Mitch McConnell RUNS AWAY FROM REPORTERS After Leak Of Secret Speech To the KOCHS

[Segami]

Video of McConnell dodging and fleeing questions:

RUUUUUUUUUNNNN MITCH RUUUUUUUUUUNNN!....................



Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has been caught on video literally running away from reporters after audio of a secret speech that he gave to the Koch brothers was leaked.


In the leaked audio, McConnell admitted that the Kochs run the Republican Party, and that he will be carrying out their agenda if Republicans win the majority in the Senate. The leak of the secret speech combined with McConnell’s promise to shut down the government if Obama doesn’t do what he wants has led to McConnell literally running away from the media. In an interview eight days ago, McConnell threatened government shutdowns. The backlash caused by his annoucement of his strategy caused him to change his tune during an interview with CNN, “I’m the guy that’s gotten us out of the shutdowns that some of our members have pushed us into in the past. That does not mean that you should send the president a total blank check with no restrictions at all on how the money is spent.”



If McConnell won’t shut down the government, he has no leverage. For this reason alone, it is likely that McConnell was lying to CNN in order to save his own hide. The leak of the audio from the secret Koch summit poses a gigantic problem for a thirty-year incumbent who is already viewed as being too close to Washington. Sen. McConnell is running away from reporters because he was caught red-handed. He can claim that the things he said on the tape are nothing new, but to hear him expressing his need for the Koch brothers in a way that he hasn’t done for Kentucky voters is a damning indictment of McConnell’s priorities.




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http://www.politicususa.com/2014/08/28/mitch-mcconnell-runs-reporters-leak-secret-speech-kochs.html

[99th_Monkey]

1. Hey Mitch. Why aren't you "proud" of who your handlers are? ~nt

[calimary]

58. And the bribery schemes they oversee?

[Segami]

2. "...Sen. McConnell is running away from reporters because..

"...he was caught red-handed. He can claim that the things he said on the tape are nothing new, but to hear him expressing his need for the Koch brothers in a way that he hasn’t done for Kentucky voters is a damning indictment of McConnell’s priorities...."

[Vogon_Glory]

3. And The Article About Mitch's Speech Made It To The NY Times!

Dog Days Of Schadenfreude! I'm enjoying the spectacle of Mitch McConnell running away from the reporters. It's almost as fun as the Wilbur Mills/Fanne Fox scandal, except that there's no pretty woman involved and it looks like McConnell was cold stone sober when he talked to the Kochs.

Even better is the fact that McConnell's speech made it to the New York Times. I don't know about the on-line site, but the dead-tree (print) edition had an article about it, even if it was only in the back pages of the front section.

Oh, Bwahahahahahahahahah!

[No Vested Interest]

11. The details of Mitch's speech need to be in the Louisville Courier-Journal, newspapers in Lexington,

Frankfort, Paducah, Maysville, and every small town in Kentucky.

It's the voters in Kentucky who are too long used to voting against their own interest, and who follow the orders of their ministers when voting that need to see and hear this.

[Fred Sanders]

16. The mass media is carefully avoiding all mention of this amazing crash and burn...why is that?

[samsingh]

4. the gop are stupid cowards

[lpbk2713]

5. "Accountability? Me?"

They don't ever think it's necessary to explain themsevles to anyone for anything.

[LoisB]

6. Hmmm. I thought he was like McCain...never saw a microphone he didn't embrace.

[Dont call me Shirley]

7. Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out, Richy Mitch

[librechik]

8. …so MSNBC is showing this clip repeatedly on a loop. right?

meh--haven't seen it.

[liberal from boston]

42. Mitch McConnell

Last night Lawrence nailed McConnell in the Rewrite segment!!!!


http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017211899

[IDemo]

9. Will Kentuckians see this as a problem?

Or fall for the old "it's a politically motivated librul attack" response sure to come from TurtleCo.?

[BeyondGeography]

39. The look on his face says no

That doesn't mean he's right, but I stopped being surprised about the impact of these things a long time ago.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

56. FOX "News" is probably already doing the "Librul Media" hog call.

[Treant]

10. That's going to leave a mark.

And if it doesn't, it should have.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

12. And another Republican POS is undone by a secret speech where he shows his true colors

like Mitt Romney and his accusation on a secretly recorded audio tape that 47% of Americans were free-loaders.

