“McConnell is a Republican with a 90%+ conservative voting record”
You are referring to American Conservative Union’s scorecard which is a well-known joke. The Heritage Action is the gold standard for measuring conservatism in Congress and they rate McConnell at 75%.
Here’s how McConnell accomplishes his deceit as a political con artist when it comes to establishing his conservative credentials (and other GOP progressive senators do the same, in fact they follow McConnell in his art of deceit):
http://www.redstate.com/2013/02/22/the-american-conservative-unions-embarrassing-scorecard/
* ignore all the ways Mitch McConnell collaborated with Harry Reid to change Senate parliamentary procedure to work against conservatives;
* ignore a significant portion of fiscal bills in the Senate;
* ignore a host of bills designed to keep subsidizing failing enterprises with tax dollars.
Here’s the real record of McConnell:
* voted to keep the Essential Air Service program that conservatives annually ridicule as a waste;
* voted to continue federal student loan subsidization at a ridiculously low rate;
* voted for a massive highway increase;
* voted several times in favor of parliamentary changes in the Senate that undermine conservative’s abilities to stop bad legislation;
* voted for the debt ceiling increase;
* voted to keep market distorting energy tax credits and subsidies;
* voted to let a $41 billion bailout of the post office go to the floor of the Senate; and
* voted for a host of temporary spending measures designed to kick the can down the road to no end
Now a way that McConnell lies to his constituents about how he ‘voted against progressive bills in the senate’ is that he indeed does vote against them but only after he allows democrats to get the bill handed to them where they only need a simple majority to pass. In other words, McConnell sets up the ball for the democrats to hit it out of the park while turning around to his constituents to tell them how he’s playing defense. He’s a liar and a weasel.
So he "only" votes with us 3 out of 4 times. Better make he sure loses to a RAT who votes with us 0% of the time. That will teach the GOP a lesson!
>> Here’s how McConnell accomplishes his deceit as a political con artist when it comes to establishing his conservative credentials (and other GOP progressive senators do the same, in fact they follow McConnell in his art of deceit): http://www.redstate.com/2013/02/22/the-american-conservative-unions-embarrassing-scorecard/ <<
You are referring RedState.com's analysis of GOP politicians, which is a well-known joke. So how's that Liz Cheney endorsement been working out for them? Did Wyoming conservatives drink the kool-aid that gay marriage Lizzy was the "true conservative" in the race?