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Derechos Donating Member (892 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-11 11:49 AM
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McConnell Debt Ceiling Strategy: 'I Refuse To Help Obama Reelection'
WASHINGTON -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), under siege from conservatives over his opt-out proposal for the debt ceiling debate, defended the idea in crassly political terms during an interview on Wednesday morning.

The Kentucky Republican, appearing on Laura Ingraham's program, repeatedly pointed to the political toil that congressional Republicans endured during the mid-'90s when they squared off against then-President Bill Clinton over government spending.

"e knew shutting down the government in 1995 was not going to work for us. It helped Bill Clinton get reelected. I refuse to help Barack Obama get reelected by marching Republicans into a position where we have co-ownership of a bad economy," McConnell said. "It didn't work in 1995. What will happen is the administration will send out to 80 million Social Security recipients and to military families and they will all start attacking members of Congress. That is not a useful place to take us. And the president will have the bully pulpit to blame Republicans for all this disruption."

"If we go into default he will say Republicans are making the economy worse," he concluded. "And all of a sudden we have co-ownership of a bad economy. That is a very bad position going into an election. My first choice was to do something important for the country. But my second obligation is to my party and my conference to prevent them from being sucked into a horrible position politically that would allow the president, probably, to get reelected because we didn't handle this difficult situation correctly."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/13/mcconnell-on-his-debt-cei_n_897124.html
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BigDemVoter Donating Member (169 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-11 11:53 AM
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1. Poor chinless baby. . .
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-11 11:53 AM
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2. Co-ownership? McTurtle wishes.
Polling consistently shows they own all of the bad economy.
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SpiralHawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-11 11:53 AM
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3. Actually, Republicons have 98% ownership of the bad economy
Edited on Wed Jul-13-11 11:57 AM by SpiralHawk
Americans are well aware of the George AWOL Bush 8 years of borrow-and-spend, shock & awe economic FAIL that squandered the vast surplus the republicons were handed, and that -- with Republicon 'leadership' all the way -- flushed the US budget & economy down the crapper for decades to come.
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-11 11:56 AM
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4. His thinking is idiotic
He took an indefensible position of not raising the debt ceiling and now doesn't know how to deal with it. So instead of quietly raising the ceiling, he wants to give Obama complete control in a convoluted way. It's just plain dumb.

The fact is that if there is a huge deal or no deal both help Obama. No deal means that the limit is increased without any cuts. That works just as well. But I think Obama smells blood on this and he's chasing the republicans with a deal while they retreat. Pretty funny how this has all turned out.
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emulatorloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-11 11:57 AM
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5. We knew this already - Job number one, Destroy Obama. And the US be damned,
They've tortured the US and held back the recovery just so they can get power again.
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Kber Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-11 11:58 AM
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6. So he's "like" to do something good for the country
but not if it helps Obama?

Treason?
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Parker CA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-11 11:59 AM
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7. The fact that he's explaining this train of thought is going to bring what he's most fearful of. nt
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Ineeda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-11 11:59 AM
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8. We all know the first 'obligation' but that's not in the quote....
because he's been called out on it before, but he clearly states "But my second obligation is to my party and my conference to prevent them from being sucked into a horrible position politically that would allow the president, probably, to get reelected because we didn't handle this difficult situation correctly." He's not only chinless but testicularly challenged as well.
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-11 12:00 PM
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9. Interpretation: "I'll fuck over the american people before supporting Obama"
seriously!
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Ozymanithrax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-11 12:00 PM
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10. Co-ownership? McConnell does have a sense of humor.
Edited on Wed Jul-13-11 12:01 PM by Ozymanithrax
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K8-EEE Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-11 12:45 PM
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13. He's not just another pretty face! nt
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librechik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-11 12:02 PM
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11. ...is he trying to say Bill Clinton shut down the govt in 95?
this is what happens when you spend all your time trying to twist the truth.

are Repubs responsible (as well as some Dems) for the economy's debacle? Clearly yes. When Obama points that out, he's not trying to attack YOU, Mitch. But when you lash back at him that such truths are evil weapons, rather than the plain truth, you are the one doing the attacking.
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asjr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-11 12:20 PM
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12. All these ugly Republicans are only there
for their party--not the USA. I resent having my taxes pay their salaries when they do nothing for me and the rest of the country. Hm. That sounds like a pretty good movement. I want my money back!
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otohara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-11 12:47 PM
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14. W0W - He Really Hates The Prez
when will this dinosaur retire - go lobby with your wife
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Evasporque Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-11 12:50 PM
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15. So essentially all GOP policy is based on making Obama fail...wow. That's good for America...nt
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FiveGoodMen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-11 01:01 PM
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16. No, GOP policy is to destroy America-as-we-knew-it and blame the Democrats via Obama
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