Mitch Mcconnell statement

[d_r]

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Feb 1999


"Time after time, the President came to a fork in the road. Time after time, he had the opportunity to choose the noble and honorable path. Time after time, he chose the path of lies and lawlessness—for the simple reason that he did not want to endanger his hold on public office."

"The President would seek to win at any cost. If it meant lying to the American people. If it meant lying to his Cabinet," he continued. "The name of the game was winning. Winning at any cost."

"He took an oath to faithfully execute the laws of this nation, and he violated that oath," the senator said. "He pledged to be the nation's chief law enforcement officer, and he violated that pledge. He took an oath to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, and he willfully and repeatedly violated that oath."

"I think that the United States Senate has a clear choice," McConnell said at the time. "Do we want to retain President Clinton in office, or do we want to retain our honor, our principle, and our moral authority?"

"For me, and for many members in my impeachment-fatigued party, I choose honor," he said.

[Iliyah]

1. That only pertains to Democratic Presidents . . .

[mountain grammy]

14. Exactly!

[StClone]

57. Worse

Clinton was set up to be forced to admit an adult consensual affair or be impeached.

This is what Reps do. Secret meetings on how to destroy Dems. Harass our Progressive leaders. Not for better interests. Not the work of the people. Ignore The Constitution (except to use it as a hammer). No they have one goal and that is to fulfill the wishes of their masters.

[mountain grammy]

60. Even worse..

1963 to 1968 Four assassinations of our progressive leaders. Worse than harrassment. set us back decades.

Guess Carter, Clinton and Obama were the lucky ones.. they were only harrassed.

[dewsgirl]

2. OMG really? Did hell just freeze over?

[cwydro]

6. He wasn't saying that about the shitgibbon.

[dewsgirl]

8. I was confused. It would have been mind blowing.

[cwydro]

12. Lol, no kidding.

Sigh.

[BigmanPigman]

55. It would have been The Onion.

[yonder]

20. I was dumbstruck as well. Then looking for the Onion tag,

and finally looking for which president he was referring too.

Wouldn't that have been something?

[dewsgirl]

30. I find myself looking for the onion and Borrowitz multiple

Times a day lately. I can relate.
It really would have been something and for about 10 minutes I thought it was. LOL that's what I get for trying to absorb a years worth of news in 24 hours, it's like the news God's have unleashed a hurricane this week.

[malaise]

3. Great OP

Get thee to the greatest page

[Srkdqltr]

4. To good to be recent.

Not nice too post today.

[world wide wally]

5. I hope somebody reads that at the impeachment hearings

[ChoppinBroccoli]

7. Some Democratic Senator Should Copy This Quote And Recite It Back To Him During The Trial

Put his hypocrisy on full display. Then at the end, say something like, "Now that the country knows how you feel about Presidents who put themselves above the law, we'll all be watching very carefully to see how you vote."

If nothing else, you've just handed a solid gold campaign ad to the person challenging him for his Senate seat.

[yonder]

21. +1.

[bluecollar2]

47. Or on the Senate floor...

Today..

[DFW]

71. At the start of business today, and EVERY day until the next election

Except if the name of the sitting president should happen to have changed to Pelosi.

[bluecollar2]

73. +100...n/t

[USALiberal]

9. Link? Nt

[d_r]

11. link-

https://edition.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/02/12/senate.statements/mcconnell.html

https://www.newsweek.com/mitch-mcconnell-donald-trump-impeachment-bill-clinton-1461489

[bdamomma]

10. The media needs to play

that over and over again, McConnell has sold his soul to the devil in this case it's tRump and Russia.

Moscow Mitch, you are a disgrace.

[Alwaysna]

66. Then the devil got screwed because his soul is worthless.

[Bettie]

13. I wish news people would ask him about this

if he ever goes before the press. Just read it and ask him to comment on the difference.

[bucolic_frolic]

15. Deserves a full page ad in Times and Post

but how do you reach MAGAt's in trailer parks?

[empedocles]

26. The next half of trump support. Today helps. Long way to go.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

35. full page ads, TV, billboards across the land

[MyMission]

39. Print it but redact any reference to Clinton

And it would make a great PSA. On Faux.

[ancianita]

16. Over a semen stain. He's left that zone and moved into the profitable foreign collusion zone.

[George II]

17. Too bad that's too long for a tweet, would love to send it to him!

[flibbitygiblets]

24. Send multiple tweets then! Do it for those of us who never touch the twitter machine!

[The Mouth]

18. Yeah, and watch him

forced another SCOTUS justice through the Senate if he has the chance, even if it's a day before the election.

[exboyfil]

38. Even after the election

If Dems win both Pres and Senate, Thomas retires the next day.

[The Mouth]

44. Would not surprise me in the least

Prayers for RBG, and hopefully good security, too.

[pandr32]

19. I thought this was now!

It should be! Mitch needs to be confronted with his own words over much less.