I wonder if Mitch McDonnell will also call his comments in this unveiling "inelegant" the way POS Romney did.

[ZombieHorde]

13. Bwahahaha!

Though I hate when people use the word "literally" when they actually mean "figuratively."

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has been caught on video literally running away from reporters after audio of a secret speech that he gave to the Koch brothers was leaked.

The leak of the secret speech combined with McConnell’s promise to shut down the government if Obama doesn’t do what he wants has led to McConnell literally running away from the media.

[gratuitous]

19. I think literally was used correctly here

Because in the clip, Mr. McConnell is actually running away from the cameras and microphones.

Odd, though. I should think that McConnell would be very anxious to get his viewpoints and positions out in front of the voters, so they can know where he truly stands. Is McConnell's political strategy to be shared only with his wealthy benefactors?

[ZombieHorde]

21. Anyone who considers that running is very out of shape.

Obese smokers can run better than that.

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

25. Hey, for a turtle, that's actually really fast.

[Treant]

31. I once saw a snail atop a turtle.

The snail was screaming, "Slow DOWN, you're going to get us killed!"

[arcane1]

32. DUzy!

[riqster]

55. Brilliant!

[malthaussen]

68. Darn, you beat me to it.

You get the DUzy and I don't. *pout*

-- Mal

[brush]

66. That wasn't running.

It's a small matter, but the poster above correctly called it:

". . . I hate when people use the word "literally" when they actually mean "figuratively."

Turtle man was walking as he made his way through the crowd.

We may as well be as accurate as we can when posting. And I don't think turtles can actually run.

[gratuitous]

72. The hallway was fairly crowded

I'd stand by the characterization of "running." There are literally a fuck of a lot of counterexamples that would be less arguable.

[brush]

75. Not worth arguing about. nt

[LanternWaste]

27. I'm disappointing when people use the word "hate" when they actually mean "frustrated."

I'm disappointing when people use the word "hate" when they actually mean "frustrated."




Wow... misplaced and irrelevant petulance DOES feel rather nice sometimes.

[ZombieHorde]

28. No. I mean hate.

I have a newsletter and everything.

[BlueJazz]

64. Plus..you didn't say you "Hate the people"...just their actions.

Hell, I hate the actions of a lot of drivers. I don't truly hate them. Ok..I get pissed off at them but...

[RufusTFirefly]

71. Hyperbole is literally destroying the planet!

The need for sensationalism has gotten so great that apparently you lose eyeballs if you don't add some gratuitous histrionics to the headline. I can't tell you how many headlines I've seen that describe someone as "losing it" or "having a meltdown" or "destroying" a guest or debate opponent that don't come anywhere near delivering on their promises.

I'm literally climbing the walls over this disappointing trend.

[eppur_se_muova]

77. *snarf* nt

[DRoseDARs]

14. Who knew a turtle could move so fast?

[meow2u3]

91. Turtles don't run fast. They only cheat. Just ask Bugs Bunny

Some more footage:

[libodem]

15. When it's the facts

And reality is reported somehow it's the ' liberal media'.

[Fred Sanders]

17. There it is. The mass media is avoiding all mention, you think Reid would be given the same silent

treatment?

The GOP know they can't be touched when the corporate owners of media are protecting them.

[libodem]

18. For a wall-eyed owl turtle

He looks like a scared rabbit.

[hifiguy]

23. "A wall-eyed owl turtle"

?!?!?!

You win the internets for today. I am SO swiping that one.

[libodem]

26. He looks like he sees

A fist swinging towards his face. He looks like he's about to get punched.

And Ms Grimes will be the one to sock it to him.

[hifiguy]

20. He moves pretty fast for

a turtle-human hybrid.

[Enthusiast]

22. K&R!

Thanks, Segami!

[napkinz]

24. he should "run" with Rand!

[elzenmahn]

29. I hope his opponent USES THIS TAPE in upcoming campaign ads...

...ol McTurtle just gave Ms. Grimes a GOLD MINE of attack material.

What I wouldn't give to see this asshole go down in November. Oh wait - I can donate to the Grimes campaign. I'll do that - and I hope you do, too.

[Laelth]

30. Nice. k&r n/t

-Laelth

[SummerSnow]

33. Couldn't have ran that fast...turtles are slow.lol

[Fantastic Anarchist]

34. How sweet it is, Mitchypoo!

Rot in fucking hell, you piece of shit.

