Bernie hits McConnell

[melman]

Link to tweet

[sweetloukillbot]

1. Aw, I was hoping he clocked him with a can of Twisted Tea nt

[irisblue]

20. Geez I so wish.....

😂😂😂

[irisblue]

43. Here is the clip...

Link to tweet

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[RVN VET71]

80. Trey Gowdy -- yes, that Trey Gowdy - asked Senator Perdue

“What service have you provided to the people of Georgia” A simple. direct question.

Perdue mumbled and stumbled and could not come up with an answer. Tax cuts for the plutocrats, yes. But help for the struggling working class: -silence -

Sic Semper Senatoribus Populisque GOP*. They are all like that, and don’t raise Romney as an exception to the rule. He is a close adherent to the rule.


*"Thus always with the Senators and Republican voters.” It’s the best rendering I could do. It’s been 60 years since Latin III!

[calimary]

32. Wouldn't mind seeing him hit with the proverbial "can o' whoop-ass."

[SCantiGOP]

52. I'll give you 10 to 1 odds

that in a fistfight Bernie would beat the absolute snot out of the Turtle.

[efhmc]

73. Me too. It brought forth such a great mental image.

[WA-03 Democrat]

2. Good job Senator!

Attack the root of the issue!

[BeyondGeography]

3. Mitch probably won all of those counties by 40-50 points last November

https://www.politico.com/2020-election/results/kentucky/senate/

Doubt he’ll be impressed.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

5. Yep.

I watched part of the debate where that smug prick bragged about getting extra funding for his state because half the state was high crime and opioid addicted.

[lame54]

6. It's the secret to his success

[dsc]

18. close

He did win all 15 but a few he merely won by nearly 30. Some others though he won by over 60

[LiberalLovinLug]

25. Doubt Bernie ever did it to impress Mconnell.

[Rebl2]

29. You are

Likely right about that!

[LiberalArkie]

41. Kentucky uses ES&S voting machines. The only brand that Trump did not cast doubt on.

[Buckeyeblue]

4. I envisioned Bernie taking a swing at Moscow Mitch

And getting his hand stuck in that web of skin McConnell calls a chin.

[yellowcanine]

9. Yeah me too. I think he would have decked him.

[Irish_Dem]

11. Bernie could take Mitch down with one swing. nt

[yellowcanine]

16. Bernie builds up his arm strength waving them around when he makes speeches.

Mitch would not stand a chance against Bernie "Popeye" Sanders.

[Irish_Dem]

17. Ha, I like that visual, Bernie eating his spinach. nt

[KS Toronado]

24. With a little luck, some editorial cartoonist might read this and get ideas.

Build them muscles Bernie

[mtnsnake]

26. Like this?

[Irish_Dem]

30. Love it. Watch out Mitch. nt

[KS Toronado]

59. Excellent, made my day!

[burrowowl]

77. Wonderful!

[wnylib]

44. A child could do that.

[Irish_Dem]

45. My six pound Maltese doggie could take him down. nt

[wnylib]

47. 6 pound dog? Good grief! My 9 pound cat

could take down McConnell AND the dog.

But she actually likes small dogs, and does not attack Dems.

My neighbor down the hall from me has a Shih Tsu. Before the pandemic, when I used to let the cat in the hall while chatting with the neighbor, the dog and cat strolled down the hall together, sniffing at doors and chasing each other.

[Irish_Dem]

49. Ha! I don't know, Joey fights like he is a 100 lb dog.

I have to tear him away before he gets to bigger dogs.

But he loves smaller dogs.
I have never seen him with a kitty, but I think he would like them.

Right Joey is a Dem too.

[wnylib]

55. The cat, Ember, was feisty from the day

I got her, at 9 weeks old. Had not been socialized with people and would not let me pet her for a couple weeks. Her default greeting for everyone was a hiss.

She's friendly now and likes everybody but the vet because she associates clinic visits with shots and surgery. Raises so much hell there that she intimidates the doc and staff. I swear they'd use a whip and chair with her if they weren't afraid of looking foolish.

[betsuni]

67. Ali center punching bag,

[bdamomma]

7. Hey Bernie

Moscow Mitch only thinks about himself, last night they showed the richest GOP senators, that POS makes 34 million. I hope he chokes on it. He will feel the wrath of his misdeeds.

