Far Right-Wing Republicans Set Sights On McConnell
Now that John Boehner is out, far-right Republicans may continue their takeover attempt by going after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)…Boehner’s move seemed only to embolden the hardliners. Several on Capitol Hill and off suggested that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., would be their next target, and the group Tea Party Patriots began circulating a petition calling for his removal.
McConnell had pledged that the GOP Congress would show voters that Republicans can govern in the runup to the 2016 elections. But conservatives complain that the GOP takeover of the Senate this year has not yielded results, and now a House run by less-proven leaders may test McConnell’s promise once more.
“Mitch McConnell is infinitely worse as a leader than Boehner. He surrenders at the sight of battle every time,” said Rep. Matt Salmon, R-Ariz., one of the rebels. “We made a lot of promises to the American people that if we took the Senate that we would do certain things and those things have not been accomplished.”
Copyright 2015 Liberaland
Merlin September 26th, 2015 at 20:07
” those things have not been accomplished.”
Those things! Try NOTHING. That is exactly what Mitch and the rest of the reslugs are worth! Nothing. Go away.
Larry Schmitt September 26th, 2015 at 20:13
Was one of those promises to the American people to f*ck things up as much as possible? Because that seems to be your target.
KABoink_after_wingnut_hacker September 26th, 2015 at 20:22
Ideologues and the wingnut lunatic fringe have taken over the republican party and they aren’t interested in governing our nation at all.
This could be a very destructive time for America or it could be a great opportunity as we watch a once great political party implode under the weight of all the hate-filled bigots, misogynists, corporate shills, racists, religious freaks and dirt-ignorant fools they’ve courted and recruited for the last 6 decades.
Hirightnow September 26th, 2015 at 20:35
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My answer” is “Evil”.
What do I win?
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StoneyCurtisll September 26th, 2015 at 20:49
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The Original Just Me September 26th, 2015 at 21:07
The Why is, the allied forces defeated Germany in WW II. The German government, military, industry, and people were defeated BUT, the NAZI Party just went underground and started their retaliation against ALL Allied Nations.
Cave quid dicis October 4th, 2015 at 13:33
Serpent’s walk?
The Original Just Me October 4th, 2015 at 18:21
I have never heard of this before now. I did Google Serpent’s Walk. Amazing, I have only read a couple of reviews but this sounds dead on except the time line is 70 years instead of a century. My answer to you is; BINGO, DEAD ON ACCURATE !
Robert Smithson September 27th, 2015 at 08:00
Because we have seen where the Democrat left has taken us. We are not respected around the world and are now almost 19 trillion dollars in debt, and the Constitution is routinely ignored.
Chris September 27th, 2015 at 08:31
You do realize that you are agreeing that the Republicans are trashing the US with your response, right? You don’t read carefully.
And you do realize that two of your three reasons are standard, unverifiable Republican boilerplate bs, right? Right?
Budda September 27th, 2015 at 08:47
We are better respected around the world now than under the Cheney administration; that debt thing you are so worried about was mostly created by Republicans (wars cost money with no return), your interpretation of the Constitution is not what counts.
F_cons September 27th, 2015 at 08:49
Stop using logic and facts, it’ll cause a tiny tiny popping sound soon.
StoneyCurtisll September 27th, 2015 at 09:06
Derp.
Roctuna September 27th, 2015 at 10:52
So you’re saying an America that’s adequately fed, paid, insured, educated, informed, safe, able to fully excersize the right to vote, sustainably using it’s resources and confident in it’s abilities would be a bad thing? Why?
Robert Kennedy September 27th, 2015 at 16:05
That’s just stupid. Polls around the world have shown that over 170 nations now respect us compared to 6 who did when Bush was president. Is there and chance that you will ever be right about anything? So far your record would seem to say no.
olcurmudgeon September 27th, 2015 at 18:08
Which Constitutional amendments are routinely ignored?