[underpants]

35. All right Mitch it's not looking good. Time to play your trump card. Turn on your charm and charisma

[Hulk]

36. Sha na na na, hey heya, good-bye!

The crook has had his bare ass exposed to the church people. Adios, mf'er.

[BeyondGeography]

37. Rhymes with, as Barbara Bush said

[albino65]

38. Turtles can't run n/t

[Z_California]

40. Why is it?

It always seems like it's Republicans running from people asking questions. I can't think of an example of a D doing this. When I tried to I could only think of examples of the opposite. The President routinely engages with, not just reporters, but even hecklers in a calm and rational manner and usually scores a lot of points. Why take position$ that are $o difficult to defend?

[Sunlei]

45. republicans hate live media and public questions. They never have real interviews.

[tanyev]

41. You don't need to run away, Mitch.

Just pull your head and limbs back into the shell and hunker down.

[DallasNE]

43. McConnell's Campaign Manager

Also has questions to answer from when he was a campaign advisor to Ron Paul in Iowa. A Republican that switched from Bachmann to Paul shortly before the 2012 Iowa caucus has admitted to accepting a $73,000 bribe to make the switch, raising questions about what he knew and when he knew it. He may also have received a bribe from Bachmann in order to gain his endorsement for her. The sleaze factor is sky high.

[DallasNE]

88. McConnell's Campaign Manager Just Resigned

Claims the charges are false but it is an unfair distraction. Yeah, right.

[Sunlei]

44. heres the whole audio, listen for yourself. Republicans/their baggers & their moneymen are doomed.

Our Gov. as it is today, shouldn't have to deal with this kind of obstruction. Get rid of McConnell its time for him to step down.

I hope this isn't some kind of faked audio. I wouldn't put it past them to promote this, then reveal its a fake to help their own agenda.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=TNOaGBec5Q0

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

46. K&R

[TBF]

47. So he's embarrassed is he?

Good. He should be.

[Major Hogwash]

48. Faster, faster, faster!!

Mitch can't run away from the reporters fast enough!!

Reminds me of that sunny day a few years ago when Senator Craig said that he was going to resign from the Senate, and Governor Otter walked away from that press announcement so fast that the journalist trying to ask him questions about what this meant to the Idaho Republican party had to jog alongside of him to keep up with him!!!

[Cha]

49. Kick!

[onecent]

50. Will mainstreet USA ever know about this????

[Brother Buzz]

53. To Hell with the national MSM, I'm only concerned that the fine citizens of Kentucky learn about it

The Courier Journal, Kentucky's largest newspaper, is doing a fine job informing them:



http://www1.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/hr.asp?fpVname=KY_CJ&ref_pge=lst

[TheNutcracker]

51. O'donnell had the tape to the BIG Koch donors played tonight!

[Politicalboi]

52. Mitch and Michelle should run together

<a href="http://imgur.com/e3yvfBa"><img src="" title="Hosted by imgur.com"/></a>

[Spitfire of ATJ]

54. Prior to that, he chewed someone's ass out....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025453536

[thesquanderer]

57. Another misleading Jason Easley piece

His sensational headlines often present opinion as fact and/or are not truly supported by the content he references.

In this case, Easley implies that McConnell made a hasty exit because of the Koch speech, but in the actual video, there's no reference to Koch, no one was asking him about it; and he seemed to be just casually exiting, albeit without talking to reporters.

Easley does this kind of thing all the time, he's a click bait artist. I won't bother reading him anymore, and I hope people will stop linking his stuff.

[perdita9]

59. Coward

[blkmusclmachine]

60. Turtles can RUN?!?!

[KansDem]

61. Certainly!

[Stellar]

62. " RUUUUUUUUUNNNN MITCH RUUUUUUUUUUNNN!.................. "

What came to mind was RUUUUUUUUUNNNN Forrest RUUUUUUUUUUNNN!..................

Good Ole Forrest Gump, and Mitch running his oss off!

[PeoViejo]

63. I'm sorry...

&feature=player_detailpage#t=149

[Gothmog]

65. It is always a bad sign to be caught on tape hiding from the press

[Doctor_J]

67. If Big Media were reversed this would be on 6 cable "news" channels and 1200 radio stations

24/7 for 3 days.

Take back the media = take back the country

[The Wizard]

69. Acting like he was

caught in bed with a dead girl or live boy.

