SECRET RECORDING Shows McConnell Making BIG Promises To BIG Donors If GOP Takes Senate

[Segami]

Before Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told the world (or at least the readers of Politico) his plan to cripple the government or force a shutdown, he told the secret Koch brothers-hosted gathering of millionaire and billionaire Republican donors about the plan. Presumably, he wouldn't have publicly unveiled it without their approval. But that's not all McConnell had to say to the Kochs' little cabal:

And we're not going to be debating all these gosh darn proposals. That's all we do in the Senate is vote on things like raising the minimum wage (inaudible)—cost the country 500,000 new jobs; extending unemployment—that's a great message for retirees; uh, the student loan package the other day, that's just going to make things worse, uh. These people believe in all the wrong things.

"We're not going to be debating all these gosh darn proposals"? Wait a minute, I thought Mitch McConnell supposedly had high-minded objections to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's refusal to debate every single poison pill amendment Republicans try to attach to bills as a delay tactic. That's certainly what he says when he goes crying to the press about how Republicans just had no choice but to filibuster a wildly popular bill because they weren't allowed to eat up weeks of the Senate calendar with dozens of amendments gutting the bill in question and repealing Obamacare. But in fact his plan is that "we're not going to be debating all these gosh darn proposals" like the minimum wage, unemployment insurance, and student loans? How interesting. Political reporters, are you taking note?


And, I mean, heaven forbid the Senate debate the minimum wage. After all, it was raised in 2009—a mere five years ago—and is the princely sum of $7.25 an hour, which is almost above the poverty threshold for a family of three. My God, what more could you people want! McConnell seems actually outraged anyone would dare even talk about the idea that if you're working, you should be able to support a family on what you earn. Then there's student loans—debt that can't be discharged even in bankruptcy or, in some cases, in death. Good to know that one of McConnell's top priorities is keeping America's college students and graduates burdened by debt and high interest rates. Do you hear that, middle-class parents? Because the Koch brothers and their fellow ultra-rich Republican donors sure do.




http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/08/27/1324941/-McConnell-promises-GOP-donors-he-ll-shut-down-debate-on-minimum-wage-student-loans

[Laelth]

1. k&r for exposure. n/t

-Laelth

[Liberal_in_LA]

49. sweaty Mcconnell

[NYC_SKP]

2. Fuckers! We all knew this. Now we need to get action on it. nt

[Heather MC]

56. But think about all the F-16 bombers they can buy if we just stop helping the worthless under employ

Those poor un-made bombers

[BlueCaliDem]

3. K&R. Lundergan-Grimes is right all along, and she should use

this recording against him. She's campaigned that McConnell doesn't care about Kentuckians.

People of Kentucky, why do you want a Senator who only cares about his big-money donors while short-changing you and your family? Get rid of this parasite. In November, vote in the best interest of you and your family, not Mitch's riches and his big-money donors.

[Robbins]

5. Expect

The people of Kentucky or at least majority of them don't care about their best intrests as long as they can shove it to the black man who dared to twice get elected president.

[SoapBox]

10. Bingo...

As disgusting as it is.

People ARE stupid.

[surrealAmerican]

11. Not only should she be using this ...

... every Democrat running for Senate should be using this.

If the Republicans get a majority, with or without McConnell, this is their game plan.

[BlueCaliDem]

38. Hopefully, Democrats running for re-election *should* use it against

their RW-opponents. But will they?

[NYC_SKP]

4. *** Transcript Here ****

http://ladylibertine.net/2014/08/26/mmky/

Here is the last of it, more at the link.

MITCH MCCONNELL: Most things in the Senate require 60, but not the votes, and the President doesn’t sign the votes. So in the House and Senate, we own the budget. So what does that mean? That means that we can pass the spending bill. And I assure you that in the spending bill, we will be pushing back against this bureaucracy by doing what’s called placing riders in the bill. No money can be spent to do this or to do that. We’re going to go after them on healthcare, on financial services, on the Environmental Protection Agency, across the board (inaudible). All across the Federal government, we’re going to go after it.