SecludedCompound October 2nd, 2015 at 13:07
We’ve had republican economics since Reagan. They’ve failed miserably. Your time is up. Everyone hates you guys now. You won’t win a national election for thirty years.
bret September 27th, 2015 at 18:25
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Hirightnow September 26th, 2015 at 20:33
Purge, anyone?
StoneyCurtisll September 26th, 2015 at 20:48
Mitch McConnell is a ‘liberal”….?
What? Ya didn’t get the fascist Tea-Party memo?
They will not stop until anything that is not a full blown Nationalist/Nativist/xenophobe fascist far right wing candidate is elected…
Do we have to relive the 1930’s-40’s again to realize theses people are sick and delusional?
Do we have to relieve history again to realize it was f-up the first time theses extremist forced themselves upon us?
The Original Just Me September 26th, 2015 at 21:05
You, Sir, are Correct.
StoneyCurtisll September 26th, 2015 at 21:27
Once in a while…:)
The Original Just Me September 27th, 2015 at 05:07
Yes, the law of averages does kick in once in awhile for all of us.
Robert Smithson September 27th, 2015 at 07:57
No. It’s finally getting elected officials who respect and govern by the Constitution.
Robert Kennedy September 27th, 2015 at 16:02
But Gerrymandering has made that impossible for now
tracey marie September 27th, 2015 at 16:38
the bible is not the constitution.
Roctuna September 27th, 2015 at 10:57
I happened to watch “The Front” w/Woody Allen and Zero Mostel last night. The quest for idealogical purity drove the paranoid xenophobes in that story just as now.
StoneyCurtisll September 27th, 2015 at 12:21
Thats a way old flick…(mid 70’s)
The Red scare, cold war, McCarthyism..
olcurmudgeon September 27th, 2015 at 11:01
They’re going to turn everyone into Liberals just as Scientologists see sane people as “suppressive people”
Liberals are their enemy, Fox News,Drudge Report, Brietbart and Newsbusters told them so.
Robert Kennedy September 27th, 2015 at 16:01
The reason for all this foofaraw is that Republicans don’t learn history or just ignore it and so are working for defeat again. If it were only the Republicans that suffered it would be a positive thing, but they drag the rest of us down with them.
stormkite September 26th, 2015 at 20:58
“We made a lot of promises to the American people that if we took the Senate that we would do certain things and those things have not been accomplished.”
Mass seppuku. On live TV. It’s the ONLY acceptable apology. Nothing else comes close.
StoneyCurtisll September 26th, 2015 at 21:30
….
lorddevonshire September 27th, 2015 at 09:02
they would even mess that up though.
stormkite September 27th, 2015 at 09:34
Probably, but every little helps….
cogitoergodavesum September 27th, 2015 at 09:40
McConnell was supposed to do that in Nov 2012. He said his number 1 job was to ensure Obama was a one term President, and we know how well that went.
The Original Just Me September 26th, 2015 at 21:04
Folks. I’ve said it before and I’m telling you again. the NAZI party of 1930’s Germany took over the German National Parliament in the 1930’s and they are taking over OUR Congress TODAY. WAKE UP !
bushputz September 26th, 2015 at 21:08
Anyone got a good turtle soup recipe?
rg9rts September 27th, 2015 at 07:41
How about turkey wattles ???
dave-dr-gonzo September 26th, 2015 at 21:26
Time to stock up on Jiffy Pop!
amersham46 September 26th, 2015 at 22:48
not enough to go around
StoneyCurtisll September 26th, 2015 at 22:44
You know when the right wing thinks Mitch McConnell is to “liberal”…
The next step is Fascism or Nazism…
There is nothing farther to the right..
AmethystTear September 27th, 2015 at 11:32
It definitely is scary. Honestly, if you hang out with the Republicans you quickly realize being a RINO is worse than being a democrat so its not surprising their is a RINO witch hunt going on.
amersham46 September 26th, 2015 at 22:50
Purging of political parties are always interesting, but can get very messy
Warman1138 September 26th, 2015 at 23:44
I sense a disturbance in the force.
