McConnell: GOP Outspoken On Libya Because There’s A Democrat In The White House

[savalez]

Source: TPM

Here's an impressive package of candor from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who spoke to reporters Wednesday at a breakfast roundtable hosted by the Christan Science Monitor.

McConnell admitted that his party is divided over President Obama's military action in Libya, but that you're only hearing about it because Obama's a Democrat. Many of these same divisions, he said, existed under President Bush, but party loyalty "muted" the dissent.

"I'm not sure that these kinds of differences might not have been there in a more latent form when you had a Republican president," McConnell admitted. "But I do think there's more of a tendency to pull together when the guy in the White House is on your side."

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"I think some of these views were probably held by some of my members even in the previous administration but party loyalty tends to kind of mute them," he said. "A lot of our members, not having a Republican in the White House, feel more free to kind of express their reservations which might have been somewhat muted during the previous administration."

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I hate Republican politicians. They didn't voice their true opinions on the Iraq war because President Dumbo was a Republican.

[SpiralHawk]

1. Politics before America (R)

Disgustipating. Republicons gleefully crap all over America and Americans to fatten their Republicon fatcats.

[markpkessinger]

2. Undoubtedly the case. And there are Democrats who are outspoken b/c we believe it is wrong! n/t

[ForeignandDomestic]

3. ......

"I'm not sure that these kinds of differences might not have been there in a more latent form when you had a Republican president," McConnell admitted. "But I do think there's more of a tendency to pull together when the guy in the White House is on your side."

If the guy in the White House has signed off to bomb a sovereign nation who never threatened nor attacked us and as result of this action innocent children, mothers, and fathers have been killed, he is NOT ON MY SIDE!

[savalez]

4. Exactly. Sick.

oh, welcome to DU.

[DissedByBush]

5. Actually, Libya has attacked us

But since then an about face was done, a repudiation of support for terrorism.

It is in this new environment that Obama attacks Libya.

Way to support those who renounce terrorism, Obama.

[Scottybeamer70]

6. The turtle has spoken........

In reality, they would like to "mute" everyone who disagrees with them.
I think that is what he was really saying.

[Kingofalldems]

7. Kick and Recommend.

[ej510]

8. It's happening on our side now with Libya, and Afghanistan.

[libodem]

9. might as well be the days of speaker Gingrich

Same old cess pool of hate, anger, opposition, and defiance. Repulsives would cut the nose off of the face of the US to spite its face. Look at the lack of economic recovery, all they did was campaign on jobs. Liars.

[no_hypocrisy]

10. I appreciate McConnell told the truth.

Otherwise, fuck him and the other republicans for their motivation.

[nineteen50]

11. What

Ever happened to just doing the right thing?

[Kolesar]

12. The war on Iraq was the only issue the GOPs had to run on for the last decade

They would not have won Congress or reinstalled their dictator in 2004 unless the neocons could trump up a fake case for war and use it to label the Democrats as unpatriotic.

So it is bullshit to say that the GOPs were divided on military intervention.

[maxrandb]

13. Waiting for the MSM

to give this MUCH MORE IMPORTANT story the "Weiner Treatment" in 3 - 2- ...."sigh"...Nevermind

[Dawson Leery]

14. Republicans use war and the military to bash their opponents.

They do not give a damn about the country, only their own political futures/powers.

Fuck country "music" too. :argh:

[gratuitous]

15. Wow, he said it directly to a group of reporters

Will the bulldogs of the Fourth Estate realize that McConnell just told them that Republicans value party over country and constitution, or did they just nod and write it down for publication, totally oblivious to the treasonous utterance they just heard?

[WatsonT]

16. And democratic dissent is limited for the same reason

Politics. It's ruined by politicians.

[BadGimp]

17. Thank you Senator Obvious

Barf