Mitch McConnell Hatches a Plan for Revenge on Harry Reid That May Cost Him His Senate Seat

[sheshe2]

snip:

Mitch McConnell and his caucus are throwing a prolonged temper tantrum over the loss of their ability to prevent President Obama from staffing up a functional Executive Branch.

Republicans have couched their beef in the lofty language of the rights of the minority, but the cold hard political reality is that egos have been bruised, and as a consequence they are going to sacrifice the good of the country for some misguided personal retribution.

What McConnell and his band of Emily Thorne wannabes don’t understand is that their plan for revenge could have grave consequences for their reelection campaigns. For example, if Republicans decide make the 1.3 million Americans who just lost their unemployment benefits suffer because they are mad at Harry Reid, an embattled candidate for reelection like McConnell will be handing his Democratic opponent a club to beat him over the head with in the fall. This same dynamic could play out to an even bigger degree on the bill to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, and on many other issues during 2014.

Mitch McConnell vowed revenge when Harry Reid changed the filibuster rules, and this scheme has the Kentucky minority leader’s fingerprints all over it. The arrogant attempt to teach Democrats a lesson is bound to fail, and it could very well cost Republicans their chance to take control of the Senate, and Mitch McConnell his own Senate seat.

http://www.politicususa.com/2013/12/31/mitch-mcconnell-hatches-plan-revenge-harry-reid-cost-senate-seat.html

Now if that picture does not show what a dangerous feral animal the Senate minority leader is, none will!

[hobbit709]

1. Yertle The Turtle

[sheshe2]

2. ...

[napkinz]

7. Go Alison!

[grilled onions]

56. Cerebelum Dysfunction

This is your brain on hate,prejudice and a total disreguard for the poor, minorities, uneducated, anyone from another place(state,country,or planet!) and anyone who does not fit that 60 plus,white man,country club buddy image). The image is of a time period I wish was long past but we do have a long way to go. Time to ditch the Turtle!

[roguevalley]

11. jon stewart calls him granny, hobbit honey. By the way, I lurve your movie. ;)

[louslobbs]

3. Yes, yes it does, even in the meaning I placed into the picture, show what a "dangerous feral animal

" McConnell is. That picture is truly worth a thousand ugly words, attached to perhaps tens of thousands of ugly and harmful deeds. He's disgusting in every respect.
HAPPY NEW YEAR,
Lou

[winter is coming]

4. He's already in trouble in KY. Unless he pulls a fanged rabbit out of a hat, he's toast. n/t

[babylonsister]

5. I'll believe it when I see it, but I certainly hope so. nt

[LiberalAndProud]

13. As unpopular as he is,

PPP is saying it's a toss-up, for what that's worth.


http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/mitch-mcconnell/

[OKNancy]

6. LOL at the reference to Emily Thorne ( from the ABC show Revenge) n/t

[5X]

8. Looks like an old adam lanza. n/t

[brer cat]

9. I sure hope so.

I would love to see him go down in a landslide.

[surrealAmerican]

10. There's still the question of ...

... what he will do in the interim if he knows he will lose reelection.

[Mr.Bill]

22. Vacuum the wallets

of every lobbyist that enters his office. Then one day he will become one of them and make some real money.

[Vinnie From Indy]

31. Yep!

Just like Joe Lieberman selling the last of his Senate term. You can be quite certain that McConnell will grab every dollar in his vicinity.

[TeamPooka]

54. and shake em by the ankles for the loose change to fall from their pockets

[abakan]

53. Good question...

What do you do after you have already scorched the earth and caused great harm to the inhabitants?

[NV Whino]

12. I have to ask...

Based on that photo, is that man really alive? Or is that just a bad taxidermy job?

[sheshe2]

14. Bingo!

Bad taxidermy...

[Kennah]

33. CNN says too close to call. They finally got one right.

[Dustlawyer]

45. He always looks waxy to me! By the way, I prefer calling him Waxy Mc Chinless!

[abakan]

55. He never goes out side..

Sun makes skin tougher, but staying out of the sun with copious amounts of face cream, you too can have southern belle skin..

[Dustlawyer]

57. Welcome to DU!

[dinger130]

60. Waxy indeed

His family owned a funeral home business in Alabama. Probably using some leftover corpse makeup he had in a drawer somewhere.

[TroglodyteScholar]

15. I couldn't find anything at the link about any actual "plan"

What am I missing?

[George II]

20. I just posted the same thing (below) - I hate when people do things like this

[TroglodyteScholar]

27. As far as I can tell, the article used several hundred words to say absolutely nothing new.

What's the point?

[George II]

30. At least it wasn't in "Latest Breaking News"!

[WowSeriously]

34. Maybe the point is to keep people aware.

Are you aware that a collection of commercials are now being rolled out nationwide, individually taylored against each Dem? Much more coordinated than in the past.

We need to stay informed and active nationwide. If Republicans capture the senate it will be all impeachment all the time and no judges, or justices, will be confirmed.

[TroglodyteScholar]

36. Okay, so is that the plan the article is talking about?

What is the plan?

[WowSeriously]

41. Doesn't matter what McConnel's plan is.

The purpose of the article was to be aware, formulate our own plan.

That my take away.

[TroglodyteScholar]

48. So the false title doesn't bug you in the least?

Seems to me there are enough topics to write about that actually have facts behind them. I'd argue that is much, much better for awareness.

