Posted on 03/18/2014 8:37:58 AM PDT by Din Maker
I just found out some information today that enlightened me as to why Rand Paul has endorsed Mitch McConnell. McConnell's Campaign Manger, Jesse Benton, is part of the Paul family. He is married to Ron Paul's grand daughter and Rand Paul's niece. I wonder if Mitch hiring Rand's nephew-in-law was part of the deal for Rand's endorsement? This is what Benton told the Huffington Post:
"I believe in Senator McConnell and am 100 percent committed to his re-election. Being selected to lead his campaign is one of the great honors of my life and I look forward to victory in November of 2014."
Well, that answers a lot of questions.
I’m just telling what I think is going to happen. My opinion doesn’t make it more or less likely. It’s just what I expect to see.
There is another angle here. Polling indicates that Bevin would soundly beat Grimes. Whereas McConnell is looking to lose or maybe, if lucky, squeak by.
If McConnell cares so much about a Senate majority for the GOP he should consider pulling out and actively supporting Bevin. No, he would rather Grimes be elected than Bevin. I believe that is what he really thinks.
I will also point out that there is absolutely no evidence that McConnell would be any tougher in dealing with the Dems as a majority leader than he is as a minority leader. I will even suggest that a Republican majority is of *no* value unless he is replaced by a real leader with a backbone. But if he is reelected and the R get a majority, he will be the leader. Exercise in futility.
You cannot advance an agenda without controlling a majority?
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And the GOP Establishment can’t advance an agenda WITH a majority. We had the White House, House of Representatives and the Senate for over 5 years during George W’s Presidency. And, the national debt skyrocketed, we still have little unborn babies being killed and we have same-sex marriage. What they hell did the GOP Establishment do other than get us into Iraq and Afghanistan and cause thousands of young Americans to die in vain. BULLSHIT!!!
Haven’t seen them lately, but McConnell’s really running a slash and burn campaign on him. It’s nasty.
I gather Bevin is still significantly behind, name recognition being a big problem.
I agree that with McConnell as the majority senate leader we will get squat from him and the senate. He will stand up for nothing.
If we had not been corrupted beyond repair and overthrown in a velvet coup - you advance a Conservative Agenda by electing Conservatives - NOT Liberal Democrat Ruling Class party hacks like McConnell, Boehner, et. al. to suck gravy from the Beast train.
Based upon your comments I don’t think you have the faintest idea how the constitution works.
Based on your comments, I don't think you have the faintest idea of what a coup looks like or how it works.
The GOP leadership are Judenrats who hate Conservatives every bit as much as the Democrat MarxoFascists. This is why McConnell is trashing Bevin in ways and manners he WILL NEVER trash Grimes in the General.
I would prefer a dog catcher over any democrat. My worst enemy are the democrats, not the likes of McConnell. Harry Reid is the man I despise most as majority leader.
But shallow thinkers like you do not understand how much worse Harry Reid as majority leader in senate is for conservatives.
Because National debt was only half of GDP during most of Bush43’s reign. His budget deficits were much smaller than every year of Obama. Never lose sight of proportions.
ABSOLUTELY ADROIT. The GOP ruling Class is in league with the Democrat MarxoFascists, and they would rather a seat go to a big government Statist than to a Conservative like Cruz or Lee.
It was McConnell who said in the NY Times just a week ago that they were going "To crush Tea Party Conservatives everywhere".
I will also point out that there is absolutely no evidence that McConnell would be any tougher in dealing with the Dems as a majority leader than he is as a minority leader. I will even suggest that a Republican majority is of *no* value unless he is replaced by a real leader with a backbone. But if he is reelected and the R get a majority, he will be the leader. Exercise in futility.
Exactly. Voting for McConnell is voting for Obama's agenda DESPITE the projecting done to insist anyone refusing to support McConnell is doing so. The fruits of McConnell scream the reality. He's a slimy back-door dealing big government stooge.
Keep in mind we're talking about Kentucky - everyone is part of the family.
Negative. If you read the article in it’s entirety, Jesse Benton is, supposedly, doing this to get Mitch to back Rand’s Presidential run in 2016. So, it’s “to hell with principle; politics rules.”
Your not answering the question. The process created by the constitution requires a majority in order to advance an agenda. A bill must past through the congress and it must be signed by the President. How are you going to gain that majority without the help of the GOP?
FYI: We had a slim majority for 4 (not 5 years) during the Bush Presidency. A slim majority indicates the liberals had enough power to block certain legislation. It’s all about the votes.
Clearly you have no plan and no understanding of how to “fix” the system. Instead of being part of a solution you instead choose to attack the opposition of the socialists in power. You “quack” like a liberal with your attacks on GOP and if it quacks like a liberal it probably “is” a liberal...
