Pic of the week - McConnell with arms folded pout as McCain votes NO.

[yellowcanine]

[FM123]

1. Was that a pout?

I thought he got lip plumping injections to look sexy...
(Ok I just grossed myself out)

[world wide wally]

31. He's cute when he pouts

[christx30]

34. Yeah. He's really coming out of his shell. n/t

[lefthandedskyhook]

36. He is never cute

nt

[3catwoman3]

46. There is no possible way that...

...yje words McConnell and sexy go together, ever.

[elehhhhna]

2. He'd stick his chin out but he doesn't have one

[wildeyed]

3. Boom!

[flibbitygiblets]

26. Bah-dum-bum!

[lefthandedskyhook]

37. Precisely

[Baitball Blogger]

4. Is that procedure? Is the majority leader supposed to stand by that table

and witness the voting? Because it does seem like an aggressive tactic.

[Maraya1969]

5. Good point there! He looks like a father who is standing over his

kid when he catches him doing something wrong.

[tblue37]

11. Or like Trump looking over to make sure Melanie votes for him:

Link to tweet

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[tblue37]

13. BTW, Eric also checked on his wife's vote. nt

Link to tweet

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[lefthandedskyhook]

38. Peeking at a ballot...

Arrest them!

[PatSeg]

54. Well, in all fairness

maybe Eric was looking to see what boxes he was suppose to check.

[yellowcanine]

8. I am guessing they do that on close votes. Of course McCain could have voted from his seat so it

appears to me that he was deliberately throwing it in McConnell's face to humiliate him - the thumbs down gesture was completely unnecessary and was just rubbing it in even more. I am beginning to think that McCain voted "Yes" on the procedural vote just so he could vote "NO" to kill the bill once and for all.

[GulfCoast66]

14. We have the winner

Trump is not the only one who can hold a grudge.

Apparently Trump talked to him by phone on the Senate floor prior to the vote. Would love to know what was said.

Came back from what we thought his death bed to make and serve trump a shit sandwich.

[No Vested Interest]

35. I watched most of the voting on that bill, as well as the voting on Sen. Murray's amendment

which preceded the Skinny Bill.

Many Senators, on both sides of the aisle, voted by coming down to the table and used a thumbs up or thumbs down gesture to illustrate their vote. So apparently McCain's gesture was not out of the ordinary.

Over the years, watching many Senate votes, it seems to me that more Senators come the center to record their votes than do it vocally from their seats.

[elehhhhna]

39. I'm thinking anybody who spent four years in the Hanoi Hilton

knows how to throw some shade

[lunatica]

48. McCain walked over to do his thumbs down under McConnell's nose.

[WinstonSmith4740]

49. Can't say I agree with everything John McCain has done in this fight.

But I totally agree with your premise. I think McConnell was trying to intimidate him when he was voting. And in classic, Republican hypocrisy, McConnell (who maneuvered himself out the RESERVES during Viet Nam after 4 months http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-rogers/what-is-mitch-mcconnell-h_b_137083.html), thought he could intimidate and bully a man who spent 5 years as a prisoner of war.

That whole party has descended in a morass of bullying, lying, and fealty to the wealthy. Unless and until the decent, THINKING Republicans (I've got more than one in my family) get control of their party again, it's going to continue to spiral down until it crashes. Which will not be a bad thing. This current incarnation of the Republican Party needs to be crushed. They're nothing but Nazis who smile.

[Wellstone ruled]

6. Hey Johnnie,

see my arms folded,that means I am pissed if you vote against me.

[Zambero]

22. Hey Mitch, he has seen much worse than that

After being kept as prisoner in a cage for years, I doubt that McCain would consider the pouty turtle pose all that menacing.

[Wellstone ruled]

24. Just saw a statement from McCain's office.

He starts Radiation Monday. My SIL had the same Treatment Regime,total exhaustion follows these treatments after the Second Treatment. And it only is a guess if it works,and it takes a couple of weeks to see if it does.

Appetite is the first to go.

[underpants]

7. A classic pic

Thanks

[MineralMan]

9. Poor Mitch Haz a Sad.

He has a Frustrated, too. Whatever will he do, the poor man?

[Skittles]

10. jeez can we zoom in or something

[yellowcanine]

12. There is probably a better picture out there. I pulled that one off the video.

I would also like to see a better angle and close up of McCain giving it the old "thumbs down" sign, a totally unnecessary insult to McConnell, and I suspect, President Dumpster.

[Skittles]

15. sometimes when I post pics off Photobucket they show up that small

I can't figure out why

I really think McCain's NO vote was a stick in the eye to Trump than anything else

[ResistantAmerican17]

16. Love it!!!! Turtleman Took It In the shorts!!!

The worse life gets for him the happier I get!!!

