FLASHBACK! 1990 McConnell Campaign Ad: ‘Everyone Should Pay Their Fair Share, Including The Rich'

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FLASHBACK: In 1990 Campaign Ad, McConnell Said ‘I Think Everyone Should Pay Their Fair Share, Including The Rich’

Today, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) named three Republicans to the fiscal super committee that was created by the debt ceiling deal. All three have taken the Americans for Tax Reform anti-tax pledge and support a cockamamie constitutional balanced budget amendment. “What I can pretty certainly say to the American people, the chances of any kind of tax increase passing with this, with the appointees that John Boehner and I are going to put on there, are pretty low,” McConnell has said.

But McConnell has not always been so virulently anti-tax. In fact, in a 1990 campaign ad, McConnell said that “everyone should pay their fair share, including the rich,” prompting the Associated Press to say that he sounded like a “populist Democrat” ...

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http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2011/08/10/293153/mcconnell-tax-the-rich-flashback/

[Motown_Johnny]

1. He has now decided their fair share is 0%

not a flip flop at all

[HereSince1628]

2. That clip ought to be run on national media during the super committee

meetings.

[blm]

10. absolutely correct

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11. I agree! n/t

[RT Atlanta]

3. He's obviously a "flip flopper"

I wonder what his neck waddle looked like 21 years ago?

[SugarShack]

4. again ,,,where is the party? why are they NOT running an ad on this? they get corp dollars too...

[Firebrand Gary]

5. K&R...We must get this up the boards.

Are you kidding me? And this guy wants to run the Senate.

[blm]

6. I was just coming over here to post this. So happy to see your thread. Here's his script.

Mitch McConnell:

I haven't voted for one of these lousy budget packages for years and I won't vote for this one.

It would raise taxes on the wrong people.

Unlike some folks around here I think everyone should pay their fair share. Including the rich.

We need to protect our seniors from Medicare cuts too.

I don't care if the President or Congressional leaders twist my arm. I won't support any deal that isn't a fair deal for the working families of Kentucky.

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9. Thanks for that detail, blm

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7. Keep this kicked.

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8. Kick....it's looking like some don't get the importance of this find.

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