[ecstatic]

22. You got me good! nt

[Saviolo]

23. GIF reaction within:

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[Texin]

25. Well that was before Putin turned him to a Russian vampire.

[Doodley]

27. What happened to McConnell, Graham and all these GOP lawmakers to put party loyalty above country?

[Whiskeytide]

34. Their base expects it of them, and they...

... want the votes of their base. It is that simple. They are morally bankrupt.

[lastlib]

40. Loyalty to billionaires and criminals paid better....... eom

[Cosmocat]

48. That statement was the very embodiement of party loyalty above country

I lived through that shit, and even as a young man I saw them for the craven partisan scumbags they were then.

They spent Clinton's entire term relentllessly doing what they claim Ds are doing with 45 now, trying to take him down.

They investigated the fan mail to their fucking pet cat, it was nuts.

Never found anything of any substance, until they stumbled on the blue dress, and they made Clinton's stepping out on his wife into the kind of end times bullshit that statement relayed.

As with BHO, they acted similarly and inversely to how they make 45 out to be so great - making two good presidents into all that was unholy and unamerican (and frankly Carter, too, long before these puke bags took over).

[mahatmakanejeeves]

28. It took me a while, but I figured out the context of this quote. NT

[steventh]

29. February 12, 1999 McConnell statement was released

Please update your OP to show the 1999 statement date so your headline is no longer misleading. Thank you.

[maddiemom]

69. The headline wasn't misleading.

The edit does help anyone not acutely attuned to irony.

[SCVDem]

31. We need exposure!

Maybe Steyer can rent the big screens in Times Square showing loops of sensible Lindsay and hypocrite Moscow Mitch.

Let everyone see the change based on politics.

How is a BJ worse than treason?

[lastlib]

42. Bill Clinton's penis.......

....and treason was more profitable.

[marble falls]

32. Bill Clinton was the Democratic President most Republicans secretly liked ...

his economy is the basis of a lot of their business success and wealth. And at the same time Black Americans started redeveloping a middle class and had falling unemployment rates. Truly a tide that raised all boats and lowered deficits. Something no Republican ever did. Particularly W and Donnie Two Scoops.

[onenote]

33. Here is a link to the full McConnell statement (Feb. 12, 1999)

https://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/02/12/senate.statements/mcconnell.html

[BlueMTexpat]

36. If only he could get as

exercised about someone who actually breaks the law.

[olegramps]

37. Hypocracisy is a solemn commitment to be a Repubican. No matter if citzen or elected official.

[yellowcanine]

41. Okay you had me going for a bit there. Might as well be the Onion.

McConnell would never say that about the current resident of the WH.

[The Mouth]

45. Yeah, I got played too

Brilliant post.

[eppur_se_muova]

46. Hmmm ... this needs to be retweeted in a response to 45 ...

Not into Twitter myself, but imagine 45's reaction before he figures out (i.e.: someone else points out) that it's not about him.

[Beartracks]

49. Well, we'll see if Mitch has any honor left.

The last several years of his performance say "no."

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[joost5]

50. The hypocrisy meter is broken

[jayschool2013]

51. But that was a

[AtheistCrusader]

53. "Aw, baby. That's just what we call "Pillow talk"."

[Amimnoch]

54. President Clinton had the fiber and fortitude to testify before Congress in 1998.

Hope Cheetolini gets subpoenaed. I hope Congress doesn't allow him to get away with a drafted, crafted written statement like the Mueller investigation did. Make shitbag appear in person. He'll incriminate himself without his teleprompter and carefully prepared statements.

[Ferrets are Cool]

56. ONLY IF a "D" follows their name. nt

[JDC]

58. He has never chosen honor in his life.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

59. MoscowMitchMcTraitor couldn't have been any cleaner back then than he is now.

He just hates Democrats. And loves money. The scumbag.

[GETPLANING]

61. Projection is the first characteristic of conservatism

Mark these words

[SCantiGOP]

62. True bipartisanship

The GOP will agree to stand with the Democrats for the good of the country and impeach .... Bill Clinton again!

And by the way, fuck you Lindsey Graham.

[PatrickforO]

63. Wow.

It totally blows me away, McConnell mentioning honor and saying he chooses it.

What a joke.

[notinkansas]

64. He chooses honor?

Doesn't have any of his own. Did he plan on stealing it from somebody?

[NCLefty]

65. Wonderful. I've been thinking a lot about past political stuff in the recent days, like all the

people who called for Obama to be impeached, including Dennis Kucinich (D) (for Libyan bombing) and Blake Farenthold (R-of dick pic fame) for not being American (birtherism). What. A. World...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efforts_to_impeach_Barack_Obama

[Rhiannon12866]

67. I honestly thought he had to be talking about Trump!

[rickyhall]

68. Moscow Mitch is so predictable...and honorless

[DFW]

70. I wish that, at the start of every business day in the Senate for the next year......

That some Democratic Senator would read the first three paragraphs, make sure it got into the Congressional Record every day, citing the author of those three paragraphs, and then say, "WELL, Senator McConnell? Do you stand by your words?"

[Brainstormy]

72. Send this to McConnell

Here'e the form. https://www.mcconnell.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contactform