As posted it’s not good. I am my extended family will be voting for Bevin in the primary. If Snitch wins the primary he’s on his own in the general from what I hear of most conservatives. He along with the gope has made it clear they have utter contempt for conservatives and his voting record and back stabbing deals behind the scenes make it clear he is a total weasel sellout.
We will not be voting for Grimes as she is the usual democrat idiot trotted out but voting for Snitch and towing the “we are all in one big tent together, party loyalty—party loyalty!...” line is not going to cut it this time around.
Those claiming look at the long term picture are really not looking at it, they are going for the politically expedient choice rather than tearing out the traitorous liberal 5th column in the GOP by its roots.
I am not a purist but when you can’t get the leadership to fight for anything—anything, conservative you lost me. And I have listened to those crying for support of the liberal GOP and voted accordingly since 1988 and in 2008 it made me sick voting for that douche bag McCain, hardest vote I ever cast.
In the years they have managed to win despite of themselves, what has been accomplished? A never ending defensive war where ground is surrendered year in and year out and to talk of taking the offensive is met with derision, wailing and gnashing of teeth by the GOPe.
You don’t crap where you sleep and McConnell has running diarrhea of the mouth and has managed to crap all over his base time and time again, the idiot. Mitch will lose and he and the gope have no one to blame but themselves but like good little liberals it will always be someone else’s fault.
explain to all of us why it didn't work when FOR 6 YEARS, under George W. Bush, when the GOP controlled the White House, The House of Representatives and the Senate. The national debt sky-rocketed, we still killed, and are still killing, little babies in the womb and we have same-sex marriage. Oh, but we did get bogged down in Iraq and Afghanistan and cause thousands of young Americans to lose their lives. YOU TELL US, jokker. WHY THE HELL DIDN'T IT WORK??? HUH????? COME ON MR. CONSTITUTION; TELL US!!!
The truth is, for the GOP Ruling Class AND the Democrat MarxoFascists, the Constitution is an obstacle to their desire and plans to make the Federal Beast all powerful while greasing their pockets with our money.
Mitch McConnell Says They Are Going To “Crush” Conservatives “Everywhere”
Ditto the rest of your post.
I will be voting Bevin in the Primary, and when the fix is in and McConnell is in the "general" - I will vote for a Conservative, understanding that in post-Constitutional/post-coup America - my vote is meaningless anyway.
It is clear to anyone with a shred of honest integrity and principles that voting for a Ruling Class Judenrat for the Marxofascists is worse than casting a vote for a Democrat. They continue to stab Conservatives and the Constitution in the back, so why the hell should we support such treason?
The democrats controlled the senate for almost half of the Bush Presidency and controlled the House for the last two years. Too many democrats were the problem.
That point is irrelevant to the question of “How can we move forward?” You can yell and scream all you want but you will be powerless until conservatives can generate enough votes to advance an agenda. How do you propose we do that? You have no plan except to complaints about “yesterday”.
It sounds like you are happy being part of a powerless, impotent, angry mob ruled by liberal socialist/communists and joining the opposition and fighting for freedom through the mechanics created by the constitution for initiating change is too much of a bother for somebody as important as yourself.
FYI: We had a slim majority for 4 (not 5 years) during the Bush Presidency. A slim majority indicates the liberals had enough power to block certain legislation.
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Hot Damn!!! I knew that you were going to pull out that tired, old line. “Well, we had a Majority but those big, bad Democrats just wouldn’t play ball with us and....and.... and... we couldn’t do shit.”
Oh yeah; well, how are the Dems managing to get their agenda through with a “slim” Majority in the Senate and no control of the House? They have people like Mitch McConnell..... THAT’S FREAKIN’ HOW!!!
I can hear it now. “We can’t get anything done without a veto proof majority”. I could almost buy that, even if I disagreed with the strategy, except that I have come to believe that McConnell, Boehner and the GOPe do not want to overturn Obamacare or his massive spending or any of his assaults on the American people. His attacks on the tea party and misinformation tell me that he is just another Arlen Spector/Jim Jeffords. In fact, if Bevin beats him, I would not be surprised if he, like Crist and Spector, switches sides. Given that, having him in charge is worse than not having him at all. Would you want 52 Republicans to vote, say, Mark Pryor as leader? If not, then you don’t want Mitchey-boy either.
So you admit you have no plan for fixing the situation. You have no plan to get rid of the socialists in our government; you only want to complain about what happened 7 or 8 years ago. You have so much love and respect for Barrack and Michelle that you are concentrating all your efforts on stopping the GOP. I was right about you from the beginning. You are a liberal Democrat...
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