Mitch McConnell: We Must Rewrite The Constitution Because ‘Elections’ Haven’t ‘Worked’

[Jessy169]

Speaking on the Senate floor this morning, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) offered what may be the most concise summary of conservative constitutionalism ever spoken — America must rewrite the Constitution to force conservative outcomes because we the people consistently elect lawmakers who disagree with McConnell:

The time has come for a balanced budget amendment that forces Washington to balance its books. If these debt negotiations have convinced us of anything, it’s that we can’t leave it to politicians in Washington to make the difficult decisions that they need to get our fiscal house in order. The balanced budget amendment will do that for them. Now is the moment. No more games. No more gimmicks. The Constitution must be amended to keep the government in check. We’ve tried persuasion. We’ve tried negotiations. We’re tried elections. Nothing has worked.

(snip)

Sadly, McConnell’s deeply authoritarian plan to take away our ability to choose how we will be governed is part of a much larger conservative agenda to strip American democracy of any meaning and force conservative governance upon the American people:

(more examples where "conservatives" would prefer to not have to deal with those pesky elections to get their way...)

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2011/07/13/267791/mcconnell-hates-democracy/?mobile=nc

[Vietnameravet]

1. Ya he is saying,,.,"There ought to be a law against what we do!"

[madrchsod]

2. i think he needs someone to care for him.

it`s really evident that he has slipped into dementia.

[Scootaloo]

3. I hate invoking the founders...

But I imagine that line would have gotten Mitch covered in tar and feathers back in their day.

Good thing modern Americans don't give a fuck either way, huh?

[MichiganVote]

4. Yes and then Donald Trump can be crowned King.

[bahrbearian]

5. Mitch just wants the USSC to decide.

[Enrique]

6. the elections worked when Bill Clinton balanced the budget

with a budget that every last Republican voted against. And then they impeached him.

[former9thward]

17. When was that?

Republicans controlled congress when Clinton was president. If they all voted against it a budget could not have gotten through congress.

[Enrique]

18. 1993

a number of Democrats lost their jobs over it, but it was good for the country.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omnibus_Budget_Reconciliation_Act_of_1993

[former9thward]

19. It was not balanced however.

The deficit in 1993 was $225 billion. http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/federalbudgetprocess/a/Budget-Deficit-History.htm

[Enrique]

20. ok you win

the Democratic legislation that was signed into law in August of 1993 didn't get rid of the 1993 deficit. Ergo, Newt Gingrich was the one that balanced the budget. If that's all the GOP has, then have at it.

[former9thward]

21. Not about winning just accuracy.

That doesn't matter to some people as long as they are making their point. I think that points are stronger when they are accurate.

[Enrique]

22. not good faith on your part, imo

I happen to believe that 1993 legislation led to the good economy of the following years, one effect of which was the elimination of the deficit.

You don't have to agree of course, but the fact that you cited the 1993 deficit as an argument against it tells me that you are not being serious. No one, regardless of their feelings about that law, could expect it to retroactively wipe out the deficit.

[Thor_MN]

7. Damn conservatives that can't get it through their heads that they are NOT the majority.

They can't fathom that most people do not think just like them.

[meow2u3]

8. Translation: Republicans have a divine right to rule no matter who gets the majority

[Blue Owl]

9. That miserable, wretched turtle-faced fuckstick...

With no clue what a "democracy" is all about...

[Jessy169]

11. Sounds like you despise Mitch as much as I do

I don't waste much if any time on hate. But Mitch makes my blood boil. That f**cker is corrupt to the core.

[Parable Arable]

12. Corrupt, utterly disrespectful towards a president that has treated him way too kindly.........

And above all, utterly callous towards the average American citizen.... I'm sure many of us remember his gloating after the background checks measure failed... McConnell can go rot.

[Rhiannon12866]

14. I totally agree, and what he says makes no sense

He just doesn't like what the people voted for.

[Hippo_Tron]

10. Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson had this argument over 2 centuries ago, Hamilton won

We have a permanent national debt and we will always have one.

[Kablooie]

13. Wow. That's *real* loser talk.

The only reason someone would talk like that is when they are totally losing. It's the 'throw the chess board in the air' kind of desperate move because they have given up hope trying to win honorably.

The Republicans must be worse off than I thought.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

15. Hmmmmm

Last I checked, the Constitution wasn't designed for any outcome other than having a free and democratic country even if that means that McConnell haz a sad

[JM42]

16. That's because the turtle is about to be sent back into his shell.