Now look, I don’t want to over promise here, but even still we (inaudible). But this is a battle, and we (inaudible). We are going to push back against this regulatory overreach. It’s the reason why this is so important (inaudible).

So I think that’s the single most important thing we can do that doesn’t require getting to 60 votes in the Senate (inaudible). But that we can do for sure, and we will. And we’re not going to be debating all these gosh darn proposals. That’s all we do in the Senate is vote on things like raising the minimum wage (inaudible) — cost the country 500,000 new jobs; extending unemployment –- that’s a great message for retirees; uh, the student loan package the other day, that’s just going to make things worse, uh. These people believe in all the wrong things.

I’ll close with this (inaudible). If we want to get the country going again, we need to quit doing what we’ve been doing. Was it Einstein that said the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result? You know, quit the borrowing, the spending, the taxing, and the over regulation. If we would all develop an entrepreneurial approach, we’d be able to lift this country up and send us in a new direction, just like all of you have done.

[nilesobek]

52. McCon-all.

The most disturbing thing is he used the words, "entrepreneurial approach." "Entrepreneur," has been the catch-all sloganeering phrase for the Republican Party since back when Reagan first started touting is as a way out of economic woe.

It would be easy to be a Republican candidate. You learn words like, "entrepreneur," and, "trickle down," to explain the 1% robbing the 99%. You toss in some good old fashioned religion and xenophobia and there you are.

[WillyT]

6. K & R !!!

[TheKentuckian]

7. Poisonous worm

[nenagh]

8. K&R

[Segami]

9. Alison Lundergan Grimes took to Twitter Thursday to slam McConnell...

Alison L. Grimes @AlisonForKY

SHOCK: In a new secret tape, @Team_Mitch outlines his radical anti-Kentucky agenda: … #KYSen pic.twitter.com/W5eNdgtylB

[Fred Sanders]

14. Beautiful. The fascists can not help but boast about their agenda when the sugar daddies are in the

same room....Romney had the same trait.

[Segami]

16. This is shaping out to be...

McConnell's 'Romney Calls 47% ‘Dependent’ & Feeling Entitled' moment!

[Fred Sanders]

19. 47% Redux. They are what they are.

[hifiguy]

17. Gads, he looks even more turtle-like than ever

in that pic.

[Fred Sanders]

24. He is weighed down by all the money suddenly lining his pockets.

[BlueCaliDem]

36. Excellent! Lundergran-Grimes is a hard-fighting Democrat

and we need more of her in Congress.

[BrotherIvan]

43. That just gave me a tingle

I love a fighting Democrat! Go get him!

[gordianot]

12. Someone in the room did not like what they heard. Chuckie Toad ask Mitch to come on your new show!

That would be interesting if you were able to play back the recording and ask questions.

[Contrary1]

32. That "someone" was probably earning minimum wage while serving

these snakes caviar and vintage wine.

I would imagine that all the laughter and back slaps in the room regarding the futures of folks like him/her was all they needed.

We owe this person our gratitude. Chances are everyone who provided a service to these jackasses that day will be looking for a new job soon.

[BlueCaliDem]

37. Corporate Media are going to try and BURY this secret recording.

Make no mistake - they're in it to win it - for Republicans.

We have to find a way to make it so scandalous that they'll have NO CHOICE but to report on McConnell's anti-American, pro-Corporatist agenda.

The American people need to realize that the 2014 midterm elections are more important than the 2016 presidential elections. As working Americans, the impoverished, the old, and the sick, we can't afford a Republican-controlled Congress.

[Segami]

13. "...The leaked tapes prove that the Republican Party..

...revolves around the interests of billionaires and big corporations. This is obvious to anyone who watches their behavior on a daily basis, but McConnell’s remarks are the first leaked to the public admission of the importance of the Koch brothers to the success of the Republican Party.

The GOP is a Koch organized and funded operation. The Kochs set the agenda, and if Republicans take back the Senate, the American people will have given control of the Congress to the Koch brothers..."

http://www.politicususa.com/2014/08/27/leaked-audio-tape-mitch-mcconnell-admits-koch-brothers-running-republican-party.html

[hifiguy]

15. He should be frog-marched to the nearest prison

for about 30 years.