[Irish_Dem]

14. Mitch could care less about the poor in his state. He has made $$millions on their backs.

He uses them to get elected, he doesn't care about his constituents or the American people.

[jaxexpat]

22. I think you have hit upon the secret soul of our Mitch.

I bet he even has a basement in his home with nothing but gold piled all around. Maybe he even sleeps on piles of krugerrands with his wife, the dowager snake charmer, coiled up around his turtley neck. Smaug, the senator from the bluegrass state, envy of his class, hated and feared by his enemies.

[Irish_Dem]

27. Yep, Mitch worships at the altar of power and wealth. Nothing else has

any meaning whatsoever for him.

Yes he loves being hated and feared by others.
Loves accruing more wealth on the backs of the unfortunate.

Smaug indeed. Yes.

[erronis]

36. Nah - McTurtle has stashed his loot in overseas safe-havens, some in Russia, China, Caymans,

The loot he received from lobbyists and foreign interests and by stealing from the taxpayers.

His doofus turtle look is just a mask for some much more evil creature. And I don't want to malign any snakes, reptiles, slime-mold, etc.

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

50. That...

... I was going to post that when the time comes, Mitch is skipping the country... Taiwan, Shanghai or some place none of us has heard or thought of yet.

[jaxexpat]

60. You're quite right and I wish to make a formal apology if I misrepresented any genus of fauna.....

or maligned them in any unfair way. In my defense I can only say the we homo-erectus types are prone to hype. Not our finest trait.

Flora, however, are a whole different category, a whole other story entirely. Rooted, carbon breathing cretins (nearly) all. I eat them for breakfast!

[BainsBane]

8. Excellent line

yet those people voted to reelect McConnell anyway.

[Fullduplexxx]

10. I was hoping he went all rand paul's neighbor on him

[joshcryer]

12. It's also being decimated by COVID-19.

For McConnell it's about Senatorial Power and being remembered as this iron willed king of the Senate.

[Bettie]

13. I'm sad that he didn't actually punch that turtle faced asshole

But, I'm glad he pointed that out.

However, everyone knows that Moscow Mitch doesn't care about working families in KY or anywhere.

He cares about donors and he acts like every penny that goes to anyone but the donor class is money out of his own pocket.

[The Genealogist]

15. Mitch cares about Mitch.

In that respect, he is like his idol, Donald Trump, who is only in it for himself.

Love it that Bernie is pointing this out for all to see.

Of course Bernie knows perhaps better than just about anyone else that Mitch McConnell doesn't care about the people in those 10 Kentucky counties (or any other Kentucky counties) until it it is time for them to pull the lever in the next election. Then they become useful to so that Mitch can keep profiting from the gravy train.

[George II]

19. 25 lowest income counties in the US:

1 Wheeler County Georgia $19,472
2 Ziebach County South Dakota $19,940
3 Buffalo County South Dakota $20,682
4 Crowley County Colorado $20,822
5 Telfair County Georgia $21,535
6 Union County Florida $22,440
7 Elliott County Kentucky $22,828
8 Stewart County Georgia $23,081
9 Hudspeth County Texas $23,569
10 Forest County Pennsylvania $24,113
11 Charlton County Georgia $25,020
12 Lake County Tennessee $25,772
13 Oglala Lakota County South Dakota $25,840
14 Liberty County Florida $25,973
15 Glades County Florida $26,102
16 DeSoto County Florida $26,128
17 Todd County South Dakota $26,172
18 Johnson County Georgia $26,341
19 McCreary County Kentucky $26,600
20 Bledsoe County Tennessee $27,113
21 Corson County South Dakota $27,114
22 Long County Georgia $27,232
23 Jackson County South Dakota $27,278
24 Calhoun County Georgia $27,390
25 Hidalgo County Texas $27,415

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lowest-income_counties_in_the_United_States

[Warpy]

39. I was surprised that NM is no longer in the top 50

Reservation gambling has been damned good for this state, reservations plowing profits into infrastructure which means jobs for non tribal New Mexicans. Some of that money goes back to the casinos, but that's OK, too. I never understood gambling, but people seem to think it's a good time and the no alcohol rule keeps them from getting really, really stupid.

