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Showing Original Post only (View all)Mitch McConnell RUNS AWAY FROM REPORTERS After Leak Of Secret Speech To the KOCHS [View all]
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 McConnells promise to shut down the government if Obama doesnt 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, Im the guy thats 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 wont 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 hasnt done for Kentucky voters is a damning indictment of McConnells priorities.
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http://www.politicususa.com/2014/08/28/mitch-mcconnell-runs-reporters-leak-secret-speech-kochs.html
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Mitch McConnell RUNS AWAY FROM REPORTERS After Leak Of Secret Speech To the KOCHS [View all]
Segami
Aug 2014
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The details of Mitch's speech need to be in the Louisville Courier-Journal, newspapers in Lexington,
No Vested Interest
Aug 2014
#11
The mass media is carefully avoiding all mention of this amazing crash and burn...why is that?
Fred Sanders
Aug 2014
#16
And another Republican POS is undone by a secret speech where he shows his true colors
aint_no_life_nowhere
Aug 2014
#12
I'm disappointing when people use the word "hate" when they actually mean "frustrated."
LanternWaste
Aug 2014
#27
There it is. The mass media is avoiding all mention, you think Reid would be given the same silent
Fred Sanders
Aug 2014
#17
All right Mitch it's not looking good. Time to play your trump card. Turn on your charm and charisma
underpants
Aug 2014
#35
republicans hate live media and public questions. They never have real interviews.
Sunlei
Aug 2014
#45
heres the whole audio, listen for yourself. Republicans/their baggers & their moneymen are doomed.
Sunlei
Aug 2014
#44
To Hell with the national MSM, I'm only concerned that the fine citizens of Kentucky learn about it
Brother Buzz
Aug 2014
#53
If Big Media were reversed this would be on 6 cable "news" channels and 1200 radio stations
Doctor_J
Aug 2014
#67
All Grimes has to do is play the audio of traitor Mitch and his Koch employers with video on TV over
geretogo
Aug 2014
#73
Only 65 days away from the election, and McConnell doesn't have a campaign manager!!!!!
Major Hogwash
Aug 2014
#83
He's losing it - not just the race - he forgot where he parked his car this morning
Finishline42
Aug 2014
#87