[KamaAina]

18. Get on it, Alison!

[Fred Sanders]

21. She already has, big time, the stuff writes itself....now to get the mass media interested...they

need a hook...

[BobbyBoring]

20. "These people believe in all the wrong things"

now that's fucking rich!

[Segami]

22. Hmm,.....sure does remind us of someone....

[libodem]

23. He's frightened little bug-eyed criminal

He always looks like someone is taking a swing at him and he is about to get punched. How many times has he voted to increase his salary and voted against any minimum wage increases. He does not work for the American people. He works against them. And he takes more vacations than anyone deserves for doing nothing. NOTHING!

He dances to the tune of the Paymaster Koch Brothers. NOT THE PEOPLE.

[Fred Sanders]

25. Crystal clear now....they can not help but be proud of the corrupt system they helped legalize.

[libodem]

27. Yep

You've hot that right.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

26. Oh sure, because retirees think they'd be rich if it weren't for the lazy people on unemployment....

But keep in mind that expecting money off of other people's labor isn't "Socialism" or anything.

[supercats]

28. Peoples Lives Are Just A Game To Him...

In fact it is to all these republicans. They don't care about anybody but the 1%. To them the 99% are trash that need to be disposed of as soon as possible, that is after they have been useful enough to do all the "menial jobs" and when they can't do those anymore they just throw them away and bring in younger people to do them. We as a country need to extinguish the republican party like the Germans did to the Jews.

[A Simple Game]

55. What you said is wrong in so many ways.

We as a country need to extinguish the republican party like the Germans did to the Jews.

If you don't think America is better than that I would suggest you find a different country.

[Fred Sanders]

29. Game changer, not just in Kentucky:

Ilya Sheyman, executive director of MoveOn Political Action, responded to the recordings:

“These recordings of a closed-door Koch retreat could be a game-changer in crucial states, exposing for voters what a Republican-controlled Senate would mean. It’s clear that GOP Senate candidates like Mitch McConnell, Joni Ernst, and Cory Gardner are more focused on satisfying their out-of-state, billionaire donors than on legislating for the benefit of their constituents and the country as a whole. In key Senate contests like Iowa and Colorado, if there were any question what a GOP-controlled Senate would mean for the American people, these recordings have answered it.”

[still_one]

33. except Grimes can and will use this in her campaign against him.

[still_one]

30. I sure hope his opponent uses this against him in their race

[valerief]

31. Kick

[Dont call me Shirley]

34. Mitch McCONnell, American Treasoner!

[TheNutcracker]

35. He's been "mitt romney'd"

[C Moon]

39. The GOP is going to be so paranoid after this one. :D

[cantbeserious]

40. Let's Hope The Revelation Has The Desired Impact

eom

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

41. Koch's need to be exposed all the time....

But we here know!

They are screwing up everywhere. Hate the jackasses in Michigan.
We need to expose them constantly.

But not only here but to everyone. Some people don't even know who they are!!
Get the word out.

[progressoid]

42. What an ass.

[Quantess]

44. K & R

[Contrary1]

45. Picked up by the NY Times and US News and World Report

Along with several others.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/28/us/politics/on-tape-mcconnell-envisions-using-budget-to-undo-obama-initiatives.html

http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/ballot-2014/2014/08/27/leaked-mitch-mcconnell-audio-garners-backlash-speculation-and-indifference

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

46. K&R

Oh yeah and fuck you McTurtle.

[Cha]

47. Thanks Segami..

[DontTreadOnMe]

48. This is WHAT the Republican Party stands for... all we have to do is TELL people!

There should be nation-wide ads running this information.

[rickyhall]

50. The turtle promises to be a complete dick

and fuck up every thing he touches as usual. We can all hope he won't be breathing our air much longer.

[blkmusclmachine]

51. That's bad. Real bad.

[Cha]

53. Mitch is such a loser like mittload.. I take it Alison Lundergan Grimes will be all over this!

[AzDar]

54. Mitch has always reminded me of...

Same moral compass, as well...

[father founding]

57. Ouch

Is that a Mitch "selfie" ?