[WowSeriously]

52. No. I don't think it was intentional.

[George II]

37. So, what is the "PLAN"??

[WowSeriously]

42. I don't know what McConnel's plan is. I don't think it matters.

I think the point of the article was to be sure we are aware and go on the offensive.

The one mention that seemed "plan" like was to blame Dems for filibuster changes, and any retaliatory measures are meant to protect the minority party.

That is my take.

[Pakid]

16. Lets hope it does cost them any chance to gain control of the Senate

The last thing America need is these idiots in charge of anything

[jtuck004]

17. Emily Thorne, at least, has a reason. These sorry bastards are just mean for fun. n/t

[Cha]

18. Republicons blame Democrats for everything and Never take any personal

responsibility, she.

The thing is "Emily Thorne" had good reason for "revenge".. Mitch McConnell and his band of do-nothing senators are only pretending they have a reason other than obnoxious hate of President Obama.

"The arrogant attempt to teach Democrats a lesson is bound to fail, and it could very well cost Republicans their chance to take control of the Senate, and Mitch McConnell his own Senate seat."

The US Senate losing Mitch McConnell would be like 10 Million new trees planted in fertile soil! Boom!

Thanks for your OP, she~

[George II]

19. Did I miss something or did the article linked never get around to what the "plan" is???

[JBoy]

21. He's the Frank Burns of the Senate. n/t

[msanthrope]

23. Harry Reid did it for us. nt

[VPStoltz]

24. How is it that this band of boneheads seem to forget who was ELECTED twice.

Not SELECTED like their last loser, and ELECTED by greater majorities than their last LOSER.
When I was a kid and we voted on something (a game, etc.) the count was taken and "majority wins" the verdict.

[longship]

25. I hope so...

I hope Dems paint with a very wide brush. And dip deep into the paint bucket.

Happy New Year, She!


May 2014 be wonderful!
Skäl!

[grantcart]

26. you do know the first thing your supposed to do with a feral cat (T-N-R)

[appleannie1]

28. Neuter. All he has is balls. Without them he would be totally lost. Sounds like a plan.

[sheshe2]

29. Trap-Neuter-Return:

It' the only humane thing to do!




To you and yours, grantcart~

[Kennah]

38. I'll pick up a bottle of spray tan for bait, and with a bigger cage, we might get two for one.

[malokvale77]

32. If only (nt)

[Blue Owl]

35. Turtle in the headlights

n/t

[KentuckyWoman]

39. Mitch is probably toast no matter what.

It's going to be an ugly primary. If he survives that beating it's unlikely he'll survive the general election. He knows it. All he'll do now is set himself up for lining his pockets and attempting whatever petty vendettas he has.

[Major Hogwash]

40. McConnell is going to lose his seat in the Senate anyway.

McConnell has nothing to lose by throwing everything the Senate Republicans can think of at Harry Reid and the Democrats in the Senate.

After more than a dozen years of political malaise, as control of the Senate shifted back and forth between the 2 parties in the Senate, while the Senate Republicans pretended as if they were doing their job, the Senate Republicans recently have been put on the political endangered species list . . . but no one is lifting a finger to save any of them.

McConnell is the biggest target in the Senate for the Democrats.
Don't think that McConnell doesn't know it.
The national Democratic party will raise and spend 10s of millions of dollars next year to defeat McConnell.

McConnell is the worst of the worst because he embodies the outright racist and ruthless, heartless policies of the wealthy social class society propagated by the Republican party.

McConnell is not just a symbol of what is wrong with the Republican party, he is also a symbol of what is wrong with some of the people in the United States.
People who support bureaucrats like McConnell, who is a special kind of white Duck Dynasty trash.

[B Calm]

43. I hope you are right! I hate the Turtle Man!!

Kentucky is turning blue. . .

[sheshe2]

61. Great analysis of the whole situation, Major!

[blkmusclmachine]

44. The GOP: They want to sacrifice the Country for personal retribution.

Nuff said.

[lillypaddle]

46. Now how could you not love a face like that?

[another_liberal]

47. OK, but what is their plan?

I get it that they are angry and want revenge, however, you seem to have left out what, exactly, they intend to try. The article linked to doesn't add any detail along those lines either. Are we just unsure what they plan to do for "revenge?"

[randome]

49. I know, isn't that ridiculous? Writer mentions a 'scheme'. What scheme?

[hr][font color="blue"][center]No squirrels were harmed in the making of this post. Yet.[/center][/font][hr]

[ut oh]

50. The Feral Turtle

I like it!

[hrmjustin]

51. you ever notice that Mitch's face looks like it is falling off.

[Jamaal510]

64. McTurtle reminds me of Mr. Anderson from Beavis and Butthead.

[IMG][/IMG]

[DallasNE]

58. The Rights Of The Minority Has Only Cropped Up With The Election Of The First Black President

So it makes one wonder what is really going on.

Before Obama there had been a grand total of 86 executive appointments filibustered in the history of the Senate. Since Obama and before the nuclear option there were 82 executive filibusters. I guess the minority didn't need protection before Obama.

[lame54]

59. What chance are you talking about...

this is not their year

[flamingdem]

62. Love the horror movie photo

Happy N Year Sheshe!!

[sheshe2]

63. Yup, that picture....Yikes.

Happy New Year too you flamingdem.