doubt for a second he would do so in order to help the Establishment punish the Conservatives. They are feathering their nests for future lobbying positions in the Beast Power from D.C.

Nothing else matters to them except their positions of power.

[txhurl]

I THINK KY has a sore-loser law, like TX, but I could be wrong.

[Viennacon]

Reminds me of that “Mitt Romney’s signature was on the documents that bankrupt these companies!” BS.

[YOMO]

If you like your Debt ceiling you can keep your Senator.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Good luck. They will have to drag Mitchie kicking and screaming off the govt teat.