[SnowCritter]

70. What a cockroach!

[geretogo]

73. All Grimes has to do is play the audio of traitor Mitch and his Koch employers with video on TV over

and over before elections and she can win .

[Rex]

74. Run turtle! For those that think turtles are slow...guess again!

[merrily]

76. Run, you sneaky coward, run.

You gotta love it when one Republican after another shows they sing a very different tune in private to rich Republicans than they do to other Republicans and America in general.

[eppur_se_muova]

78. When danger reared its ugly head, he bravely turned his tail and fled !

Yes, brave McConnell turned about
And gallantly he chickened out.
Bravely taking to his feet,
He beat a very brave retreat.

Read more: Monty Python - Brave Sir Robin Ran Away Lyrics | http://www.metrolyrics.com/brave-sir-robin-ran-away-lyrics-monty-python.html

[father founding]

79. LIVAP

How stupid can the teapublican be ? Here we have a low information politician, but unfortunately, he resides in a state with really low information voters. So we are left with Low Information Voters And Politicians. He just may be reelected. They Elected Rand Paul for Christs sake.

[Cha]

80. Taking a cue from the other Senator from Kentucky, Rand Paul and the Dreamer?

[Major Hogwash]

83. Only 65 days away from the election, and McConnell doesn't have a campaign manager!!!!!

The best is yet to come . . . the debates!!!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

81. Ashamed of sucking a big Koch Mitch?

[TeamPooka]

82. K&R!

[Quantess]

84. The fastest a turle ever moved!

Record speed.

[sammy750]

85. Many Republicans funded by the Koch brothers.

The Koch Brothers are socialist and wants to destroy big government. They want to get rid of state governments too.
Several Republican Governors that are funded by the Koch bros are not fighting to get re elected. Corbett of PA, Snyder of MI, Walker of WI, R. Scott of FL( a 14 time Felon) and Brownback of KS.
All the governors have attack the pensioners, create a war on the working class, unions, create huge cuts to education, cuts in job training program, cuts in the states interstructures. They are all Tea Party candidates and are anti government.
A huge change will happen during the next 2/3 years, in defeating these radical tea party members.
They declare a war on voting, suppressing in all kinds of way to stop voters. They have set up there own voting districts so they can win at least in their districts.

IT IS PAST TIME FOR THE PEOPLE TO WAKE UP AND SEE HOW THESE GOVERNORS HAVE DESTROYED THE STATES AND COMMUNITIES. LETS VOTE SMART IN NOV 2014 and 2015.

[tooeyeten]

86. McConnell the wuss!

Can't even stand by his own words, wimp!!

[Finishline42]

87. He's losing it - not just the race - he forgot where he parked his car this morning

I was behind him in line at the local Krogers. He went out the side door. I was parked in the front. As I was leaving I saw him loading his groceries in his SUV parked 2 cars from the FRONT DOOR. He can't even remember where he parked his car 15 minutes before!!!

[Jack Rabbit]

89. Ah, the Sharon Angle shcool of campaigning from 2010

Put on your track shoes, loser.

[Kire]

90. How do we know what he was running away from?

The video was only seven seconds long.

[judgegblue]

92. Senator NO says YES to the Koch bros and the 1%

[JeaneRaye]

93. Old news

Granted. I loved reading this the first time I saw it. However, it is now about 5 days after the original post and I'm sick of seeing it. What happened to the days when DU was turning over stories so quickly that if you missed a day, you missed an entire page of news?

[J_J_]

94. This is an interesting comment- Is McConnel guilty of treason?

"The GOP/Tea Party represent a treasonous group of people in the U.S. who's goal is to destroy the federal government of the United States. The only function they believe the government should provide is the military and court system to protect business interests and prosecute anyone going against said business interests. These phony flag waivers claim to support the constitution while they undermine the authority of the government to regulate business as per the Constitution of the United States. They also don't believe in the bill of rights and they really don't believe in public infrastructure unless of course that infrastructure provides a means for them to stuff more money into their pockets.

McConnell and his ilk along with the Koch brothers ought to be tried for treason against the constitution, the office for which they stand and treason against the tax paying American citizens. They represent international corporate conglomerates instead of the people of the United States which makes them traitors as well as treasonous"

http://www.thenation.com/article/181363/caught-tape-what-mitch-mcconnell-complained-about-roomful-billionaires-exclusive