[paleotn]

42. You ever been to East Kentucky?

[George II]

48. Yes I have, many times. It's very poor. But that's not the point.

[NurseJackie]

46. 95.45% of argumentative statistics are made-up on the spot.

[George II]

51. I thought it was 96.25%

[NurseJackie]

53. Instant fact-checking is not a friend of old-school politicians who...

... well, I think it's probably best that I just leave it at that.

All I'm saying is that this is a different day and age. The same factual and statistical information that's available to ordinary citizens is also available to all politicians by way of a google search or a visit to Wikipedia, is ALSO available to politicians. In order to avoid embarrassment, the smartest politicians take advantage of the reference tools that are available to them.

Happy New Year, George II!!
I hope it's a safe and joyous and prosperous 2021 for you and your loved ones.

[KayF]

58. i found it with Google

I searched for "10 25 counties kentucky" and found the study Bernie was referring to:

https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2019/03/13/kentucky-counties-dominate-worst-places-to-live-list/3151985002/

[KayF]

57. here is the study Bernie was referencing

https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2019/03/13/kentucky-counties-dominate-worst-places-to-live-list/3151985002/

[Celerity]

62. +100

[Celerity]

61. 50 counties/parishes with lowest median household income

Bernie was off yes (unless he has different data), but 13 of the 48 poorest counties as rated by median household income are in KY (6 of the poorest 26) The only state with more top 50 poorest counties than KY is Mississippi, with one more, 14.

Median income is a far better measurement, as per capita is often skewed upward by a handful of wealthy people, especially in small populations, like many of these counties.


1 Clay County, Georgia $24,732
2 Holmes County, Mississippi $26,348
3 Buffalo County, South Dakota $26,671
4 Taylor County, Georgia $28,234
5 Humphreys County, Mississippi $28,464
6 Greene County, Alabama $28,699
7 Owsley County, Kentucky $28,727
8 McDowell County, West Virginia $29,106
9 Sumter County, Alabama $29,209
10 Quitman County, Mississippi $29,318
11 Perry County, Alabama $29,572
12 Leflore County, Mississippi $29,687
13 East Carroll Parish, Louisiana $29,943
14 Harlan County, Kentucky $30,050
15 Clay County, Kentucky $30,175
16 Coahoma County, Mississippi $30,242
17 Bolivar County, Mississippi $30,309
18 Lee County, Arkansas $30,421
19 Jefferson County, Mississippi $30,871
20 Lee County, Kentucky $30,905
21 Bell County, Kentucky $30,940
22 Issaquena County, Mississippi $30,944
23 Wilcox County, Alabama $30,998
24 Washington County, Mississippi $31,018
25 Sharkey County, Mississippi $31,138
26 Johnson County, Kentucky $31,202
27 Claiborne County, Mississippi $31,221
28 Brooks County, Texas $31,410
29 Tensas Parish, Louisiana $31,436
30 Phillips County, Arkansas $31,521
31 Knox County, Kentucky $31,634
32 Hancock County, Georgia $31,715
33 Bullock County, Alabama $31,906
34 Tallahatchie County, Mississippi $31,915
35 Hancock County, Tennessee $31,938
36 Magoffin County, Kentucky $32,045
37 Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi $32,077
38 Allendale County, South Carolina $32,147
39 Leslie County, Kentucky $32,202
40 Madison Parish, Louisiana $32,229
41 Letcher County, Kentucky $32,435
42 Starr County, Texas $32,516
43 Zavala County, Texas $32,538
44 Luna County, New Mexico $32,544
45 Wilkinson County, Mississippi $32,612
46 Knott County, Kentucky $32,613
47 McCreary County, Kentucky $32,701
48 Wolfe County, Kentucky $32,773
49 Jenkins County, Georgia $32,808
50 Corson County, South Dakota $32,848

[AmericanCanuck]

64. Bernie has different data?

[Celerity]

65. another poster posted this, so perhaps this is what Sanders was referring to

granted it is overall ranking of the worst counties to live, not simply the poorest economically

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214780154#post57

Kentucky counties make up 10 of the 25 worst places to live in the US

Kentucky counties don't fare well on a recent list ranking the worst U.S. places to live.

https://eu.courier-journal.com/story/news/2019/03/13/kentucky-counties-dominate-worst-places-to-live-list/3151985002/

24/7 Wall Street recently ranked the top 25 worst counties to live in, based on three factors: poverty, the percentage of adults who have at least a bachelor’s degree, and average life expectancy at birth. Of the top 25 counties, 10 of them are in Kentucky. (And even worse: six of the top 10 are Kentucky counties.)