[yellowcanine]

17. And on the chin! - err - would have if he HAD a chin.

[BHDem53]

18. Wow! A turtle

can fold its arms! Who knew? Actually they're its front legs. Addison, it's time to go back into your shell forever.

[blogslut]

19. The video won't embed here

But here is a link:

https://video-cdn.buzzfeed.com/45288/mp4_1920X1080/1501249506

McConnell stands frozen in that pose for a full ten seconds after McCain gives the thumbs down. It's beautiful.

[Egnever]

20. That might be my favorite video of all time!

Going back and watching the reactions of the republicans is delicious.

[yellowcanine]

21. You can also see the smile fade from his face and his "chin" drop as he watches McCain vote.

A thing of beauty also. Almost as if it had been choreographed.

[Zambero]

23. Was this the point where Pence made his quick exit?

From triumphant tiebreaker to worthless eater in one fell swoop.

[yellowcanine]

25. Must have been because he is nowhere in the frame.

"Victory has a thousand fathers, defeat is an orphan...." No Rose Garden party this time!

[Hyper_Eye]

53. He was in the cloakroom which McCain had just come out of.

They were in the cloakroom together where Pence was trying to convince him to vote yes. Then Pence got him on the phone with Trump. McCain's name was called while he was in there so by the time McCain came out he did not have to wait for his name in the roll. Upon entrance he proceeded straight to the front until he was visible to McConnell, put out his hand to get the clerk's attention, and upon recognition turned his thumb down and said, "No." Then he looked straight at McConnell's face, turned, and proceeded to his seat.

[dixiegrrrrl]

32. I was not around any news casts last night......

thanks for that.

[WinstonSmith4740]

50. Got a question here...

Before McCain voted, another vote was cast by "Purdue" (I'm figuring David Purdue, R-Georgia), and I could swear it was a "No". Are the voices in my head taking over?

[Ilsa]

27. That's the best pic, but this is the sweetest:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029386022

[FSogol]

28. Cry, McConnell, cry....

[Docreed2003]

29. That's priceless....

Oh and fuck that dude!

[Cryptoad]

30. O how sweet is the thick,,,,,,,

sweet Irony of Trumpy-poo's karma with insulting Sen McCain honor!

[DFW]

33. I think at this point McTurtle knew it was coming

He was just staring like Charles the First staring at the guy with the axe, saying, "are you really going to do this to me?" But it's not like he was expecting anything else. He didn't exactly gape in horrified surprise at some completely unexpected betrayal.

[calimary]

40. Standing there, looking straight at him, trying to loom over him (figuratively).

Close proximity. Hands folded. Looks like his chin is down - which means his face is slanted such that his EYES are full forward. Looks as though he's leading with his eyes. Like a stink-eye. Like when a bull hunkers down, ready to charge. NOT leading with the chin. Leading with your eyes. Looking straight through his eyebrows at you, and heavier eyebrow presence can be read as meanness or toughness or anger or aggression. He's trying to bully McCain. Or make him feel extra shitty and worried about repercussions.

Psy ops, and from everything I've read about McConnell, he's an expert tactician - which means he knows a lot about psy ops. Domination, perceptions of toughness and/or bullying. Menacing. IMPLIED menacing. Body language tells you a lot. He's in a fighting stance, quiet and contained (he's not shaking fists or yelling with eyes bulging and maybe leading with his chin, such as it is). But ready to do damage or maybe musing over any number of ways to punish McCain for the way he voted.

Just look at the body language. The woman in the ochre jacket who's level-faced and watching McCain - her chin isn't down, the guy straining to see behind her, the guy seated between them looking straight ahead, the bearded guy who also seems to be looking at McCain fairly level-faced.

Either McConnell is hanging his head in disgust and disappointment and pondering his failure - the one with HIS name on it as Senate Majority Leader, or he's looking daggers at McCain for having "failed him".

[Barack_America]

41. "Right up to your face and dis you!"

[imanamerican63]

42. Hey Mitch!

Momma said there will always be days like this, but I bet she never thought you would so many bad days in such a short time?

[Takket]

43. .

[Blue Owl]

44. Irritable Jowel Syndrome

n/t

[Thinkingabout]

45. He knew it was over and he slowly turned and walked to sit down. I am happy Schumer waved

off the clapping, Democrats has much more class than the republicans.

[George II]

47. He had a big grin on his face until McCain gave it thumbs down.

[wasupaloopa]

51. He was yuking it up with that lady in yellow. She was laughing at something.

Here they were voting to take away health care from millions of people and they are having a good time laughing and smiling.

They truly are evil people.

McCain shut them up.

[George II]

52. Here's the video:

[zentrum]

55. Tra-la-la. For a day anyway. nt

[McCamy Taylor]

56. McConnell needs his own superfund he is toxic

[SummerSnow]

57. I found a better picture of McConnell angry at the vote..