Mitch McConnell: 'This is the kind of guy you have working for you'

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http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061203/OPINION04/612030366

By Randall Patrick
Special to The Courier-Journal

In the fall of 2002, the county weekly where I was editor was paid a visit by one of the most important politicians in the country.

Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., was in an easy re-election race against a little-known, inexperienced opponent. But he was taking nothing for granted, so he had come to Nicholasville to seek the endorsement of The Jessamine Journal.

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When McConnell and his entourage arrived, we greeted them warmly.

We weren't prepared for what happened next. An aide produced a manila folder, opened it and showed Dave a photo taken of the rear of my car 10 years before showing bumper stickers opposing the United States' illegal proxy war in Nicaragua.

"This is the kind of guy you have working for you," McConnell said.

more at link.

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This is a glimpse into what we can expect from the new Senate Minority Leader.

Make no mistake, this guy is scum.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. behind that smirk hides an evil soul, a greedy bastard and

a man to connected (along with his evil wife) that he makes Cheney look innocent.

This man is one of the architects of neoconmanism. Without a fingerprint to be found on any document, too.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. that's the kind of thing

the repukes told us commies did--now I know they were talking about themselves.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

3. Read the comments posted at the end of the article.

This was the Louisville Courier-Journal? And writers are using the word "sleaze" to describe McConnell? Wow!

[stevedeshazer]

4. That's how far they've fallen

I was struck by that, too.

I definitely would have posted that, but I didn't want to break the rules.

[Imagine My Surprise]

5. You are so right!

I was living in Louisville in 1978 when the scumbag came into politics -- he was elected County Judge and was immediately groomed for the Senate. I'm gay and there's an annual fall gay cruise on the Bell of Louisville steam boat. I remember him saying he would end that. But he is total scum. And was recently "rated" 53% in a local unscientific poll. Hopefully, Bush's lack of popular will continue to plummet and this asshole can be booted out. That's the worst thing that's come out of this past election, believe me; and more people will learn this.

[stevedeshazer]

6. Thanks, I appreciate your perspective.

Your view of Mitch closely mirrors mine.

[blue sky at night]

7. why is it the truth always.....

pisses these kind of people off? We are supposed to "go along" with every immoral, illegal idea they have. How anyone that is supposed to a christian could vote for them is beyond the beyond...course is you are ignorant then everything is ok. Thanks for the post, I like the personal touch!

[Captain Hilts]

8. McConnell uses the same pollster as the Bush White House. nt

[gratuitous]

9. They never learn, they never forget

Yeah, our little bit of foreign adventurism into Central America in the 1980s was such a warm, feel-good moment for democracy, wasn't it? Death squads, rape squads, School of the Americas bullshit, political assassinations, nun rapings, priest killings, and Mitch McConnell stood and stands foursquare behind it all, because it was a Republican operation. The Elephant flies above the Eagle for these amoral assholes. Kentucky, this is the kind of person you have representing you.

[Captain Hilts]

10. He looks like Howdy Doody. No kidding. nt

[stevedeshazer]

11. You may have something there.

[Vadem]

12. You endorsed him, so what are you saying? Are you the .....

hypocrite???? Sounds like it to me!

"I wrote the editorial endorsing McConnell, mentioning our reservations about his opposition to reform, but arguing that he could do more for Kentucky than his novice challenger could."

[stevedeshazer]

13. Amazing, isn't it?

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[mentalsolstice]

15. huh?

[wicket]

14. K & R

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