McConnell takes chutzpah to new levels

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McConnell takes chutzpah to new levels

By Steve Benen

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said this week that White House’s “explicit strategy” is to “make people believe that Congress can’t get anything done.” Seriously, that’s what he said. As McConnell sees it, President Obama doesn’t want Congress to function.

Yes, after years of tragic dysfunction and Republican-imposed obstructionism unseen in American history, the conservative GOP leader from Kentucky believes this is all the president’s fault.

“(T)hat’s their explicit strategy — to make people believe that Congress can’t get anything done.

“And how do you make sure of it? By proposing legislation you know the other side won’t support — even when there’s an entire menu of bipartisan proposals the President could choose to pursue instead. The President can govern as though this is the congress he wants or he can deal with the congress he has. Along the first path lies gridlock and along the second lies the kind of legislative progress Americans want. And as for Republicans, well, we’ve been crystal clear from the outset that we prefer the latter route.”

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I rather doubt McConnell is so far gone that he actually takes this nonsense seriously, but let’s set the record straight anyway, in case anyone is confused enough to believe his ridiculous rhetoric.

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Arguably the one person most responsible for the breakdown of the American political process is Mitch McConnell. Indeed, in several instances, he’s been quite candid about his anti-governing strategy.

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[corkhead]

1. projection much?

[opihimoimoi]

2. KnR #5 the dude is NOT a good American .....he is a bought tool of the mega rich

The history books will not be favorable to him....

he will be known as one of the Old Guard who phucked up the Republican Party fpr 20 years

[Hutzpa]

3. Everybody using chutzpah

Mr President why did you start using that word in public?

[safeinOhio]

4. Mitch McConnell quote

"The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president."

Yup, we heard you the first time Mitch.

[Scuba]

6. Gotcha!

[Andy823]

5. Passing the buck again

To bad it isn't going to work, except for their brain dead zombie base! The majority of americans, even republicans, can see through his crap, and they aren't going to buy him passing the buck. What the idiot fails to understand is that he is on record saying what his goals are, on record obstructing the process, and on record for being the one who has time after time stopped the senate from doing their job! Spin it all you want Mitch, but the facts are out there and not that hard to find!

[flpoljunkie]

7. The president pointed out Republicans have supported everything in his jobs bill in the past

Which makes McConnell's response all the more ridiculous. Apparently, President Obama has turtlehead on the defensive. Couldn't be more pleased about that.