Tea Party Nation Withdraws Mitch McConnell Endorsement

[ProSense]

Tea Party Nation Withdraws Mitch McConnell Endorsement

Tea Party Nation is taking back its endorsement of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) in the Republican primary for McConnell's Senate seat.

Writing on the group's website on Wednesday, Tea Party Nation founder Judson Phillips referred to a report by Glenn Beck that described a closed door meeting in which McConnell said supporters of conservative groups FreedomWorks and Senate Conservatives Fund are traitors to the Republican Party. Those groups have criticized a number of top Republican lawmakers (including McConnell himself) over efforts to defund Obamacare.

"While endorsing Mitch McConnell seemed like the right thing to do at the time, Mitch McConnell has proven he is not worthy of conservative support," Phillips writes in the post, titled "Tea Party Nation withdraws endorsement of Mitch McConnell."

It is time to defund the GOP until the GOP pushes people like Mitch McConnell out of leadership. And if they do not, there are always alternatives for conservatives.

While the odds still favor Mitch McConnell being reelected to another term in the Senate, he will do so without our support.

Given his behavior, there is simply no reason for conservatives to support McConnell. Regrettably there are no good choices in Kentucky in this election.

In May, writing on McConnell's reelection website, Phillips endorsed McConnell over Republican Matt Bevin in the Republican primary.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/tea-party-nation-withdraws-mitch-mcconnell-endorsement

This Doesn't Look Like Winning
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[madokie]

1. I'd sure like to see his turtle ass out of there

he is about as un-American as one can get and a US Senator at that.

[texanwitch]

2. Poor no lips Mitch.

Not far right wing enough for the tea baggers.

Damn.

Maybe they go after more of the republicans.

[SoCalDem]

25. What he lacks in lip...he more than makes up in neck & jowl

[caledesi]

43. Yes. This is just the beginning! nt

[malaise]

3. Bwaaaaaaaaah hahahahahahha

Come on ReTHUGs let the cannibalism begin

[texanwitch]

8. Will that be rare, medium or well done.

Steak or hamburger.

Let the party begin.

[malaise]

27. I want blood

Rare

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. Takin' it on the chin again. Poor Mitch.

[texanwitch]

6. He can't.

He doesn't have a chin or lips.

He isn't called no lips Mitch for nothing.

[hatrack]

14. Courtesy of a fist or a "tea-bag"?

[Downtown Hound]

5. Boy, the Republicans sure are cleaning our clocks aren't they?

Of course, poor people are being hurt and our nation's image is plummeting once again, so they probably consider that a victory.

[Arkana]

7. Ahahaha, if Mitch loses his seat in a primary I will piss myself laughing.

Especially since Alison Grimes will cream that little turd of a teabagger.

[Brother Buzz]

9. Has the Tea Party Nation paid its $748k Las Vegas hotel bill?

A judge ordered Tea Party Nation founder Judson Phillips to pay $748,000, including the $554,000 hotel bill and $194,300 in accrued interest.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_Party_Nation

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

10. Maybe the tea party is disowning Mitch in public

because they might hurt his re-election. But privately, they want him re-elected.

This could be just theater.

[DURHAM D]

11. That was exactly my thought.

The TeaP is actually trying to help him win.

[BumRushDaShow]

17. The only problem with this theory

is that their supporters are zombies and if you tell them not to vote for the Turtle, then they won't.

[Downtown Hound]

20. You're giving them way too much credit

The Tea Party is way too hyper-driven by ideology and purity to think through things that deeply.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

23. Probably true for the tea party.

But Mitch is a crafty s o b.

[jeff47]

28. The tea party are the votes he'd be looking for.

So this would not be a very crafty plan.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

31. The tea party aren't the only voters in KY.

[jeff47]

32. They form a very large percentage of the Republican party there.

And they're also the ones most likely to show up on primary day. Where he's being challenged by a teabagger.

How, exactly, does a teabagger organization withdrawing their endorsement help him win a primary against a teabagger?

Or did you forget about the primary election?

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

37. He's looking forward to the General election.

The KY republicans aren't going to vote the Senate minority leader out in the primary.

[jeff47]

38. Which is why he'd do this when he's not polling all that well in the primary.

Yes, he's currently ahead. But he's not so far ahead that he can assume he will win the primary.

And KY Democrats sure as hell would be happy to vote against him. So it's a really stupid general election strategy.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

39. he doesn't want to be associated with the tea party

for the general election. the tea party is losing its power.

We'll see.

Do i need a sarcastic emoticon to re-enforce my argument?

[jeff47]

42. Except he needs the tea party to vote for him to have a prayer of winning in the general.

Again, you're trying very hard to turn a turtle into an evil genius. He's not that smart.

[SummerSnow]

36. Smoke screen 101

[Southside]

12. What is better McConnell disowning the Tea

Party Or the Tea Party destroying McConnell?

That is like picking between two supermodels with Harvard degrees.

[Gothmog]

13. McConnell has been keeping his head down

This is very funny. McConnell has been hiding and still is being attacked

[Heather MC]

15. Aww does Hallmark make a card for this?

[kydo]

16. the chickens err turtle going home to roost

that's fine maybe he will lose his primary now - just making that much easier for the dem to win.

[Tarheel_Dem]

18. Ouch!

[FSogol]

19. Haw-haw.

[Squinch]

21. I feel a little bad that I'm enjoying that so much.

[grantcart]

22. You are a fountain of humor today Prosense, and we need it.

[ProSense]

40. Mitch gets ditched.

Seriously, what are Republicans thinking?

[rdking647]

24. prepare the circular firing squad

ill provide the bullets i fthe need them

[Voice for Peace]

26. based on a report by Glenn Beck

"Tea Party Nation founder Judson Phillips referred to a report by Glenn Beck that described a closed door meeting in which McConnell said supporters of conservative groups FreedomWorks and Senate Conservatives Fund are traitors to the Republican Party."


Surely must be true if Glenn Beck reported it.

[Historic NY]

29. oh boy........

[texanwitch]

30. The big money interest is getting tired of their little children playing games.

I would love to hear some of the phone calls coming to the republican office holders.

[florida08]

33. hahahahahaha

Woo what a good laugh that was Don't count the turtle out but the show is going to be great

[Warren DeMontague]

34. We're not eating our own

Okay, maybe just nibbling.

[SummerSnow]

35. These are turtle problems....moving on

[MFrohike]

41. Hmm

Mitch barely pulled out his race against Lunsford 6 years ago. That was pretty shocking since Kentucky has gone RED in presidential elections since Clinton. I kind of wonder if they aren't pulling their endorsement partly because Mitch is vulnerable and they don't want to be stuck supporting a guy who's currently behind in the polls a year out from the election. I don't discount the value of ideology, I just think that practical aspect of backing a potential loser played a part.