StoneyCurtisll September 27th, 2015 at 00:46
http://www.theonion.com/graphic/mitch-mcconnell-inflates-throat-pouch-in-show-of-d-34747
http://images.dailykos.com/images/106078/large/mcconnell.JPG?1410819906
StoneyCurtisll September 27th, 2015 at 00:56
Hey Sherman, lets take a trip into the Way Back Machine..
http://blogs.pjstar.com/mindingbiz/files/2014/03/mr-peabody-sherman-1-2-s-307×512-300×208.jpg
OK Peabody, as long as we dont get stuck in the 80’s again..
We barely made it out alive last time…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXWzbsnb638
StoneyCurtisll September 27th, 2015 at 01:06
Hey Mitch..
http://www.rowthree.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/w620.m563177492-small.jpg
Your own party is gunning for you…
You are not crazy enough for the crazies you helped get elected..
allison1050 September 27th, 2015 at 04:52
I love the usage of the word “battle” by the Az teapuk congress wannabe a man Salman.
rg9rts September 27th, 2015 at 07:34
That is a much bigger nut to crack.. and after the nation is trashed by the wing nuts in the house…it becomes almost impossible
Robert Smithson September 27th, 2015 at 07:56
The Republicans are quite a difference from the Democrats who are all on the same page – the extreme left.
lynchie September 27th, 2015 at 08:50
I love how the GOP was creaming themselves after the TeaParty started attacking the Dems, going to their Town Halls and screaming for their rights. Now the worm has turned and the party realized it ain’t a worm it is a god damn anaconda. I am happy to see all the sad old bags of puss get tossed out like dirty diapers. The new breed have no clue how to govern, how to run a government, how to negotiate with other countries on trade, how to deal with terrorist threats, how to represent their constituents, how to provide the services the people in the u.s. want. They know hate, jesus 24/7, bigotry, racism and we as a country very well may be going to the mattresses as they said in the godfather.
olcurmudgeon September 27th, 2015 at 10:57
“I love how the GOP was creaming themselves after the Tea Party started attacking the Dems”
The Tea Party was created by the GOP and Fox News and the leadership given to Glenn Beck and Americans for Prosperity. The stole the name from a small Libertarian group that supported Ron Paul.
They tried to include Dems in the beginning claiming that the Tea Party is just as much angry Dems as Republicans.
Their cult is turning on the leadership.I’m glad to see they will help destroy themselves .
mangum1 September 27th, 2015 at 13:57
Glenn Beck is a Mormon like Matt Salmon
Equinsu Ocha September 27th, 2015 at 10:54
I’d hate to have to pick between parties. All either wants to do is tell how the other is wrong and stupid and the reason for our problems. Doesnt that get old? Can you write anything else? Can you make an attempt at comprise? All I ever read from either side is whats bad in the world and how it’s”the other guys” fault. Theres absolutely no personal responsibility anymore. Theres always a justified reason for you to be a f-up nowadays.
Obewon September 27th, 2015 at 12:30
You missed the point: Republicans are cannibalizing their own party, purging anybody who isn’t a constitutionally illiterate GOP anarchist, insisting on a government shutdown, violating the 14th Amendment, etc.
Equinsu Ocha September 27th, 2015 at 13:16
Believe me, I didn’t miss the point. Your boy above proved my point.
I voice displeasure over an issue. Displeasure is then misconstrued as an attack. I am then insulted for my lack of knowledge on commenters imagined interpretation of my comment…further alienating me from this particular commenters’ political affiliation after which I am again insulted implied as uneducated.
Now tell me why I want to help to fight for YOUR cause?!
You may have replied with thought, but dillweed above just proves that he’s here for an argument, not open dialogue.
mangum1 September 27th, 2015 at 13:56
We don’t need you… the GOP needs more MORONS
Equinsu Ocha September 27th, 2015 at 14:36
I rest my case.
bpollen September 27th, 2015 at 17:21
Good idea. Minimize your humiliation.