Here's the report from 24/7 Wall St:

Joblessness in the United States recently hit its lowest point since the 1960s; the Dow Jones Industrial Average reached an all-time high last year; and America is now home to at least twice as many billionaires as any other country.

In this context, it can be easy to overlook the parts of the country that have been left behind. In dozens of communities across the United States there is widespread poverty and failing local businesses. In these areas, the population is shrinking and the average life expectancy at birth more closely resembles that of countries like Indonesia and Egypt.

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[George II]

68. "Worst places to live" is entirely different from "poorest" counties.

[Celerity]

71. Economic wealth was a major component of that study, and if we really want to drill down

and engage in rhetorical dissection to the point of pettifoggery, Sanders said only poorest, not poorest economically.

This is all too distracting from the main and utterly valid attack up the mendacious, wicked McTurtle.

[Dem4Life1102]

75. What is interesting

is that I have yet to hear a single republican, Faux news host or conservative commentator push back on Sanders’ statement. Odd to see it in this forum.

[George II]

69. Here's the real list. But that's not the point. Why give false or misleading data to prove a point?

Regardless of which one is more accurate, neither shows 10 of 25 "poorest" counties being in Kentucky, not even close. Yours has 5 in 25, mine has 2 in 25, both of which are half or less than 10.

Kentucky is poor, no one doubts that. It's the 4th poorest state (looking at % below the poverty line)

This is a list of the lowest-income counties in the United States.

The county with the lowest per capita income in the 50 states and District of Columbia is Wheeler County, Georgia, while the territorial county-equivalent with the lowest per capita income (in the entire United States) is Manu'a District, American Samoa. The county with the lowest median household income in the 50 states and District of Columbia is Clay County, Georgia, while the territorial county-equivalent with the lowest median household income (in the entire United States) is Comerío Municipality, Puerto Rico.

1 Wheeler County, Georgia $19,472
2 Ziebach County, South Dakota $19,940
3 Buffalo County, South Dakota $20,682
4 Crowley County, Colorado $20,822
5 Telfair County, Georgia $21,535
6 Union County, Florida $22,440
7 Elliott County, Kentucky $22,828
8 Stewart County, Georgia $23,081
9 Hudspeth County, Texas $23,569
10 Forest County, Pennsylvania $24,113
11 Charlton County, Georgia $25,020
12 Lake County, Tennessee $25,772
13 Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota $25,840
14 Liberty County, Florida $25,973
15 Glades County, Florida $26,102
16 DeSoto County, Florida $26,128
17 Todd County, South Dakota $26,172
18 Johnson County, Georgia $26,341
19 McCreary County, Kentucky $26,600
20 Bledsoe County, Tennessee $27,113
21 Corson County, South Dakota $27,114
22 Long County, Georgia $27,232
23 Jackson County, South Dakota $27,278
24 Calhoun County, Georgia $27,390
25 Hidalgo County, Texas $27,415
26 Issaquena County, Mississippi $27,430
27 Willacy County, Texas $27,584
28 Hamilton County, Florida $27,643
29 Lafayette County, Florida $27,645
30 Yazoo County, Mississippi $27,666
31 Noble County, Ohio $27,703
32 Starr County, Texas $27,713
33 Morgan County, Kentucky $27,978
34 Lincoln County, Arkansas $28,024
35 San Juan County, Utah $28,074
36 Hancock County, Tennessee $28,083
37 Searcy County, Arkansas $28,143
38 Echols County, Georgia $28,211
39 Brantley County, Georgia $28,248
40 Dixie County, Florida $28,314
41 Sioux County, North Dakota $28,524
42 Greene County, Mississippi $28,617
43 Clayton County, Georgia $28,665
44 Madison County, Idaho $28,780
45 Johnson County, Arkansas $28,920
46 Wayne County, Tennessee $28,922
47 McDonald County, Missouri $28,931
48 Wayne County, Kentucky $28,935
49 Zapata County, Texas $28,936
50 Lanier County, Georgia $28,991



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lowest-income_counties_in_the_United_States

[Celerity]

70. You calling it 'real' is simply introducing a subjective valuation & is an attempt at false framing

There are multiple ways to measure wealth and poverty. Per capita is no more 'real' a measure than is median income, and when you are dealing with smaller populations, per capita is more easily skewed.

