Senator Mitch McConnell’s Facebook Poll Backfires Big Time

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Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) posted a poll to his Facebook page this weekend, in the form of a meme. The senate minority leader wanted to know, out of four choices, which was the most important to his constituents. Senator McConnell obviously didn’t pay attention to how well this worked for Ted Cruz when Cruz decided to ask his Facebook “fans” if the ACA had made people’s lives better or worse. Remember: this is the same guy who said the GOP’s most important task after President Obama was elected was to make him a one-term president. So, that obviously didn’t work, and now McConnell is focused on other things that he deems “critical.” McConnell’s text accompanying the meme:

If I am privileged to lead a Republican majority in the Senate in 2015 there are many critical issues that we plan to address. Comment below and tell me what issue is most important to you!

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According to Mitch McConnell, these are the critical issues he and other members of the GOP will address if he wins reelection this fall. My favorite is C, and we’ll get into that in a bit. For now, let’s take a look at some of the comments that people posted in response to these critical issues.

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Oops. Now, there were folks on there who liked Sen. McConnell’s list, but there are over 3,000 comments as of Monday morning, and from my quick perusal, most of them are negative. As I wrote above, I responded to C, Protection of Life. Here’s my comment:

Protecting life, if by protecting life you mean providing low cost or free lunches to kids, making sure children have access to health care, promoting healthy eating and exercise for our children, protecting our veterans’ lives when they return from war, protecting the lives of our working poor, our elderly, our disabled, and our children by continuing to provide SNAP and WIC and other social programs that help the most vulnerable in our country survive. If by “protecting life,” you mean save the fetus, starve the child, then I choose E-everything you don’t stand for, like equality and fairness and higher taxes for the 1% and alternative energy and sensible gun laws and supporting the ACA. Have an ignorant day, Senator.

- See more at: http://www.forwardprogressives.com/senator-mitch-mcconnells-facebook-poll-backfires/#sthash.CxZgGohV.TmU6325J.dpuf

They just don't learn!

[liberal N proud]

1. Then there is this

Or if you prefer the creepy version:

[sheshe2]

2. That second video was indeed creepy!

Thanks for posting them, liberal N proud.

[rocktivity]

12. DU McConnelling Thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017181291


rocktivity

[gopiscrap]

3. exellent!

[2pooped2pop]

4. Is this a nationwide war on coal?

Or just Kentucky? Because I still have a few pieces left over from my last Christmas stocking, and I don't know if I should take it out and shoot it, or what. Hell, I didn't know we had a war on coal going on. Maybe I could just turn these survivors in to McConnell and let him fire them out his loose cannon? I just don't want to get into any trouble for having these enemy combatants around my house.

[riqster]

10. DUzy!

"I just don't want to get into any trouble for having these enemy combatants around my house."

Brilliant!

[leftieNanner]

11. Please send your coal to me

So I can still have bar-b-ques this summer? That's what this is about, right?

Your post gave me a well needed chuckle this morning.

Ditch Mitch!

[2pooped2pop]

18. but would burning them be considered torture?

Perhaps, I can waterboard them as that apparently is ok to do. Maybe I can get some real time info on the whereabouts of other enemy combatants. There could be others in hiding from Christmas's past.

So ur coal may be wet when it gets there. I could not find anything specific to BBQ sauce in my war crimes manual, so I think you will be ok.

[sheshe2]

30. Bwaaahahaha

[awoke_in_2003]

40. I declared war on charcoal

it gave its life in service of my ribeyes.

[knightmaar]

5. Proceed, Senator.

[underpants]

27. LOL

[NightWatcher]

6. A: more death. B: more death. C: more ____. D: more death.

Wow, which form of More Death are you a bigger fan of?

Republican: the Party of death, death, death, and death.

[Jackpine Radical]

17. C. More death.

[Dawgs]

26. C: Anti-Women n/t

[Richardo]

7. I see Job Creation didn't make the list.

Color me shocked.

[Richardo]

8. "More regulations on firearms than vaginas"

My favorite comment.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

21. +1

[onethatcares]

36. +2

best of the lot.

although the negative comments are all good.

I'm afraid mitch doesn't quite understand how the interwebs work.

[okaawhatever]

9. McConnell says "Now you know why I'm against giving women choices. It never works out well

for me." His Democratic challenger, she is even in the polls with him. http://alisonforkentucky.com/ vote for her, donate to her like on Facebook or Twitter, pass the word, tell a friend. Help support Alison Lundergran-Grimes for Senate.

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29. Alison Lundergran-Grimes for Senate and for Kentucky!

I'm sending her what I can, she would be a breath of fresh air for the people of Kentucky!

[Blue Owl]

13. In yo' turtle face

n/t

[riqster]

14. It's still up. Go and comment!

[mindwalker_i]

15. Is the war on coal anything like the war on drugs?

Personally, I haven't seen anyone doing lines of coal, and I get the impression that it would show up pretty well even if I didn't catch them in the act.

I need a t-shirt with a picture of McConnell on it, then with a smaller picture of Jamie from the MythBusters saying, "Well there's your problem."

[1StrongBlackMan]

16. I have to believe that, either ...

the gop is using the same PR firm, that was really big during the Madmen era (and those completely out of touch with social media; or, are completely and intentionally tanking their electoral chances. (i.e., adopting the $I$ter $arah Palin/Mike Huckabee business model ... be the perpetual losing candidate for national office; you get to raise $1,000,000s and keep what you do spend after you lose the election.)

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33. What every strategy they're using,

I sincerely hope they continue with it. The fool still has it up and running on FB.

Here is a comment I just found!

Carl Johnson
Elevating the poor, protecting the middle class, and remove your lips from the behinds of the wealthy and the corporations would be a good start. My prayer and hope is that you are NOT in the Senate next year in any capacity.
273 · April 5 at 5:51pm

[CJCRANE]

19. Well, I would like to say...

K&R!

[sinkingfeeling]

20. Somehow I have a copy of the RNC's poll for their 2014 Platform. I think my Rep.'s

office messed up and put me on some list because of my constant letters and phone calls. When I feel a bit better, I'll try and post it. Their poll says nothing about what they would do, just about how awful everything is under Obama.

[CatWoman]

22. link to the FB page

https://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/McConnellForSenate

[sheshe2]

23. Thanks, CatWoman.

I can't believe the fool has left it up this long!

[DebJ]

24. ha ha look at this comment made:

Tom Sawyer 5. Lick the Koch Brothers b*lls on the floor of the Senate.

[Liberalynn]

25. Omg

[phylny]

28. What's fantastic is seeing SO MANY PEOPLE who are finally getting it! n/t

[Iliyah]

31. Now now, Carnival Cruz blamed the DU for this negative feed back

so will the Turtle.

[napkinz]

32. first Cruz, now McConnell ... they never learn!

[sheshe2]

34. ....and their is no cure for them in sight.

Excellent graphic napkinz!

[napkinz]

35. it's fun watching them "lose it" ...

[sheshe2]

37. You are so right!

GOP mantra!



Their answer to everything~



And they act like this.....

[napkinz]

38. I love that! Republicans, you lose. You get NOTHING!

[sheshe2]

39. ...

[Scootaloo]

41. "In the form of a meme"

ARRRRRRGH!

Just 'cause it's an image posted to the internet does not make it a meme! There's nothing memetic there. Nor goes linking it mean it has "gone viral," so let's stop that one before it starts.

I swear, give the media one hour at cheezburgr and they think they know what they're talking about.