Equinsu Ocha September 27th, 2015 at 17:53
Another great example. Thanks for your thoughtful insight.
bpollen September 27th, 2015 at 17:55
You are most certainly welcome. As the saying goes, it is better for you to let people THINK you’re an idiot than to open your mouth and prove it!
tracey marie September 27th, 2015 at 18:17
keep trolling
Equinsu Ocha September 27th, 2015 at 18:24
U mad bro?
tracey marie September 27th, 2015 at 18:17
then shut up.
Equinsu Ocha September 27th, 2015 at 18:23
You want to eliminate a voice of opposition? What’s next? Camps?
tracey marie September 27th, 2015 at 18:26
Opposition, so you are a teabagger trolling
Equinsu Ocha September 27th, 2015 at 18:38
Your ignorance is showing. Do you know what an opposing viewpoint is? Hint: It’s not a party affiliation.
tracey marie September 27th, 2015 at 16:35
“boy” amazing how you use that term for a black man, go fck yourself.
stormkite September 27th, 2015 at 18:22
Seems unlikely you’d have wanted to in any case, any more than I’d consider supporting your boys….
But you do have something of a point – campaigns are rarely reflective of anything except what the marketing genii behind them consider most likely to get their critter into office. They’re not generally useful for purposes of figuring out which candidate will be the best office-holder. It’s one of the problems in our system.
News magazines love the opportunity to put an attractive celebrity on the cover – it sells more magazines. Talking about significant issues in the sales pitch causes people to change channels or put the magazine back. Campaigns go negative early and hard because history shows that it works as a tactic, and the point of campaigning is to get elected. Another problem with picking leaders by popularity.
The only problem is that there isn’t really any better or fairer way to DO it.
Cave quid dicis September 28th, 2015 at 10:03
This was meant to be a safe thread, where like minded people can agree with each other and engage in group think. You have disrupted their tranquility, so of course it’s perceived as an attack.
Equinsu Ocha September 28th, 2015 at 12:26
That’s hilarious.
arc99 September 27th, 2015 at 12:43
Personally I am pretty sick of this BS about there being no difference between the parties.
The essence of a political party consists of the base that supports it.
Go take a look at Anomaly’s story about George Zimmerman and the supportive tweets he is getting for reposting a photo of Trayvon Martin’s dead body. Then come back and apologize to the regulars in this forum for the nonsensical bullsh*t that both parties are the same.
After you are done squaring things with this forum, please review the current roster of Supreme Court Justices, noting the party of the President who selected each justice. Then after all that, if you still honestly believe that there is no difference between the parties, I do have a bridge that I have been looking to sell. I will give you a great price and I accept PayPal.
Equinsu Ocha September 27th, 2015 at 12:55
Who said they were the same thing? I’m sick of the blame game which is an action, not a characteristic or trait. Seems like you’re a little itchy on the trigger. Square yourself bro.
Kick rocks. Theres your apology.
arc99 September 27th, 2015 at 13:21
Your convenient rationalization is in my opinion, completely unconvincing. You said this
“”All either wants to do is tell how the other is wrong and stupid and the reason for our problems.”
Now you create some artficial distinction between trait and action.
A quote attributed to Aristotle says, “You are what you do”.
If you want to explain how the observable actions of a person do not in any way portray the traits of that person, have at it…
tracey marie September 27th, 2015 at 16:35
are you angry bro?
Equinsu Ocha September 27th, 2015 at 16:58
Why would I be?
olcurmudgeon September 27th, 2015 at 17:56
So its not important to see who’s playing you? Looking into details and history? Your attitude is precisely what has caused the continued grid lock in Congress.
Equinsu Ocha September 27th, 2015 at 18:29
Wrong. It’s very important however the attitude of attacks on here and sites of opposition are the very reason for gridlock. It’s always someone else’s fault. It’s always the other guy….
tracey marie September 27th, 2015 at 18:31
trolling!
