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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTPM: McConnell’s Revisionist History: Congress Gave Obama Everything He Wanted!
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/01/mcconnells-revisionist-history-congress-gave-obama-everything-he-wanted.phpSenate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has embraced the argument that President Obama was able to pass every bit of his legislative agenda in his first two years thanks to large Democratic majorities in both houses of Congress. Its intended as a counterpoint to the Presidents re-election strategy of attacking the congressional GOP as do-nothing obstructionists. But its also a revisionist history of the 111th Congress, during which McConnell more than any other Republican in Washington stood athwart Obamas agenda to great effect.
The White House has been trying to pretend like the President just showed up yesterday, just got sworn in and started fresh, McConnell declared Sunday on CNNs State of the Union. In fact, hes been in office for three years. He got everything he wanted from a completely compliant Congress for two of those three years We are living in the Obama economy.
This isnt a new claim for McConnell, but its audacious even by Washingtons lax standards. It was McConnell, after all, who led Senate Republicans in serial filibusters a record-setting number successfully thwarting large chunks of Obamas agenda.
By forcing Democrats to find 60 votes to nearly every action, McConnell and his members were able to block major initiatives including climate change and immigration reform bills, various appropriations bills, myriad presidential appointments, and arguably also a Democratic effort to let the Bush tax cuts expire for high incomes. Meanwhile, big legislative items that did pass, such as health care reform and the economic stimulus package, were notably scaled back as a result of the GOP filibusters.
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TPM: McConnell’s Revisionist History: Congress Gave Obama Everything He Wanted! (Original Post)
highplainsdem
Jan 2012
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Tsiyu
(18,186 posts)1. MashpotatoMouthMcConnell is a liar
He is so full of lies, if a surgeon ever opens him up, I'm sure McConnell will be found full of the oozing black gook out of which his every word is formed.
All Republicans seem to lie like that. If the sky is blue above them, they will lie about that and swear it's yellow.
Lies, lies, lies. McConnell should be ashamed of himself, but then, Republicans HAVE no shame.
Arkana
(24,347 posts)2. Those sonsabitches filibustered EVERY PIECE OF LEGISLATION!
We had to sell out on so much crap it makes me ill! Seriously, what goddamn universe is Senator Turtleface living in?
BumRushDaShow
(128,720 posts)3. Even at this late date
he is learning the fine art of repuke "projection"... something that the wingnuts of his party use daily and that he really hasn't had to do before.