McConnell Mocks President at Exclusive Bar for Republicans and their Fantasy Companions

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@BarackObama @Eastwood_ Greetings from coal country! Hazard, KY -MM pic.twitter.com/6IgV6sEL8j
2:32 PM - 29 Apr 2013


____ On Monday, Sen. Mitch McConnell’s campaign account tweeted this photo of him, apparently at a bar in Kentucky, seated with a beer next to an empty chair and a glass of red wine. The tweet is addressed to both President Obama and Clint Eastwood (also of empty chair fame).

So was McConnell’s joke about the joke actually an invitation to clink glasses with the Kentucky senator?

“I’m shocked. He’s obviously not seeing my soft side,” McConnell said of the president’s ribbing on Monday at the Southeast Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, according to the Washington Post’s Karen Tumulty and Sean Sullivan.


read: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/04/mitch-mcconnell-strikes-back/

related:

Obama: Who would want to drink with McConnell?
"'Why don't you get a drink with Mitch McConnell?' they ask," Obama said. "Really? Why don't you get a drink with Mitch McConnell?"
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/white-house-correspondents-dinner-obamas-top-jokes/story?id=19055823#.UX7N_-SG3kY

Obama Tried To Call Mitch McConnell And John Boehner On Election Night, But They Lied That They Were Sleeping
http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/11/09/gop_leaders_didnt_take_obamas_call.html

[Brickbat]

1. A lot of people think this is stupid, but I found it hilarious.

The right is so bad at getting the feel of memes, social media and other hip things. I think it's kind of cute when the blind squirrel finds a nut.

ETA: And that's "nut" as in "something that works on a social media level; it's instantly understandable and visually funny." Not "nut" as in I agree with the premise that it offers.

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5. it's a trap

. . . they may well get some of their staff to manage the mechanics, but, they're still stuck with their inane politics which can only appeal to folks in their ignorant and regressive base who have no clue at all about what they're talking about and where to find them saying it.

[warrior1]

2. idiot

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

3. Why is the chair empty?

Because in most of the bars where McConnell hangs out, they still don't served Coloreds.

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4. he prefers to see the President as his wine-sipping pal

. . . later on, he dresses up the chair with a checkered lumberjack shirt and a corncob.