I already said either way between those two lists Sanders was off, but I also provided another source that was headlined as Kentucky as having 10 of the 25 worst counties to live in, which may be what he was referring to.

The main underlying points of causation for the valid attack on Moscow Mitch are becoming lost in a scrum of statistical/methodological pedantry, all do to whom the messenger was.

[AmericanCanuck]

63. hmmmmmmmmm ... I knew there was something there

It also proves that supporters are generally not inclined to fact-check.

[KayF]

66. here is where Bernie got those numbers

https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2019/03/13/kentucky-counties-dominate-worst-places-to-live-list/3151985002/

[AmericanCanuck]

78. It says 10 of 25 worst places to live - nothing to do with poverty

[Rhiannon12866]

21. Twitter reply:

Link to tweet

[Irish_Dem]

28. People don't realize this is their money. It is not a "free lunch."

It is money we gave to the US Government in good faith.
But we need some of it back right now because of very dire circumstances.
More important than not needed military bombers and boondoggles.
More important than tax cuts to the rich.
More important than other GOP grifting.

[Uncle Joe]

23. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread melman.

[joshcryer]

31. I looked up these counties. They're like a third world country.

Not even joking, they're hellholes of completely neglected society.

[SammyWinstonJack]

33. They voted for six more yrs of misery.

[yaesu]

34. McTurtle doesn't care, he got his way, he's in turtle heaven. nt

[Dukkha]

35. and yet he keeps getting re-elected.

So fuck them. Let them rot in their own poverty. They got their precious guns and monuments to wilful stupidity in the creation and ark museums.

[Warpy]

37. I was hoping to be able to take this literally

because I'd love to see McConnell walking around with two shiners and a broken nose.

Neither a tweet nor a punch in the nose is going to do any good. He's power mad the way only a crook who has cheated his way through the world can be power mad.

[Evolve Dammit]

38. How 'bout a KY whiskey bottle across his haid?? Like in the Westerns. FU Moscow Mitch.

[Celerity]

74. Bourbon-bruised Mitch.

[DENVERPOPS]

40. The day after the election

I wondered WTF happened in Maine, Kentucky, and S Carolina......The races were neck and neck in the polls, and then landslide numbers came in for the incumbent Republicans.........

Anyone that thinks that Putin would just screw with the election just at the Presidential Election level is terribly Naive......

Interesting that the electronic voting machines used in Kentucky are the ones that were used in 2000 and 2004. That one fact answers what happened. The RepubliCON control of the Senate is the ONE thing that has brought all this misery upon the nation. Without the RepubliCONS controlling the Senate, Trump wouldn't have lasted one month after being installed as president. Period. And if they continue to be in control, we face four more years of obstruction, even worse than we have been witnessing.....

I have to say, that the things I had hoped for after Obama was elected, was that he would have the FEC, FBI, and DOJ launch a major investigation into the corruptible electronic voting.

The other is that he would wage war with the Pharmaceutical companies, including negotiating medicare drug prices.........

[Duppers]

72. Bingo. +1000

[NoMoreRepugs]

54. One of those Kentucky counties that has more registered voters than people of voting age?

[Crunchy Frog]

56. They seem to vote for him no matter how badly he screws them.

Makes it hard to have any sympathy for them.

[RestoreAmerica2020]

76. Lyndon B. Johnson was fucking right when he said this...

President Lyndon B. Johnson once said, "If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."
[Snopes]

Imo this IS the republiklan party with or without odious racist#45..when he vacates office on Jan 20, we will be left with same ole grand party of bigots, racists, mysoginsts, and xenophobic christian hypocrites SOBs that we've had for decades.

Thanks for post.. Paz. Jan 20, 2021..is just around the bend; Georgia votes on Jan 5. Hopefully, there are brighter days ahead!

[SoonerPride]

79. I wanted video of an actual punch in the mouth.

Does that make me a bad person?

Probably.