Equinsu Ocha September 27th, 2015 at 18:37
I wont stop you.
olcurmudgeon September 28th, 2015 at 12:59
“It’s always someone else’s fault. It’s always the other guy….”
and history proves it IS Republicans fault. Trickle down –worked well didnt it?, interfering in personal lives through women’s health care and gay marriage –which also btw, is the GOP trying to use govt to force everyone to adhere to their religious beliefs –a flagrant violation of the 1st amendment
They spent the last 20 years blatantly lying (and on nearly every issue within the last 15 years) in lock step and with the help of the corporate media.
They protect anyone with an ‘R’ next to their name regardless of their supposed principles.
Where have you been since 1988 and Buchanan’s “culture War ” speech?
there is always gridlock when the corrupt are exposed –they love it because people like you start blaming both sides
now –go compare the GOPs oh-so-awesome policies are concerned compared to the Dems when they had control, 111th congress as well as the Dems in previous two admins. that tried to get ppl to understand we had been lied into war only to be shut down by the MSM and blamed by the GOP labeled as unpatriotic –and then unsupported by American voters as proven by Kerry’s defeat in 2004.
you dont care about details and history or you would already realize its NOT both sides.
Equinsu Ocha September 28th, 2015 at 14:00
Not conservative. Thanks though. Also, here’s you blaming the other guys. Have a great day.
tracey marie September 27th, 2015 at 16:34
That is getting tiresome, you and amethyst need to go troll somewhere else
Equinsu Ocha September 27th, 2015 at 17:00
Yet you’re all on board if i take a shot at Cruz.
tracey marie September 27th, 2015 at 17:21
your trolling is hilarious
Equinsu Ocha September 27th, 2015 at 17:52
Ok
olcurmudgeon September 27th, 2015 at 17:53
Maybe thats because it is painfully obvious Cruz is playing to a base to sell books. What are his new ideas ?
whatthe46 September 27th, 2015 at 17:56
is that one of them trick questions?
bpollen September 27th, 2015 at 17:20
The “both sides do it” argument that is ineffectually brought out by conservatives to try and divert attention from how crazy the Reich-Wing has become. The only people who BUY that argument are the same people that use it. Everybody else sees it as a laughable and juvenile attempt at distraction.
Equinsu Ocha September 27th, 2015 at 17:52
I’m not a conservative. Fail.
bpollen September 27th, 2015 at 17:58
Yeah… sure… if it walks like a duck, talks like a duck, quacks up like a duck, why would anybody think it was a duck? I need independent evidence to buy your “not a conservative” fail.
Equinsu Ocha September 27th, 2015 at 18:25
Go get some. Irdgaf.
tracey marie September 27th, 2015 at 18:31
trolling
bpollen September 27th, 2015 at 18:34
[Snicker…]
Typical conservative comeback.
Equinsu Ocha September 27th, 2015 at 18:36
Awesome. I’m sorry my frustration at the political process is somehow offending you. Perhaps that’s fake offence, clearly you’re just a troll.
bpollen September 27th, 2015 at 18:39
Oh, sure! You MUST be right.
“I’m not a duck, I’m a Lion! ROAAAAaaaa – hack – cough -rrrr.”
whatthe46 September 27th, 2015 at 18:51
laughing.
tracey marie September 27th, 2015 at 19:28
trolling again
Equinsu Ocha September 27th, 2015 at 19:29
How so?
olcurmudgeon September 27th, 2015 at 17:49
The majority Dem Congress was one of the most productive in history.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/111th_United_States_Congress#Enacted
Dems have actual proposals , republicans have smear campaigns because their platform fell flat on its face in 2008
BigDumbWhiteGuy September 27th, 2015 at 19:30
Shikaka!
Robert Kennedy September 29th, 2015 at 15:44
There is a difference though, Republicans are, in fact, always wrong and Democrats are usually right. There is no equivalence.
Equinsu Ocha September 29th, 2015 at 16:50
Sure thing.