McConnell: Stopping Obama’s re-election still ‘single most important’ goal

[kpete]

Source: Raw Story

McConnell: Stopping Obama’s re-election still ‘single most important’ goal

By David Edwards
Sunday, July 10th, 2011 -- 11:30 am
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Even with the country on the brink of default, the Senate's highest ranking Republican says his "single most important" goal is to make Barack Obama a one-term president.

"The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told National Journal's Major Garrett in October.

Fox News' Bret Baier asked McConnell Sunday if that was still his major objective.

"Well, that is true," McConnell replied. "That's my single most important political goal, along with every active Republican in the country."

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/07/10/mcconnell-stopping-obamas-re-election-still-single-most-important-goal/

[Faygo Kid]

1. Nothing they say surprises me anymore. Scares me, maybe, but doesn't surprise me.

Extremist lunatics. I can't see how you can compromise with them.

[AbigailThomas]

3. Still scary

Basically! Hard to believe these are elected public officials!!

[StarsInHerHair]

30. PARTY BEFORE COUNTRY!! I hope voters everywhere make them pay!

[Drale]

2. Everything the Republicans do and

everything the Media says about the debt ceiling is aimed at the goal and anyone who can't see this is a fool.

[JJW]

4. In other words.....

The Republicans stand for nothing, except wanting more power to create more piles of rubble to stand on and shout, they hate us for our freedom.

[elleng]

5. Should be HUGE HEADLINES, esp this week.

SOBs.

[ck4829]

6. And remember, that for the New Right, the ends justify the means

If they have to sabotage the economy, put people out on the street, create massive voter suppression, paranoia, etc. just to oust Obama, then they won't even think twice about doing it.

[Hubert Flottz]

7. Mitch says "Fuck America I just want to win!"

That is a total scumbag, anti-democracy, Nazi loving, Bastid...and that's his good points.

[BumRushDaShow]

8. Many on DU seem to agree with this ilk... n/t

[zalinda]

12. Bullshit!

We just want a President who is a REAL Democrat. If Obama acted like a dem, you would read a lot less complaining on this board.

zalinda

[The Second Stone]

9. The economy isn't important

the "war" isn't important, jobs aren't important when compared with their goal of seizing power. His political goals are entirely messed up, and so are Republicans'.

[still_one]

10. In general the republicans have been quite straight forward. The problem is this administration

still believes they can deal with them

[StarsInHerHair]

31. yeah does that make Obama crazy? because WHY would he try to reach out

to these crazies?

[Frank Cannon]

37. Bill Hicks explained it to you 20 years ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MRykTpw1RQ

[SoutherDem]

11. Hasn't he and others said that since 1/21/09?

The only thing different now is the debt limit issue.

Does anyone know the constitution well enough to know if by stating so is braking their oath of office?

[Luciferous]

13. Why, when Obama seems to be doing such a great job furthering the Repulican agenda?

[svpadgham]

18. I was thinking that.

It seems to Obama's #1 goal as well.

[freshwest]

14. If he's *such* a repuke, why is that? Who do the repukes want instead? Beelzebub?

Did they sign a contract with demonic entities to begin performing human sacrifices in public? If there is no difference between the two parties, why bother, when he's taking all the abuse for them now?

This should be a wake-up call to those who can't stand Democrats. We do have something of value in our political party and POTUS, that the repukes can't live with. It can't just be about the name.

[StarsInHerHair]

32. yeah! like those wrestlers who cant stand the sight of each other!

[liberal N proud]

15. He has stated that multiple times since Obama took office

[shireen]

16. at what cost?

This man is getting dangerous. He's willing to take the whole country down with him to make Obama a 1-term president.

I DO NOT UNDERSTAND the people who voted for Republicans. Don't they understand what happened during the GWB years? Don't they understand that you cannot make something out of nothing? Don't they know that trickle down actually means trickle up? I am just so frustrated with them.

[Angry Dragon]

17. That statement proves that he is a traitor to this country

and should be impeached for Treason and I intend to write him and tell him the same exact thing..........

[Dulcinea]

19. The bottom line: Obama must not succeed.

If he does, the old white guys are out of power forever. They know the clock's running out on them.

[Cereal Kyller]

20. THIS NEEDS TO BE PUT ON BILLBOARDS ACROSS THE COUNTRY!!!

Why? Because it underlies and motivates EVERYTHING the Republicans do!!!

[oldbanjo]

21. I don't understand why the FBI hasn't started filling charges on some of these

people, it is treason, and no one in their right mind would vote for any of them.

[totodeinhere]

29. No it is not treason to work to defeat a sitting president in the next election.

At an equivalent point in shrub's presidency there were many Democrats plotting his defeat in the 2004 election. Was that also treason?

[Nossida]

22. pathetic clown

We all need to Thank the 'Minority' Leader
for reminding the Voters of why no new Jobs
have been created. Or why the US spends
more for Air Conditioning in the Middle East,
than whats spent on NASA. Because republican
criminals have their priorities. And its all
about Obama 'Losing'. Make US Citizen suffer,
let the people go to Hell, so you Leeches on
the Right can 'Win' at any cost the Citizens
can pay. Leech doesn't really begin to describe
the repubican Party or Agenda. Sounds great in
their Fox echo chamber I bet.

Please continue your 'Agenda' republicans.
In the next General Election, the people
won't Elect republicans for anything other
than attendants at a Car Park. No biggie,
as you can 'outsource it' like everything
else you've done against the Middle Class.

[Fire1]

23. Come on Mitch. You're insulting people's intelligence.

Who the fuck didn't know that already?? Minorities have known that since DAY ONE and the republican party made no secret of the shit!!! You said it on t.v. and every written publication you find, damn near every fuckin day!!! Go to hell.

[Lucky Luciano]

24. Single most important goal should be jobs jobs jobs. nt

[harun]

25. It is disgusting that the GOP and their supporters will agree with him.

It isn't their goal to do what their constituents want, it isn't to make the country better, it isn't to do good. It is to defeat the President.

[placton]

26. dont care if he is only a one-termer

we will just get another GOP minded person to replace him, and at least not have to pretend about the whole hopey-changey crap he fed us

[alp227]

27. McConnell is such a worthless lying fool, why does Obama try kissing up to him and his party?

Not only should Obama start getting more confrontational with them, McConnell's words should be put on blast in Democratic campaigns..."The Republicans don't care about you, they care about their own elitist goals" something like that.

[Springer9]

28. If a Democrat had said that about Bush there would be hell

to pay. How dare a member of the opposition party express a desire to have a sitting President defeated at the polls? It's un-American.

[moondust]

33. That's not what a real national leader would want.

That's just the craven lust for power.

A real national leader would want something like "what's best for the country" (which "we Republicans" can deliver better than the other guys and here's how...).

[democratinnashville]

34. McConnell is beyond scum

He is a plague on this earth...what a low-life asshole.

[deacon]

35. And they don't care if they have to kill every last job in this country to do so. He's a monster.

[SpiralHawk]

36. No so much as one republicon squeak about doing something FOR America

Republicons are all about Corporate Socialism and Welfare for the Rich, negativity and fear. Not even half of one idea about doing something for America or Americans. No wonder no one respects them.

[Vinca]

38. That's the bottom line. They'll bring down the world economy to make Obama look bad.