How Mitch McConnell crushed the tea party

CNN ^ | 05-21-2014 | Peter Hamby

[cuban leaf]

Not sure I would vote for the Dem, but I definitely would not vote for McConnell.

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I feel so strongly about this that not voting for McConnel is not enough. I’m all in to removing him. That means voting against him and for the candidate most likely to defeat him.

[Kansas58]

Your house is on fire.
Do you care who your firemen voted for?
Your relative is kidnapped.
Do you care who the cops voted for?

Likewise, the objective here is to reduce the power of Obama and his friends. What Obama wants, I do not want. Obstructing Obama is the point. Defeating Obama is the point.

You have made this personal, vindictive and, frankly very egotistical and stupid.

If McConnell does not win, now, it will be a victory for liberalism.

NOBODY with any real wisdom will consider a McConnell loss as anything other than an Obama victory.

And YOU will be partly responsible!

Congratulations Comrade!

[Night Hides Not]

You think we would have a Benghazi hearing if Pelosi was in power?

You'll get the same response by asking, "without the Tea Party, would we have a Benghazi hearing?"

[Night Hides Not]

Keep digging that hole deeper, Kansas.

[sarge83]

McConnell made it clear I——I was his enemy a conservative. If a man walks up and says I am going to punch you in the face, does so and then tells me he and his friends expect me to buy his dinner in six months he’s on crack or just plain dumber than dirt.

Kansas I have listened to your argument since 1988 and followed it and the result is: bigger government with these same Republicans in charge of the White House and the Congress at various times. What is the definition of insanity again Kansas?

You can’t beat the liberal democrats when your own party is full of them. Your fighting a losing battle when half the time you instead of fully engaging the enemy you are having to watch your back for that knife you know is coming from the likes of McConnell and McStain.

No more, if that idiot Grimes wins in Kentucky there is only one person to blame-—Mitch McConnell.

[sport]

I suppose the guilt trips are in the eyes of the beholder. I hold the Republican Party responsible. And they guilt tripped me twice, in 2008 and 2012, but never again.

[tennmountainman]

I have had my fill of voting for lessor of two evils.
Many others here feel the same way.

We have tried it your way. It does not work.
I don’t live in KY, but if I did, I would vote, but leave my ballot unchecked
for the senate race.

I would rather give up one seat, to replace McConnell than keep him
in his leadership position.

I noticed you did not address the rules available to McConnell to stop
Obama. It is called the Fillibuster. He has the rules and tools. He has chosen not to use them.

All the Bushite votes like yours will not save McConnell.
And he will only have himself to blame by trashing the same voters
he will need to win. My advice, prepare yourself for a major election
surprise in KY. Brace yourself. It’s coming.

[arkfreepdom]

exactly

[onedoug]

“You all can go to Hell. I’m goin’ to Texas!” —David Crockett

[ansel12]

I don’t agree with the poster that you should be voting democrat, but if you support them, then vote for them, I don’t don’t where you are getting all these positions of mine that you keep posting as me saying.

You seemed to have just chosen my earlier post, as a launching point for your diatribes, you don’t appear to be interested in what I was actually commenting on.

If you want to be a democrat, go for it.

[Jagdgewehr]

Just like Mitch. First distance yourself from ardent conservatives and then insult them.

Frankly, it is rare thing anymore when a Republican garners my respect and support.

[ansel12]

For the second time in my life I will vote for a democrat.

You vote for what you prefer.

[Night Hides Not]

I suppose the guilt trips are in the eyes of the beholder. I hold the Republican Party responsible. And they guilt tripped me twice, in 2008 and 2012, but never again.

It reminds me of Fletcher's response to the Union Senator in The Outlaw Josey Wales:

"Senator, don't pi$$ down my back and tell me it's raining."

Just because I won't vote for GOPe candidates doesn't mean I'll be casting my vote for Democrats. It will be third party, or write-in.

[tennmountainman]

I want McConnell of his leaderless position.
Whatever political means it takes.

Once again, McConnell has had the tools to stop Obama.
It is called the Fillibuster.
He has not fought with the tools he has.

We can win the rest of the Senate races, except McConnells seat
and still be just fine.

[ansel12]

If you vote democrat, then you are an idiot.

[cuban leaf]

For the second time in my life I will vote for a democrat.
You vote for what you prefer.

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When was the last time, regarding non-referendums, did you vote “for” a candidate rather than against a candidate.

And yes, you do vote “for” what you prefer. I actually prefer a weak democrat and possible a democrat controlled congress to returning McConnel there.

[tennmountainman]

I can tell you I will be a happy idiot if we win the other Senate races
and get rid of McConnell. Happy, Happy, Happy.

[ansel12]

If you look at post 116, you will see what I was posting to, an idiot democrat, posting on FR.

I’ve never been a republican, and on the rare occasions I don’t vote republican, I do not vote democrat.

[zeugma]

Have you noticed the usual herd of election season moderate freepers have started to ooze from under the rocks they’ve been hiding under since the last election?

Yup. It's the first blooms of astroturf season.

 

[tennmountainman]

I can tell you if I lived in KY and was trashed by MConnell and then
McConnell bragged about “crushing” me, why would I want to vote
for him?
I would not vote for him.
It is one thing to win. It is another to trash and brag about crushing
the same voters you will need to win.