Mitch can come out of the cloak room now, the coast is clear.
bttt
I believe that the Presidential hopefuls and coat-tailers were suckered by Kennedy (with Sphinkter as a useful idiot) and Lindsey, Kyle, McCain all got sucked into this backroom think-tank Frankenstein without the guidance, sponsorship, permission or coverage of the Leader, McConnell. McConnell finds himself with these guys out on a night patrol panty raid and he is damned if he does and damned if he doesn't as far a sponsorship support or leading and opposition.
Kennedy was brilliant in his evil design. He hung out the bait and they went for it. Now they can have it both ways. The Kennedy types can claim that they were Bi-partisan, giving Kyle full input and the Republican knuckle-draggers failed to support Kyle's effort. Conversely, they can claim that now they have to have their version as the President and the Repbulican members can't keep "their guys" in line.
Ky. PING!
A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues.Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people.
When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer "Present" or "Not guilty."
Theodore Roosevelt
"Democrats will use the bill’s failure to aid in their characterization of the senator as an “obstructionist.”"
Who gives a flying fig what they think? - They aren't going to vote for him unless he walks on water and changes to a liberal trash leftist.
Scary Harry Reid is threatening to resurrect the beast from the dead yet again. What will Mitch do, huddle in the closet with the democrats once more to bring it back or tell dingy to get lost? Only the shadow knows.
He will not be the Minority Leader for much longer. You don't vote against your own people as he did the other day, no matter what you think.
Not and stay the "leader" for very long.
Mr. Sessions seems to me to be the obvious choice for the future.
McConnell wasn’t the only one in hiding. Did anyone else notice how scare McCain has been the last few days? The media won’t acknowledge how this immigration fiasco has hurt McCain’s campaign, but he has certainly been quiet about it since his numbers started to go south.
If you can't stand up for what you believe in....then you stand for nothing!
I don’t trust McConnell. He’s too sneaky. If he was totally against the bill, he would have said so. I have no confidence in this dude...he’s too cozy with Reid and can’t be trusted. We’ll regret it.
McConnell was “neither hot nor cold”. Like the Laodiceans he deserves to “be spit out of the mouth”!
So McConnell’ss the clay pigeon?
Indeed, Harry, and you fell for it, hook, line, and sinker - and you get left holding the bag.
Mitch you magnificent bastard.
I’m in KY and I called his office several times. I watched him during this period.
I just can’t find it possible to excuse away his behavior throughout this disgusting farce.
Sometimes a man has to take a stand and the hell with this notion that one must support the President and cooperate with the Dems in order to be some sort of “gentleman” in the Senate.
This is a real culture war and more. This is truly an invasion that will doom our society if not stopped. This time he should have stood up for this country and defied Bush publicly. Bush has put a knife in the back of the party, spit in the eye of most American citizens, and in the process pretty much driven off most of those that have supported him despite disagreeing with him at times.
There should NEVER have been any hint of compromise from the get go on this. He knew damn well that the amendments were going to be worthless. He knew damn well that absolutely nothing can be done until current laws are enforced and serious effort applied to securing the border.
When Bush tells the Senate (and the public) that he will not secure the border unless they bow to amnesty, that is when McConnell should have drawn the line in the sand.
I won’t vote for a Dem here, but I am absolutely not voting for McConnell unless he takes off the Walter Mitty outfit and demonstrates hard and consistent leadership. And I don’t expect that to happen.
We Repubs have such gutsy, stand-up senators, willing to fight for us. Aren’t we lucky?
McConnell says: I am the sentate!
No wonder McConnell’s been in hiding.